Trevor Chute
British Army general (1816-1886) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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General Sir Trevor Chute, KCB (31 July 1816 – 12 March 1886) was an Irish-born officer who served in the British Army during the Victorian era.
Sir Trevor Chute | |
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Nickname(s) | The Kerry Bull |
Born | 31 July 1816 |
Died | 12 March 1886 (aged 69) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1832–1881 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars | Indian Mutiny Second Taranaki War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Born in County Kerry, Ireland, Chute joined the British Army in 1832. Posted to British India with the 70th Regiment, he helped deal with the Indian Mutiny of 1854. Sent to the Antipodes, he served in the New Zealand Wars and later in Australia. He returned to New Zealand in 1865 as a major general and commander of all British forces in the country. He led a four-week campaign during the Second Taranaki War to destroy Maori resistance in the Taranaki. The campaign was the last to be carried out in New Zealand by imperial troops. At the end of his service in New Zealand, he went back to Australia. Knighted in 1867, he returned to England in 1870 with the last of the Imperial forces garrisoning Australia. Promoted to General in 1877, he retired from the British Army four years later. He died in 1886 at Berkshire in England.