Tomb inscription · 1854
William Staveley
- Date
- 4 April 1854
- Place
- Stephens
- Plot
- Serial 2278
- Inscription
- Lieutenant-General William Staveley, C.B., Colonel of Her Majesty's 94th Regiment, and Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army, who died at Tippacaudoo, the 4th day of April 1854, aged 71 years.
- Notes
- General Staveley died of heart disease in a transit [a kind of jaunting car that plies for hire between Coonoor and Ootacamund and elsewhere, e.g. Travancore]. Born at York on July 29, 1784, he was the son of William Staveley of that city and Henrietta Henderson. He was on the headquarters staff at Waterloo. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief at Madras on October 27th, 1853. He succeeded Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Armstrong, K.C.B., as Commander-in-Chief. He was succeeded by Lieutenant-General the Hon. George Anson, who subsequently was Commander-in-Chief in India and died of cholera in the mutiny year, May 27th, 1857. Col. William Staveley, C.B., married at Boulogne 27th Jan. 1817 Sarah, eldest daughter of T. Mather, Esq. The dictionary of national biography gives a brief sketch of his life. His reminiscences were printed for private circulation in 1866.