See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

MILLER See also:

• SIR JOHN MILLER ADYE (1819-19oo)

ADYE (1819-19oo)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, son of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James P . See also:

• ADYE, SIR JOHN MILLER (1819-19oo)

Adye, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SEVENOAKS

Sevenoaks, See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, on the 1st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1819 . He entered the Royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery in 1836, was promoted See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1846, and served throughout the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War as See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade-major and assistant See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general of artillery (C.B., brevets of major and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel) . In the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

Mutiny he served on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff in a similar capacity . Promoted See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-colonel in 186o, he was specially employed in 1863 in the N.W. frontier of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, and was deputyadjutant-general, See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, from 1863 to 1866, when he returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . From 1870 to 1875 Adye was director of artillery and stores at the War See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office . He was made a K.C.B. in 1873, and was promoted to be major-general and appointed See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Royal Military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich, in 1875, and surveyor-general of the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance in 1880 . In 1882 he was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of staff and second in command of the expedition to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, and served throughout the campaign (G.C.B. and thanks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament) . He held the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar from 1883 to 1886 . Promoted lieutenant-general in 1879, general and colonel commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1884, he retired in 1886 . He unsuccessfully contested See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest in 1892 . He died on the 26th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1900 .

He was author of A See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review of The Crimean War; The See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

Defence of See also:

• CAWNPORE, or KANPUR

Cawnpore; A Frontier Campaign in See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan; Recollections of a Military See also:

• LIFE

Life; and Indian Frontier Policy .