Thomas Tidy (British Army officer)

Major-General Thomas Holmes Tidy (c.1808 – 1 July 1874) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Thomas Holmes Tidy
Bornc.1808
Died1 July 1874
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldEastern District

Early life

Thomas Tidy was the son of Colonel Francis Skelly Tidy (1775–1835).[1] Frank Tidy was the son of Reverend Thomas Holmes Tidy (1766–), chaplain to His Majesty's 26th regiment of foot, and Henrietta Augusta Skelly (1766–).[2] Thomas Tidy's son was British soldier, Australian jackaroo and tutor, journalist, and minister of religion Gordon Tidy (c. 1862–1953).[3]

Military career

Tidy was commissioned as an ensign in the 14th Regiment of Foot on 14 April 1825.[4] He became Deputy Adjutant-General in Jamaica in the late 1850s,[5] Assistant Adjutant General at Horse Guards in the early 1860s[6] and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1866.[7]

References

  1. WARD, Harriet (1848). Recollections of an Old Soldier: a biographical sketch of Colonel Tidy 24th Regt. with anecdotes of his contemporaries. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. "Colonel Thomas Holmes Tidy. (1808–1874). 11 May 1862". Paul Frecker: Fine Photographs. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. "All About People". The Catholic Press. New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1911. p. 24. Retrieved 15 February 2020 via Trove.
  4. "No. 18130". The London Gazette. 23 April 1825. p. 699.
  5. "The New Army List and Militia List". 1859. p. 54. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. 1861-62 Army Lists
  7. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
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