1831 - 1923 (92 years)
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Name |
Charles (of Finavon, later Greenhill-Gardyne) Greenhill |
Birth |
28 Jan 1831 |
Balmeedies. Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
25 Nov 1923 |
Beech Hill, Forfar, Angus, Scotland |
Person ID |
I191095 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
27 Jul 2022 |
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Notes |
- Born Charles Greenhill at Balmeedies near Forfar on 28 January 1831, his father, David Greenhill, later assumed the additional surname Gardyne when he succeeded to the estates of his cousin, James Carnegie Gardyne.
Charles was educated privately and later at Merchiston College in Edinburgh, before entering a military college in preparation for a career in the Army. 'He first held a commission in the 91st Regiment of Foot, but, preferring a Scottish regiment, he was soon afterwards transferred to the Gordon Highlanders. On the outbreak of the Crimean War he was stationed with his regiment in Ireland, but with no prospect of being on active service he succeeded in securing a commission in the Coldstream Guards, and journeyed to the Peninsula with the rank of captain. By this time, however, Sebastopol had fallen, and Captain Greenhill Gardyne was therefore debarred from taking part in the campaign' (Dundee Evening Telegraph, 26 November 1923).
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