Major General Joseph Ford Sherer

1829 - 1901  (71 years)

• Name	Joseph Ford Sherer
  Prefix	Major General
  Birth	12 Apr 1829	At Sea
  Gender	Male
  Death	1901
  Person ID	I21869	First tree
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Maj Gen Sir George Moyle Sherer, KCSI,   b. 1789   d. 1879 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Jane Baillie O'Halloran   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F49321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  'The father of English polo' Major General Joseph Ford Sherer [1829-1901] was commissioned lieutenant in the HEIC army in 1847, fought in the Punjab Campaign and served with distinction in the Sylhet Light Infanry in the north east of India during the Mutiny. He is known as the Father of Polo having introduced the sport whic he came across in Manipur to bother officers in Calcutta.