Captain George Hare, CB

1821 - 1858  (37 years)

• Name	George Hare
  Prefix	Captain
  Suffix	CB
  Christening	1821	Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
  	BAPTISMS AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Hare, Georfie, son of Capt. Joseph, at Wynberg, by Rev. W. Wright, M.A., 2M2-1821.
  Birth	2 Nov 1821	South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Dec 1858	India
  	On the evening of 1 December 1858, he was relaxing in the mess with brother officers of the Contingent, when, 'a sudden report of a musket fired into the room, startled the whole party and made them rise from the table. Captain Hare ... rose from his seat, but immediately afterwards exclaimed, "I am hit!" and fell to the ground. He was quickly raised by his brother officers, and placed on a sofa. Doctor Burn, the surgeon of the station, was sent for, and, on examining the wounds in the side of the victim, he pronounced them mortal. In ten minutes the murdered officer became insensible, and shortly after expired. After perpetrating the foul act, the assassin, a sepoy of the 5th Regt., rushed towards the lines, calling upon his comrades to rise, for he had performed a great deed; and shouting that next morning the victorious army of the King of Delhi, would arrive on the parade ground, when every European must be put to death. Owing to the darkness that prevailed, the assassin escaped for a time, although the whole of the 5th Regt. - in which it did not appear he had any accomplices - turned out in search of him.
  Person ID	I68127	First tree
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Captain Joseph Hare,   b. 16 Apr 1772   d. 4 Apr 1856, Wynberg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F24294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  On 22 March 1859, the London Gazette announced the award of a C.B. to 'Major George Hare (deceased)'. Presumably it was passed to his widow, Adeline Augusta, daughter of George Bailey of the 6th Foot. In 1863, Mrs. Hare, then of Woodford House, Bognor, who had no private means beyond her husband's pension, made an application on behalf of her eldest son, George John, for a commission in the Indian Army based upon her husband's record of service. Happily George John was commissioned on 23 April 1865.