General Sir James Hope Grant, Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong, during the Second Opium War
Illustration from an Illustrated history of India published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin circa 1876. Info from wiki: General Sir James Hope Grant, GCB (22 July 1808 – 7 March 1875), was a British Army officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Mutiny of 1857, and Second Anglo-Chinese War. He took a leading part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, he directed the victorious march of the cavalry and horse artillery dispatched in the direction of Cawnpore to open up communication with the commander-in-chief Sir Colin Campbell, whom he met near the Alambagh, and who raised him to the rank of brigadier-general, and placed the whole force under his command during what remained of the perilous march to Lucknow for the relief of the residency. After the retirement towards Cawnpore he greatly aided in effecting there the total rout of the rebel troops, by making a detour which threatened their rear; and following in pursuit with a flying column, he defeated them with the loss of nearly all their guns at Serai Ghat.[2] He also took part in the operations connected with the recapture of Lucknow, shortly after which he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and appointed to the command of the force employed for the final pacification of India. Before the work of pacification was quite completed he was created KCB. In 1859 he was appointed, with the local rank of lieutenant-general, to be Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and to lead the British land forces in the Anglo-French expedition against China. The object of the campaign was accomplished within three months of the landing of the forces at Pei-tang (1 August 1860). The Taku Forts had been carried by assault, the Chinese defeated three times in the open and Peking occupied
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