Henry Tempest Hicks

Brigadier-General Henry Tempest Hicks CB JP (25 November 1852[1] – 10 November 1922[2]) was a British Army officer who served in the South African War and was mentioned in despatches three times and subsequently made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He later served in Aden.

Henry Tempest Hicks
Gladsmuir, Monken Hadley, today. The former home of Tempest-Hicks.

Early life

Tempest Hicks was born in 1852, the son of George H. Tempest Hicks of Hillgrove, Wells. He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge.[3]

Military career

Tempest Hicks served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was mentioned in despatches three times and subsequently made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He later served in Aden. He reached the rank of brigadier general. In 1907, Hicks's address was given as Gladsmuir, Monken Hadley.[3]

Family

Hicks married in 1885 Anna Clara Georgina Hemery, daughter of Charles Hemery of Monken Hadley.[3] The couple had children Captain Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks, who died in action 1918,[4] and Anne Monica Georgiana Tempest-Hicks, who married Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer, 2nd Viscount Plumer, son of Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, in 1919. Anne died 2 May 1963.

References
  1. "Brigadier-General Tempest-Hicks". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 13.
  2. "Deaths". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 1.
  3. Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.
  4. CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS. Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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