Coote Synge-Hutchinson

Lieutenant-General Coote Synge-Hutchinson (7 August 1832 – 13 February 1902) was a British Army officer.

Coote Synge-Hutchinson by unknown photographer, Albumen print, early 1860s.

Military career
Funerary monument, Brompton Cemetery, London

He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Francis Synge-Hutchinson and Lady Louisa Frances Synge-Hutchinson,[1] daughter of Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson and sister of the Earl of Donoughmore.

Synge-Hutchinson, of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal, with Lucknow clasp, for service with the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays).[2]

He was later promoted to Lieutenant General and became Honorary Colonel of the 19th Royal Hussars from 24 March 1899 to 13 February 1902.

His nephew was Colonel Edward Douglas Brown VC.

In 1888, at the age of 56, he married Emily Charlotte Jecks. Together they raised a daughter, Haidee. However, as they were not married at the time of her birth, her birth was registered under her mother's previous husband's surname.[3] In 2007 Coote Synge-Hutchinson's descendants sold his Indian Mutiny Medal and a VC Ribbon Bar which had been awarded to his nephew Edward Douglas Brown at auction. Together the pieces brought in £2,128.[2][4]

References
  1. "Person - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ""Bosh!": The Marvelous Marginalia of Lieutenant-General Coote Synge-Hutchinson (1832-1902)". thepassingtramp.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. Ltd, Arrival Design. "Warwick & Warwick". www.warwickandwarwick.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.


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