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{{Infobox military person
|name = Sir Henry Daly
|birth_date = {{birth date|1823|10|25|df=yes}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1895|07|21|1823|10|25|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Ryde]], [[Isle of Wight]]
|rank = [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
|allegiance = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|22x25px]] [[East India Company]]<br>{{flagicon|British India}} [[British India]]
|branch = [[Bombay Army]]
|commands = [[11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)|21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse)]]
|battles = [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]]<br>[[Indian Mutiny]]
|awards = [[Order of the Bath|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]], [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
}}

[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Henry Dermot Daly''' {{Post-nominals|GCB|CIE}} (25 October 1823 – 21 July 1895) was a senior [[British Indian Army]] officer, colonial administrator, [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] politician and founder of [[Daly College]].<ref name="gaz24508">{{London Gazette |issue=24508 |date=2 October 1877 |page=5458 }}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:HH The Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia of Gwalior, General Sir Henry Daly (Founder of The Daly College, Indore), with British officers and Maratha nobility in Indore, Holkar State, Cental India. Circa 1879..jpg|thumb|left| [[Jayajirao Scindia|HH Maharaja Sir Jayaji Rao Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State]], General Sir Henry Daly (Founder of The Daly College), with British officers and [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] [[nobility]] ([[Sardar]]s, [[Jagirdar]]s & [[Mankari]]s) in [[Indore]], [[Holkar State]], {{circa|1879}}.]]
Daly was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Dermot Daly, an officer in the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars|4th Light Dragoons]], and his wife, Mary McIntosh. He joined the [[Bombay Army|Bombay Infantry]] as an officer cadet in 1840. Along with several similarly aged young officers, such as [[Herbert Edwardes]] and [[Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew]], Daly was sent to "advise" the Sikhs as part of [[Henry Lawrence's "Young Men"]]. He served in the [[Second Anglo-Sikh War]] and was present at the [[Siege of Multan]]. On 18 May 1849, he raised the 1st Punjab Irregular Cavalry, which subsequently became the [[11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)|21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse)]]. Daly was promoted to the rank of captain in 1854 and led his regiment during the [[Indian Mutiny]]. The regiment operated in North India and took part in the [[Siege of Delhi]] and the [[Relief of Lucknow]]. He went on the command the [[4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse|Brigade of Hodson's Horse]] during the war. Daly was twice recommended for the [[Victoria Cross]] as a result of his conduct.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Daly |first=Major H. |date=3 March 1906 |title=Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/3rd-march-1906/26/memoirs-of-general-sir-henry-dermot-daly-by-major- |magazine=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=23 January 2018 }}</ref>

He subsequently served in the [[Indian Staff Corps|Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref name="gaz24508"/> Daly held the position of [[Governor General of India]]'s [[Political Resident|Agent]], in [[Central India]] between 1870 and 1881, and was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1877. He became a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath]] on 29 May 1875, and a Knight Grand Cross in the same order on 25 May 1889.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25884 |date=18 December 1888 |page=7203 }}</ref> Before leaving India, Daly had taken a great interest in education and had begun a [[Daly College|College]] in [[Indore]] which was later named after him.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Daly|first1=Henry|title=Memoirs of General Sir Henry Dermot Daly G. C. B., C. I.e: Sometime Commander of Central India Horse, Political Assistant for Western Malwa, Etc;, Etc|date=10 June 2017|publisher=Forgotten Books|isbn=978-1332741700}}</ref> In the [[1886 United Kingdom general election|General Election of 1886]], Daly stood as the [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] candidate in [[Dundee (UK Parliament constituency)|Dundee]]. He was beaten by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate. He also unsuccessfully contested the seat for the Liberal Unionists in the [[1888 Dundee by-election]].

Daly married, firstly, Susan, the daughter of Edward Kirkpatrick, on 21 October 1852. Together they had eight children; two of their sons were [[Hugh Daly|Sir Hugh Daly]] and [[Arthur Daly (British Army officer)|Arthur Daly]]. He married, secondly, Charlotte, daughter of James Coape, in 1882, and they had one son.
[[File:Memorial to Henry Daly in St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight.jpg|thumb|Memorial to Henry Daly in [[St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke]], Isle of Wight]]

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