Template:Infobox military person Lieutenant General Giles Stibbert (1734–1809) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Stibber arrived in India in 1756 and took part in the Battle of Plassey in 1757.[1] He then raised a battalion of native infantry at Bankipore in 1761 and commanded them at the Siege of Patna where he was wounded in 1763.[1] He commanded the left wing of the Army at the Battle of Buxar in 1764 and captured Chunar in 1765.[1]
He was twice Commander-in-Chief, India, firstly from 1777 to 1779 and then again from 1783, following the death of Sir Eyre Coote, to 1785.[2] With his wealth, plundered during his service in India, he built the first Portswood House at Portswood in Hampshire in 1778.[3] His grandson, Frederick Stibbert, used the family's wealth to establish the Stibbert museum in Florence.[4]
He is buried in South Stoneham in Hampshire with a monument by John Bacon.[5]
Family
He was married to Sophronia Rebecca Wright.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Oriental herald, Volume 6, July to September 1825, Page 120
- ↑ The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.
- ↑ Portswood's Local Website
- ↑ Frederick Stibbert and his Armoury Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
- ↑ A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, edited by William Page, 1912
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