Arthur Henniker-Major
{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|name=Arthur Henniker-Major
|birth_date=3 April 1855
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|death_date=6 February 1912
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
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|rank= Major-General
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|commands=2nd Bn, Coldstream Guards
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|battles=Second Boer War
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Major-General Arthur Henry Henniker-Major {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB}} (3 April 1855 – 6 February 1912) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Born the son of John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker,{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/henniker1800.htm|title=John Henniker-Major, 4th Baron Henniker|publisher=Cracrofts Peerage|accessdate=16 June 2020|archive-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027094028/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/henniker1800.htm|url-status=live}} Henniker-Major was transferred from the West Suffolk Militia into the Coldstream Guards on 20 November 1875.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9brHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT463|title=A History of the Coldstream Guards, from 1815 to 1895|first=John|last=Ross|publisher= Andesite Press|year=2015|isbn=978-1296767327}} He became commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Coldstream Guards in 1899 and, after seeing action in South Africa during the Second Boer War, he became Brigadier-General in charge of Administration at Irish Command in 1904, commander of the 5th Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command in May 1907{{London Gazette|issue=28025|page=3668|date=28 May 1907}} and commander of 1st Guards Brigade at Aldershot Command in May 1908.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=16 June 2020}} Promoted in August 1909 to major general,{{London Gazette|issue=28294|date=5 October 1909|page=7354}} he went on to be general officer commanding 1st London Division in December before his death in February 1912.
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire