John Miller Adye

Sir John Miller Adye (1819–1900), British general, son of Major James P. Adye, was born at Sevenoaks, Kent, on the 1st of November 1819. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1836, was promoted captain in 1846, and served throughout the Crimean War as brigade‐major and assistant adjutant‐general of artillery (C.B., brevets of major and lieutenant‐colonel). In the Indian Mutiny he served on the staff in a similar capacity. Promoted brevet‐colonel in 1860, he was specially employed in 1863 in the …