Henry Sarel

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
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IntroLieutenant Governor of Guernsey
PlacesUnited Kingdom
wasMilitary personnel
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth1823
Death1887 (aged 64 years)
Education
Rugby School
Awards
Companion of the Order of the Bath 
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Biography

Lieutenant-General Henry Andrew Sarel CB (1823–1887) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Military career

Educated at Rugby School, Sarel became a cornet with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1847 and subsequently transferred to the 17th Lancers. He fought with his Regiment during the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and then joined the China Expedition in 1861. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1883 and lived at Rollesby Hall in Norfolk.

Family

He married Phyllis Molyneux.

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