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William Merewether
British general

William Merewether

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British general
A.K.A.
Sir William Merewether William Lockyer Merewether Sir William Lockyer Merewether
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55 years
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Companion of the Order of the Bath
 
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Biography

Major General Sir William Lockyer Merewether KCSI CB (1825–1880) was a British Indian Army officer who served in a number of places including India and Abyssinia.

Service

Aden (Yemen)

He was the British Resident at Aden from 1863 to 1867.

Abyssinia 1867–1868

Merewether played a role as a member of the advance party for the Abyssinia Expedition of 1867–68. While a colonel, he landed at Mulkutto on the Gulf of Zula 21 October 1867, returning to the settlement at the end of the month, after having first explored along the base of the Ethiopian highlands south until he encountered the Ragolay River, which empties into the Afar Depression, then identified Tekonda Pass as the best entrance to the Ethiopian highlands. The next month, another party under his leadership pushed further inland to the Senafe Pass, which led from the dry bed of the Kumayli River to Senafe. After the expedition was successfully concluded, he was promoted to Brigadier General.

Sindh (Pakistan)

He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1867 to 1877. He was one of the founding members of Sind Club as well as its first president.

Memorials

Merewether Clock Tower is located in Karachi. There is also a ship pier named after him in Karachi Harbour.

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