de Vic Francis Carey
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Major General
b. 5 Jun 1831 - d. 9 Sep 1908
son of de Vic Carey
and Frances Henrietta Priaulx
Married: 22 Jul 1863
Harriot Mary Gosselin
b. 26 Jul 1843 d. 9 Mar 1932
daughter of Thomas William Gosselin
and Harriet de Jersey
Issue:
Edith Frances
de Vic
Victor Gosselin
Bertram de Vic
A Mural Tablet to his memory is in St Martin's Church,
Guernsey.
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Educated privately at Mr Hayes's School in Guernsey
also at Royal Military College, Addiscombe (H.E.I.C.S)
Posted to the Bengal Horse Artillery in 1848
Lieutenant 1854
Captain 1858
In 1863 he returned to India, and commanded a Heavy Field Battery
In 1869, when he was posted to F.C. Troop, R.H.A. which he commanded
at Umballa and afterwards in England
Major 1872
Lieutenant - Colonel 1875
Colonel 1880
Retired on full pay and with rank of Major-General, 1881
Elected Chairman of the Old Bank, Guernsey in 1881, which post he retained
till 1906
Elected Jurat of the Royal Court 1891
Retired from the Bench in 1901
Died in Guernsey in 1908
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