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| STERLING, ANTHONY CONINGHAM. Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, June 14, 1823. [Eldest] s. of [Captain] Edward (and Hester, dau. of John Coningham, of Londonderry). B. at Dundalk [1805], Louth. School, Greenwich, Kent . At Glasgow Univ., 1821-3. Matric. Michs. 1823. Ensign, 24th Foot, 1826; Captain, 73rd Foot, 1834. Served in the Crimea , 1854-5, as Brigade Major and later as A.A.-G., Highland Division; present at the Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman and the siege of Sebastopol; Order of the Legion of Honour; Turkish medal, Medjidie, 4th class. Retired as Colonel, 1857, but served again as Military Secretary to Sir Colin Campbell in the Indian Mutiny, 1858-9. C.B., 1855; K.C.B., 1860. Married, 1829, Charlotte, dau. of Major-General Joseph Baird. Author, Russia under Nicholas I (a translation); Letters from the Army in the Crimea , written by a Staff Officer; The Story of the Highland Brigade in the Crimea . Died Mar. 1, 1871, in London . Brother of John (1824). ( D.N.B. ) | Anthony Coningham STERLING Approx. lifespan: 1805–1871 pens. aged 18 Trinity College adm1823:06:14 Eldest s. of [ Captain: Edward (and Hester CONINGHAM dau. of John CONINGHAM of Londonderry, [ Co. Londonderry ] ) b. at Dundalk (1805) ] Co. Louth Sch: Greenwich School Greenwich, Kent At Sch: Glasgow University [ Scotland ] 1821-23 Matric 1823:10MT: Ensign: 24th Foot 1826 Captain: 73rd Foot 1834 Served in the Crimea 1854-55 as Brigade Major: and later as A.A.-G., Highland Division; present at the Alma, [ Crimea ] Balaklava, [ Crimea ] and Inkerman, [ Crimea ] and the siege of Sebastopol, [ Crimea ] ; Order of the Legion of Honour; Turkish Medal, Medjidie, 4th class. Retired as Colonel: 1857 but served again as Military Sec. to: : Sir Colin Campbell in the Indian Mutiny, [ India ] 1858-59 CB 1855 KCB 1860 m. 1829 Charlotte BAIRD dau. of Major-General Joseph BAIRD Publ.: Russia under Nicholas I (a translation); Letters from Army in Crimea, written by a Staff Officer: The Story of the Highland Brigade in the Crimea d. 1871:03:01 in London brother of John STERLING (1824) ( D.N.B. ) |