!SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS:
THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families",
Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, p. 195.
Lt.-General Sir Arthur Lyttleon-Annesley, KI.C.B., K.D., K.C.V.O., ...was
born on 2nd September 1837. He was educated at Harrow and was
appointed to the 11th Prince Albert''s own Hussars, after he entered the
Army in 1854. He served with his Regiment in the Crimean War
1854-56, and took part in the battle of Tchernaya and the siege and fall
of Sebastopol. After a period at home, he sailed in command of his
Regiment round the Cape of Good Hope to India in a sailing ship, the last
Regiment to do so. He served in India for 10 years and returned home
when appointed to the Staff of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales.
In 1877 he brought his Regiment home by the Suez Canal and, retiring
from the 11th Hussars, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to His Royal
Highness, the Duke of Cambridge. Not long afterwards he was appointed
Assistant Adjutant General at the Horse Guards and held the appointment
for several years. Thereafter he beame the Adjutant General of the
Bombay Army and held the post for 5 years with the approval of the 3
ommanders-in-Chief under whom he served. He returned to England in
1881 and was selected to command the North British District (which
included Scotland) for a period of 5 years with the rank of
Major-General. Thereafter he became Lt.-General and was offered the
important command of Portsmouth, which he declined for private
reasons.. He died unmarried at Weybridge on 16th February 1926.