Career
Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Windham was commissioned as an ensign in the Coldstream Guards on 30 December 1826. He led the attack during the Battle of the Great Redan during the Crimean War: the correspondent of the Times claimed that in so doing he had "saved the honour of the army." He also fought in the Second Battle of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion. Promoted to lieutenant-general on 5 February 1866, he became Commander of the British Troops in Canada in October 1867.
Windham died in Florida, was interred temporarily in Montreal and finally buried in Hanwell cemetery, Middlesex, England.
