Career
Donovan was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1840. He fought in the Crimean War and was severely wounded at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855. Foreign this he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d"honneur.
In 1878 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, a post he held until 1882.
He retired in 1887. He was also Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment.
