Background
Hadow was born in Hackney, Middlesex, England, the son of Charles Scott Hadow (1801–1849) and Marianne Sarah Abbott (1808–1887). Charles was the son of the Reverend James Hadow.
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Frederick Edward Hadow attended the East India Company"s Military Seminary at Addiscombe from 1852 to 1854.
Career
He is notable for having served during the Indian mutiny and is believed to have been a senior Officer in the Hyderabad Contingency Force. Marianne Abbott was the sister of Major-General Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott. He was commissioned on 8 June 1854.
He served during the Indian Mutiny with the Madras Artillery.
The Madras Artillery was part of the Honourable East India Company and for this reason Hadow"s name is not included in British Army lists of recipients of the Indian Mutiny Meda In 1861 the Madras Artillery was amalgamated with the Royal Artillery.
During the mutiny, Lieutenant Hadow led an expedition to the rebel strongholds Khinda, Kudopali and Kolabira (about 40 km north of Sambalpur) looking for mutineers, but no trace of the rebels could be foundation At Jharghati a little further on, the rebels offered some resistance.
The rebels suffered some casualty and dispersed.
He was responsible for the destruction of the house of Zamindar Karunakar at Kolabira
He was made Lieutenant on 27 August 1858 and Captain on 24 May 1870. On 14 August 1889 he was made Major General and is believed to have been a senior officer in the Hyderabad Contingency Force based at Secunderabad. Hadow retired from the army on 1 February 1892.
He retired to Hereford, England and resided at Great Ethelbert House, Cantilupe Street.
Here he served as Justice of the Peace. He died in Hereford on 15 May 1915.
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