Background
BEWICKE - COPLEY, Robert Calverley Alington Bewicke was born on April 8, 1855 in Shotton Hall, Durham. Son of Robert Calverley Bewicke Bewicke, Coulby Manor, Yorkshire.
BEWICKE - COPLEY, Robert Calverley Alington Bewicke was born on April 8, 1855 in Shotton Hall, Durham. Son of Robert Calverley Bewicke Bewicke, Coulby Manor, Yorkshire.
Rugby; Merton College Oxford.
Sub-Lieutenant Royals, 1876. transactions 60th Rifles, 1877. Aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-Governor, Bengal, 1879.
Doctorate.A.C.G. Nile Expedition, 1885 (medal and Khedive’s star).
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Barbados, 1890. Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Headquarters, Ireland, 1892.
Military Attache, special mission Morocco, 1894. Chitral, 1895 (medal).
A.M.S. Bengal, 1896; Deputy - Assistant - Quarter master-General Intelligence, Kuram-Kohat, 1897.
Assistant-Adjutant-General 2nd Division, Tirah Expeditionary Force, 1898 (2 clasps, despatches). Commanding 3rd Battalion King’s Royal Rifles, South African War, 1899. Commanding Mobile Column South Africa, 1900-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal, 6 clasps, King’s medal, 2 clasps, Companion of the Bath).
Doctorate.L., Justice of the Peace. Brigade-General Commanding 17th Infantry Brigade, Cork. Late Colonel, General Stall’, Northern Command.
Clubs: Carlton; Naval and Military, Yorkshire.
Spouse 1886, Selina Frances, daughter of SirChas. Watson, 3rd Baronet