Education
Cadell was the younger brother of General Sir Robert Cadell, Knight Commander of the Bath and was educated at Edinburgh Academy.
Cadell was the younger brother of General Sir Robert Cadell, Knight Commander of the Bath and was educated at Edinburgh Academy.
Also, on the same day, when the Fusiliers were retiring, by order, on Metcalfe"s house, on its being reported that there was a wounded man left behind, Lieutenant Cadell went back of his own accord towards the enemy, accompanied by three men, and brought in a man of the 75th Regiment, who was severely wounded, under a most heavy fire from the advancing enemy. From 1879 to 1892 was Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was the cousin of Samuel Hill Lawrence.
He was 21 years old at the time and a lieutenant in the 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers (later The Royal Munster Fusiliers) during the Indian Mutiny when he performed the deeds on 12 June 1857 at Delhi, India which resulted in being awarded the Victoria Cross: He later achieved the rank of colonel in the service of the Indian Staff Corps and held various political appointments in India.
