Dictionary of Indian Biography/Collett, Sir Henry
COLLETT, SIR HENRY (1836–1901)
Lt-General : born 1836 : son of the Rev. W. Collett : educated at Tonbridge : entered the Bengal Army in 1855 : saw much service : was in the Sitana campaign under Sydney Cotton, 1858 : in the Oudh campaign in 1858–9 : in the Khasia and Jaintia rebellion, 1862–3 : severely wounded at Oomkrong : in the Abyssinian campaign, 1868 : in the Afghan war, 1878–80 : at Peiwar Kotal, in the Khost valley, the Kabul-Kandahar march and the battle of Kandahar : C.B. : commanded a Brigade in the Burma expedition, 1886–8 : commanded the E. Frontier district with the Chin-Lushai expeditionary force, 1889–90 : commanded the Manipur Field Force, 1891 : K.C.B. : was a botanist with considerable knowledge, and wrote on the flora of Simla : died Dec. 21, 1901.