Dictionary of Indian Biography/Alison, Sir Archibald, Baronet
ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD, BARONET (1826–)
General : son of Sir. A. A., the historian : born Jan. 21, 1826 : educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities : entered the Army in 1846 : served in the Crimea; in the Indian mutiny he was Military Secretary to Sir Colin Campbell, then C. in C. in India ; lost his arm at the relief of Lucknow in Nov., 1857 : made C.B. : served in the Ashanti expedition in 1873–4 : made K.C.B. and later G.C.B. : Commandant of the Staff College, 1877 : Head of the Intelligence Department, 1878–8 : in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, commanded at Alexandria, and the Highland Brigade at Tel-el-Kebir : C in C. in Egypt, 1882–3 : commanded the Aldershot Division from 1883 : Adjutant-General, 1888 : retired from the Army, 1893 : member of the Council of India, 1889–1899 : wrote a number of articles in Blackwood's Magazine.