The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Holland, Major-General Henry William
Holland, Major-General Henry William, C.B. (1869), Indian Army, (retired); e.s. of late Major Henry Colson Holland; b. at Bombay, 1825; educ: Cheltenham, and Woolwich; m. twice; joined the Army in 13th Bombay Native Infantry, 1841; S.A. Commissary General, 1847; became Captain, 1856; Major, 1891; Lieutenant Colonel, 1867; Controller of Supply and Transport in Abyssinion War, 1867-68 (despatches, Brevet of Colonel, medal, and C.B.); Commissiory General, Bombay Army, 1870-77; Major General, 1877; retired, 1877. Address: 21, Havelock Road, Croydon.