Henry Renny

{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use British English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = General | name = Henry Renny | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CSI}} | image = | alt = | order = 24th | office = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon | term_start = 1869 | term_end = 1874 | predecessor = Studholme John Hodson | successor = John Alfred Street | order2 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = 2 September 1815 | birth_place = | death_date = 4 April 1900 | death_place = South Kensington | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = | other_party =  | spouse = Eleanor Anne Hepburn | partner =  | relations = | children = 3 children | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes =  | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | service_years = | rank = General | unit = | commands = General Officer Commanding, Ceylon | battles = | awards = }} General '''Henry Renny''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI}} (9 September 1815 – 4 April 1900) was a British Army officer who was the 24th General Officer Commanding, Ceylon.

He was appointed General Officer Commanding, Ceylon in 1869 and succeeded by John Alfred Street in 1874.

==Career== Born 9 September 1815, Henry Renny was the second surviving son of Alexander Renny-Tailyour of Borrowfield and Elizabeth Bannerman Ramsay. He entered the army as Ensign in 1833. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1835, Captain in 1844, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1853, Colonel in 1854, Major-General in 1867, Lieutenant-General in 1874, and General in 1877.

He commanded the 81st Regiment throughout Indian Rebellion of 1857. For this service and others performed by the 81st Regiment, he was made a Companion of the Star of India (C.S.I.), and received the 1857 Medal. He commanded the 1st Brigade in the Sittana Expedition of May 1858, under Sir Sydney Cotton, obtaining medal with clasp.

In 1875, he was given the colonelcy of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot, transferring in 1879 back to the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) until their amalgamation with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881. He was then colonel of the 2nd Battalion of the Loyal North Lancs until his death. He was made full general on 1 October 1877.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/035-701.htm |title=35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot |publisher=Regiments.org |access-date=2 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715122103/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/035-701.htm |archive-date=15 July 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/081-793.htm |title=81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=2 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514040832/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/081-793.htm |archive-date=14 May 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/047Loyal.htm |title=The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=2 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507084053/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/047Loyal.htm |archive-date=7 May 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

General Renny died at his residence in South Kensington on 4 April 1900.<ref name=TTobit>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary|date=7 April 1900 | page=13 |issue=36110}}</ref>

He married Eleanor Anne Hepburn, third daughter of Robert Rickart Hepburn of Rickarton and had two sons and a daughter.

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Studholme John Hodson}} {{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding, Ceylon|years= 1869–1874}} {{s-aft|after=John Alfred Street}} |- {{s-bef|before= New Regiment}} {{s-ttl|title=Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | years=1881–?1900}} {{s-aft|after=Hugh Thomas Jones-Vaughan }} | {{s-bef|before= William Frederick Forster}} {{s-ttl|title=Colonel of the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) | years=1879–1881}} {{s-aft|after=amalgamation to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment }} {{s-end}}

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