{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = General | name = Sir Henry Tuson | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} | image = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = 30 April 1836 | birth_place = | death_date =21 December 1916 | death_place = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = 23px Royal Marines | service_years = 1854–1900 | rank = General | unit = | commands = Royal Marines | battles =Second Opium War<br />Anglo-Egyptian War<br />Mahdist War | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath | relations = | other_work = }} General '''Sir Henry Brasnell Tuson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB}} (30 April 1836 – 21 December 1916) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines. ==Military career== Educated at Christ's Hospital, Tuson was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 20 April 1854.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21547|page=1294|date=25 April 1854}}</ref> After serving in China during the Second Opium War, he commanded the Royal Marine Artillery at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir in September 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2501609/colonel-sir-henry-brasnell-tuson-1836-1916|title=Colonel Sir Henry Brasnell Tuson|publisher=Royal Collection|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref> and then commanded again at the First and Second Battles of El Teb in February 1884 during the Mahdist War for which he was awarded the Order of Osmanieh, second class, on 5 October 1885.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25517|page=4646|date=6 October 1885}}</ref> He was appointed colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery on 5 October 1886<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25635|page=5055|date=19 October 1886}}</ref> and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in August 1893 before retiring in March 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy appointments|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Howard Jones}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines|years=1893–1900}} {{s-aft|after=John Morris}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuson, Henry}} Category:1836 births Category:1916 deaths Category:Royal Marines generals Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Royal Navy personnel of the Second Opium War Category:Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War Category:Royal Navy personnel of the Mahdist War