Francis Rawdon Chesney (16 March 1789— 30 January 1872), general and explorer, was a son of Captain Alexander Chesney, an Irishman of Scottish descent who, having emigrated to South Carolina in 1772, served under Lord Rawdon (afterwards Marquess of Hastings) in the American War of Independence, and subsequently received an appointment as coast officer at Annalong, County Down, Ireland. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Francis Rawdon-Hastings 1st Marquess of Hastings, ( 9 December 1754 – 28 November 1826) was a British politician and military officer who served In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" Annalong (in Irish: Áth na Long, ie ford of the ships is a picturesque seaside Village in County Down, Northern Ireland situated County Down, ( Ulster Scots: Coontie Doun. is one of the nine counties that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world There F. R. Chesney was born on 16 March 1789. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Lord Rawdon gave the boy a cadetship at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and he was gazetted to the Royal Artillery in 1805. The Royal Military Academy ( RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army Military academy for the training of Commissioned The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. But though he rose to be lieutenant-general and colonel-commandant of the 14th brigade Royal Artillery (1864), and general in 1868, Chesney’s memory lives not for his military record, but for his connection with the Suez Canal, and with the exploration of the Euphrates valley, which started with his being sent out to Constantinople in the course of his military duties in 1829, and his making a tour of inspection in Egypt and Syria. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation The Euphrates ( ( Arabic: ar نهر الفرات; Turkish: tr Fırat Syriac: syr ܦܪܬ; Hebrew: he פרת Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية His report in 1830 on the feasibility of making the Suez Canal was the original basis of Lesseps’ great undertaking (in 1869 Lesseps greeted him in Paris as the “father “ of the canal); and in 1831 he introduced to the home government the idea of opening a new overland route to India, by a daring and adventurous journey along the Euphrates valley from Anah to the Persian Gulf. Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI ( November 19[[ 805]]&ndash December 7[[ 894]] was the French developer of the Suez Canal, India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country This article is about the town of Anah For the district see Anah (district, and for the character in the Book of Book of Genesis, see List The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the Returning home, Colonel Chesney (as he then was) busied himself to get support for the latter project, to which the East India Company’s board was favourable; and in 1835 he was sent out in command of a small expedition, for which Parliament voted £20,000, in order to test the navigability of the Euphrates. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories
After encountering immense difficulties, from the opposition of the Egyptian pasha, and from the need of transporting two steamers (one of which, the Tigris, was subsequently lost) in sections from the Mediterranean over the hilly country to the river, they successfully arrived by water at Bushire in the summer of 1836, and proved Chesney’s view to be a practicable one. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller Bushehr or Bushire ( Persian:بوشهر pop 165377 (in 2005) is a city on the southwestern coast of Iran, on the Persian Gulf In the middle of 1837 he returned to England, and was given the Royal Geographical Society’s gold medal, having meanwhile been to India to consult the authorities there; but the preparation of his two volumes on the expedition (published in 1850) was interrupted by his being ordered out in 1843 to command the artillery at Hong Kong. History Founding members of the Society include Sir John Barrow, Sir John Franklin and Francis Beaufort. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
In 1847 his period of service was completed, and he went home to Ireland, to a life of retirement; but both in 1856 and again in 1862 he went out to the East to take a part in further surveys and negotiations for the Euphrates valley railway scheme, which, however, the government would not take up, in spite of a favourable report from the House of Commons committee in 1871. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords In 1868 he published a further volume of narrative on his Euphrates expedition.
References
- Louise Chesney and Jane O'Donnell, “The Life of the late General F. R. Chesney”, edited Stanley Lane-Poole, published W. Stanley Lane-Poole ( 18 December[[ 854]] - 29 December[[ 931]] was a British orientalist and archaeologist H. Allen (1885)
- The Dublin University Magazine Vol. XVIII November 1841 "Lieutant Colonel F. R. Chesney" pp 574-580, published William Curry, Jun. and Company, Dublin.
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
Publications
REPORTS ON THE NAVIGATION OF THE EUPHRATES. Submitted to Government by Captain Chesney, of the Royal Artillery. Taylor, printer, 7, Little James Street, Gray's Inn. [1833]
THE EXPEDITION FOR THE SURVEY OF THE RIVERS EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS. Carried on by order of the British Government in the years 1835, 1836, 1837 ; preceded by Geographical and Historical Notices of the Regions situated between the Rivers Nile and Indus. In Four Volumes. With Fourteen Maps and Charts, and embellished with Ninety-seven Plates, besides numerous Woodcuts. By Lieut. -Colonel Chesney, R. A. , . F. R. S. , F. R. G. S. , Colonel in Asia, Commander of the Expedition. By Authority. Vols. I. and II. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. Presentation copies, 4to. Ordinary copies, Royal 8vo.
ON THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. By Colonel Chesney, D. C. L. and F. R. S. , Royal Artillery. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851. 8vo.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF FIREARMS, AND ON THE PROBABLE EFFECTS IN WAR OF THE NEW MUSKET. With a Proposition for Reorganizing the Royal Regiment of Artillery by a Subdivision into Battalions in each special arm of Garrison, Field, and Horse Artillery, with Suggestions for Promoting its Efficiency. By Colonel Chesney, D. C. L. , F. R. S. , Royal Artillery. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. 8vo.
THE RUSSO-TURKISH CAMPAIGNS OF 1828 AND 1829. With a View of the Present State of Affairs in the East. By Colonel Chesney, R. A. , D. C. L. , F. R. S. , Author of "The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris. " With an Appendix containing the Diplomatic Correspondence between the Four Powers, and the Secret Correspondence between the Russian and English Governments. With Maps. London: Smith, Elder, and Go. , 1854; and Redfield, New York, 1854. 8vo.
NARRATIVE OF THE EUPHRATES EXPEDITION. Carried on by Order of the British Government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. By General Francis Rawdon Chesney. Colonel Commandant 14th Brigade Royal Artillery, D. C. L. , F. R. S. , F. R. G. S. , Commander of the Expedition. London: Longman, Green, and Co. , 1868. 8vo.
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STEAM NAVIGATION TO INDIA. July 14, 1834, p. 52, and Letter, pp. 88-91.
EVIDENCE ON STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. PAPERS ORDERED TO BE PRINTED BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS. P. 7, February 23, 1838.
(EVIDENCE IN) REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY. With the Proceedings of the Committee. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed, July 22, 1872.
External links
- [1] gives a description of Chesney's remarkable expedition down the Euphrates.
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