MILITARY HONOURS
Walmer Castle, 29th November 1842.
Approve of the G.C.B. given to—
- Sir H. Pottinger.
- Sir W. Parker.
- General Nott.
- General Pollock.
Likewise of the proposed pension to Sir R. Sale, and the Baronetcy to Sir Hugh Gough.
Thinks the latter very fit to succeed Sir Jasper Nicols109 as Commander-in-Chief in India.
Grants with pleasure the permission to her troops engaged in Afghanistan to accept and wear the four medals which the Governor-General has had struck for the Indian Army, and hopes that besides gratifying the troops, it will have the beneficial effect of still further strengthening the good feeling existing between the two armies. Were it not for this impression, the Queen would have thought it more becoming that she herself should have rewarded her troops with a medal than leaving it to the Governor-General.
Footnote 109: Lieut.-General Sir Jasper Nicols (1778-1849), created a K.C.B. for his services at Bhurtpore.
Lord Ellenborough to Queen Victoria.
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