General Henry Joseph Pelly (9 January 1818 - 10 December 1891) was a British Army officer and a general in the Indian Army's Bombay Staff Corps.
General Henry Joseph Pelly (9 January 1818 - 10 December 1891) was a British Army officer and a general in the Indian Army's Bombay Staff Corps.
Henry Joseph Pelly was born on 9 January 1818, the son of John Hinde Pelly and Elizabeth Lewis. [1] He was promoted to general on 1 October 1877.
He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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