George Higginson
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General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, was a British Army officer and veteran of the Crimean War who served more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards.
A cartoon of George Higginson from an 1884 edition of Vanity Fair
The Major-General commanding the Household Division commands the Household Division of the British Army and is also the General Officer Commanding London District. In British Army parlance, "The Major
George Higginson
…was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1871 Birthday Honours. Promoted to major general on 1 October 1877, from 1879 to 1884 he was Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District. As Commanding Officer of the Brigade of Guards, he was asked in 1882 to assist in the (now defunct…
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Edward Smyth-Osbourne in the full-dress uniform of a Major-General, on duty at the State Opening of Parliament in 2015