Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly

British Army general

Richard O'Grady Haly
Richard O'Grady Haly
Born	(1841-02-22)22 February 1841 Frant, Sussex
Died	8 July 1911(1911-07-08) (aged 70) Camberley, Surrey
Buried	Frimley, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1858–c.1902
Rank	Major General
Commands held	General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Battles/wars	Mahdist War Second Boer War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in dispatches
Relations	General Sir William O'Grady Haly (father)

Major General Richard Hebden O'Grady-Haly, KCB, DSO (22 February 1841 – 8 July 1911) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1900 to 1902.

Military career

Born the son of General Sir William O'Grady Haly, O'Grady-Haly was commissioned into the British Army in 1858.^[1]

He served with the Nile Expedition in 1882 and took part in the action of El Maffar, both actions at Kassassin and the Battle of Tel el-Kebir.^[1]

He commanded the Second Column of the Hazara Field Force and was mentioned in dispatches in 1888.^[1]

He commanded the 1st Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in India and went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General in Belfast in 1891.^[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1900.^[2]

He also was a surveyor and when he was a lieutenant colonel, and invented a compass clinometer system which was built by Elliott Bros. Pictures of the compass can be seen in the online compass museum COMPASSIPEDIA.^[3]