William Lockhart (Indian Army officer)
General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart GCB, KCSI (2 September 1841 – 18 March 1900) was a British General in the British Indian Army.
For other people named William Lockhart, see William Lockhart (disambiguation).
Sir William Lockhart
2 September 1841
18 March 1900 (aged 58)
1858–1900
Death[edit]
He died of malaria whilst serving in office in Calcutta on 18 March 1900. His funeral occurred the following day and the service was taken by James Welldon the Bishop of Calcutta, and former headmaster of Harrow School. Lockhart's good friend Lord Curzon (The Viceroy) attended the funeral. Lockhart married twice.[1]
A private collection funded a fine memorial by George Frampton in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh and soldiers and their families paid for the construction of an obelisk in Roomi Park, Rawalpindi (now Pakistan).[8]