H. C. Cunliffe-Owen | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Albumen print by Camille Silvy, 28 May 1862 | |
| Born | 16 October 1821 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Died | 7 March 1867 (aged 45) Plymouth, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1839–1867 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-colonel Bvt. Colonel |
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| Spouse(s) |
Agnes Cubitt (m. 1855) |
Henry Charles Cunliffe-Owen, CB (1821–1867) was an English officer in the British Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers. After graduating from Woolwich, he served variously, including in the campaign against insurgent Boers, and in the Kaffir War of 1845–1847, in the Cape. Returning to England, he was appointed to civilian posts: general superintendent of the Great Exhibition of 1851, and afterwards inspector of art schools in the department of practical art. This last appointment he resigned to fight in the Crimean War, and he was gravely wounded before Sebastopol; whereupon he was made a C.B. and pensioned. He later served as deputy inspector-general of fortifications, from 1856 to 1860, and commanding Royal Engineer of the western district, from 1860. He was made regimental lieutenant-colonel in 1862. He was a staunch High Church Anglican.