William Mayne | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:William_Mayne_(1818_%E2%80%93_1855)_(cropped).jpg) William Mayne, mezzotint by George Salisbury Shury after a portrait by Karl Hartmann | |
| Born | 28 October 1818 Limpsfield, Surrey |
| Died | 23 December 1855 (aged 37) Cairo, Egypt |
| Allegiance | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg){kind=small} East India Company |
| Service/ | Army of the Indus Bengal Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | 37th Bengal Infantry Regiment |
| Commands | Hyderabad Contingent |
| Battles/wars | First Afghan War Gwalior campaign Hyderabad conflicts |
William Mayne, ADC (1818–1855) was an English army officer in the service of the East India Company who made his name in the defence of Jellalabad during the First Afghan War. He reached the rank of colonel in the Bengal Army, and served briefly as brigadier of the Hyderabad contingent.