Alfred Horsford

General Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford GCB (1818 – 13 September 1885) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

General

Sir Alfred Horsford
"The Beau ideal"
Horsford as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1877
Born1818
Bath, Somerset
Died13 September 1885
Munlochy, Scotland
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1833–1880
RankGeneral
Commands heldSouth-Eastern District
Battles/warsXhosa Wars
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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