Major-General Sir Oliver Richardson Newmarch (1834–1920) was a senior British Indian Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the India Office. Born the son of Doctor Newmarch and Violet, daughter of Colonel Sher
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Major-General Sir Oliver Richardson Newmarch (1834–1920) was a senior British Indian Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the India Office.
Early life and education
Born the son of Doctor Newmarch and Violet, daughter of Colonel Sherwood, Royal Artillery, Newmarch was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford.
Military career
Newmarch entered the Indian Army in 1855, and was later commissioned into the Bengal Staff Corps and posted to the 44th Native Infantry. Newmarch served as the Military Secretary to the Government of India from 1884 to 1887. While in that role, he was appointed KCSI in 1894.
Family
In 1858 he married Mary Isabella Parke and they went on to have one son and one daughter. She died in 1867 and he then married Agnes Mary Norman in 1874.
