Toon, who had a short time before defeated Captain Granville Gower Loch. For these services he received a medal and clasp, was made a C.B., and made commandant at Rangoon. While there he discovered and suppressed on 20 November 1853 a plot which had for its aim the destruction of all the British in Rangoon, and thus saved the British hold on the city. In 1855 he gave up the command of the regiment with which he had been so long associated and on 20 January 1857 he was promoted major-general. He never again went on active service, but he was made a K.C.B. in 1862 and was appointed colonel of the 51st Foot on 1 June in that year. He was promoted lieutenant-general on 27 July 1863, full general on 25 October 1871 and G.C.B. on 24 May 1873. Family On 15 March 1831, at the church of All Souls, Langham Place in London, he married Jane Ashmore (1811–1879) but there is no record of any children. He died in their house at 20 Cambridge Square, Westminster, on 27 March 1874, being buried in Brompton Cemetery. References 1792 births 1874 deaths 19th-century British people Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath British Army generals