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and the cause of the English poor were contrary to the interests of Gladstone's Liberal government. Determined that Grey should not be elected and seeing that splitting the liberal vote would result in both Grey and Storks losing to the Conservative candidate, the Liberal government engineered an
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Now back at the War Office, he was appointed Controller-in-Chief and Under-Secretary at the War Office on 19 December 1867. There, he was involved in the re-organization of Army logistics that took place after the Crimean War. He was appointed
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in 1860, and reorganized the judiciary of the islands before the end of the commissionership (by treaty) on 14 November 1863. He was made a
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that followed the death of the sitting Liberal MP. Unfortunately he was opposed by progressive liberal and colonial administrator
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on 5 August 1870, the first to hold that post since the Crimean War. On 10 October 1870 he was appointed colonel of the
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Entering politics in 1870, Storks was endorsed as the Liberal candidate at a parliamentary by-election for the
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from the regiment on 23 May 1845 and served in a variety of staff posts. He served as an Assistant
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on 12 December 1865. He held that post until 16 July 1866. Upon his return, he was created a
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on 25 October 1871. While in Parliament, he spoke in favor of the abolition of the
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on 15 September 1848. From 1849 to 1854, he was Assistant Military Secretary at
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
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arrangement where both would withdraw, leaving another Liberal candidate,
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from 1846 to 1847, and was subsequently promoted to an unattached
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on 15 November 1864. However, he was called the next year to
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Grave of Sir Henry Knight Storks in Highgate Cemetery (West)
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The following year Storks was elected to parliament at the
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He now began his career in colonial government, appointed
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on 2 February 1859. While serving there, he was created
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to investigate the disturbances there, including the
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Exchanging to the 733: 450: 448: 446: 444: 442: 440: 438: 436: 434: 432: 353:purchase system for Army commissions 245:. After the war, he was awarded the 13: 429: 187:on 23 March 1832 and was promoted 166: 14: 1117: 521: 359:contributed to his defeat by the 1096:West Yorkshire Regiment officers 1056:British Army lieutenant generals 1004: 818: 777: 776:Civil commissioners (1799–1813) 684:Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 627:Parliament of the United Kingdom 410: 398: 376: 335:Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 298:Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 86: 67: 1101:61st Regiment of Foot officers 1003:Governors-general (1964–1974) 712:70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot 485: 474: 1: 422: 268:on 1 July 1864. 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United Kingdom

British Army
Lieutenant-General
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Lieutenant General
GCB
GCMG
PC
Charterhouse School
ensign
61st Regiment of Foot
14th Regiment of Foot
captain
38th Regiment of Foot
Ionian Islands
half pay
Adjutant General
Cape Frontier Wars
lieutenant colonelcy
Mauritius
colonel
major-general
Ottoman
Crimean War
Florence Nightingale
KCB
War Office

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