of promotions followed: major in 1853, lieutenant-colonel in 1862, colonel in 1864, major-general in 1868 and lieutenant-general in 1877.

The bird Bambusicola fytchii is named in his honour.

He was the son of John Fytche of Thorpe Hall, Louth, Lincolnshire, and Anne Wilson. He was a descendant of Ralph Fitch and William Fytche. His father's sister, Elizabeth, married Rev. George Clayton Tennyson, making him

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