Thomas Cadell
Colonel Thomas Cadell was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Cadell was the younger brother of General Sir Robert Cadell, K.C.B. and was educated at Edinburgh Academy.VC
He was 21 years old at the time and a lieutenant in the 2nd European Bengal Fusiliers during the Indian Mutiny when he performed the deeds on 12 June 1857 at Delhi, India which resulted in being awarded the Victoria Cross:He later achieved the rank of colonel in the service of the Indian Staff Corps and held various political appointments in India. From 1879 to 1892 was Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He was the cousin of Samuel Hill Lawrence. The prominent Cadell Road in Bombay, was named after him. After Indian Independence in 1947, it was renamed after Indian traitor Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who was lodged at the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Family
He was married to Anna Catherine Dalmahoy, daughter of Patrick Dalmahoy WS and Catherine Sawers.
