§ MR. BIGGARasked the Secretary of State for War, If he would explain how it was that Colonel Tyrwhitt, Equerry to His Royal Highness Commanding in Chief, having been for years superseded, at the eleventh hour obtained his promotion, and was thus enabled to retire within a few weeks on £700 a-year; and, whether it is not a fact that Major General Tyrwhitt, being 63 years of age, could not have been eligible for a full Colonelcy of a regiment (£1,000 a-year), Major Generals being disqualified at the age of 62 years, and then obliged to retire?
§ MR. CHILDERSIn reply to the first Question of the hon. Member, I have to state that Major-General Tyrwhitt was not promoted at his own request while he held the post of Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief. The second Question I have already fully answered; but I may add that a Major-General was not obliged to retire before 70 under the "Warrant in force up to June 30 last, and was eligible for a regiment up to any age, whether under that "Warrant or the present one.