Major General Henry Schaw CB 1829-1902

Schaw was commissioned (non-purchase) from the Royal Military Academy Woolwich into the Royal Engineers, serving in England, Ceylon, Ireland and the Crimea.

Appointed Inspector General of Fortifications and Secretary of the Royal Defence Committee, he was invited to advise the Victorian and New South Wales and New Zealand governments on their port security in 1887. He extended beyond this brief, advising those governments on command and administration of their less-than-organised militia forces.

He retired in New Zealand and became active in the New Zealand Institute, also returning inspecting the NZ force during the Boer War.