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'''Whitworth Porter''' (1827–1892) was an English [[Major General]] of the [[Royal Engineers]], known also as a historical writer.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite book|last=Falkner|first=James (rev.)|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/22581|year=2004|publisher=Oxford|chapter=Porter, Whitworth (1827–1892)}}</ref>▼
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| caption = Whitworth Porter in 1846
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1827|9|25}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1892|5|27|1827|9|25}}
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = [[British Army]]
| serviceyears = 1845–1881
| rank = [[Major general]]
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* [[Crimean War]]
** [[siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|Siege of Sebastopol]]
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| awards = [[Order of Medjidie]]
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▲'''Whitworth Porter''' (1827–1892) was an English [[Major General]] of the [[Royal Engineers]], known also as a historical writer.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite
==Life==
The second son of Henry Porter, of Winslade House, South [[Devon]], he was born at
After passing through the usual course of professional instruction at [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]], Porter embarked for [[Dominica]] in the West Indies on 13 December 1847, having married the preceding October. He returned home from Dominica in March 1850, and was stationed at [[Limerick]]. He was promoted second captain on 3 January 1855. On 20 December 1853 he embarked for [[Malta]], but in February 1855 was sent on active service to the [[Crimean War]]. He served in the trenches at the [[siege of Sevastopol (1854–55)|siege of Sebastopol]] until June. For his services he received the war medal, with clasp for Sebastopol, the Turkish medal, and the fifth class of the [[Order of Medjidie]]; and on 2 November 1855 he was promoted brevet-major. After serving at home for 18 months
Porter was employed at the [[War Office]] under the inspector-general of fortifications from April 1859 until September 1862 in connection with the defence of the United Kingdom. he was the designer of [[Picklecombe Fort]], as part of the defences of Devonport Dockyard. He served on the jury for the military division of the [[1862 International Exhibition]] in London, was instructor in fortification at the [[Royal Military College at Sandhurst]] from 1862 to 1868, was promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel on 23 August 1866, and promoted regimental lieutenant-colonel on 14 December 1868.<ref name="DNB"/>
In March 1870 Porter was again sent to Malta, where, as executive officer under the commanding
In February 1874 Porter was appointed commanding Royal Engineer at [[Barbados]];
Porter died on 27 May 1892, and was buried at St. Michael's Church, York Town, now in [[Camberley]], [[Surrey]], of which he had been churchwarden for many years. He had contributed towards its enlargement, and had carved the ornamental foliage on the [[chancel screen]].<ref name="DNB"/>
==Works==
[[File:Rorke's.Drift.Post.jpg|thumb|''Rorke's Drift Post'', in ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'', vol. II]]
Porter published ''Life in the Trenches before Sebastopol'', London, 1856. It was followed by ''A History of the Knights of Malta'' (2 vols. London, 1858); which he revised for an edition in 1883, and also abridged. His major work of later life was ''History of the Corps of Royal Engineers'', which was published in two volumes in 1889. One of his last acts was to present the copyright of the work to the Corps.<ref name="DNB"/> A continuation was added, through 11 volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.remuseum.org.uk/articles/rem_article_institute.htm|title=Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE)|work=Articles|publisher=Royal Engineers Museum|
==Family==
Porter married in [[London]], on 25 October 1847, Annie Shirley da Costa, by whom he had two children:
# Catherine, who married Captain Crosse; and # Reginald da Costa, a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers who died in accident in 1882. Porter ==References==
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