SHUTE, HENRY GWYNN DEANE, Major, was
born 4 December 1860, son of General Sir Charles Cameron Shute, KCB,
Colonel, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons (late MP for Brighton), and Rhoda,
daughter of Henry Turnour Dowler, and granddaughter of Lady Broughton, of
Posen Court, Herefordshire, and of Captain Nason Dickinson, Coldstream
Guards, 1862. He was gazetted to the Coldstream Guards 30 September 1880,
becoming Lieutenant 1 July 1881. He took part in the Egyptian Expedition in
1882, being present at the action of Mahuta and the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir
(Medal with clasp; Bronze Star). He served in the Sudan Expedition of 1885
(Suakin); was present at the action of Haseen, and at the attack on the
convoy, 24 March, and the action at Tamai (clasp). He became Captain 27
January 1891, and was Regimental Adjutant, Coldstream Guards, 2D July 1891
to 31 December 1893; Brigade Major, Home District, 1 January 1894 to 31
December 1896; was promoted to Major 19 May 1897. Major Shute served in the
South African War, 1899-1902; was present in the advance on Kimberley,
including actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein;
operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including actions
at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River and Zand River; operations in the
Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg,
Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria,
July to October 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in the
Transvaal, west of Pretoria, November 1900; operations in Cape Colony, south
of Orange River, 1900; operations in Cape Colony, November 1900 to 31 May
1902; operations in the Transvaal, 1900; in command of a mobile column (17
December 1903 to 5 January 1901). Commandant, Graaff Reinet (5 January to
30 November 1901); afterwards as Administrator, No 8 Martial Law Area, Cape
Colony District (1 December 1931 to end of operations). He was mentioned in
Despatches [London Gazette, 26 January 1900, and 29 July 1902]; was given
the Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel 22 August 1902; received the Queen's Medal
with six clasps, and the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 19 April
1901]: "Henry Gwynn Deane Shute, Major, Coldstream Guards. In recognition
of services during the recent operations in South Africa". He was Principal
Private Secretary to the Right Honourable H O Arnold-Forster, Secretary of
State for War, 12 October 1903 to 31 December 1904; became Lieutenant
Colonel, Coldstream Guards, 29 November 1903; Staff employment 1 January
1905; was AAG, Home District, 1 January to 31 May 1905, and 1 June 1905 to
31 December 1908; became Colonel 22 August 1905. Colonel Shute died on 8
October 1909.
