Anonymous.Major-General Sir Henry Gee Roberts (1800-60); c. 1830A half-length portrait showing a fair-haired young man in a red uniform with gold epaulettes and braid. Roberts served with the Bombay Army 1818-59. He became a captain in 1824 and in 1825 commanded the Resident's Escort in Cutch and later the Cutch Irregular Horse. He was assistant to the Resident for a time. After three years furlough in England; he returned to raise a regiment of Irregular cavalry in Gujerat which he commanded until 1841. In that year; he became a Lieutenant Colonel and in 1843 took part in Sir Charles Napier's Sind campaign. Later he became Resident in Cutch. In 1857 he commanded the Northern Division of the Bombay Army. During the Mutiny; he commanded the Rajputana Field Force; captured Kotah and also took part in the campaign against Tantia Topi. His last appointment was commissioner and commander of the troops in Gujerat. Major-General and K.C.B. 1859. Oil painting. 36 by 28 ins (91.5 by 71 cms).c. 1830.Foster 796London; British Library.