Charles Hagart


Colonel Charles Hagart CB was a British Army officer.

Career

Hagart was commissioned as an ensign in the 7th Regiment of Dragoons on 15 June 1832. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 31 October 1851 on appointment as commanding officer of the 7th Regiment of Dragoons, he commanded the regiment until August 1857.
He then commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade in the operations beyond the River Goomtee, at the siege of Alleegunge, and the captures of Ruyaghur, Snabjebanpore, Bareilly, and Mohumdee. In the autumn of the same year was attached to the Oude field force, and commanded the Cavalry of that Division at the occupation of Fyzabad, passage of the Gogrs, and during the whole Trans-Gogra campaign until the end of the war in 1859.
He became regimental colonel of the 7th Regiment of Dragoons in 1873.