Walter Fane

Major-General Walter Fane (1828–1885) was a British Indian Army officer who served in Central India on the North West Frontier as well as in China during the Opium Wars. Fane raised a troop of irregular cavalry to fight in China made up of Indian volunteers and they went on to become Fane's Horse, a regiment that remains part of Pakistan's armed forces. Life Walter Fane, a member of the Fane family, was born in 1828 in Fulbeck Lincolnshire. He was the son of the Rev. Edward Fane of Fulbeck Hall. Army career He entered the army in 1845 and became a lieutenant in 1853. He served in the Punjab Irregular Cavalry on the North West frontier where they fought a number of engagements against the hill tribes. During the Indian Rebellion Fane fought against Tantya Tope and he was present when the Indian rebel leader was captured and executed.