Arthur Borton (British Army officer)

General Sir Arthur Borton (20 January 1814 - 7 September 1893) was a British Army officer who became Governor of Malta.

Early life
Blofield was born on 20 January 1814 in Blofield, Norfolk where his father John Drew Borton was the rector. He was educated at Eton College and the Military College, Sandhurst.

Military career
Borton was commissioned into the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot in 1832. He took part in the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845 and then commanded his regiment at the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. He became commander of an infantry brigade at the Curragh in Ireland in 1866 and General Officer Commanding the Mysore division of the Madras Army in 1870 and, having been promoted to full general in 1877, he went on to be Governor of Malta in 1878 before retiring in 1884.

Family life
Borton married Caroline Mary Georgina Close in 1850, he died at his home 105 Eaton Place, London on 7 September 1893 aged 80.