Lieut. 30th Sept., 1819. Capt. 10th Feb., 1832. Bt.-major 15th June,
1838. Serving in same regt. in 1846.
Footnote 35:
Ensign 68th Foot 30th Dec., 1819. Serving in 1824.
Footnote 36:
2nd son of Charles Stuart Dallas, by Susan King. Was sev. wnded. at
Waterloo. Placed on h. p. as ensign in 1820. Quitted the service some
years after, and entered the Church, and in 1842 was curate of
Micheldever, Whitchurch, Hants. M. his cousin, Julia Maria Dallas, and
had issue. D. 1860.
33RD (OR THE 1ST YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING)
REGIMENT OF FOOT.[K]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. Keith Elphinstone 30 Sept. 1813 │
MAJOR. │
[2] Edward Parkinson, W. 17 Mar. 1813 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Wm. MʻIntyre, W. 3 Dec. 1810 │
[4] Charles Knight, W. 26 Dec. 1811 │30 Aug. 1810
John Haigh, K. 6 Aug. 1812 │
[5] J.M. Harty, W. 11 Mar. 1813 │
[6] Ralph Gore 28 July, 1814 │
[7] John Longden 8 Sept. 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[8] Thomas Reid, W. 20 July, 1806 │
_Peter Barailler_ 7 Sept. 1809 │21 Mar. 1807
[9] George Barrs 14 Nov. 1809 │
Henry Rishton Buck, K. 16 Nov. 1809 │
[10] Arthur Hill Trevor 1 Jan. 1810 │
John Boyce, K. 1 Jan. 1811 │
J. Hart, K. 25 Apr. 1811 │
[11] James Murkland, W. 1 June, 1811 │
[12] Fred. Hope Pattison 24 Sept. 1812 │
[13] Arthur Gore, K. 11 Mar. 1813 │
[14] Richard Westmore, W. 1 Apr. 1813 │
Thos. D. Haigh, K. 29 July, 1813 │28 Jan. 1813
[15] Jas. Gordon Ogle, W. 17 Mar. 1814 │
[16] Sam. Alex. Pagan, W. 7 Apr. 1814 │
[17] Edward Clabon 18 Aug. 1814 │
[18] Joseph Lynam 8 Sept. 1814 │
[19] John Archbold 27 Oct. 1814 │
John Cameron, K. 9 Feb. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[20] Henry Bain, W. 15 Oct. 1812 │
[21] James Forlong, W. 11 Mar. 1813 │
[22] John Alderson, W. 21 Apr. 1813 │
[23] Wm. Bain 22 Apr. 1813 │
[24] Jas. Arnot Howard 6 May, 1813 │
[25] Wm. Thain, Adjt., W. 13 May, 1813 │
[26] Andrew Watson 10 June, 1813 │
[27] Charles Smith 24 June, 1813 │
[28] Wm. Hodgson 21 Apr. 1814 │
[29] Gerald Blackall 12 May, 1814 │
[30] George Drury, W. 9 Feb. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
[31] Edward Stoddart 2 Apr. 1807 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[32] James Fazarckerley (_sic_) 25 Sept. 1808 │
SURGEON. │
Robert Leaver 31 Mar. 1814 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Wm. D. Fry 12 Nov. 1812 │
D. Finlayson 31 Mar. 1814 │
_Facings red._ _Lace silver._
Footnote K:
In 1793 the Hon. Arthur Wellesley was appointed lt.-col. of this regt.
and commanded it for nearly ten eventful years. Wellington never
forgot his old regiment, and it is recorded that he honoured Sir Colin
Halkett’s brigade with several visits on Waterloo Day. In one visit
late in the afternoon of that eventful day, he inquired “How they
were?” The answer was that two-thirds of their number were down, and
that the rest were so exhausted that leave to retire, even for a short
time, was most desirable, some of the foreign corps, who had not
suffered, to take their place. Gen. Halkett was told that the issue of
the battle depended on the unflinching front of the British troops,
and that even a change of place was hazardous in the extreme. Halkett
impressively said, “Enough, my lord; we stand here until the last man
falls.”
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. W. Keith Elphinstone, C.B., Com.-in-Chf. in
Bengal. 3rd son of the Hon. Wm. Fullerton Elphinstone, and grandson of
the 10th Baron Elphinstone. C.B. and K.S.A. for Waterloo. Served in
Afghanistan, and in the retreat from Cabul was taken captive by Akhbar
Khan, and fell a sacrifice to bodily fatigue, 23rd April, 1842.
Footnote 2:
Made bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Served with the 33rd in India, and was
on the staff of the expedition which captured the island of Bourbon.
Served in the campaign in Holland in 1814. Was severely wounded at
Quatre Bras. Attained rank of lt.-gen. and col.-in-chf. 93rd
Highlanders. C.B. D. 14th Jan., 1858.
Footnote 3:
Promoted maj. 30th Dec., 1818. Exchanged to 1st W.I. Regt. 15th Feb.,
1821. D. 23rd April, 1828.
Footnote 4:
A native of Charleville. Succeeded to the command of the above regt.
after 1830, and d. 21st July, 1841, on board the ss. _Pandora_, at St.
Thomas’s, on his way home from Barbados.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards Col. Joseph M. Harty, K.H., retired f. p. Entered the army
in 1807. He served at the capture of Bourbon and the Isle of France
(1810), the campaigns in Germany and Holland, including the attacks on
Merxem and the assault of Bergen-op-Zoom (1813–14). His commissions
are dated: Ensign, April 23rd, 1807; Lt., May 1st, 1807; Capt., March
11th, 1813; Maj., Dec. 20th, 1827; Lt.-Col., July 22nd, 1841; Col.,
Nov. 28th, 1854. Living 1874.
Footnote 6:
Quitted the service as capt. in this regt.
Footnote 7:
Bt.-major 1st Nov., 1821. H. p. unattached, 1st May, 1827.
Footnote 8:
Capt. 16th June, 1815. Retd. f. p. 10th Jan., 1837. Living in 1846.
Footnote 9:
Capt. 7th April, 1825. H. p. 25th May, 1826.
Footnote 10:
Afterwards K.H. and lt.-col. of 59th Regt. Inspecting Field Officer
Recruiting Staff, 1855. Maj.-Gen. 1858. Living 1860.
Footnote 11:
Left the regt. in 1817.
Footnote 12:
Placed on h. p. as lt. 18th May, 1821. Fifty years later he published
for private circulation a short account of his Waterloo experiences,
which the Editor had the pleasure of perusing a few years ago when
staying at Oban, N.B., where the Veteran’s son resided on his own
property.
Footnote 13:
Eldest son of Lt.-Col. Ralph Gore, of the 33rd, by Sarah, dau. of
George Wynne, Mayor of Plymouth, 1791.
Footnote 14:
Became major in this regt. 1840, and retired on f. p. in 1842 with
rank of lt.-col. Living in 1865.
Footnote 15:
Belonged to an Irish family. D. as lt. in the regt., at Hull, 12th
Sept., 1817, aged 26, and was buried with military honours in Trinity
Church, Hull.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 55th Foot, 14th Feb., 1822.
Footnote 17:
Capt. 19th Sept., 1821. Exchanged to 58th Foot, 30th Jan., 1823. Out
of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 18:
Lieut. 54th Foot 27th Nov. 1822. Out of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 20:
This officer’s Waterloo medal was many years in the Editor’s
collection of war-medals. Lieut. 11th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 21:
Major 43rd L.I. 1st July, 1828. Lt.-col. 7th May, 1841. Retd. 17th
Oct. 1851. K.H. D. at Toronto.
Footnote 22:
Lieut. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 23:
Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817. D. in Feb., 1860.
Footnote 24:
Lieut. 10th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 25:
Capt. 17th Nov., 1825. Exchanged to 21st Foot, and was promoted
bt.-major in 1838. Serving in 1842.
Footnote 26:
Lieut. 24th Foot, 18th June, 1818. H. p. 1823. Living in 1879.
Footnote 27:
Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 28:
Lieut. 19th Aug., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 29:
D. or left the regt. in 1816.
Footnote 30:
Lieut. 23rd Nov., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 31:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 32:
_Fazackerley._ Lieut. 1st Rl. Veteran Batt. 19th Oct., 1815. Retd. f.
p. 1816.
40TH (OR 2ND SOMERSETSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_1st Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
MAJORS. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Arthur Rowley Heyland, K. 10 Nov. 1814 │26 Aug. 1813
[2] Fielding Browne 19 Jan. 1815 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Sempronius Stretton 11 Sept. 1806 │Maj., 22 Nov. 1813
[4] Conyngham Ellis, W. 30 Nov. 1809 │
[5] John Henry Barnett, W. 13 June, 1811 │
[6] Robert Phillips 25 July, 1811 │
[7] Wm. Fisher, K. 19 Sept. 1811 │
[8] Edward Cole Bowen 7 Nov. 1811 │
[9] Peter Bishop 12 Mar. 1812 │
[10] Thos. Decimus Franklyn 10 Nov. 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[11] John Thoreau 28 May, 1807 │
[12] Robert Moore, W. 14 Apr. 1808 │
[13] Wm. Oliver Sandwith 25 May, 1809 │2 Oct. 1805
[14] Wm. Manning, Adjt. 14 Sept. 1809 │
[15] Henry Millar 5 Sept. 1810 │
[16] John Richardson 6 Sept. 1810 │
[17] James Anthony, W. 16 May, 1811 │
[18] James Mill, W. 18 Sept. 1811 │
[19] Andrew Eugene Glynne, W. 19 Sept. 1811 │
[20] Wm. Neilly 26 Sept. 1811 │
[21] Richard Hudson 7 Nov. 1811 │
[22] Henry Wilkinson 12 May, 1812 │
[23] John Foulkes 14 May, 1812 │
[24] Thos. Campbell, W. 3 Sept. 1812 │
[25] Hugh Boyd Wray 10 Sept. 1812 │
[26] Richard Jones 8 Oct. 1812 │
[27] Hon. Michael Browne, W. 10 Dec. 1812 │
[28] Illay Robb, W. 23 Dec. 1812 │
[29] Donald Macdonald 7 June, 1815 │
[30] Frederick Ford, K. │
[31] George Hibbert 14 June, 1815 │
[32] Richard Rudd 15 June, 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[33] Henry Hemsley, W. 25 Apr. 1813 │
[34] J.L. Wall 25 Aug. 1813 │
[35] Pharaoh Harley 26 Aug. 1813 │
[36] Henry Glyn 25 Nov. 1813 │
[37] Wm. Aldworth Clarke, W. 6 Jan. 1814 │
[38] Richard Thornhill, W. 7 June, 1815 │
[39] James Murphy 8 June, 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
Fred. Holland Durand 10 Mar. 1814 │
SURGEON. │
[40] Wm. Jones 3 Sept. 1812 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Wm. Barry 4 Jan. 1810 │
George Scott 9 Sept. 1813 │
_Facings buff._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Eldest son of Rowland Heyland, of Castle Roe, co. Derry, by his 2nd
wife (_née_ MacDonald). M. Mary Kyffin, and had issue. His eldest son
distinguished himself in the Crimea, and the youngest lost an arm at
the battle of the Alma.
Footnote 2:
C.B. and bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo, where he commanded his regt.
during the latter part of the battle. Promoted major in Rifle Brigade.
Placed on h. p. 1820. Col. 1837. Served throughout the Par. War, and
commanded the regt. at the assault of Badajoz, for which he received
the gold medal. In 1848 he received the silver war medal with 7
clasps. Served also at New Orleans. For some years he held the
appointment of barrack-master at the Regent’s Park Barracks, and d. in
London 22nd July, 1864.
Footnote 3:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. S. Stretton, C.B., of Lenton Priory, Notts.
Lt.-col. 21st June, 1817. Retired on h. p. 1824. M., 3rd March, 1821,
the Hon. Catherine Massey, dau. of Nathaniel, 2nd Baron Clarina. (She
d. 3rd July same year.) D. 6th Feb., 1842. M.I. in Athlone parish
church. The tablet gives Col. Stretton’s services in the Pa. as
follows:—“He was present in the following battles, in several of which
he had the honour to command the above distinguished corps, viz.,
Vittoria, Pampeluna, Roncevalles, the several actions in the Pyrenees
[gold medal] heights of St. Antonio, the passage of the Bidassoa, and
heights above Vera in Spain. The battle of Sara and passage of the
Nivelle, Bayonne, and passage of the Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.”
Footnote 4:
Made bt.-major for Waterloo. D. 1817.
Footnote 5:
Serving as senior capt. in 1830.
Footnote 6:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 7:
This officer had his head taken off by a cannon ball in the afternoon
of Waterloo Day, when standing near the colours. “There goes my best
friend,” exclaimed a private of Capt. Fisher’s company. “I will be as
good a friend to you,” said the subaltern, who immediately took the
deceased’s place in the square. This produced a grim laugh among the
men, as they knew what the subaltern did not—that the private had
spoken ironically, for he was an old offender, and had constantly been
punished by Capt. Fisher.—(_Autobiography of Sergt. W. Lawrence._)
Footnote 8:
Retd. in 1823.
Footnote 9:
Of Bishop’s Court, Waterford. Major 7th Sept., 1828. Unattached list
1829. K.H. M., 7th Sept., 1815, Julia, dau. of Wm. Talbot, of Castle
Talbot, and had issue. Living 1830.
Footnote 10:
Retired on h. p. 19th Sept., 1823. Served at Monte Video, Buenos
Ayres, and in the Pa. D. at Thorpe-le-Soken 3rd Nov., 1857.
Footnote 11:
Capt. 19th July 1815. Exchanged to 37th Foot 3rd May, 1821. Bt.-major
in 1837. Serving in 1842.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 20th July, 1815. Paymaster 10th June. 1824. D. in 1845.
Footnote 13:
H. p., 27th Foot, 28th June, 1821.
Footnote 14:
H. p., 21st Foot, 30th May, 1822.
Footnote 15:
Capt. 25th June, 1827. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 17th Nov., 1831. Exchanged to 83rd Foot in 1833. Retd. in 1840.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 18th Nov., 1819.
Footnote 18:
Was struck by a spent ball in his right eye, which was seriously
impaired for life. (Pension.) Major 8th Apr., 1826. H. p. 7th May,
1829.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 1816. This officer lived to receive the Par. medal with nine
clasps in 1849.
Footnote 20:
Capt. 63rd Foot 16th Aug., 1831. Sold out 1833. D. 1864. He recd. the
Par. medal with nine clasps.
Footnote 21:
H. p., 22nd Foot, 21st March, 1822. D. in 1827.
Footnote 22:
H. p. 1818. D. in 1861.
Footnote 23:
H. p., 58th Foot, 26th Oct., 1820.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 1817. D. 10th Feb., 1854.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 27:
H. p. 1816. 4th son of Valentine, 5th Visct. Kenmare. D. 1825.
Footnote 28:
Superseded soon after Waterloo.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.
Footnote 30:
Shot through the spine, but lived a few hours.
Footnote 31:
Capt. 6th March, 1823. Major 13th Nov., 1835. C.O. during first Afghan
War. (C.B., bt. lt.-col. and medal). Lt.-col. 22nd July, 1845. D. 12th
Nov., 1847.
Footnote 32:
H. p. 25th Feb., 1816.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 28th Foot, 1822. D. at Chapel House, Ealing, 6th March, 1855.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 35:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 36:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 37:
Lieut. 1st March, 1821. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
Footnote 38:
Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Lieut. 15th Aug., 1822. Serving in
1825.
Footnote 39:
Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Ens. 47th Foot 26th July, 1820.
Lieut. 60th Rifles 1827.
Footnote 40:
D. in Aug., 1862, at Burton on Trent.
42ND (OR THE ROYAL HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir Robert Macara, K.C.B., 16 Apr. 1812 │1 Jan. 1812
K. │
MAJOR. │
[2] Robert Henry Dick, W. 14 July, 1808 │Lt.-Col., 8 Oct.,
│1812
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Archibald Menzies, W. 5 June, 1805 │
[4] George Davidson, W. 25 Sept. 1807 │Maj., 4 June, 1813
[5] John Campbell 3 Dec. 1807 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
[6] Mungo Macpherson, W. 9 Feb. 1809 │
[7] Donald McDonald, W. 25 Jan. 1810 │
[8] Daniel McIntosh, W. 2 May, 1811 │
[9] Robert Boyle, W. 11 July, 1811 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] Donald Chisholm, W. 10 Oct. 1805 │
[11] Duncan Stewart, W. 1 Jan. 1807 │
[12] Donald McKenzie, W. 23 July, 1807 │3 Dec. 1806
[13] James Young, Adjt., W. 25 May, 1808 │
[14] Hugh Andrew Fraser, W. 8 Feb. 1809 │
[15] John Malcolm 14 Dec. 1809 │
[16] Alexander Dunbar, W. 25 Jan. 1810 │
[17] James Brander, W. 2 May, 1811 │
[18] Roger Stewart 11 July, 1811 │
[19] Robert Gordon, K. 29 Aug. 1811 │
[20] James Robertson 10 Oct. 1811 │
[21] Kenneth McDougall 12 Feb. 1812 │
[22] Donald McKay 28 May, 1812 │
[23] Alexander Innes 15 Oct. 1812 │
[24] John Grant 18 Feb. 1813 │
[25] John Orr, W. 29 Apr. 1813 │
[26] George Gunn Munro, W. 10 June, 1813 │
ENSIGNS. │
[27] George Gerard, K. 29 Apr. 1813 │
[28] Wm. Fraser, W. 10 June, 1813 │
[29] A.L. Fraser, W. 23 Sept. 1813 │16 Sept. 1813
[30] Alexander Brown 25 Dec. 1813 │
[31] Alexander Cumming 17 Feb. 1814 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[32] Donald McIntosh, W. 9 July, 1803 │
SURGEON. │
[33] Swinton McLeod 9 July, 1803 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[34] Donald Macpherson 1 June, 1809 │
[35] John Stewart 20 July, 1809 │4 May, 1809
_Facings blue._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
The death of Sir R. Macara at Quatre Bras was inexpressibly sad. “He
was wounded about the middle of the engagement, and was in the act of
being carried off the field by four of his men, when a party of French
unexpectedly surrounded and made them prisoners. Perceiving by the
colonel’s decorations that he was an officer of rank they immediately
cut him down with his attendants.” His relations obtained Macara’s
Waterloo medal, which was for long in the Tancred Collection. A
touching poem to Robert Macara’s memory is to be found in the
_Waterloo Memoirs_; the following are the last three verses of a pæan
of praise sung by the Goddess of Fame:—
“Here the Goddess ceased her lay;
Weak, her wings refused to fly;
Faint, her voice forbore to say
How Macara dared to die.
“Be it, then, to friendship giv’n
Such a warrior’s name to save,
While ’tis borne on breeze of heav’n
That he found a soldier’s grave.
“By unequal hosts oppos’d,
Still he proved his valour true;
For his bright career was clos’d
On the plains of Waterloo!”
Footnote 2:
Succeeded to the command after Macara’s death. C.B. for Waterloo. Had
served in the Pa., and received the gold medal and one clasp for
Fuentes d’Onor and Salamanca. A.D.C. to George IV., 1825. H. p.
unattached list, 1825; maj.-gen., 1837. K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf.
73rd Regt. 1845. Killed at the battle of Sobraon, 10th Feb., 1846, at
the moment of victory. He had m., 11th April, 1818, Eliza., dau. of J.
Macnabb, of Arthurstone, Perth.
Footnote 3:
In Capt. George Jones’s _Waterloo Memoirs_ is to be found an
interesting letter regarding Major Menzies of the 42nd, who was
dangerously wounded at Quatre Bras. The major’s name is omitted in
this letter:—“On the 16th June, Major ——, of the 42nd, preferring to
fight on foot, in front of his men, had given his horse to hold to a
little drummer-boy. After severe fighting he fell wounded near a brave
private, Donald Mackintosh. The drummer left the horse to assist his
friend Donald. A French lancer attempted to seize the horse, on which
the prostrate Donald exclaimed, ‘Hoot man, ye mauna tak that beast, ’t
belangs to our captain here!’ The lancer, little heeding, seized the
horse. Donald, with a last expiring effort, loaded his musket and shot
the lancer dead. A French cavalry officer, seeing the major bestirring
himself, rode up and attempted to dispatch him with his sword. As he
stooped from his saddle, the major seized his leg, and managed to pull
him off his horse upon him. Another lancer, observing this struggle,
galloped up and tried to spear the major and relieve his officer; but
the former, by a sudden jerk and desperate exertion, placed the French
officer uppermost, who received the mortal thrust below his cuirass
and continued lying upon the major’s body for near ten minutes, sword
in hand. A pause in the battle permitted some men of the 42nd to carry
their officer into the square of the 92nd, where he was found to have
received sixteen wounds.” Acted as major after Sir R. Macara’s death
at Quatre Bras until wounded himself. Promoted maj. 18th June, 1815.
Left the regt. in 1828. D. in 1854. This gallant officer’s claymore
(an Andrea Ferrara) is in the possession of his grand-daughters, the
Misses Murray Menzies.
Footnote 4:
D. from his wounds at Brussels. Pension of £100 per ann. to his widow.
Footnote 5:
Brother of Sir Guy Campbell, Bart. Made C.B. and bt. lt.-col. after
Waterloo. Had the gold medal for Orthes. M., 10th March, 1831, Louise,
Gabrielle Clementine Bernie, of Paris, and had issue. D. 31st March,
1841, at Marseilles.
Footnote 6:
Retd. as major 1826. D. at Hastings in Nov., 1844.
Footnote 7:
H. p. 1819. D. at Musselburgh, 1865.
Footnote 8:
Retd. 1821. D. at Hamilton, 13th March, 1830.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 1821. D. in London, 11th July, same year.
Footnote 10:
Capt. Rl. Vet. Batt. 1815. Retd. f. p. 1821. D. at Edinburgh in 1853.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 25th March 1817.
Footnote 12:
Retd. 1821. D. at Edinburgh, 5th Dec., 1838.
Footnote 13:
H. p. 1819. D. at Edinburgh, 15th June, 1846.
Footnote 14:
Capt. 12th Dec., 1822. Maj. 3rd Dec., 1829. H. p. 4th May, 1832. D. at
Maidstone, as bt. lt.-col., in Jan., 1855.
Footnote 15:
Afterwards capt. and bt.-maj. same regt. D. 1829.
Footnote 16:
Quitted the service as lieut. in 1825, and d. at Inverness, 15th Feb.,
1832.
Footnote 17:
Afterwards maj. in same regt. Promoted lt.-col. on unattached list
15th Aug., 1826. Eldest son of John Brander, of Pitgavenny House,
Elgin, by Margaret, dau. of Alexander Brander, Provost of Elgin. M.,
Jan., 1834, Margaret Browne. J.P. and D.L. for co. Elgin. D. s. p.,
1854, at Pitgavenny.
Footnote 18:
Capt. h. p. 1827. D. in 1833, while serving with the Rl. African
Corps.
Footnote 19:
Killed at Quatre Bras. Son of the Rev. John Gordon, of Duffus, N.B.
Footnote 20:
Adjt. 14th Sept., 1815. Capt. h. p. 13th Feb., 1827. D. as capt. 48th
Foot, at Chatham, Apr., 1833.
Footnote 21:
Retd. 1826. D. in Skye, 1827.
Footnote 22:
Capt. 3rd Dec., 1829. D. at Sterling 13th Feb., 1832.
Footnote 23:
D. as lieut. h. p. unattached, 1875, as a military Knight of Windsor.
Footnote 24:
Retired on h. p. 25th Oct., 1821. D. at Stratford, Essex, 13th June,
1827.
Footnote 25:
Bn. 3rd April, 1790, at Greenock. His father was a merchant, and his
mother, Margaret MacGregor, a descendant of the Glengyle family.
Entered the army from the militia. Accompanied the 1st Batt. 42nd
Highlanders to the Pa.; was present at Salamanca, the siege of Burgos,
storming of St. Michael, the retreat to Portugal, and at all the
actions in the Pyrenees. Was wounded at Burgos, and again severely at
Waterloo. On the reduction of the army after Waterloo, he joined the
94th (the old Scots Brigade), and, on a further reduction, was
appointed to the 8th Rl. Veteran Batt. Capt. Orr was Superintendent of
the late Scottish Naval and Military Academy for thirty years. M. in
1816, Jane, 2nd dau. of Alex. Rollock, of Glasgow, and had issue. D.
7th Dec., 1879.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 25th March, 1817.
Footnote 27:
Killed at Quatre Bras. Eldest son of George Gerard, jun., of
Midstrath, N.B.
Footnote 28:
Of Balmakewan. Attained rank of lt.-col. h. p., and d. in Oct., 1851.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 1825. D. at Edinburgh, 1835.
Footnote 30:
H. p. 25th March, 1817.
Footnote 31:
H. p. 26th Aug., 1819. D. 1852.
Footnote 32:
Left the regt. in 1818. D. at Perth in July, 1829.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 1829. D. in London, 27th Dec., 1847.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 1835. D. at Chatham, 1839.
Footnote 35:
H. p. 1818. D. at Perth, 2nd Jan., 1837.
44TH (OR THE EAST ESSEX) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] John M. Hamerton, W. 31 Mar. 1814 │4 June, 1811
MAJOR. │
[2] George O’Malley 27 Apr. 1815 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1813
CAPTAINS. │
_John Jessop_ 15 June, 1804 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
[3] Adam Brugh, W. 11 June, 1807 │
[4] David Power, W. 31 Dec. 1807 │
[5] Wm. Burney, W. 2 June, 1814 │
[6] Mildmay Fane, W. 30 Mar. 1815 │28 July, 1814
LIEUTENANTS. │
[7] Robert Russell, W. 14 July, 1808 │
[8] Ralph J. Twinberrow 30 Mar. 1809 │
[9] Robert Grier 13 May, 1812 │
Wm. Tomkins, K. 20 May, 1813 │
[10] W.B. Strong 16 Dec. 1813 │
[11] John Campbell, W. 28 Mar. 1814 │
[12] Nich. Toler Kingsley 29 Mar. 1814 │
[13] James Burke 30 Mar. 1814 │
[14] Henry Martin 31 Mar. 1814 │
[15] Wm. Marcus Hearn 7 July, 1814 │
[16] Alexander Reddock 2 Feb. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[17] James Christie, W. 26 Nov. 1812 │
[18] Benjamin Whitney, W. 25 Feb. 1813 │
[19] Gillespie Dunlevie 20 May, 1813 │
[20] Peter Cooke, K. 18 Nov. 1813 │
[21] Thomas McCann, Adjt., W. 31 Mar. 1814 │
[22] James Carnegie Webster, W. 21 Apr. 1814 │
[23] Alexander Wilson, W. 19 May, 1814 │
[24] Thos. Aubrey Sinclair 4 May, 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
[25] James Williams 4 Oct. 1810 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[26] Henry Jones 9 July, 1803 │
SURGEON. │
Oliver Halpin 29 Apr. 1813 │11 Apr. 1811
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
John Collins 1 Dec. 1808 │
Wm. Newton 27 Dec. 1810 │
_Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Gen. John Millett Hamerton, C.B., Col.-in-Chf. 55th Regt.
The following obituary notice appeared in the _Illustrated London
News_ in Feb., 1855:—“This highly-distinguished officer died on the
27th ult., at Orchardstown, his country residence in Tipperary, after
a short illness. He was a soldier from his youth, and obtained his
first commission of cornet at the early age of fifteen, in 1792. In
1794 he served under the Duke of York; in 1795 embarked for the West
Indies; in 1796 assisted at the capture of St. Lucia; and, in 1801,
fought with distinction in Egypt. Subsequently he took part in the Pa.
campaigns, in command of the 1st Batt. of the 44th. At Waterloo he
bravely led on the 2nd Batt. of the same gallant regiment, and was
left for dead on that bloody field, having received several severe
wounds in the head and thigh. Owing to the attachment of a faithful
non-commissioned officer, Sergeant Ryan, who brought his wounded and
insensible commander under the care of skilful medical treatment, he
slowly recovered, and with his devoted follower returned home. A
chivalric soldier, an honourable and most amiable gentleman, General
Hamerton is deeply lamented by all who came within the influence of
his high and endearing qualities.” He m. Mrs. Hennessy (_née_
Sullivan), and had issue.
Footnote 2:
Was twice wounded at Waterloo and had two horses shot under him. C.B.
Previous to entering the army had served as a volunteer with the
militia, and did good service during the Irish Rebellion. In 1825
succeeded to the command of the Connaught Rangers. He was 5th son of
George O’Malley, of Gornsay, Castlebar, co. Mayo. D. in London, 16th
May, 1843. M.I. at Castlebar.
Footnote 3:
Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. D. 1825.
Footnote 4:
Serving in 1817.
Footnote 5:
Afterwards Col. W. Burney, K.H., retired full pay. Entered the army in
1808. He served at the capture of Ischia and Procida in 1809; defence
of Cadiz (1810); Sabugal, Fuentes d’Onor, and the retreat from Burgos;
subsequently in the campaign in Holland (1814); Quatre Bras, where he
was twice wounded; and the Burmese war. Commissions dated: Ensign,
April 28th, 1808; Lieut. May 1st, 1810; Capt. June 2nd, 1814; Maj.
Sept. 6th, 1827; Lt.-col. Nov. 23rd, 1841; Col. Nov. 28th, 1854.
Living in 1876.
Footnote 6:
5th son of the Hon. Henry Fane, M.P., by Anne, dau. of Edward Buckley
Batson. Served in the Pa., and was present at Vittoria, capture of San
Sebastian, and Nive. Severely wounded at Quatre Bras. Attained rank of
Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 54th Regt. D. 12th March, 1868.
Footnote 7:
Retd. as lieut. f. p. 10th Rl. Veteran Batt. in 1821.
Footnote 8:
D. 1823 as lieut.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 25th March, 1817.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 25th March, 1817.
Footnote 11:
Serving in 1816. Out of the regt. in Jan., 1817.
Footnote 12:
Serving in 1816. Out of the regt. in Jan., 1817.
Footnote 13:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 14:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 15:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 17:
Siborne immortalises the name of this officer, in his history of the
battle of Quatre Bras, as follows:—“A French lancer gallantly charged
at the colours of the 44th, and severely wounded Ensign Christie, who
carried one of them, by a thrust of his lance, which, entering the
left eye, penetrated to the lower jaw. The Frenchman then endeavoured
to seize the standard, but the brave Christie, notwithstanding the
agony of his wound, with a presence of mind almost unequalled, flung
himself upon it—not to save himself, but to preserve the honour of his
regiment. As the colour fluttered in its fall, the Frenchman tore off
a portion of the silk with the point of his lance; but he was not
permitted to bear the fragment beyond the ranks. Both shot and
bayoneted by the nearest of the soldiers of the 44th, he was borne to
the earth, paying with the sacrifice of his life for his display of
unavailing bravery.” Promoted lieut. 26th Oct., 1815. Placed on h. p.
25th March, 1816. Living 1827.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 28th Apr., 1825. Exchanged to 14th Foot 16th Sept., 1826. Retd.
as major 1840. D. 1862.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 65th Foot 13th March, 1823.
Footnote 20:
Killed at Quatre Bras whilst carrying the King’s colours. Bn. 17th
May, 1789. 4th son of Richard Cooke, of Stourbridge, co. Tipperary, by
Mary, dau. of Jeremiah Laylor, of Barnagrotty, King’s county.
Footnote 21:
H. p. 24th Feb., 1816.
Footnote 22:
Aftds. Lt.-Col. Jas. Carnegie Webster, h. p. unattached. Severely
wounded at Quatre Bras. Living in 1876.
Footnote 23:
Lieut. 31st May, 1821. Serving 1830.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 25th March, 1816.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 25th Apr., 1816. D. Dec., 1853.
Footnote 26:
Qr.-Mr. 92nd Highrs. 3rd Sept., 1830.
51ST (OR THE 2ND YORKSHIRE WEST RIDING)
REGIMENT OF FOOT (LIGHT INFANTRY).[L]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Hugh Henry Mitchell 13 June, 1811 │4 June, 1813
MAJOR. │
[2] Samuel Rice 13 July, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 22 Nov.
│1813
CAPTAINS. │
[3] John Thos. Keyt 24 June, 1804 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
[4] James Campbell 1 Aug. 1805 │
[5] William Thwaites 2 Jan. 1807 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
[6] Richard Storer 13 July, 1809 │
[7] Jas Henry Phelps 21 Sept. 1809 │
[8] James Ross 12 Dec. 1811 │
[9] John Ross 15 Apr. 1813 │
[10] Sam. Beardsley, W. 16 Sept. 1813 │
[11] Edward Frederick 28 Apr. 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[12] Benjamin B. Hawley 10 May, 1809 │
[13] Thos. Brook 18 May, 1809 │
[14] Francis Minchin 12 July, 1809 │
[15] Walter George Mahon 13 July, 1809 │
[16] Wm. Henry Hare 20 July, 1809 │
[17] Oliver Ainsworth 26 July, 1810 │
[18] Henry Read 20 Feb. 1811 │
[19] Francis Kennedy 21 Feb. 1811 │
[20] Joseph Dyas 11 July, 1811 │
[21] John Flamanck 12 Dec. 1811 │
[22] Wm. Henry Elliott 13 Aug. 1812 │
[23] Wm. Davidson Simpson 3 Dec. 1812 │
[24] Frederick Mainwaring 15 Apr. 1813 │
[25] Wm. Jones, Adjt. 16 Apr. 1813 │
[26] Chas. Wm. Tyndale, W. 3 June, 1813 │
[27] Henry Martin 21 Oct. 1813 │
[28] Harry Hervis Roberts 7 Jan. 1814 │
[29] Egerton C.H. Isaacson 14 July, 1814 │
[30] Thos. Troward 29 Sept. 1814 │
[31] John Lintott 25 Dec. 1814 │22 Apr. 1813
ENSIGNS. │
[32] G.F. Berkeley St. John 3 June, 1813 │
[33] Henry Krause 21 Oct. 1813 │
[34] W. Johnstone 6 Jan. 1814 │25 Oct. 1813
[35] Alexander Fraser 21 Apr. 1814 │
[36] John Blair 14 July, 1814 │18 May, 1814
[37] Henry Lock 13 Oct. 1814 │
PAYMASTER. │
[38] John Gibbs 15 Feb. 1810 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[39] Thos. Askey 18 Mar. 1813 │
SURGEON. │
[40] Richard Webster 14 July, 1808 │26 Oct. 1804
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[41] John F. Clarke 25 June, 1812 │
[42] Percy FitzPatrick 11 Mar. 1813 │
_Facings grass green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote L:
On the morning of 18th June, 1815, the 51st was composed of 2 field
officers, 9 captains, 26 subalterns, 6 staff officers, 39 sergts., 18
drummers, and 521 privates.
Footnote 1:
Served under Sir Eyre Coote in Egypt, and was present at the taking of
Alexandria. Commanded the 4th British Brigade at Waterloo. C.B. and K.
St. Vladimir. M. in 1804, Lady Harriet Somerset, youngest dau. of the
5th Duke of Beaufort, and had issue. D. in London, 20th April, 1817,
aged 45.
Footnote 2:
Served in the Pa., and had the gold medal for Nivelle. Commanded the
51st at Waterloo. C.B. Lt.-col. of this regt. 1817. D. 7th March,
1840. He belonged to an old family in Carmarthenshire, and was brother
to Ralph Rice, Judge at Bombay, who d. 1850.
Footnote 3:
At Waterloo, Maj. Keyt was appointed by Col. Mitchell to command the
light companies of the 51st, 14th, and 23rd regts. (which three regts.
were under Col. Mitchell’s command), and for this command he was made
bt. lt.-col. and C.B., after Waterloo. Was appointed Lt.-col. of the
84th Regt. in 1828, and d. in Jamaica in 1835.
Footnote 4:
Promoted maj. in this regt., 17th May, 1821; lt.-col. in 1881; and
retired on h. p. 1838. K.H. M.-Gen. 1854. Served in the Pa., and in
1848 received the silver war medal with five clasps. D. at
Breslington, 8th May, 1856.
Footnote 5:
Major 22nd June, 1815. Quitted the service before 1824.
Footnote 6:
Retd. as capt. 1823. D. at Egham, 1844.
Footnote 7:
Lt.-col. 1837. D. at Sydney, 1842.
Footnote 8:
Retd. 1824.
Footnote 9:
Maj. in this regt., 5th Nov., 1825. Lt.-col. on unattached list 1836,
served in the Pa. and in the Walcheren expedition. Was severely
wounded at Waterloo, and is said, “to have lost five brothers in this
battle.” D. at Hardway, Herts, 16th Sept., 1851, aged 61.
Footnote 10:
Retd. 1820 as capt.
Footnote 11:
Edward Henry Frederick was 5th son of Sir John Frederick, Bart., by
Mary, youngest dau. and co-heir of Richard Garth, of Morden, Surrey.
Bn. 6th Aug., 1788. Retired on h. p. as capt. 7th April, 1826. D.
1846.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 7th Apr. 1825. Retd. 1835.
Footnote 13:
H. p. 1825. D. 21st Dec., 1845 at Askham Bryan, Yorkshire.
Footnote 14:
Capt. 22nd June, 1815. Out of the regt. before 1824. Barrack-master at
Sheffield, 1854. D. a military Knight of Windsor, 1865.
Footnote 15:
Capt. 91st Foot 1830. Retd. same year.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 18th Nov., 1819. H. p. 25th July, 1822. Living 1846.
Footnote 17:
Capt. 14th Aug., 1828. Retd. 1843. D. 3rd Dec., 1859, at Launceston,
Australia.
Footnote 18:
Paymaster 68th Foot 8th Oct., 1818. Out of the army, 1836.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 1824. D. at Lincoln, 1857.
Footnote 20:
One of the greatest heroes of the Par. War. Led the Forlorn Hope on
two successive occasions during the siege of Badajoz, in 1811, when
Fort San Christoval was assaulted by the British. The second assault,
on the night of 9th June, is graphically described in _Reminiscences
of a Subaltern_:—“At ten o’clock at night, 200 men moved forward to
the assault, Dyas leading the advance. He made a circuit until he came
exactly opposite to the breach instead of entering the ditch as
before; a sheep-path, which he remembered in the evening while he and
Major MacGeechy made their observations, served to guide them to the
part of the glacis in front of the breach. Arrived at this spot, the
detachment descended the ditch, and found themselves at the foot of
the breach; but here an unlooked-for event stopped their further
progress, and would have been in itself sufficient to have caused the
failure of the attack. The ladders were entrusted to a party composed
of a foreign corps in our pay, called ‘the Chasseurs Britanniques’;
these men, the moment they reached the glacis, glad to rid themselves
of their load, flung the ladders into the ditch, instead of sliding
them between the palisadoes; they fell across them, and so stuck fast,
and being made of heavy green wood, it was next to impossible to
_move_, much less place them upright against the breach, and almost
all the storming party were massacred in the attempt. Placed in a
situation so frightful, it required a man of the most determined
character to continue the attack. Every officer of the detachment had
fallen, Major MacGeechy one of the first; and at this moment Dyas and
about five-and-twenty men were all that remained of the 200.
Undismayed by these circumstances, the soldiers persevered, and Dyas,
although wounded and bleeding, succeeded in disentangling one ladder,
and placing it against what was considered to be the breach, it was
speedily mounted, but upon arriving at the top of the ladder, instead
of the _breach_, it was found to be a _stone wall_ that had been
constructed in the night, and which completely cut off all
communication between the ditch and the bastion, so that when the men
reached the top of this wall, they were, in effect, as far from the
breach as if they had been in their own batteries. From this faithful
detail it is evident that the soldiers did as much as possible to
ensure success, and that failure was owing to a combination of
untoward circumstances over which the troops had no control. Nineteen
men were all that escaped.” The gallantry of Ensign Joseph Dyas was
proclaimed to the world in Wellington’s account of the two assaults of
San Christoval, but for all that a grateful War Office allowed him to
remain a subaltern for ten years longer!
“I know a man of whom ’tis truly said
He bravely twice a storming party led,
And volunteered both times; now here’s the rub,
The gallant fellow still remains a sub.”
In Dec. 1820, owing to the representations of Col. Gurwood and Sir H.
Torrens, the Duke of York promoted Dyas a capt. in the 2nd Ceylon
Regt., but impaired health obliged him to retire on h. p. 9th Aug.,
1821. D. 28th Apr., 1850 at Ballymuir, Ireland.
Footnote 21:
Major 16th Dec., 1836. H. p. 30th June, 1837. Retd. 1849 as bt.-col.
unattached.
Footnote 22:
Commanded the above regiment for many years. Was son of Capt. John
Elliott, R.N., one of Capt. Cook’s circumnavigators. Attained the rank
of Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 51st Regt. G.C.B. and K.H. M. in 1831 a dau.
of W. Adams, of Ipswich. D. in London, 27th Feb., 1874.
Footnote 23:
Retd. 1821. D. April, 1855.
Footnote 24:
Afterwards maj. in same regt. Promoted lt.-col. unattached list 1849.
Served in the Pa. with the 51st. M. Mary, dau. of Lt.-Col. Popham, and
had issue. D. in Jersey, 25th Sept., 1858. He was 4th son of Edward
Mainwaring, and grandson of Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore Hall, co.
Stafford—a family co-existent with the Norman Conquest.
Footnote 25:
H. p. 60th Rifles 25th Feb., 1819.
Footnote 26:
Son of Col. Tyndale of 1st Life Guards. He represented the younger
branch of an ancient Gloucestershire family which resided at
Stanchcombe in that county. Retired on h. p. as capt. in 1837, and was
aftds. maj. on unattached list. For a short time held the post of
military sec. to Gen. Sir A. Woodford at Gibraltar. M. in 1845 his
cousin, a dau. of Samuel Phelps. D. s. p. at Gosport, 23rd Dec., 1854.
Footnote 27:
H. p. 1818. D. 1840.
Footnote 28:
H. p. 1818. Retd. 1840.
Footnote 29:
Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. 1823. For some years
previous to that date he was lieut. to the garrison company in the
Bahamas. Was subsequently adjt. to the Brecknock Militia. D. at his
residence, Upper Nutwell, co. Devon, 29th Dec., 1860.
Footnote 30:
H. p. 1818. Retd. 1829. D. 17th June, 1859.
Footnote 31:
Capt. 29th May, 1817. Exchanged to 13th Foot, 9 Apr., 1825. D. at
Dinapore, 9th Aug., 1829.
Footnote 32:
Second son (by a second wife) of Gen. the Hon. Frederick St. John (son
of 3rd Visct. Bolingbroke). Acted as orderly officer to Sir H. Clinton
at Waterloo. Aftds. maj. in the 52nd L.I. Retd. 1840. M. in Jan.,
1836, Henrietta, third dau. of the Rev. John Jephson, and had issue. A
Knight of Windsor. D. 24th July, 1866.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 1818. Retd. 1825. Took Holy Orders and settled in Dublin.
Footnote 34:
Eldest son of the Rev. H. Johnston, of Malherry, co. Dublin. H. p.
25th Dec., 1818. M. 2nd July, 1831, Sarah, dau. of Wm. Mills, of
Cordoxtown, co. Kildare, and granddaughter of Sir John Dillon, Bart.
D. 1836 at Dublin.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. 47th Foot, 14th Sept., 1820. Capt. 1833. Retd. 1839.
Footnote 36:
Lieut. 15th Foot, 8th Apr., 1825. D. at Montreal, 25th May, 1833.
Footnote 37:
H. p. 60th Foot, 30th Sept., 1819. D. at Mominabad, East Indies, 16th
May, 1824.
Footnote 38:
H. p. 1846. D. same year.
Footnote 39:
H. p. 97th Foot 18th Feb., 1819. Retd. 1830.
Footnote 40:
Surgeon 4th D.G. 3rd Aug., 1826. D. at Piershill Barracks, Edinburgh,
14th Feb., 1831.
Footnote 41:
Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, 1843. H. p. 1847. D. 29th Oct., 1848.
Footnote 42:
H. p. 1818.
52ND (OR THE OXFORDSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT
(LIGHT INFANTRY).
(_1st Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Sir John Colborne, K.C.B. 18 July, 1811 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJOR. │
[2] Charles Rowan, W. 9 May, 1811 │Lt.-Col., 27 Apr.
│1812
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Patrick Campbell 16 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 21 June,
│1813
[4] Wm. Chalmers 27 Aug. 1807 │Maj., 26 Aug. 1813
[5] Wm. Rowan, W. 19 Oct. 1808 │Maj., 3 Mar. 1814
[6] Charles Diggle, W. 24 May, 1810 │
[7] John Shedden 9 May, 1811 │
[8] James Fred. Love, W. 11 July, 1811 │Maj.,16 Mar. 1815
[9] James McNair 11 May, 1812 │
[10] Edward Langton 12 May, 1812 │
[11] John Cross 31 Dec. 1812 │
_Charles, Earl of March_ 8 Apr. 1813 │9 July, 1812
_Charles Yorke_ 24 Dec. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[12] John Winterbottom, Adjt., 28 Feb. 1810 │
W. │
[13] Charles Dawson, W. 21 June, 1810 │
[14] Mathew Anderson, W. 19 July, 1810 │12 Oct. 1809
[15] Charles Kenny 13 Sept. 1810 │
[16] George Harley Love 18 Apr. 1811 │
[17] Wm. Ripley 2 May, 1811 │
[18] J.C. Barrett 9 May, 1811 │
[19] Wm. Henry Clerke 19 Sept. 1811 │29 July, 1811
[20] George Hall 9 May, 1812 │
[21] Wm. Richmond Nixon 11 May, 1812 │
[22] George Gawler 12 May, 1812 │
[23] George Whichcote 8 July, 1812 │
[24] Wm. Ogilvy 17 Sept. 1812 │
[25] Edward Richard Northey 1 Oct. 1812 │
[26] Hon. Wm. Browne 26 Nov. 1812 │
[27] Edward Scoones 24 Dec. 1812 │
[28] George Campbell, W. 25 Feb. 1813 │
[29] Wm. Austin 6 Apr. 1813 │
[30] John J. Snodgrass 7 Apr. 1813 │
[31] Jas. Stewart Cargill 8 Apr. 1813 │
[32] Wm. Crawley Yonge 29 Apr. 1813 │
[33] Thos. Cottingham, W. 5 Aug. 1813 │
[34] Charles Holman 11 Nov. 1813 │
[35] George Moore 6 Dec. 1813 │
[36] Edward Mitchell 8 Dec. 1813 │
[37] Charles Shaw 9 Dec. 1813 │
[38] John Hart 20 Jan. 1814 │
[39] Geo. Ewing Scott 10 Feb. 1814 │
[40] Henry Thos. Oakes 11 Feb. 1814 │
[41] John Rogers Griffiths 12 Apr. 1815 │
[42] John Burnet 8 May, 1815 │
[43] Ronald Stewart 9 May, 1815 │
[44] George Robson 10 May, 1815 │
[45] Fred. Wm. Love 11 May, 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[46] Joseph Jackson 7 Dec. 1813 │
[47] Thos. Massie 8 Dec. 1813 │
[48] Wm. Nettles, K. 9 Dec. 1813 │
[49] Duncan Macnab 16 Dec. 1813 │
[50] John Montague 10 Feb. 1814 │
[51] James Frere May 28 Apr. 1814 │
[52] Eaton Monins 1 Dec. 1814 │
[53] Wm. Leeke 4 May, 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
James Clark 17 Apr. 1814 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
Benjamin Sweeten 22 Apr. 1813 │
SURGEON. │
J.B. Gibson 20 Dec. 1810 │7 Dec. 1809
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Pryce Jones 20 Apr. 1809 │
Wm. Macartney 3 Sept. 1812 │
[54] Thos. Brisbane 3 June, 1813 │
_Facings buff._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
Afterwards F.-M. Lord Seaton, G.C.B., G.C.H., &c., and Col.-in-Chf.
2nd Life Guards. Only son of Samuel Colborne, of Lyndhurst, Hants, by
Cordelia, dau. of John Garstin, of Castle Leiragh, co. Westmeath. Bn.
16th Feb., 1778. Educated at Christ’s Hospital and Winchester College.
Ensign 20th Foot, 1794. Served in Egypt and at the battle of Maida.
Was military sec. to Sir John Moore. Commanded a brigade in Portugal,
Spain, and France (gold cross and three clasps). “Of his own accord he
led the forward movement at Waterloo which determined the fortune of
the day. When the column of the Imperial Guard was gaining the summit
of the British position, and was forcing back one of the companies of
the 95th, Colborne, seeing his left endangered, started the 52nd on
its advance. Wellington saw the movement, and instantly sent to desire
him to continue it.” Col. Chesney, the able author of _Waterloo
Lectures_ in commenting on the steadfast manner in which the British
Guards faced the advancing Imperial Guards on the summit of the hill,
says: “While on their left, Colborne, peerless among all the brave men
who led Wellington’s battalions, coolly formed in line the 52nd, and
without other prompting than that of his own genius for battle,
advanced against their flank.” Created Baron Seaton, of Seaton, Devon,
14th Dec., 1839. F.-M. in 1860. M. 21st June, 1814, Eliz., eld. dau.
of Rev. James Yonge, rector of Newton Ferrers, and had issue. D. 17th
April, 1863.
Footnote 2:
Afterwards Sir Charles Rowan, K.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police. Served as A.A.G. to the Light Division in the Pa.
(gold medal and two clasps). 5th son of Robert Rowan, of Mullans, co.
Antrim, by Eliza, dau. of Hill Wilson, of Purdysburn, co. Down. C.B.
for Waterloo. Retired as bt. lt.-col. D. s. p. 8th May, 1852.
Footnote 3:
Commanded the 52nd at Nive (gold medal). Placed on h. p. 4th May 1818;
lt.-col. h. p. 1830. C.B. Living 1842.
Footnote 4:
Afterwards Gen. Sir W. Chalmers. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 78th
Highlanders. Served in Sicily, in the Walcheren expedition, and
throughout the Par. War; being present at seventeen engagements.
Commanded a wing of the 52nd at Waterloo and had three horses shot
under him. Bt. lt.-col., 18th June, 1815. Eldest son of Wm. Chalmers,
of Glenericht, Perthshire. Bn. 1787. D. at Dundee, 2nd June, 1860.
Footnote 5:
Younger brother to Sir Charles Rowan. Aftds. F.-M. Sir Wm. Rowan,
G.C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 52nd L.I. Saw much active service all over
Europe, and was a highly distinguished officer. M., 1811, Martha, dau.
of John Spong, of Mill Hall, Kent, and d. s. p. at Bath, 26th Sept.,
1879.
Footnote 6:
Saw much service in the Pa. Severely wounded at Waterloo. Bt. maj.
Aftds. maj.-gen., and K.H. D. at Cheltenham, 18th Sept., 1862.
Footnote 7:
Probably son of Lt.-Col. John Shedden, h. p. 114th Regt. Quitted the
service before 1824 as bt. maj.
Footnote 8:
Afterwards Gen. Sir James Love. K.C.B. and K.H. Inspector-Gen. of
Infantry and Col.-in-Chf. 57th Regt. Served in Sweden, Spain,
Portugal, and America, and received four severe wounds at Waterloo.
Aftds. British Resident at Zante, and Lt.-Gov. of Jersey. Bn. 1789.
Son of James Love by Mary Wyse. M., 1825, Mary, dau. of Thos.
Heavyside. D. 13th Jan., 1866.
Footnote 9:
Maj. in same regt. 1822. Lt.-Col. of 73rd Regt., 1830. K.H. Of
Greenfield, near Glasgow. D. there, 15th April, 1836.
Footnote 10:
Elder son of Wm. Gore Langton, of Combe Hay, by Jacintha, only child
of Henry Powell Collins. Bn. 1789. Served at Corunna. H. p. 1817. D.
3rd March, 1860, at Stapleton Park, Bristol.
Footnote 11:
Bn. 1787, son of Wm. Cross, of Dartan, co. Armagh, by Mrs. Mary
Stratford (_née_ Irwin). Served with the 52nd in Sweden, Spain, and
Portugal (medal with ten clasps). Subsequently commanded the 68th
Regt., and retired as col. in 1843. K.H. Lt.-Gov. comg. forces in
Jamaica. D. 27th Sept. 1850.
Footnote 12:
Bn. in the parish of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, in 1781. Previous to
enlisting in the 52nd, in 1799, worked as a cloth weaver. Corporal,
1801; sergt., 1803; sergt.-major, 1805; ensign and adjt., 1808; lieut.
and adjt., 1810; paymaster, 1821. D. of yellow fever at St. Anne’s,
Barbados, 26th Nov., 1838. Served all through the Par. War, and was
wounded on several occasions.
Footnote 13:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 14:
Retd. 1821.
Footnote 15:
Capt. 19th Foot 10th Jan., 1834. Out of the said regt. before 1842.
Footnote 16:
Adjt. 29th May, 1823. Out of said regt. in 1829.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.
Footnote 18:
H. p. 18th Feb., 1819.
Footnote 19:
Eldest son of the Rev. Sir W.H. Clerke, Bart., rector of Bury, in
Lancashire, by Byzantia, eldest dau. of Thos. Cartwright, of Aynho,
co. Northampton. Succeeded 1818. M., 1820, Mary, dau. of Geo. Kenrick,
of Mertyn, co. Flint, and had issue. D. 1861.
Footnote 20:
Afterwards Maj. 72nd Regt. Living 1830.
Footnote 21:
H.p. 1819.
Footnote 22:
Son. of Capt. Samuel Gawler, 73rd Regt., who was killed at the
storming of Fort Muggerall, 24th Dec., 1804. Bn. 21st July, 1795.
Educated at R.M. College, Great Marlow. A commission was given to him
in 1810 in recognition of his father’s services. Served in the Pa.,
and led the ladder party of the stormers of the 52nd at Badajoz. An
extract from his journal is given in Moorsom’s _Records of the 52nd
Regiment_, and graphically describes _the_ crisis of Waterloo. If Col.
Gawler claims the whole credit for the 52nd, he is at one with the
rest of the officers of that gallant regt. The truth seems to be that
there were two distinct columns of Napoleon’s Guards launched against
our troops at the close of Waterloo, and that whilst one was met and
routed by our Guards in the centre, the other was attacked in flank by
the 52nd and hurled back. Promoted from the 52nd to an unattached
lt.-colonelcy, 12th Aug, 1834. K.H. Col. 1846. Appointed Governor and
Resident Commissioner of South Australia, April, 1838. Superseded,
15th May, 1841. M., 21st Sept., 1820, Maria, eldest dau. of John Cox,
of Derby, and had issue. D. 7th May, 1869. Bd. at Southsea,
Portsmouth. Miss Gawler (daughter of Col. Gawler) supplied part of the
above information.
Footnote 23:
Ensign 10th Jan., 1811. Bn. 21st Dec., 1794. 4th son of Sir Thos.
Whichcote, Bart., by Diana, dau. of Edward Turnor, of Stoke Rochford,
co. Lincoln. Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in Dec., 1810,
and served with the regt. in the Pa., France, and Flanders, and was
present in the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, and Alfayetes, siege and
storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat
from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles of the
Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse (medal with
nine clasps). Capt. 22nd June, 1818. Exchanged to 4th D.G. 25th July,
1822. Attained the rank of General 5th Dec., 1871. At the time of his
death, which occurred 26th Aug., 1891, he was “Father of the British
Army.”
Footnote 24:
Afterwards the Hon. Wm. Ogilvy, of Loyal, Perthshire. 4th son of
Walter Ogilvy, _de jure_ Earl of Airlie, by Jane, dau. of John Ogilvy,
of Murkle. Saw much service in the Pa. Previous to entering the army
served in the navy. Capt. 5th Oct., 1815. Exchanged to the Cape Corps.
H. p. 1816. His eldest brother, in 1826, was, by Act of Parliament,
recognised as Earl of Airlie with the other dignities appertaining to
that title. M.P. for St. Andrews and the eastern burghs. D. in April,
1871.
Footnote 25:
Afterwards in the 3rd Foot Guards. Served in the Pa. and the South of
France. Of Woodcote House, Epsom, Surrey. Bn. 8th Feb., 1795. Eldest
son of the Rev. Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor, by Charlotte Taylor
(sister of Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor). High Sheriff for Surrey, 1856.
Was twice md., and by his wife (Charlotte, dau. of Gen. Sir George
Anson, G.C.B.) had issue. D. in Dec., 1878.
Footnote 26:
3rd son of Valentine, 5th Viscount Kenmare. M., 26th April, 1826,
Anne, dau. of Thos. Segrave. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 27:
Afterwards Maj. 81st Regt. Quitted the service with that rank. Living
1876.
Footnote 28:
H. p. 49th Foot 7th Aug., 1823.
Footnote 29:
Served at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Lieut. 97th Foot 25th March,
1824. Capt. 51st Foot 26th Sept., 1834. Retd. on h. p. as major 42nd
Highlanders 25th July, 1845.
Footnote 30:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. Snodgrass. M. Maria, dau. of Maj.-Gen. Sir
Archibald Campbell, Bart. D. in Nova Scotia, April, 1841, whilst
holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G. in that colony.
Footnote 31:
H. p. 25th July, 1816.
Footnote 32:
Afterwards Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope. Son of the Rev. Duke
Yonge. Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. in 1823. D. 26th
Feb., 1854.
Footnote 33:
Placed on h. p. 1818. Served in the Pa., and in 1848 received the war
medal with eight clasps. D. in Apr., 1861.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. 32nd Foot 29th Sept., 1817. Paymaster, 19th Oct., 1826. Serving
in 1846.
Footnote 36:
H. p. 1816. Lieut. 47th Foot, 10th Apr., 1818.
Footnote 37:
Afterwards Sir Charles Shaw, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. In 1831 joined
the Liberation Army of Portugal, in the Azores, as Col. of Marines on
board the fleet of Sir George Sartorius, and commanded a regt.
throughout the civil war in Portugal. Served in the Spanish Legion
from 1835. 3rd son of Charles Shaw, of Ayr, North Berwick. M. Louisa,
only dau. of Major Martin Curry, 67th Regt. D. at Homburg in 1871, and
was buried there with military honours.
Footnote 38:
Lieut. 4th Lt. Dns., 5th July, 1821. Capt. 16th June, 1825. H. p.
1827.
Footnote 39:
Lieut. 25th Foot 13th Dec., 1821. Serving 1824.
Footnote 40:
Placed on h. p. 1817. Eldest son of Sir Henry Oakes, Bart., by
Dorothea, dau. of George Bowles, of Mount Prospect, co. Cork. M., 1st
May, 1817, Frances, 5th dau. of Wm. Douglas, of Teddington, Middlesex,
and had issue. Succeeded his father in 1827. D. 30th Sept., 1850.
Footnote 41:
Adjt. to the 52nd after the battle of Waterloo, _vice_ Winterbottom
wounded. H. p. 1816. Living 1830.
Footnote 42:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 43:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 44:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 45:
H. p. 1816. D. 1829.
Footnote 46:
Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.
Footnote 47:
Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1817.
Footnote 48:
One of the five sons of Capt. Robert Nettles, of Nettleville, co.
Cork, by Esther, dau. of John Conran, of Dublin. Killed whilst
carrying the King’s colours, which were aftds. found under his body on
the field of battle.
Footnote 49:
Lieut. 17th July, 1817. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 50:
The following creditable conduct of this young officer is narrated by
Capt. Moorsom in the _History of the 52nd_:—“Ensign John Montague was
ordered to the rear with a detachment of invalids a few days before
Waterloo, and had gone back a day’s march, when he met a party
proceeding to the front to join the 52nd. As an engagement was daily
expected he asked the date of commission of the young officer
proceeding to Waterloo, and, finding himself the senior, assumed
command of the whole—directed the junior to proceed with the invalids,
while he (Montague) returned to his regt. By so doing he was able to
be present at the great conflict.” Capt. in 40th Regt. 7th Aug., 1823.
Living 1830.
Footnote 51:
Younger bro. of Sir John May, R.A. Bn. 31st March, 1898. Lieut. 29th
Jan., 1818. Capt. 57th Foot, 1st Aug., 1826. Exchanged to 41st Foot
10th Aug. same year. Major of last-named regt. at time of his death,
which occurred on board the _Orontes_, near the Cape of Good Hope, 2nd
June, 1837.
Footnote 52:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Eaton Monins, younger brother to Wm. Monins of
18th Hussars. D. at Walmer 16th June, 1861.
Footnote 53:
Son of Samuel Leeke, of Havant, Hants. Promoted lieut. 20th Nov.,
1823. Quitted the service 1824. Entered as fellow commoner at Queen’s
College, Cambridge, 1825. Ordained Jan., 1829, to curacy of West Ham,
Pevensey. Curate of Brailsford, Derby, 1831. Incumbent of Holbrooke,
co. Derby, 1840. M., in Oct., 1828, to Mary Anne, dau. of John Cox, of
Derby. D. at Holbrooke 6th June, 1879. (Communicated by Miss Gawler.)
Mr. Leeke wrote and published _Lord Seaton’s Regiment at Waterloo_, a
book that attracted considerable attention at the time.
Footnote 54:
H. p. 1830. D. 1855.
69TH (OR THE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Charles Morice, K. 4 June, 1813 │Col. 4 June, 1814
MAJOR. │
[2] George Muttlebury 28 Nov. 1811 │Lt.-Col., 17 Mar.
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[3] J. Lewis Watson 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1813
[4] Henry Lindsay, W. 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
_Hon. Wm. Curzon_, K. 17 Dec. 1812 │
[5] Geo. Sackville Cotter 3 June, 1813 │
[6] Charles Cuyler 10 June, 1813 │
[7] Benjamin Hobhouse, K. 12 Aug. 1813 │
[8] George Ulrick Barlow 30 Dec. 1813 │
[9] Robert Blackwood, K. 8 Nov. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] Wm. Harrison 27 Jan. 1808 │
[11] Roger Franklyn 18 Apr. 1810 │
[12] Stephen Parker 11 Apr. 1811 │
[13] Brooke Pigot, W. 9 May, 1811 │
[14] Christopher Busteed, W. 25 Jan. 1813 │15 Jan. 1813
[15] Neil Roy 1 July, 1813 │
[16] Chas. Wm. Ingle 1 Feb. 1814 │
[17] Joseph Hill 2 Feb. 1814 │
[18] Henry Oldershaw, Adjt. 3 Feb. 1814 │
[19] Charles Lenox Dickson 21 Apr. 1814 │
[20] Edm. Martin Wightwick, K. 5 May, 1814 │
[21] John Stewart, W. 10 Nov. 1814 │
[22] Henry Anderson, W. 15 June, 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[23] Edward Hodder, W. 29 July, 1813 │
[24] Wm. Bartlett 3 Feb. 1814 │
[25] Charles Seward 24 Feb. 1814 │
[26] Henry Duncan Keith 21 Apr. 1814 │
[27] Geo. S.H. Ainslie 10 Nov. 1814 │
[28] Christopher Clarke, W. │
(Volunteer). │
PAYMASTER. │
[29] Philip Vyvian 28 Jan. 1813 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[30] Matthew Stevens 6 Dec. 1810 │
SURGEON. │
Clement Banks 5 June, 1806 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
James Bartlett 16 July, 1812 │
_Facings green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Had been wounded in the previous year in the night attack on
Bergen-op-Zoom. Killed at Quatre Bras. His death, and that of many of
the men of the 69th, was entirely due to the inexperience of the
Prince of Orange, who stopped Col. Morice from forming square, and
ordered him to re-form column.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. “Section after section of the 69th was swept off by
the enemy’s artillery at Waterloo, whilst the French cavalry
repeatedly surrounded the devoted regt.; but whenever the smoke
cleared off, there it stood firm and undaunted.” Lt.-Col. of this
regt. in July, 1817. M., 31st October, 1828, Mrs. Brown, of Cavendish
Place, Bath. D. 11th Jan., 1854.
Footnote 3:
Bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. Maj. 71st Highlanders, 1819. Retd. on h.
p., 1829. D. at Leasingham Hall, Lincoln, 12th April, 1842.
Footnote 4:
Severely wounded at Quatre Bras in defending the colours. H. p. 16th
Dec., 1819. His name disappeared from the _Army List_ after 1827.
Footnote 5:
2nd son of the Rev. George Sackville Cotter, by Margaret, dau. of
Bayly Rogers, of Cork. Placed on h. p. 1st Dec., 1816. Aftds. settled
in Canada, where he held the rank of col. in the volunteers. His
experiences at Quatre Bras and Waterloo are given in Capt. (aftds.
Gen. Sir Wm.) Butler’s _Historical Events Connected with the 69th
Regiment_. D. in Canada, 9th April, 1869, leaving issue by his wife,
Jane, dau. and co-heir of Wm. Crofts, of Danesfort, co. Cork.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart. Eldest son of Gen. Sir Cornelius
Cuyler, Bart., by Anne, dau. of Maj. Grant. M., 6th Feb., 1823,
Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Fitzwilliam Halifax, and had issue.
Lt.-Col. 69th Regt., 1826. D. 23rd July, 1862.
Footnote 7:
2nd son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart., by his first wife, Charlotte,
dau. and heir of Samuel Cam, of Chantry House, Wilts. Acted as orderly
officer to Sir Colin Halkett at Waterloo, and being a conspicuous
figure on a fine horse, was a mark for the enemy’s bullets.
Footnote 8:
Eldest son of Sir George Barlow, Bart., of Fort William, Bengal, by
Eliz., dau. of Burton Smith. Bn. 8th Oct., 1791. Exchanged to the 4th
Lt. Dns., 5th April, 1821. M., 27th Feb., 1817, Hilare, 3rd dau. of
Capt. Sir R. Barlow, R.N., K.C.B. D. s. p. in India, 1824. His widow
remarried, 1829, Wm., Earl Nelson.
Footnote 9:
Eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. Hans Blackwood, who succeeded his
brother, in 1836, as Baron Dufferin. Bn. 13th July, 1788. Buried in
the orchard at Hougomont.
Footnote 10:
Capt. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 25th March, 1826.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 62nd Foot, 25th June, 1830. D. at Pau in May, 1853.
Footnote 13:
Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Retd. f. p. Nov., 1840.
Footnote 14:
D. at Mullingar as lieut. in above regt., 4th Nov., 1828. His Waterloo
medal was formerly in the Tancred collection.
Footnote 15:
Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 25th April, 1826.
Footnote 17:
Retd. 1835 as capt.
Footnote 18:
Qr.-mr. 33rd Foot 3rd Aug., 1832. Serving 1842.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 7th Sept., 1826. D. May, 1860.
Footnote 20:
D. 17th June, 1815, from wounds received at Quatre Bras; 5th son of
Wm. Wightwick, of New Romney, Kent.
Footnote 21:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 22:
“Bn. in co. Kilkenny. Obtained his ensigncy through the interest of
the Marquis of Ormonde. Served at the bombardment of Antwerp and at
Bergen-op-Zoom. Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras by a ricochetting
bullet; served as a lieut. of the light company at Waterloo, and near
the close of the battle was shot through the left lung, the ball
making its exit at the back, breaking the scapula. He aftds. served in
the 75th Foot. Was for 26 years commandant of the Invalid Depôt at
Chatham, and d. in 1860, having attained the rank of colonel.”
Communicated by above officer’s son Major-Gen. E.A. Anderson.
Footnote 23:
7th son of Geo. Hodder, of Fountainstown, co. Cork. H. p. lieut.,
1826. Living in 1855.
Footnote 24:
Lieut. 10th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th April, 1826.
Footnote 25:
Lieut. 11th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.
Footnote 26:
Lieut. 14th Aug., 1815. Exchanged to 2nd Foot, 25th Jan., 1825.
Serving 1830.
Footnote 27:
Afterwards served in the 1st Dragoons. Assumed the surname of
Harcourt. Placed on h. p. as cornet, 1822. D. at Bedford, 29th Dec.,
1867, aged 72.
Footnote 28:
A cadet from the Military College. Greatly distinguished himself at
Quatre Bras, where the 69th was badly cut up by Kellermann’s
Cuirassiers. He killed three cuirassiers before he himself fell
covered with 22 sabre cuts. Recovered from his wounds, and was
rewarded with an ensigncy in the 42nd Highlanders. He d. in 1831 as a
subaltern in 33rd Foot. Sir W. Butler’s _Records of 69th Regt._
(London, 1870).
Footnote 29:
Assumed the surname of Robinson. H. p. 88th Foot, 28th June, 1827.
Footnote 30:
This was “the same man who, eighteen years before, at St. Vincent, had
broken the stern galley window of the _San Nicholas_, and led the way
for Nelson to the quarter-deck of the Spanish vessel.” He appears to
have been a Scotchman, with a keen sense of humour, as, when a man was
killed by his side, by a long shot from the enemy, on the morning of
Waterloo Day, he quietly remarked, “Aweel, it is time for a
respectable non-combatant to gang awa’!”—Sir W. Butler’s _Records of
69th Regt._ D. as Qr.-mr. 69th Foot, at Cannanore, India, 1821.
71ST (HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT (LIGHT INFANTRY).
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Thomas Reynell, W. 5 Aug. 1813 │Col., 4 June, 1813
MAJORS. │
[2] Arthur Jones, W. 22 June, 1809 │Lt.-Col., 4 June,
│1814
[3] Leslie Walker 2 Sept. 1813 │
CAPTAINS. │
[4] Samuel Reed 29 Sept. 1808 │29 Nov. 1806
[5] Joseph T. Pidgeon 1 Dec. 1808 │
[6] Archibald Armstrong 10 May, 1809 │
[7] Donald Campbell, W. 22 June, 1809 │
_Edmund L’Estrange_, K. 6 July, 1809 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814
[8] Wm. Alex. Grant, W. 12 Oct. 1809 │
[9] James Henderson, W. 19 Oct. 1809 │
[10] Augustus J. MʻIntyre 17 May, 1810 │
[11] Charles Johnstone, W. 10 Dec. 1812 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
[12] Alexander Grant 15 Apr. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[13] Joseph Barailler, W. 7 Feb. 1808 │
[14] Loftus Richards 21 Apr. 1808 │
[15] John Raleigh Elwes, W. 12 May, 1808 │
[16] Charles Stewart 29 Dec. 1808 │
[17] Robert Baldwin 11 May, 1809 │
[18] Wm. Crosbie Hanson 6 July, 1809 │
[19] Robert Lind, W. 10 Oct. 1809 │
[20] John Roberts, W. 12 Oct. 1809 │
[21] James Coates, W. 13 Oct. 1809 │
[22] John Fraser 17 Oct. 1809 │
[23] Edward Gilborne 18 Oct. 1809 │
[24] John Witney 19 Oct. 1809 │
[25] William Long 14 June, 1810 │
[26] Robert Law, W. 27 May, 1811 │
[27] Charles T. Cox 29 May, 1811 │
[28] Carique Lewin, W. 27 June, 1811 │
[29] Wm. Woolcombe 9 Sept. 1811 │
[30] Wm. Torriano 12 Dec. 1811 │
[31] George Wm. Horton 23 Jan. 1812 │25 July, 1811
[32] John Coote, W. 27 May, 1812 │
[33] Wm. Anderson, Adjt., W. 7 Aug. 1812 │
[34] Chas. Moorhead 3 Sept. 1812 │
[35] David Soutar 24 Sept. 1812 │
[36] Norman Campbell 14 Apr. 1814 │
ENSIGNS. │
[37] Abraham Moffatt 5 Aug. 1813 │
[38] Wm. Smith 1 Sept. 1813 │
[39] Henry Walker Thompson 16 Sept. 1813 │
John Todd, K. 18 Nov. 1813 │
[40] John Barnett 25 Nov. 1813 │
[41] Archibald M. Henderson 25 Dec. 1813 │
[42] John Spalding 28 Jan. 1814 │
[43] John Impett 14 Apr. 1814 │
[44] Anthony R. L’Estrange 7 Dec. 1814 │
[45] Rob. Copley (Volunteer) │
PAYMASTER. │
[46] Hugh Mackenzie 8 Nov. 1798 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
Wm. Gavin 2 Apr. 1812 │
SURGEON. │
[47] Arthur Stewart 3 Sept. 1812 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
John Winterscale 8 Feb. 1810 │
Samuel Hill 22 Mar. 1810 │
_Facings buff._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Gen. Sir T. Reynell, Bart., K.C.B., Col.-in-Chf. 71st L.I.
3rd son of Thomas Reynell (who was killed at the battle of Saratoga,
in America, in 1777), by Anne, dau. of Samuel Coutty, of Kinsale.
Served in Egypt in 1801. Recd. the orders of St. George of Russia and
Maria Theresa of Austria for his services at Waterloo, in addition to
the C.B. Commanded a division at the siege of Bhurtpore, and received
the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. M., 12th Feb., 1831, Lady
Eliz. Pack, widow of Maj.-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, and d. s. p.
Footnote 2:
The following memoir of Col. Jones’s services appeared in the _United
Service Journal_ for 1837:—“Nov. 12th, on Lake Erie, Upper Canada,
Lt.-Col. Arthur Jones, C.B., late of the 71st Highland L.I. This
officer was appointed Ensign 36th Foot, 1st Jan., 1795; Lt. 71st Foot
5th Oct., 1795; Capt., 24th March, 1803; Maj., 22nd June, 1809; and
Bt. Lt.-Col., 4th June, 1814. He served at Madras from his first
appointment to October, 1797, when his regiment embarked for Europe.
In August, 1805, he sailed, with the expedition under Lt. Gen. Sir D.
Baird, for the Cape of Good Hope; he was present with the regt. at the
action on the 8th Jan., 1806; and also at the surrender of the town
and castle of Cape Town on the 10th. He embarked at the Cape in April
following, with his regt., on the expedition to South America, under
Gen. Beresford. On the 25th June, the landing of this small force was
effected at the point of Quilmes, up the River Plate, without
opposition. He was present in the affairs of the 26th and 27th, which
terminated in the surrender of the city of Buenos Ayres to the
British; and was with the troops employed in dispersing the enemy from
the vicinity of the city, on the 1st August; at the defending of the
city on the 10th, 11th, and 12th, when the British were obliged to
capitulate, and become prisoners of war; and was marched, as such, a
considerable distance into the interior of the country. He next served
with the army in Portugal, and was present at the action of Roleia,
and battle of Vimiero. He served under the late Sir John Moore in
Spain; was present the whole of that campaign, and at the battle of
Corunna. He embarked in July, 1809, on the expedition to the Scheldt,
and was present at the siege of Flushing; he returned with his regt.
to England in December, and in May, 1810, was ordered to join the 2nd
batt. in Scotland; and shortly after the command of the batt. devolved
on him. In Jan., 1814, he proceeded to join the 1st batt. in Spain,
landed at St. Sebastian, and marched in charge of a detachment for the
2nd division of the army, which he joined in Aire on the 10th of
March, and served with it in the different operations that took place
against the enemy from that period until a short time after the battle
of Toulouse, 10th April, 1814. In Feb., 1815, he embarked with the
71st Light Infantry for North America, but was countermanded, and they
proceeded in April to Belgium, and he was present with it at the
battle of Waterloo. He remained with the regt., which formed part of
the Army of Occupation, until October, 1818, when he embarked with it
for England, and for Ireland in May, 1822. The command of the regt.
devolved on him in May, 1824, when he embarked with it for North
America, and was promoted lt.-col., 2nd June, 1825; he remained in
command of the regt. till June, 1831. Lt.-Col. Jones was wounded when
capt. at the battle of Vimiero; and wounded severely when bt. lt.-col.
at the battle of Waterloo, late in the evening. For his services, and
particularly for his conduct at Waterloo, stated by Maj.-Gen. Sir F.
Adam (then Commander of the 3rd British Light Brigade) in a letter to
the Duke of Wellington, and from his Grace’s recommendation in
consequence, Lt.-Col. Jones was appointed a Companion of the Bath.”
Footnote 3:
C.B. for Waterloo. Exchanged in 1819 to 54th Regt. Bt. lt.-col., 31st
Aug., 1815. Lt.-col., unattached, 1st July, 1828. Living 1830.
Footnote 4:
Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Retd. on h. p. 1821. Lt.-col., h. p. 1837. D.
13th July, 1842.
Footnote 5:
Retd. as lt.-col. in 1841 by the sale of his commission. He held the
Par. medal with 8 clasps. D. in Oct., 1850.
Footnote 6:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 7:
Retd. f. p. 2nd Rl. Veteran Batt., 1821.
Footnote 8:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 9:
Serving as senior capt. in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 56th Foot 31st Dec., 1818.
Footnote 11:
Capt. and bt.-major h. p. Rifle Brigade, 6th Apr., 1820.
Footnote 12:
Serving in 1830. Out of the regt. before 1842.
Footnote 13:
Capt. in 37th Foot in 1820. Living 1825.
Footnote 14:
Belonged to the family of “Richards of Macmine,” co. Wexford. Placed
on h. p. 25th Feb., 1816. Living 1825.
Footnote 15:
D. a few days after Waterloo from his wounds. Youngest son of Col.
Elwes, and brother of Sir W. Elwes, Bart. He had been only ten months
married to a dau. of Col. Aird, Rl. Waggon Train.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 27th July, 1820. Major 24th May, 1836. H. p. 24th Apr., 1838. D.
24th Dec., 1851, as lt.-col.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 7th Fusiliers, 6th June, 1816.
Footnote 18:
Capt. 16th May, 1822. Serving 1830.
Footnote 19:
Belonged to a respectable family in the county of Antrim. “He received
a grape shot at Waterloo, weighing 10 oz., which he kept as a relic,
hooped in silver. The shot entered at the breast, and was cut out at
the shoulder three days after.” D. at Waterloo Cottage, Cookstown, co.
Antrim, 3rd July, 1851, aged 70.
Footnote 20:
Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. H. p. 6th June, 1827. D. as bt.-major 16th Jan.,
1854.
Footnote 21:
Was fifteen years a lt. in this regt. M. the only dau. of John Wilson
town clerk of Lanark; she d. at Lanark in Dec., 1815.
Footnote 22:
Joined the 71st Regt. as a private when sixteen years of age. Eight
years after he received an ensign’s commission for distinguished
gallantry. At the taking of the Cape of Good Hope was one of a party
of thirty who volunteered to storm a battery. John Fraser was the only
man of this Forlorn Hope who lived to return, and he was not
unwounded. At Buenos Ayres he was publicly complimented by Sir Denis
Pack for his conspicuous gallantry. Placed on h. p. before 1820, and
d. at Edinburgh, 20th June, 1824.
Footnote 23:
H. p. 1818.
Footnote 24:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 25:
Capt. 31st Oct., 1822. Retd. as h. p. maj. 9th Foot, 1838. D. in
March, 1860.
Footnote 26:
Capt. 18th Oct., 1821. Exchanged to 33rd Foot 20th March, 1823. Capt.
Ceylon Rifles 25th Sept., 1824. Serving 1830.
Footnote 27:
Afterwards Lt. C.T. Cox, h. p. 71st Highland Light Infantry. Entered
the Army in 1809. Was engaged in numerous battles during the campaigns
from 1810 to 1815, including the retreat to and the occupation of the
lines of Torres Vedras, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,
Tarbes, and Toulouse. At Vittoria he was sev. wnded, a musket ball
having passed through the lungs and lodged in the body. He was taken
prisoner, but the enemy being hard pressed, he was left on the field.
He was present at the capture of Paris. Commissions dated: Ensign,
June 29, 1809; Lt., May 29, 1811. D. 1875.
Footnote 28:
3rd son of James Lewin, of Cloghans, co. Mayo. Retd. on h. p. as a lt.
from 19th Lt. Dns. in 1822. D. s. p. 1844.
Footnote 29:
H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
Footnote 30:
Son of Capt. Torriano, 30th Foot, who was killed in action at Toulon,
15th Oct., 1793, and grandson of Capt. C. Torriano, R.A., wounded and
disabled for life at the battle of Laffeldt, 1st July, 1747. Lieut.
Wm. Torriano joined the 1st Batt. 71st in 1811 and proceeded to
Portugal. Promoted lieut. into 2nd Batt. at home, but remained with
1st Batt. in the field until the return of the army from France. Was
present at Arroyos des Molinos, Almaraz, with covering army before
Badajoz; severely wounded at Vittoria and taken prisoner, but shortly
after retaken at Nive; Bayonne (twice wounded); Orthes, and Toulouse,
besides many minor affairs. A French reserve battery was captured by
the 71st towards the close of the battle of Waterloo, and Siborne
(Vol. II., p. 234) narrates how “some men of the right flank company
of the 71st, under Lieut. Torriano, immediately turned round one of
the guns, which was then discharged into the retiring columns of the
Imperial Guard by Capt. Campbell, A.D.C. to Major-General Adam, and
was, there is reason to believe, the last French gun fired on that
day.” Adjt. 18th Oct., 1821. Retd. 1824 by the sale of his commission.
D. at Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire, 1862. Above information
communicated by Col. C. Torriano, late R.A.
Footnote 31:
2nd son of Thomas Horton, of Howroyde, co. York, by Lady Mary Gordon,
dau. of George, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen. Served in the Pa. Capt. 81st
Regt. 1820; Bt.-maj. 1821; Lt.-col., unattached, 1826; Col. 1842. M.,
1826, Frances, dau. of Rev. Wm. Garnier, rector of Rookesbury, Hants,
and had issue. Living 1876.
Footnote 32:
Retd. f. p. 1821. D. at Halifax, N.S., 1st Oct., 1852.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. Connaught Rangers 7th Jan., 1819. Capt. 2nd Feb., 1830.
Paymaster 71st Foot 1843. D. 16th Dec., 1849.
Footnote 36:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 37:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 38:
H. p. 1816. D. in Apr., 1860.
Footnote 39:
Lieut. h. p. 74th Foot, 1822.
Footnote 40:
Lieut. 23rd Nov., 1815. H. p. 61st Foot 12th Sept., 1822. D. as
lt.-col. 3rd West York Militia, at Dublin, 24th Feb., 1855.
Footnote 41:
H. p. 27th Foot 22nd May, 1817.
Footnote 42:
Lieut. 25th Foot 30th March, 1826. Serving 1830.
Footnote 43:
Capt. 6th Feb., 1835. H. p. Jan., 1841.
Footnote 44:
Afterwards maj. in this regt., and retired on f. p. in 1852. Youngest
brother to Maj. L’Estrange, of same regt., who fell at Waterloo. D. at
Edinburgh, 1873.
Footnote 45:
Commissioned ensign in above regt. 22nd June, 1815. H. p. 1816. Living
1830.
Footnote 46:
H. p. 1824. D. 25th June, 1854.
Footnote 47:
Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals 1845. H. p. same year. D. 1854.
73RD (HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Wm. George Harris, W. 29 Dec. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJORS. │
_Dawson Kelly_ 31 Oct. 1811 │
[2] Arch. John Maclean, W. 28 May, 1812 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Henry Coane, W. 8 Mar. 1810 │8 Feb. 1810
Alexander Robertson, K. 21 Nov. 1810 │
[4] Wm. Wharton, W. 13 Aug. 1812 │
John M. Kennedy, K. 8 Oct. 1812 │
[5] John Garland, W. 26 Nov. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[6] Richard Leyne 2 Feb. 1809 │
[7] Jos. Wm. H. Strachan, K. 11 Oct. 1810 │26 Oct. 1809
John R. McConnell, W. 8 Aug. 1811 │
John Acres, K. 20 Nov. 1811 │
Matthew Hollis, K. 12 Dec. 1811 │
[8] Joseph Dowling 13 Aug. 1812 │
[9] Thos. Reynolds, W. 10 Mar. 1814 │
[10] Donald Browne, W. 24 Mar. 1814 │
[11] John Y. Lloyd, W. 4 Aug. 1814 │
[12] Robert Stewart (_sic_) 11 Aug. 1814 │
ENSIGNS. │
[13] Robert Greville Hesilrige, 17 Sept. 1810 │
W. │
[14] Wm. MacBean, W. 1 Apr. 1813 │
[15] Thomas Deacon, W. 5 Apr. 1813 │
[16] Chas. Bedford Eastwood, W. 6 Apr. 1813 │
[17] George Dandridge Bridge, 7 Apr. 1813 │
W. │
[18] George Hughes 29 Apr. 1813 │
Wm. Lawson Lowe, K. 19 Aug. 1813 │
[19] Aldworth Blennerhassett 23 Mar. 1814 │
[20] Charles Page, K. 10 Aug. 1814 │
[21] Patrick Hay, Adjt., W. 19 Jan. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
John Williams 31 May, 1810 │
SURGEON. │
[22] Duncan McDearmid 5 Sept. 1811 │24 Jan. 1811
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
[23] John Riach 2 July, 1812 │
[24] Frederick B. White 23 Mar. 1815 │
_Facings dark green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Lord Harris, K.C.H. and C.B., Col.-in-Chf., 73rd
Regt. Son of the famous Gen. Sir George Harris, of Seringapatam
renown, who was created a baron in Aug., 1815. Bn. 17th Jan., 1782.
Served under his father in India, and was one of the first to enter
the breach at Seringapatam. At Waterloo the 73rd were literally cut to
pieces, and at the close of the battle only fifty unwounded men were
left out of a total of from 500 to 600 men. “Once, and once only,
during the dreadful carnage at Waterloo did the stern 73rd hesitate to
fill up a gap which the relentless iron had torn in their square.
Their Colonel, at once pushing his horse lengthwise across the space,
said, with a smile, ‘Well, my lads, if you won’t, I must.’ Immediately
his horse was led back to his proper place and the ranks closed up by
men still more devoted than before.” C.B. and K.W. for Waterloo. Was
twice md., and left issue by both wives. D. 30th May, 1845.
Footnote 2:
D. from his wounds at Brussels. Bn. 16th June, 1778. 4th son of
Gilbert Maclaine, of Scalasdale, in the island of Mull.
Footnote 3:
There were two capts. of this name in the 73rd in 1815, Anthony and
Henry. The former d. at Kandy, Ceylon, as maj., 5th Jan., 1819. The
latter quitted the service in 1820. The Coanes are Irish, but a branch
was settled at Bath in 1815.
Footnote 4:
Served in the Pa., and was present at Fuentes d’Onor and siege of
Badajoz. Was with the 85th in the Walcheren expedition, and with the
73rd during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Swedish Pomerania,
Hanover, and the Netherlands. Severely wounded at Waterloo, being shot
through both thighs by a musket ball. Retired on h. p. 1st June, 1820.
D. in 1855.
Footnote 5:
Son of John Garland, of Dorchester. Was desperately wounded at
Waterloo. After the battle he was carried to Brussels, and after
months of suffering was able to return to Dorchester. He was not then
expected to recover, and by some error his death was reported in the
papers in the autumn of 1816. Here is the _first_ obituary notice in
the _Gentleman’s Magazine_:—“At his father’s, Dorchester, Capt. John
Garland, 73rd Foot. He was in most of the Peninsular battles, and was
desperately wounded at Waterloo at the close of the action, only two
men of his company being then left, and was confined at Brussels until
his recent return to England.” But John Garland did _not_ die in 1816,
and lived to become a bt. maj. on unattached list in 1825, and a bt.
lt.-col. in 1838. His _second_ obituary notice is given in the _Annual
Register_ for 1851:—“Jan. 17. At Lille, Lt.-Col. John Garland, K.H.,
late of Quatre Bras Cottage, Dorchester, who was severely wounded at
Waterloo.”
Footnote 6:
Capt. 2nd Aug., 1815. Eldest son of Dr. Maurice Leyne, of Tralee, by
Agnes, dau. of Cornelius the McGillicuddy of the Reeks. Bn. 1790.
Served first in the Kerry Militia comded. by Col. Crosbie. Joined the
73rd with 400 volunteers from his militia regt., the latter being
induced to join the regular army by Leyne. His zeal was rewarded with
a lieutenancy in the 73rd. At Waterloo succeeded to the command of the
regt. and kept it as long as the regt. was in France. Placed on h. p.
5th July, 1817. Subsequently joined the 58th Foot for a few years and
served in New South Wales. Md., in 1817, Eliz., dau. of James Connor,
of Tralee, Clerk of the Peace for Kerry. Capt. Leyne was for some
years a stipendiary magistrate. Above information communicated by Mr.
Leyne, son of Capt. R. Leyne.
Footnote 7:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 8:
Lieut. 1st Rl. Veteran Batt. 27th Nov., 1823. Barrack-master at
Coventry in 1830.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 12th Foot 1824.
Footnote 10:
Had his left arm amputated after the battle, and d. shortly after.
Footnote 11:
Capt. 3rd Feb. 1820. Major 20th March, 1828. Serving in 1830.
Footnote 12:
Eldest son of Robt. Steuart, of Brownlee, Lanarkshire. H. p. 25th
Dec., 1818. Restored to full pay 1819. Capt. 91st Foot, 3rd March,
1825. H. p. unat. 19th June, 1826. D. 5th Nov., 1849. Above
information was communicated by Capt. Alex. Steuart, Queensland
Defence Force, great nephew to Capt. Robt. Steuart.
Footnote 13:
3rd son of Col. Grey Haselrigge, by Bridget, dau. of Rev. Richard
Buckley, and a direct descendant of Col. Sir Arthur Haselrigge, Bart.,
the Parliamentary commander, whose regt. of cuirassiers, known us the
“Lobsters,” performed some signal service during the Civil Wars. Bn.
23rd Oct., 1796. Quitted the service as lieut. D. unm.
Footnote 14:
D. as lieut. in 1819.
Footnote 15:
Lieut. 3rd Aug., 1815. Lieut. 16th Foot 6th Feb., 1822. 1st Lieut.
Ceylon Rifles 12th Jan., 1824. Capt. 29th Apr., 1836. H. p. 7th Sept.,
1836. Living 1846. Sergt. Thos. Morris, of the 73rd, in his
_Recollections of Military Service_, records that Ensign Deacon was
shot through an arm at Quatre Bras and conveyed by the baggage-train
to Brussels. “The officer’s wife, who with her three children had been
left with the baggage guard, passed the whole night in searching for
her husband among the wounded. At length she was informed he had been
conveyed to Brussels.... Conveyances there were none to be had, and
she was in the last state of pregnancy. She made the best of her way
on foot with her children, exposed to the terrific storm of thunder,
lightning, and rain, which continued without intermission for about
ten hours. Faint, exhausted, and wet to the skin, having no other
clothes but a black silk dress and light shawl, she yet happily
surmounted all these difficulties, reached Brussels on the morning of
the 18th, and found her husband in very comfortable quarters, where
she also was accommodated, the next day giving birth to a fine girl,
who was afterwards christened ‘Waterloo Deacon.‘”
Footnote 16:
Lieut. 4th Aug., 1815. Exchanged to 3rd Ceylon Regt., and was placed
on h. p. 11th June, 1818.
Footnote 17:
Lieut. 3rd Oct., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 18:
Lieut. 4th Oct., 1815. H. p. 3rd Aug., 1822.
Footnote 19:
Lieut. 5th Oct., 1815. Lieut. 38th Foot 1st Dec., 1823. Capt. 26th
Aug., 1834. H. p. 1838. Living 1846.
Footnote 20:
Son of Mr. Wm. Page, of Fitzroy Square, London. An autograph letter
from aforesaid gentleman, written in Nov., 1815, addressed to “Capt.
Leyne, commanding H.B.M. 73rd Regt., Camp near Boulogne, France,” is
still in possession of the Leyne family, and bears testimony to the
writer’s appreciation of Capt. Leyne’s expressions of deep sympathy
with the bereaved father on the death of his brave son.
Footnote 21:
Lieut. 13th Feb., 1816. Capt. 7th Feb., 1822. Serving 1824.
Footnote 22:
D. in Oct., 1830.
Footnote 23:
Retd. as surgeon h. p. 67th Foot in 1841. Living 1846.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 25th June, 1817. Living 1830.
79TH REGIMENT OF FOOT (OR CAMERON HIGHLANDERS).[M]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Neil Douglas, W. 3 Dec. 1812 │
MAJORS. │
[2] Andrew Brown, W. 15 Oct. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 26 Aug.
│1813
[3] Duncan Cameron, W. 29 Oct. 1812 │Lt.-Col., 12 Apr.
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[4] Thomas Mylne, W. 24 Apr. 1805 │
[5] Peter Innes 4 Sept. 1805 │
[6] James Campbell, W. 5 Sept. 1805 │
[7] Neil Campbell, W. 8 Apr. 1806 │
[8] William Marshall, W. 19 July, 1806 │
[9] Malcolm Fraser, W. 29 Nov. 1806 │
[10] Wm. Bruce, W. 14 Mar. 1811 │
[11] John Sinclair, W. 4 May, 1811 │
Robert Mackay, K. 2 Apr. 1812 │
[12] John Cameron, W. 26 May, 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[13] Alexander Cameron, W. 12 May, 1807 │
Donald Cameron, K. 13 May, 1807 │
[14] Thomas Brown, W. 15 Dec. 1807 │
[15] Wm. Maddocks, W. 21 Apr. 1808 │25 July, 1801
[16] Wm. Leaper, W. 15 Dec. 1808 │
[17] James Fraser, W. 16 Mar. 1809 │
Duncan MʻPherson, K. 19 July, 1810 │
[18] Donald MʻPhee, W. 29 Nov. 1810 │
[19] Fulton Robertson 21 Feb. 1811 │
[20] Ewen Cameron, W. 29 May, 1811 │
John Kynock, Adjt., K. 13 June, 1811 │
[21] Alexander Forbes, W. 8 Aug. 1811 │
[22] Charles McArthur, W. 17 Oct. 1811 │
[23] Kewan Izod Leslie 1 Apr. 1812 │
[24] John Powling, W. 15 Oct. 1812 │
[25] James Cameron 25 Jan. 1813 │11 July, 1811
Ewen Kennedy, K. 25 Feb. 1813 │
[26] W.A. Riach, W. 17 June, 1813 │
[27] John Thompson 18 Nov. 1813 │
[28] George Harrison 2 Mar. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[29] John Mackenzie 24 Dec. 1812 │
[30] Chas. Jas. McLean 17 June, 1813 │
[31] John Nash, W. 18 Nov. 1813 │
[32] James Robertson, W. 6 Jan. 1814 │
[33] Archibald Cameron 13 Jan. 1814 │
[34] Alex. Spiers Crawford, W. 18 May, 1814 │
[35] James Campbell 19 May, 1814 │
[36] Alex. Cameron (Volr.), W. │
PAYMASTER. │
[37] John McArthur 21 Nov. 1811 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[38] Angus Cameron 13 Feb. 1812 │
SURGEON. │
George Ridesdale 9 Sept. 1813 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Wm. G. Burrell 14 Dec. 1809 │13 July, 1809
David Perston 18 Oct. 1810 │1 Feb. 1810
_Facings dark green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote M:
The Cameron Highlanders were raised in Jan., 1794, by Lt.-Gen. Sir
Alan Cameron, K.C.B. (then Maj. Cameron), who was their first colonel.
The officers were mostly selected from the half-pay list, and had
served, like their colonel, in the American war. The regt. served
during the campaign in Holland, and the mortality was so great that,
in 1799, this Scotch regt. had to be again raised. The call for
officers and men was nobly responded to by the Clan Cameron:—
“And wild and high the Cameron’s gathering rose,
The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn’s hills have heard,
And heard, too, have her Saxon foes.”
How the “Cameron men” fought at Waterloo is testified to by the number
of their killed and wounded in that battle, and it is also recorded
that, when all the field officers and captains of this regt. had been
disabled, the regt. was led on to victory by Lieut. Cameron, a nephew
of Sir Alan Cameron, the col.-in-chf.; but which of the _four_
lieutenants of this name cannot now be traced. On the evening of 18th
June, 1815, 9 officers, 21 sergts., 7 drummers and 260 rank and file
remained unwounded out of a total of 41 combatant officers, 40
sergts., 11 drummers, and 684 rank and file—the effective strength of
the regt. at Quatre Bras.
Footnote 1:
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in.-Chf.,
78th Highlanders. 5th son of John Douglas, of Glasgow, and a
descendant of the Earls of Angus. Wounded in the knee at Quatre Bras.
C.B. for Waterloo. Had served with the 79th at the siege of
Copenhagen, in Sweden, in the Walcheren expedition, and in the Pa.
Received the gold cross for the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse.
Also the silver war medal with two clasps for Corunna and Busaco. D.
in Sept., 1853.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. Retd. in 1831. D. 1835.
Footnote 3:
C.B. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1819. D. at Toronto, Oct.
1842.
Footnote 4:
Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1821. D. at Edinburgh,
1832.
Footnote 5:
H. p. 20th Nov., 1816. D. at Tunnach, near Wick, 1822.
Footnote 6:
Maj. unattached 1826. Retd. same year.
Footnote 7:
D. from his wounds. A pension of £50 per ann. was granted to his
mother, Catherine Campbell.
Footnote 8:
Maj. 1824. Bt. lt.-col. and inspecting f. o. of militia, Nova Scotia,
1830. Retd. as lt.-col. 17th Sept., 1839.
Footnote 9:
D. in Ireland, 1822.
Footnote 10:
Exchanged to 82nd Foot 10th July, 1817. Maj. 31st Dec. 1827. H. p.
27th Nov., 1828. Retd. as bt.-col. 1849. D. 1868.
Footnote 11:
D. from his wounds.
Footnote 12:
D. from his wounds.
Footnote 13:
Capt. 19th July, 1815. Bt.-maj. Jan., 1819. D. at Tobago, in Oct.,
1820.
Footnote 14:
Capt. 20th July, 1815. H. p. 1816.
Footnote 15:
Capt. 12th Oct., 1815. H. p. 1816. D. 1844.
Footnote 16:
Capt. 12th Dec., 1822. H. p. 6th Oct., 1825.
Footnote 17:
Capt. 3rd June, 1819. Retd. 1830. D. 1849.
Footnote 18:
H. p. 2nd June, 1819.
Footnote 19:
Lieut. 36th Foot 27th Aug., 1829. Retd. 1835.
Footnote 20:
D. in Ireland in 1822, of brain fever, through the effects of a blow
from a stone thrown by a peasant.
Footnote 21:
Attained rank of major 7th Aug., 1835. H. p. 25th May, 1838. D. 1851
at Kingston, Canada.
Footnote 22:
Retd. 1821. D., Inverness, 1846.
Footnote 23:
Capt. 60th Rifles 18th Oct., 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 24:
D. from his wounds 23rd Oct., 1815.
Footnote 25:
D. at Blandecque, France, 1818.
Footnote 26:
Capt. 7th Apr., 1825. Retd. 1842. D. 1843.
Footnote 27:
H. p. 1820.
Footnote 28:
H. p. 1817. Lost on passage to South America in 1819.
Footnote 29:
Lieut. 16th July, 1815. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 30:
3rd son of Archibald McLean, of Pennycross, co. Argyll, and bro. to
Allan T. McLean, of 13th Lt. Dragoons. Lieut. 18th July, 1815. H. p.
1816.
Footnote 31:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 32:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 33:
H. p. 1821. D. 1824.
Footnote 34:
Lieut. h. p. 67th Foot 1825. D. 1853.
Footnote 35:
Out of the regt. before 1st Jan., 1816.
Footnote 36:
Ensign 17th July, 1815. Lieut. 7th March, 1822. H. p. 1827. D. in
France in Jan., 1832.
Footnote 37:
Superseded 1821.
Footnote 38:
Paymaster Canadian Rifles 29th Oct., 1841. D. in Canada, Sept., 1845.
92ND REGIMENT OF FOOT (GORDON HIGHLANDERS).
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] John Cameron, K. 23 June, 1808 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJORS. │
[2] James Mitchell, W. 30 Mar. 1809 │Lt.-Col., 3 Mar.,
│1814
[3] Donald Macdonald 26 Nov. 1812 │
CAPTAINS. │
[4] George W. Holmes, W. 28 Mar. 1805 │
[5] Dugald Campbell, W. 13 June, 1805 │
[6] Peter Wilkie, W. 21 May, 1806 │
[7] Wm. Charles Grant, K. 28 July, 1808 │
[8] Wm. Little, K. 7 Jan. 1813 │
[9] Archibald Ferrier, W. 4 Mar. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] Claude Alexander, Adjt. 19 Sept. 1805 │
James John Chisholm, K. 4 Feb. 1808 │
[11] Robert Winchester, W. 6 Feb. 1808 │
[12] Thos. Hobbs, W. 7 Feb. 1808 │
[13] Thos. Macintosh, W. 9 Feb. 1808 │
[14] Donald Macdonald 10 Feb. 1808 │
[15] Andrew Will 18 Feb. 1808 │
[16] Alexander Gordon 3 Mar. 1808 │
[17] James Kerr Ross, W. 4 May, 1808 │
[18] Ronald Macdonald, W. 5 May, 1808 │
[19] Thos. Gordon 28 July, 1808 │
[20] Hector Innes, W. 13 Apr. 1809 │
[21] George Logan, W. 5 Oct. 1809 │
[22] Ewen Campbell 30 Oct. 1809 │
[23] Richard MʻDonell 1 Nov. 1809 │
[24] John MʻKinlay, W. 2 Nov. 1809 │
[25] Richard Josiah Peat 12 Apr. 1810 │
[26] George Mackie, W. 8 Oct. 1812 │
[27] Alexander McPherson, W. 22 Oct. 1812 │
[28] Ewen Ross, W. 26 Nov. 1812 │
[29] James Hope, W. 7 Jan. 1813 │
ENSIGNS. │
[30] John Bramwell, W. 29 July, 1813 │
[31] Robert Logan, W. 5 Aug. 1813 │
[32] John Clarke 26 Aug. 1813 │
[33] Angus McDonald 15 Sept. 1813 │
Abel Becher, K. 16 Sept. 1813 │
[34] Robert Hewitt 21 Oct. 1813 │
John M.R. McPherson, K. 22 Oct. 1813 │
[35] Duncan McPherson 23 Dec. 1813 │
PAYMASTER. │
[36] James Gordon 16 Apr. 1807 │
SURGEON. │
George Hicks 22 Aug. 1811 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
John Stewart, W. 5 Nov. 1812 │
_Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._
Footnote 1:
The heroic Fassifern, great-grandson of John Cameron, 18th of Lochiel,
and one of the six children of Ewen Cameron of Inverscadale, on Loch
Linnhe, by his first wife, Lucy Campbell, of Balmadine. In early life
was articled to a Writer to the Signet at Edinburgh; but when war
broke out, in 1793, his military tastes inclined him to forsake the
pen for a sword. Obtained a commission in the 26th Cameronians in
1793. His chief services were in the Pa. with above regt., and the
honourable augmentation to his family arms, by the Prince Regent, 20th
May, 1815, tells the true story of his exploits at “Almaraz” and the
“Pass of Maya.” K.T.S. He met his death at Quatre Bras whilst leading
the 92nd against a large body of French troops. Never was a commanding
officer more universally lamented. He was buried on the 17th June
during the height of the storm which raged that day. His grave was dug
in a quiet lane by his devoted foster-brother, Ewen McMillan, a
private in the 92nd, who had accompanied his master through all his
campaigns. By desire of his family, Cameron’s body was aftds.
disinterred and removed to Scotland, where it was re-interred in
Kilmallie churchyard, where a tall obelisk, with an inscription by Sir
Walter Scott, marks his grave. His aged father, Ewen Cameron, was
created a bart. in consideration of his gallant son’s services. The
title is now extinct.
Footnote 2:
Succeeded to the command of the regt. when Cameron was wounded, but
was himself soon disabled. C.B. Served in the Pa. and had the gold
medal for Orthes. Commanded the regt. until 1819, when he quitted the
service.
Footnote 3:
Does not appear to have been present at Quatre Bras, but commanded the
regt. at Waterloo. C.B. and bt.-lt.-col. 5th son of John Macdonald, of
Dalchosine, co. Perth, by Mary, dau. of Robert Menzies, of Glassie,
co. Perth. Retired on h. p. 26th Nov., 1818. Living in 1830.
Footnote 4:
Succeeded to the command at Quatre Bras when Maj. Mitchell was
wounded. Promoted maj. 18th June, 1815. Quitted the service in 1818.
Footnote 5:
Bt.-maj. 11th Jan., 1816. Out of the _Army List_ in 1819.
Footnote 6:
Maj. in this regt. 21st Jan., 1819. Quitted the service in 1823. Had
served in Egypt and the Pa. Aftds. held the appointment of
barrack-master, and d. at Horsfield, Bristol, 4th Nov., 1852.
Footnote 7:
Killed at Quatre Bras. A pension of £60 per annum was granted to his
widow, Susan Grant. The late Gen. Sir Thornton Grant, who
distinguished himself in the Crimea with the 49th Regt., was son of
the above.
Footnote 8:
The obituary notice of this officer in the _Scots Magazine_ describes
him as “son of Mr. Little, a farmer at Burnfoot(?).”
Footnote 9:
Probably belonged to the military family of “Ferrier, of Belsyde,” co.
Linlithgow. Maj. in 92nd, 22nd Oct., 1818. Quitted the service before
1824.
Footnote 10:
Promoted capt. 18th July, 1815. Quitted the service in 1821. This
officer may be the “Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle,” described in
Burke’s _Landed Gentry_ as of the 1st Regt. of Guards(?).
Footnote 11:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. Robert Winchester, K.H. Retd. as bt.-col. Nov.,
1842. Served in the Pa. and was wounded both at Quatre Bras and
Waterloo. Son of Charles Winchester, of Aberdeen. D. 23rd July, 1846,
at Edinburgh.
Footnote 12:
Promoted capt. 20th July, 1815. Retired on h. p. 25th May, 1820.
Living 1842. This officer’s widow attained the great age of 102 on
18th June, 1896. Her five sons all served in the Army, and she had one
son and seven grandsons serving in June, 1896. H.M. Queen Victoria
sent her congratulations to Mrs. Hobbs on the occasion of the 102nd
anniversary of latter’s birthday.
Footnote 13:
Capt. 4th Nov., 1819. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
Footnote 14:
H. p. 2nd July, 1818.
Footnote 15:
Served in the Pa. D. a lieut. in this regt., from yellow fever, 7th
Oct. 1819, at Snow Hill Camp, Jamaica.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 25th Oct., 1816.
Footnote 17:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. J. Kerr Ross, K.H. Served through the Par. War
(medal and six clasps), where he was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir John Buchan.
3rd son of Col. Andrew Ross, by Isabella Macdonnell, of Aberhallader.
M., 1827, Margaret, 2nd dau. of James McInroy, of Lude, co. Perth. D.
at Edinburgh, 26th April, 1872.
Footnote 18:
His proper name was “Reginald Ranald Macdonald.” Aftds. Maj. and Bt.
Lt.-Col. 4th Foot. Severely wounded at Waterloo. Served on the staff
in India, and d. at Bombay 31st May, 1845. He was a C.B. and K.H.
Footnote 19:
Served all through the Par. War. D. a lieut. in this regt., of yellow
fever, at Kingston, Jamaica, 17th Sept., 1819.
Footnote 20:
Employed on recruiting service in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 21:
Son of Wm. Logan, merchant, Aberdeen. D. a lieut. in this regt., from
yellow fever, at Up Park Camp, Jamaica, 4th Oct., 1819. He had served
over ten years in the regt.
Footnote 22:
D. as lieut. in 1822.
Footnote 23:
Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
Footnote 24:
H. p. 1817.
Footnote 25:
Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 26:
Adjt. 24th Aug., 1815. Out of the regt. before 28th Oct., 1821.