Chapter XIII: Introduction: To First Edition (11)

Rank in the
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LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
John, Earl Waldegrave 26 Nov. 1812 │
MAJORS. │
[1] Sir Neil Campbell, Kt. 20 Feb. 1806 │Col., 4 June, 1814
[2] Allan Kelly 31 Oct. 1811 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Thos. Cox Kirby 25 Sept. 1806 │
Richard Blakeman 15 Mar. 1809 │
_Walter Crofton_, K. 16 Mar. 1809 │
[4] James Leslie 3 Jan. 1811 │
Gilhow J. Tappenham 12 Dec. 1811 │
_George Black_ 9 July, 1812 │
Thos. Chartres 28 Apr. 1814 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
George Fraser 11 Dec. 1806 │
[5] Gonville Bromhead 23 Mar. 1809 │
[6] Edward Alleyne Evanson 20 Apr. 1809 │
[7] John Pillon 11 May, 1809 │20 Mar. 1807
Robert Woodgate 28 Sept. 1809 │
Wm. Claus 22 Feb. 1810 │
Richard Kelly 14 June, 1810 │
John Grey 19 Sept. 1811 │
[8] Philip Mandilhon 7 Nov. 1811 │
Joseph Henry Potts 12 Dec. 1811 │
Robert Leacroft 21 Aug. 1812 │
Francis Taylor 10 Sept. 1812 │
[9] Edward Marcon 20 May, 1813 │
John Reid 22 Oct. 1813 │
Richard Stacpoole 15 Dec. 1813 │
Francis Burgess 16 Dec. 1813 │
Wm. Pilkington 12 May, 1814 │
Wm. Nich. Persse 2 June, 1814 │
[10] Dixon Denham 1 Dec. 1814 │7 Sept. 1813
Francis Hutchinson 8 Dec. 1814 │
[11] M. Stoughton H. Lloyd 2 Mar. 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
Edward Nugent 23 Dec. 1813 │
Thos. Fraser 5 May, 1814 │
[12] Charles Hill 12 May, 1814 │
[13] John Clark 2 June, 1814 │
[14] C.W. Thomas 17 Nov. 1814 │15 July, 1814
Alexander Mathewson 8 Dec. 1814 │
[15] Pryce Clarke 2 Mar. 1815 │
PAYMASTER. │
Henry Irwin 11 Feb. 1813 │18 June, 1801
QUARTERMASTER. │
[16] Wm. Coates 1 Aug. 1811 │
SURGEON. │
George Redmond 11 Sept. 1806 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │
Moore F. Fynan 28 Feb. 1811 │
George Leech 25 Nov. 1813 │
_Facings green._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 1:

“The man who let Boney go.” This distinguished officer was second son
of Capt. Neil Campbell, of Duntroon. Bn. 1st May, 1776. Joined 6th
West India Regt. as ensign in 1797. After three years’ service in West
Indies returned to England and joined 95th Rifles as a lieut., and in
following year purchased a company in same regt. In 1805 was promoted
major in 43rd Foot, and in 1806 was removed to 54th Foot. Served with
this regt. in Jamaica, and in 1808 returned home. Again sent to West
Indies as a bt. lt.-col. on the staff, and in that capacity was
present at the capture of Guadaloupe. Commanded a Portuguese regt.
during the Par. War. In Feb., 1813, was sent to Russia by the British
Government, and was employed by Gen. Lord Cathcart, British Ambassador
at St. Petersburg, to accompany a corps of the Russian army and report
on its force and military operations. In the autumn of 1813 was
detached to the siege of Dantzig, where a corps of 30,000 men was
employed under Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg. On the 24th March,
1814, was severely wounded at Fere Champenoise, in France, in a
cavalry charge, by a Cossack, who mistook him for a French officer and
struck him to the ground. In April, 1814, was chosen by the British
Government to accompany Napoleon from Fontainebleau to Elba. Author of
_Napoleon at Fontainebleau_. In the following spring, whilst Col.
Campbell was at Florence, having left Elba for a few days on pressing
business, Napoleon formed and carried out his plan of escape.
Commanded the 54th in 1815, and was at the storming of Cambray. C.B.
Gold cross for the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, siege of
Ciudad Rodrigo, and battle of Salamanca. A knight bachelor, maj.-gen.,
Governor of Sierra Leone, where he died of fever, 14th Aug., 1827.

Footnote 2:

Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.

Footnote 3:

Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.

Footnote 4:

Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.

Footnote 5:

Son of Lt.-Gen. Sir Gonville Bromhead, 1st Bart., by Jane, youngest
dau. of Sir Charles Ffrench, Bart. In 1830 was a maj. on the h. p.
list. Bn. 22nd Jan., 1791. M., 1823, Judith Coriston, youngest dau. of
James Wood, of Woodville, co. Sligo.

Footnote 6:

Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan.
1827.

Footnote 7:

Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.

Footnote 8:

Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.

Footnote 9:

Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.

Footnote 10:

Lieut. 64th Foot 9th Dec., 1819. Capt. h. p., 3rd Foot, 24th Oct.,
1821. Given the local rank of major while serving in Africa, 22nd
Nov., 1821.

Footnote 11:

Afterwards Maj.-Gen. M.S.H. Lloyd, h. p. unattached. Entered the army
in 1813. He was present at the taking of Cambray and Paris, also
served in India against the Rajah of Kolapore (1826), and in the
campaign in the southern Mahratta country (1844). His commissions are
dated: Ensign, Dec. 16th, 1813; Lieut. March 2nd, 1815; Capt. Sept.
13th, 1835; Maj. Nov. 9th, 1846; Lt.-col. June 20th, 1854; Col. May
14th, 1859; Maj.-Gen. March 6th, 1868. Son of Richard Bateman Lloyd,
by Eliz., widow of Capt. Trant. Living 1876.

Footnote 12:

Capt. 5th Jan., 1826. Bt.-major 23rd Nov., 1841. Retd. Nov., 1846, on
full pay. D. 1852.

Footnote 13:

Lieut. 27th Nov., 1821. Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Major 25th Dec., 1829.
Lt.-col. 23rd Nov., 1841. Col. 20th June, 1854. Major-Gen. 26th Oct.,
1858. Served the campaign of 1824–5 in Ava, including the taking of
Rangoon. Led the attack upon the fortified heights of Aracan, and was
sev. wounded. K.H. and medal. At the time of his death, 22nd March,
1865, was hon. colonel of 59th Foot.

Footnote 14:

Lieut. 18th Apr., 1822. H. p. 30th Aug., 1826.

Footnote 15:

Lieut. 27th June, 1822. Adjt. 25th Oct., 1827. Capt. 16th July, 1833.
Paymaster 92nd Highrs. 23rd July, 1844. D. or retd. 9th June, 1846.

Footnote 16:

Retd. f. p. 1827.

59TH (OR THE 2ND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)

Rank in the

——————

LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Henry Austen 23 Sept. 1813 │25 Jan. 1812

MAJORS. │

[2] Fred. W. Hoysted 17 June, 1813 │Lt.-Col., 26 Dec.
│1813

[3] Charles Douglas 20 Apr. 1815 │

CAPTAINS. │

[4] Francis Fuller 5 Oct. 1809 │

James Cockburn 4 Sept. 1812 │

[5] Abraham Pilkington 17 June, 1813 │

Jas. Arch. Crawford 22 July, 1813 │

[6] Jas. MacGregor 25 Sept. 1813 │

John Fawson 11 Nov. 1813 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

Robert Preedy 15 June, 1808 │

Wm. F. Mayne 4 Sept. 1808 │

[7] Abraham Dent 4 June, 1809 │

[8] John Cowper 7 June, 1809 │

Henry Brown 26 Oct. 1809 │

[9] Alexander Macpherson 21 Dec. 1809 │

[10] Edward Duncan 28 Feb. 1811 │

Archibald Campbell, Adjt. 28 Mar. 1811 │

[11] Nicholas Chadwick 5 Dec. 1811 │

Nicholas Hovenden 12 Dec. 1811 │

[12] Lewis Carmichael 7 Mar. 1812 │

[13] Henry Hartford 12 Mar. 1812 │

[14] Paterson O’Hara 2 Sept. 1812 │

[15] Wm. Veall 23 Sept. 1813 │

[16] Wm. Pittman 27 Sept. 1813 │

Wm. Henry Hill 25 May, 1814 │

Gilmour Robinson 1 Sept. 1814 │

ENSIGNS. │

[17] Andrew Clark Ross 23 Sept. 1813 │

[18] Henry Keane Bloomfield 30 Sept. 1813 │

[19] Rowley F. Hill 25 May, 1814 │

[20] Charles Makepeace 13 Apr. 1815 │

PAYMASTER. │

[21] Charles Marr 7 Mar. 1805 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[22] Wm. Baird 31 May, 1810 │

SURGEON. │

[23] James Hagan 25 Nov. 1813 │9 Sept. 1813

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

[24] Peter K. Lambe 8 Feb. 1810 │

Andrew Colvin 9 Sept. 1813 │

_Facings white._ _Lace gold._

Footnote 1:

Placed on h. p. in March, 1816.

Footnote 2:

Saw service in the Pa. Transferred to 1st Batt. in 1816. Serving in
1817.

Footnote 3:

Drowned in Tramore Bay, near Waterford, when the _Seahorse_ transport
was wrecked in a storm, 30th Jan., 1816. Son of Capt. Wm. Douglas 11th
Foot.

Footnote 4:

Major 17th July, 1817. Bt. lt.-col. 19th Jan. 1826. Lt.-Col. 59th Foot
25th Nov., 1828. Recd. the gold medal for San Sebastian. Distinguished
himself at the siege of Bhurtpore. C.B. D. in Jersey 19th Apr., 1868.

Footnote 5:

Placed on h. p. in May, 1816. 9th son of Thos. Pilkington (of the
Westmeath family), by Bridget, dau. of the Rev. Ephraim Harpur. D.
24th May, 1843.

Footnote 6:

Lost in the wreck of the _Seahorse_. Brother to Col. George MacGregor
of 1st batt. same regt. Had served at Corunna and Vittoria, where he
was severely wounded.

Footnote 7:

Afterwards adjt. Lost in the _Seahorse_.

Footnote 8:

Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked.

Footnote 9:

Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked. This officer’s Waterloo medal
was for some years in the Editor’s collection of war medals.

Footnote 10:

Capt. 48th Foot 19th May, 1837. Retd. as maj. in 1840.

Footnote 11:

Capt. 13th Foot 3rd Aug., 1826. Serving 1830.

Footnote 12:

Capt. 5th Dec., 1826. Major of a corps raised for “particular service”
1st Jan., 1838, and bt. lt.-col. serving in aforesaid regt. in 1842.

Footnote 13:

Saved when the _Seahorse_ was wrecked.

Footnote 14:

H. p. 1816. D. in Dublin 1850.

Footnote 15:

Lost in the _Seahorse_. A native of Portsmouth and son of a
master-builder of that town.

Footnote 16:

Capt. 49th Foot 12th Apr., 1831. H. p. 10th Jan., 1834. D. 17th Nov.,
1853.

Footnote 17:

Lost in the _Seahorse_.

Footnote 18:

Capt. 11th Foot 1st Apr., 1824. Lt.-col. 11th Foot 27th June, 1845.
Living 1860.

Footnote 19:

Lost in the _Seahorse_.

Footnote 20:

Capt. 4th D.G. 24th July, 1823. Retd. as major 1841.

Footnote 21:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 22:

Lost in the _Seahorse_ with his wife and two children.

Footnote 23:

Lost in the _Seahorse_.

Footnote 24:

Lost in the _Seahorse_.

91ST REGIMENT OF FOOT.

Rank in the

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LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.

[1] Sir Wm. Douglas, K.C.B. 25 Nov. 1808 │Col., 4 June, 1814

CAPTAINS. │

[2] James Walsh 28 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 12 Apr. 1814

_Thos. Hunter-Blair_, W. 28 Mar. 1805 │Maj., 30 May, 1811

[3] Wm. Steuart 17 Apr. 1806 │

[4] Archibald Campbell (1st 1 Oct. 1807 │
Batt.) │

[5] Dugald Campbell 23 Nov. 1809 │

[6] James C. Murdoch 29 Nov. 1810 │

[7] Alexander Jas. Callander 10 Oct. 1811 │Maj., 4 June, 1814

[8] Archibald Campbell (2nd 15 Jan. 1812 │
Batt.) │

[9] Robert Anderson 30 Apr. 1812 │

LIEUTENANTS. │

[10] John Campbell 24 Aug. 1807 │

[11] John Russell 11 May, 1808 │

[12] Alexander Campbell (1st 12 May, 1808 │
Batt.) │

[13] Robert Stewart 13 May, 1808 │

[14] Andrew McLachlan 14 May, 1808 │

[15] Carberry Egan 19 May, 1808 │

[16] Andrew Cathcart 11 May, 1809 │

[17] John McDougall 15 June, 1809 │

[18] James Hood 3 Aug. 1809 │

[19] Alexander Smith 30 Aug. 1810 │22 Feb. 1810

[20] Thos. Lisle Fenwick 13 Sept. 1810 │3 Nov. 1808

[21] Thomas Murray 11 July, 1811 │

[22] Robert Spencer Knox 2 Jan. 1812 │

[23] Charles Stuart 16 Jan. 1812 │

[24] John McDonald 30 Apr. 1812 │

[25] Eugene Browne 9 July, 1812 │

[26] Alex. Campbell (2nd Batt.) 20 July, 1813 │

[27] George Scott, Adjt. 21 July, 1813 │

[28] Wm. Smith 21 July, 1813 │

[29] James Black 22 July, 1813 │

[30] Alexander Sword 2 Mar. 1815 │

ENSIGNS. │

[31] Norman Lamont 26 Aug. 1813 │

[32] Wm. Trimmer 18 Nov. 1813 │

[33] James Paton 30 Dec. 1813 │

[34] Dugald Ducat 24 Feb. 1814 │

[35] Patrick Cahill 31 Mar. 1814 │

[36] Andrew Smith 14 Apr. 1814 │

[37] Lawrence Lind 9 June, 1814 │

PAYMASTER. │

Dugald Campbell 16 May, 1808 │

QUARTERMASTER. │

[38] James Stewart 16 Apr. 1807 │

SURGEON. │

Robert Douglas 6 June, 1805 │

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. │

Geo. M. McLachlan 26 Mar. 1812 │

Wm. H. Young 4 Feb. 1813 │

_Facings yellow._ _Lace silver._

Footnote 1:

Served in the Pa. and recd. the gold cross and two clasps for six
general actions. Commanded the second column of attack at the assault
of Cambray in June, 1815. D. at Valenciennes in Aug., 1818, and was
interred there.

Footnote 2:

Bt. lt.-col. 21st Jan., 1819. Retd. 1825.

Footnote 3:

D. 1825.

Footnote 4:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 5:

D. 1825.

Footnote 6:

H. p. 1819. This officer’s Waterloo medal was many years in the
Tancred collection.

Footnote 7:

Eldest son of James Callander of Craigforth. H. p. 1821.

Footnote 8:

D. 1822.

Footnote 9:

Major 23rd Sept., 1824. Lt.-Col. 91st Foot 2nd Dec., 1831.

Footnote 10:

Capt. 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. 1816.

Footnote 11:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 12:

H. p. 1821. D. 1835.

Footnote 13:

Retd. 1823. D. in Mar., 1851.

Footnote 14:

D. as capt. in 1822.

Footnote 15:

Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.

Footnote 16:

H. p. 1821.

Footnote 17:

H. p. 39th Foot 1820.

Footnote 18:

Retd. f. p. 9th Rl. Veteran Batt. 1821. D. in Jersey 1853.

Footnote 19:

H. p. Lieut. 42nd Highrs. 30th Sept., 1819.

Footnote 20:

Capt. 55th Foot 26th Nov., 1830.

Footnote 21:

Capt. 1824. D. 1826.

Footnote 22:

H. p. 1817.

Footnote 23:

H. p. 1817.

Footnote 24:

H. p. 1817.

Footnote 25:

H. p. 1817.

Footnote 26:

Lieut. 38th Foot 28th Nov., 1821. Serving 1830.

Footnote 27:

H. p. 1821.

Footnote 28:

D. 1823.

Footnote 29:

H. p. 1817. Appointed Lieut. 100th Foot (Rl. Canadian Rifles) in 1841.

Footnote 30:

H. p. 1816.

Footnote 31:

A scion of the ancient family of Lamont, of Lamont, co. Argyll. Capt.
7th Apr., 1825. Major 2nd Dec., 1831. K.H. D. in 1845 at the Cape of
Good Hope.

Footnote 32:

Lieut. 2nd Mar., 1820. H. p. 17th Foot 6th Aug., 1823.

Footnote 33:

Lieut. 27th Apr., 1820. Out of the regt, before 1830.

Footnote 34:

Capt, 4th Aug, 1828. Major 2nd. July, 1841. Lt.-Col. in Oct., 1842. D.
1844 at Colesberg, South Africa.

Footnote 35:

Lieut, 11th Aug., 1822. Adjt. 23rd Aug., 1823. D. in Jamaica, 1827.

Footnote 36:

D. 1825.

Footnote 37:

H. p. 1816. Living 1830.

Footnote 38:

H. p. 36th Foot 1821.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.[W]

MAJOR JOSEPH BROME’S BRIGADE.

Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Joseph Brome 13 Aug. 1804 │Maj., 4 June, 1813
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[2] John E.G. Parker 20 Dec. 1814 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[3] Robert J. Saunders 11 Aug. 1811 │
[4] Thos. O. Cater 16 Apr. 1812 │
SECOND LIEUTENANT. │
[5] Anthony O. Molesworth 17 Dec. 1812 │

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MAJOR GEORGE W. UNETT’S BRIGADE.

Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. │
[6] George W. Unett 1 Feb. 1808 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
SECOND CAPTAIN. │
[7] Thos. Gore Browne 1 Feb. 1808 │
FIRST LIEUTENANTS. │
[8] Douglas Lawson 28 Oct. 1808 │
[9] Willoughby Montagu 11 Aug. 1811 │

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CAPTAIN THOMAS HUTCHESSON’S FOOT BATTERY.

Rank in the
——————
CAPTAIN. │
[10] Thomas Hutchesson 24 Oct. 1812 │10 Apr. 1805

Footnote W:

Major Brome’s Brigade was at Hal with Sir Charles Colville’s Division.
Major Unett’s was attached to the 6th Division, and Capt. Hutchesson’s
is said to have been at Ostend.

Footnote 1:

Lt.-col. 24th June, 1823. Served at Copenhagen in 1807 and at
Walcheren in 1809. D. in Jamaica, 4th Jan., 1825.

Footnote 2:

Capt. 30th Dec., 1828. Succeeded as 4th Bart. of Basingbourn, Essex.
D. 1835 without issue.

Footnote 3:

H. p. 1st Apr., 1821.

Footnote 4:

Served with distinction in the Pa. Retd. f. p. major-gen. 26th May,
1857. D. 1862.

Footnote 5:

2nd Capt. 10th July, 1834. H. p. 1835. D. 10th July, 1848.

Footnote 6:

Sold his commission 1825. D. same year.

Footnote 7:

Served at the siege of Flushing, 1809. Attained rank of col. 9th Nov.,
1846. D. 23rd Jan., 1854.

Footnote 8:

D. 10th Aug., 1823.

Footnote 9:

2nd Capt, 6th Nov., 1827. H. p. same year. D. 2nd Dec., 1872.

Footnote 10:

Served in the Pa. and France. Attained the rank of lt.-gen. 14th June,
1856. D. at Dover, 28th Aug., 1857.

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