1st (or ROYAL) REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
[1]Arthur Benjamin Clifton22Nov.181025 July, 1810
MAJOR.
[2]Philip Dorville17Oct.1811Lt.-Col., 4 June, 1814
CAPTAINS.
[3]Charles Edward Radclyffe, W.1Dec.1804Maj., 4 June, 1814
[4]Alex. Kennedy Clark, W.13Dec.1810
[5]Paul Phipps25July,1811
[6]Edward Chas. Windsor, K.18June,1812
LIEUTENANTS.
Charles Foster, K.18Nov.1807
[7]Henry Robert Carden13Apr.1809
[8]George Gunning, W.7Dec.18092 Sept. 1807
[9]Townshend Richard Kelly, W.25Oct.1810
[10]Sigismund Trafford25July,1811
[11]Samuel Windowe, W.21Nov.1811
[12]Cornthwaite Ommaney, W.17Apr.181513 Aug. 1812
[13]Charles Blois, W.18Apr.18152 Sept. 1813
[14]Stephen Goodenough, W.19Apr.18156 Jan. 1814
CORNETS.
[15]Richard Magniac, K.2Sept.1813
[16]William Sturges30Dec.1813
[17]Charles Butler Stevenson24Mar.1814
[18]Hon. John Massey31Mar.1814
[19]John C. Sykes, K.19Jan.1815
T. —— Shipley, Adjt., K.19Jan.1815
QUARTERMASTER.
[20]William Waddell8July,1813
SURGEON.
[21]George Steed17Jan.1811
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
[22]Thomas Prosser9Dec.181329 Aug. 1811
VETERINARY SURGEON.
[23]Wm. Ryding2June,18042 May, 1800
Scarlet. Facings blue. Lace gold.

[1]. 3rd son of Sir Gervase Clifton, Bart., of Clifton, Notts, representative of a very ancient family. Served throughout the Par. War, and received the gold medal and one clasp for Fuentes d’Onor and Vittoria. On the death of Sir Wm. Ponsonby at Waterloo, the command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade devolved upon Col. Clifton. G.C.B., K.C.H., K.S.A., gen. in the army and Col.-in-Chf. 1st Dgns. D. 7th March, 1869, unm.

[2]. The name of Dorville has only been known in England for a little over a century; but it is that of a well-known Norman family which flourished for six hundred years in France prior to its exodus from France to North Germany, for religious causes, early in the 17th century. From Germany the “d’Orvilles” migrated to Holland, where the family left its mark in the person of the learned James Philip Dorville, professor of history and languages to a Dutch university, and likewise a Sicilian explorer, whose valuable book on Sicily (with rare illustrations), written in the purest Latin, is treasured, with other Dorville books, in the Bodleian Library. The professor’s son, John Dorville, quitted Holland and settled in England. He bought the Ravenscourt Estate at Fulham. M. Anne Gibson (grand-daughter of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London), and had three sons, the two younger of whom were Philip and Thomas, both of whom entered the army and did good service in the Par. War—the former being for some time on Lord Anglesey’s staff, and the latter in the 1st Foot Guards. At Waterloo Col. Dorville commanded the two squadrons of the 1st Dgns. “which rushed into the second column of the enemy, consisting of about 4,000 men, and after a desperate fight returned with a French eagle.” In this gallant charge Col. Dorville had the scabbard of his sword shot away, and a bullet passed through the breast of his coat. Had three horses shot under him. On the death of Sir Wm. Ponsonby the command of the “Union Brigade” devolved on Col. Muter, of the 6th Dgns., who, being soon after wounded, was replaced by Col. Clifton, and Col. Dorville succeeded to the command of the 1st Dgns. Made C.B. for Waterloo. Retd. on h. p. 8th March, 1827. M. Miss Dewar, of Clapham, and left at his death, 10th Nov., 1847, three daughters, who bequeathed the High Croft Estate at Malvern to their cousin, Admiral Dorville, the late possessor, the last male representative of an ancient family, on every page of whose eventful career in the navy the word “Hero” is plainly visible.

[3]. “A most scientific and dexterous swordsman.” Did good work in the famous charge of his regt. at Waterloo. A musket ball lodged in his knee, which could never be extracted, and helped to shorten his life. Made bt.-lt.-col. for Waterloo. H. p. list 1820. Appointed maj. of brigade to the Inspector-Gen. of Cavalry in Great Britain. D. 24th Feb., 1827.

[4]. Aftds. Lt.-Gen. Sir Alexander Clark-Kennedy, of Knockgray, co. Kirkcudbright, A.D.C. to the Queen, K.C.B., and K.H. Served in the Pa. It was this officer, and not Corporal Stiles, who personally captured the French eagle of the 105th Regt. at Waterloo, after a desperate fight, in which he was severely wounded, and handed it over to Corporal Stiles (of whom see [memoir] in Part III.), to convey it to the rear. Bn. 1782. Son of John Clark, of Nunland, by Anne, dau. and co-heir of Alex. Kennedy, of Knockgray. M., 21st Dec., 1816, Harriet, dau. and co-heir of John Randall and had issue. D. in Jan., 1864.

[5]. 3rd son of Thos. Phipps, of Leighton House, Wilts, by Penelope, dau. of Lewis Clutterbuck, of Widcombe House, Bath. Bn. 18th Jan., 1789. Served in the Pa. Aftds. lt.-col., h. p. 1829, and K.H. M. Mrs. Kingston (née Saunders), widow of Benjamin Kingston, and had issue. D. 22nd Nov., 1858.

[6]. Son of Edward Windsor, of Shrewsbury. A pen. of £50 per ann. was granted to his mother, Dorothy Windsor, she having expended all her fortune in buying her son’s commission.

[7]. Bn. 8th Feb., 1789. 2nd son of Col. Sir John Carden, 1st Bart. of Templemore, co Tipperary, who raised and commanded the 30th Regt. of Lt. Dgns., which regt. was reduced at the Peace of Amiens. Succeeded his brother as 3rd Bart. in 1822. M., 10th March, 1818, Louisa, only child of Frederick Thomson, of Dublin, and had issue. Was placed on h. p. as Capt. 1st Dgns. in 1816. D. in March, 1847.

[8]. Eldest son of George Gunning, of Frindsbury, J.P. and D.L. for Kent. Ensign 17th Foot, 1804. Served in the Pa., and commanded the Grenadier Company of the 9th Foot at battle of Vimiera. Exchanged to 1st Dgns. 1809. Commanded his troop at Waterloo in the famous charge, where he was sev. wnded. He always claimed that he gave the order to Corporal Stiles to seize the eagle of the 105th French regt. from the officer who held it. (See Part III.) H. p. 1822. D. at Brighton, 5th Jan., 1849.

[9]. Capt. h. p. 19th Jan., 1826. D. 5th April, 1854.

[10]. Eldest son of Sigismund Trafford, of Wroxham Hall, Norfolk. Half-pay in 1816. Capt., h. p. in 1842. D. 14th Feb., 1852, at his residence, Rue de Lille, Paris.

[11]. Wyndowe. Capt. 11th July, 1822. Serving in 1825. Out of the regt. before 1830.

[12]. Capt. 24th Lt. Dgns., 24th Dec., 1818. Half-pay same date. D. at Chichester 14th Sept., 1833.

[13]. Capt. 25th Sept., 1823. Major 27th Oct., 1829. Retd. 1st Sept., 1830. Was subsequently Lt.-Col. East Suffolk Militia. Eldest son of Sir Chas. Blois, 6th Bart. of Grundisburgh Hall, Suffolk. Succeeded as 7th Bart. in 1850. D. unm. in 1855.

[14]. Capt. 20th July, 1826. Serving in 1830.

[15]. Returned as “missing” in the London Gazette but was never again heard of. His gallantry at Waterloo is referred to in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1815.

[16]. Lieut. 20th July, 1815. Exchanged to the Scots Greys 14th Sept., 1815. Capt. 4th April, 1822. Serving in 1830.

[17]. Left the regt. in 1816.

[18]. In 1822 was appointed to a troop in the Cape Corps. Placed on h. p. 1826. Lt.-col., retd. 1841. 3rd son of Hugh, 3rd Baron Massey. M., 12th April, 1828, Eliz., youngest dau. of Edward Homewood, and had issue. D. in Dublin 7th March, 1848.

[19]. Grandson of Joseph Sykes of West Ella, Hull, brother of the Rev. Sir Mark Sykes, 1st Bart.

[20]. Retd. f. p. 1828. Living in 1846.

[21]. Retd. h. p. Sept, 1825. Living in 1846.

[22]. Retd. on h. p. 18th Jan., 1816. Living in 1825.

[23]. Serving in 1830.

2nd (or ROYAL NORTH BRITISH) REGIMENT OF
DRAGOONS.

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
[1]James Inglis Hamilton, K.16June,1807Col., 4 June, 1814
Major.
[2]Isaac Blake Clarke, W.16June,1807Lt.-Col., 4 June, 1814
[3]Thomas Pate Hankin, W.4Apr.1808Lt.-Col., 4 June, 1814
CAPTAINS.
[4]Edward Cheney3May,1800Maj., 1 Jan. 1812
[5]James Poole, W.25May,1803Maj., 4 June, 1813
[6]Robert Vernor, W.23Nov.1804Maj., 4 June, 1814
Thomas Reignolds, K.25Dec.1804Maj., 4 June, 1814
[7]Charles Levyns Barnard, K.2Feb.1815
[8]Thomas Charles Fenton6Feb.1815
[9]Edward Payne5Apr.1815
LIEUTENANTS.
[10]Henry McMillan, Adjt.10Apr.1805
[11]John Mills, W.5May,1808
[12]Francis Stupart, W.14Dec.1809
[13]Geo. Home Falconar21Nov.1811
[14]James Wemyss15Sept.181419 Nov. 1812
[15]James Carruthers, K.9Feb.1815
[16]Archibald J. Hamilton, W.16Mar.181511 June, 1812
[17]Thos. Trotter, K.16Mar.1815
[18]James Gape3May,1815
[19]Charles Wyndham, W.4May,1815
[20]Jas. Reg. Torin Graham8June,1815
CORNETS.
[21]Edward Westby, K.12May,181417 Feb. 1814
[22]F.C. Kinchant, K.18Jan.1815
[23]Lemuel Shuldham, K.19Jan.1815
PAYMASTER.
[24]William Dawson13Oct.1814
QUARTERMASTER.
[25]John Lennox3June,1813
SURGEON.
[26]Robert Dann, M.D.4Aug.1814
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
[27]James Alexander9Jan.1812
VETERINARY SURGEON.
[28]John Trigg17Dec.180723 Dec. 1797
Scarlet. Facings blue. Lace gold.

[1]. Second son of Sergt.-Major Wm. Anderson of the 21st Fusiliers. Born in camp at Tayantroga, America, 4th July, 1777, and bapt. 28th Aug. same year. On the return of the 21st to Scotland the sergt.-major was discharged with a pension and settled at his native city, Glasgow. Gen. James Inglis Hamilton, the colonel of the 21st, who was a Lanarkshire man, being on a visit to Glasgow some years later, happened to meet his former sergt.-major and gave him money for educational purposes. Later on he took little James Anderson to his family seat at Murdestoun and introduced him to his maiden sister Miss Christina Hamilton. The general and his sister educated James Anderson and his brothers at Glasgow Grammar School. Through his patron’s army interest James Anderson was appointed Cornet in the Scots Greys at the age of fifteen under the name of James Inglis Hamilton. (Old Reminiscences of Glasgow, Vol. I.) Lieut. 4th Oct. 1793. Capt. 15th April, 1794. Major 17th Feb., 1803. Lt.-Col. 16th June, 1807. Bt.-Col. 4th June, 1814. Col. Hamilton had both arms cut off in the charge at Waterloo, and he snatched the reins with his mouth (Col. Clerke’s letter to the Misses Anderson). Hamilton’s body was found on the field—shot through the heart in addition to other wounds, and rifled. His trusty sword was gone, but the scabbard and silken sash remained. These relics were transmitted to Lieut. Jno. Anderson, the colonel’s brother, who d. at Glasgow 3rd Dec., 1816, from wounds recd. at Salamanca. The Treasury remitted £200 to the Misses Anderson in Dec., 1829; and the Waterloo Fund gave a pension to Col. Hamilton’s widow (née Clerke), who was an English lady.

[2]. Promoted lt.-col. of the regt. 20th July, 1815. C.B. Retd. 11th Oct., 1821. D. at St. Peter’s, Isle of Thanet, 7th Jan., 1850, aged 76.

[3]. Knighted by the Prince Regent in 1816. Lt.-Col. of the regt. 11th Oct., 1821. D. at the cavalry barracks, Norwich, 20th Oct., 1825, aged 59. By his wife Sarah, dau. of John Reade, he had no issue, she having d. with her child in her first confinement.

[4]. Commanded the regt. for the last three hours of the battle, and in twenty minutes’ time had five horses killed under him. C.B. Col. Eldest son of Robert Cheney, of Meynell Langley, co. Derby, by his second marriage with Bridget Leacroft. D. at Gaddesby, co. Leicester, 3rd March, 1847, leaving issue by his marriage with Elizabeth Ayre.

[5]. Taken prisoner at Waterloo. Quitted the service in consequence of mental derangement, 17th Feb., 1817, with the bt. rank of lt.-col.

[6]. This officer’s name is erroneously spelt “Vernon” in the Army Lists. Left the service in 1817, and afterwards resided at Musselburgh.

[7]. 2nd son of Henry Barnard, of Cave Castle, co. York, whose family had long been settled in Yorkshire, by Sarah Eliz., eldest dau. and co-heir of Roger Gee, of Bishop Burton, in the same county. Formerly served in the 38th Foot, and was placed on h. p. 1st Dgn. Gds. 1814.

[8]. Brought into the regt. from h. p. 4th Lt. Dgns. Quitted the service 1819. M., 1817, Harriet, dau. of George Rooke. Resided at Chepstow. D. 5th Feb., 1841.

[9]. Quitted the service a few months after Waterloo.

[10]. Promoted capt. 18th July, 1815. Placed on h. p. 19th Sept., 1816. Living in 1842.

[11]. Promoted capt. 19th July, 1815.

[12]. Promoted capt. 20th July, and placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816.

[13]. There is some doubt as to whether this officer was actually present at Waterloo, as in a contemporary list of officers of the Scots Greys who served at this battle, in the handwriting of Lieut. J.R.T. Graham of this regt., Lieut. Falconar is noted as being “on baggage guard at Brussels.” It is noticeable, however, that Falconar’s name appears in the original “Waterloo Muster-roll” of the regt. given in Part II.; and it may be that he re-joined the Greys before the close of the battle. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. D. at Woodcot, co. Haddington, 15th Sept., 1820.

[14]. Promoted capt. 10th Oct., 1816, and Maj. 10th June, 1826. H. p. 1827. It fell to his lot to command his troop in the final charge at Waterloo, and, though severely wounded in the arm, led his men into the midst of the conflict. Afterwards held the appointment of High Constable of Durham, and d. at Durham 1st Oct., 1847.

[15]. A scion of the ancient family of Carruthers, in Annandale. The late head of this family, who d. 1878, was formerly an officer in the Scots Greys.

[16]. Son and heir of Gen. John Hamilton, of Dalzell, by Anne, dau. of R. Mathews. Bn. 28th Oct., 1793. Served in the Pa. Was twice md., and by 2nd wife was father of John Glencairn Hamilton, created a baron 15th Aug. 1886. D. 11th Jan., 1834.

[17]. Bn. 1795. Son of Lt.-Gen. Alex. Trotter, of Morton Hall, Midlothian. Killed by a French officer with whom he was fighting.

[18]. Son of Rev. James Gape, of St. Albans, who was grandson maternally of 1st Viscount Grimston. Promoted capt. 19th June, 1817.

[19]. Afterwards lt.-col. of the regt. Appointed keeper of the Crown jewels in the Tower of London. D. there 15th Feb., 1872, aged 77.

[20]. Son of James Graham, Esq., of Barrock Lodge and Rickerby, Cumberland. Appointed cornet in the Scots Greys, 20th Jan., 1814, when 15 years of age. He took part in the battle during the whole day, and late at night commanded the party sent back to the field to succour the wounded and bury the dead. M. Eliz. Jane, dau. of James Saurin, D.D., Lord Bishop of Dromore, and had issue. Promoted capt. 16th March, 1820; h. p. 1821; major in 1837. D. in Kensington, 20th Jan., 1865. Bd. in Brompton Cemetery. The reredos in Stanwix Church, Cumberland, was erected in memory of Major Graham. It is an interesting historical fact that the Graham family received and sheltered Prince Charles Edward at Barrock, after his defeat at Penrith, in Dec., 1745, for a night. The old chair in which the Prince slept, and the remains of his plaid (which plaid he gave Mrs. Graham when he thanked her on leaving in the morning), are now in the possession of Miss Graham, to whom the Editor is indebted for the above details of her father and ancestors. It is said that the Prince fought at Culloden in someone else’s plaid—having given away his own.

[21]. 3rd son of Wm. Westby, of Thornhill, co. Dublin.

[22]. Son of Rev. Francis Kinchant, of Easton, co. Hereford.

[23]. Got separated from his troop when charging. He was a cadet of the Shuldhams, of Moigh House, co. Longford, and a cousin of Capt. J.A. Schreiber, of 11th Lt. Dgns., who met and spoke to him just before the battle commenced. Was bd. on the field by men of his own regt. under Lieut. Graham.

[24]. Out of the regt. in 1829.

[25]. Left the regt. 7th Dec., 1826.

[26]. Left the regt. 27th Feb., 1817.

[27]. Placed on h. p. from 28th Foot 1st March, 1821.

[28]. Left the regt. in May, 1826.