54th (or the WEST NORFOLK) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the | |||||
| 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. | |||||
[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.
[2]. Bt. lt.-col. 12th Aug., 1819. D. in 1829.
[3]. Retd. as bt. lt.-col. 1845. D. 1850.
[4]. Lt.-col. unatt. 23rd Nov., 1841. D. in Edinburgh in Feb., 1853.
[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.
[6]. Son of Alderman Evanson, of Cork. D. as capt. in this regt. in Jan. 1827.
[7]. Paymaster Nov., 1818. Retd. 1825. D. in Feb., 1854.
[8]. Capt. 30th Jan., 1823. D. at Trichinopoly, 30th June, 1836.
[9]. Capt. 3rd Jan., 1822. H. p., capt. 78th Foot, 6th Feb., 1823.
[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.
[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.
[12]. Capt. 5th Jan., 1826. Bt.-major 23rd Nov., 1841. Retd. Nov., 1846, on full pay. D. 1852.
[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.
[14]. Lieut. 18th Apr., 1822. H. p. 30th Aug., 1826.
[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.
[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. | |||||
[1]. Placed on h. p. in March, 1816.
[2]. Saw service in the Pa. Transferred to 1st Batt. in 1816. Serving in 1817.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[7]. Afterwards adjt. Lost in the Seahorse.
[8]. Saved when the Seahorse was wrecked.
[9]. Saved when the Seahorse was wrecked. This officer’s Waterloo medal was for some years in the Editor’s collection of war medals.
[10]. Capt. 48th Foot 19th May, 1837. Retd. as maj. in 1840.
[11]. Capt. 13th Foot 3rd Aug., 1826. Serving 1830.
[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.
[13]. Saved when the Seahorse was wrecked.
[14]. H. p. 1816. D. in Dublin 1850.
[15]. Lost in the Seahorse. A native of Portsmouth and son of a master-builder of that town.
[16]. Capt. 49th Foot 12th Apr., 1831. H. p. 10th Jan., 1834. D. 17th Nov., 1853.
[17]. Lost in the Seahorse.
[18]. Capt. 11th Foot 1st Apr., 1824. Lt.-col. 11th Foot 27th June, 1845. Living 1860.
[19]. Lost in the Seahorse.
[20]. Capt. 4th D.G. 24th July, 1823. Retd. as major 1841.
[21]. H. p. 1816.
[22]. Lost in the Seahorse with his wife and two children.
[23]. Lost in the Seahorse.
[24]. Lost in the Seahorse.