6th (or INNISKILLING) REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS.
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| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | Joseph Muter, W. | 4 | June, | 1813 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| MAJORS. | |||||
| [2] | Fiennes S. Miller, W. | 25 | May, | 1809 | Lt. -Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| [3] | Henry Madox | 19 | Dec. | 1805 | |
| [4] | Wm. Frederick Browne, W. | 7 | May, | 1807 | 2 Apr. 1807 |
| [5] | Thomas Mackay | 3 | Dec. | 1807 | |
| [6] | Wm. Frederick Hadden | 28 | Jan. | 1808 | 14 Jan. 1808 |
| [7] | Edward Holbech | 25 | May, | 1809 | |
| [8] | Hon. Sholto Douglas | 23 | Aug. | 1810 | 24 May, 1810 |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [9] | Theophilus Biddulph | 22 | May, | 1806 | |
| [10] | Augustus Saltern Willett | 27 | Aug. | 1807 | |
| [11] | John Linton | 25 | Jan. | 1809 | |
| [12] | Henry Wm. Petre | 26 | Jan. | 1809 | |
| [13] | Alexander Hassard, W. | 23 | Apr. | 1812 | |
| [14] | Samuel Black | 8 | July, | 1813 | |
| [15] | Richard Down | 31 | Mar. | 1814 | |
| [16] | Paul Ruffo, W. | 3 | May, | 1815 | |
| CORNETS. | |||||
| Michael Clusky, Adjt., K. | 9 | Jan. | 1812 | ||
| [17] | John Delancy Allingham | 7 | Oct. | 1813 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| [18] | Wm. Armstrong | 18 | Oct. | 1813 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| [19] | James Kerr | 9 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| [20] | John Bolton | 14 | Sept. | 1791 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEON. | |||||
| [21] | Wm. Henry Ricketts | 16 | Mar. | 1809 | |
| VETERINARY SURGEON. | |||||
| [22] | Richard Vincent | 25 | Nov. | 1797 | |
| Scarlet. Facings yellow. Lace silver. | |||||
[1]. Son of Col. Muter. Took the surname of Straton in lieu of that of Muter, about 1816, on succeeding to the property of his aunt, Miss Straton, at Kirkside, near Montrose, N.B. On the death of Sir Wm. Ponsonby, at Waterloo, the command of the “Union Brigade” devolved on this officer. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 6th Dgns.; F.R.S., Edinburgh; lt.-gen. D. 23rd Oct., 1840. Left about £70,000 to Edinburgh University.
[2]. Eldest son of Fiennes S. Miller, of Radway Grange, Kineton, by Henrietta, 2nd dau. of Capt. Joseph Meade, R.N. Sev. wnded. at Waterloo while commanding the regt. C.B. Retd. before 1824. M., 23rd May, 1819, Georgina Sibella, 5th dau. of Rev. Philip Story, and had issue. D. Sept., 1862.
[3]. Commanded his regt. the last few hours of the battle. Made bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Promoted lt.-col. 1825. K.H. Attained rank of col. on retd. list 1838. M. Miss Williams. D. at Bath 18th March, 1863, aged 81.
[4]. Quitted the service in 1819.
[5]. Bt.-maj. 19th July, 1821. Serving in 1825. Out of the regt. before 1830.
[6]. Senior capt. of his regt. 1821. Not in the Army List for 1822.
[7]. 4th son of Wm. Holbech, of Farnborough Hall, Banbury. Bn. 1785. Placed on h. p. 11th April, 1822. D. at Alveston 24th June, 1847.
[8]. Eldest son (by his 2nd wife) of Archibald, Lord Douglas (extinct). Bn. 1785; d. 1821.
[9]. Promoted capt. 14th Sept., 1815. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Living 1860.
[10]. Afterwards lt.-col. North Devon Militia. Great-grandson of John Cleveland, M.P. for Barnstaple for seven Parliaments. Assumed the surname of Cleveland, in lieu of that of Willett, in 1817. M., in 1830, eldest dau. of John Chichester, of Arlington Court, Devon, and had issue. D. 5th July, 1849.
[11]. Was maj. of his regt. from 1825 to 1830, when he was placed on h. p. as lt.-col. Living 1846.
[12]. Son of the Hon. George Petre, by Maria, dau. of Philip Howard, of Corby. Placed on h. p. 1819. M., 17th Jan., 1818, Eliz., eldest dau. of Edmond Glynn, of Glynn, co. Cornwall. D., 26th Nov., 1852, leaving issue by a 2nd marriage.
[13]. 4th son of Jason Hassard, of Gardenhill and Toam. Promoted capt. 17th June, 1819. Quitted the service before 1830. M., 1836, his cousin Eliz., dau. of Capt. Jason Hassard, and had issue. D. Sept., 1845.
[14]. Younger son of Col. Black, H.E.I.C.S., by Margaret, eldest dau. of Maj. Jerome Noble. Joined the 6th Dgns., as cornet, in 1810. Placed on h. p. as capt. 1826. D., with the rank of maj., 2nd Nov., 1853.
[15]. Placed on h. p. as capt. 1826. Living 1855.
[16]. An Italian. Returned as “missing” in Siborne’s Waterloo List. Lieut. 4th D.G. 15th Feb., 1816. Was afterwards Neapolitan Minister to England. His title was Prince Castelcicala, and at the last Waterloo banquet, June 18, 1852, he sat on Wellington’s right hand. Lord Albemarle tells us, in his autobiography, that the Duke proposed Prince Castelcicala’s health, but stumbled over the name, which was happily supplied by Lord Sandys, who, as Lord Arthur Hill, had been senior A.D.C. to the veteran F.M. at Waterloo.
[17]. Lieut. 24th Lt. Dns. 25th Sept., 1817. Half-pay 15th Oct., 1820. Appointed barrack-master at Boyle in 1841. D. in 1843.
[18]. Serving with the regt. in 1830.
[19]. Serving with the regt. in 1824.
[20]. Surgeon to the 7th West India Regt. 19th Feb., 1824. Half-pay same date. Living in 1846.
[21]. Surgeon to 35th Foot 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. 25th June, 1817.
[22]. H. p. 3rd Jan., 1828. Living in 1830.
7th (or the QUEEN’S OWN) REGIMENT OF LIGHT
DRAGOONS (HUSSARS).
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| COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| Henry, Earl of Uxbridge, W. | 16 | May, | 1801 | Lt.-Gen., 25 Apr. 1808 | |
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | |||||
| [1] | Sir Edward Kerrison, Kt. | 4 | Apr. | 1805 | Col., 4 June, 1813 |
| MAJORS. | |||||
| [2] | Edward Hodge, K. | 7 | May, | 1812 | |
| Wm. Thornhill, W. | 8 | Apr. | 1813 | ||
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| [3] | Wm. Verner, W. | 21 | July, | 1808 | |
| [4] | Thos. Wm. Robbins, W. | 25 | May, | 1809 | |
| Edward Keane | 15 | June, | 1809 | 1 Dec. 1806 | |
| [5] | Peter Augustus Heyliger, W. | 2 | Aug. | 1810 | 9 Mar. 1809 |
| Thomas Wildman, W. | 18 | Feb. | 1813 | ||
| James John Fraser, W. | 17 | June, | 1813 | ||
| [6] | James D. Elphinstone | 25 | Sept. | 1814 | 23 Dec. 1813 |
| [7] | Edward Wildman, W. | 23 | Feb. | 1815 | 7 Dec. 1814 |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [8] | Arthur Myers, Adjt., K. | 24 | May, | 1810 | |
| [9] | Standish O’Grady | 6 | Aug. | 1812 | |
| [10] | Wm. Shirley | 7 | Jan. | 1813 | 19 Nov. 1812 |
| [11] | Wm. Grenfell | 11 | Mar. | 1813 | |
| [12] | Robert Douglas, W. | 17 | June, | 1813 | |
| [13] | Robert Uniacke | 15 | July, | 1813 | |
| [14] | John Robert Gordon, W. | 15 | Sept. | 1813 | |
| [15] | John Daniel | 21 | Oct. | 1813 | |
| [16] | Edward James Peters, W. | 10 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| [17] | John Wildman | 11 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| [18] | Frederick Beattie, W. | 16 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| [19] | Stephen Rice | 17 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| [20] | Frederick Towers | 18 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| [21] | Thomas Felton | 16 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| [22] | John Greenwood | 25 | Aug. | 1809 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| [23] | David Irwin | 22 | July, | 1795 | |
| ASSISTANT SURGEONS. | |||||
| [24] | Robert Alex. Chermside | 16 | Aug. | 1810 | |
| [25] | James Moffat | 24 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| VETERINARY SURGEON. | |||||
| [26] | Richard Dorville | 13 | Dec. | 1810 | |
| Blue. Facings white. Lace silver. | |||||
[1]. Only son of Matthias Kerrison, of Breccles Hall, Norfolk. Bn. 1774. Distinguished himself in the Pa., and on the return of the 7th Light Dgns. to England, its officers presented Col. Kerrison with a piece of plate worth 200 guineas, in estimation of his conduct in Spain. Created a baronet in 1821, at the recommendation of Wellington. Was M.P. for Eye from 1824 to 1852. M. Mary, eldest dau. of Alex. Ellice, of Pittencrief, co. Fife, and had issue. K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 14th Dgns. D. 9th March, 1853.
[2]. Killed in the cavalry action at Genappe, 17th June, 1815. Pens. of £100 per ann. to his widow, who was younger dau. of Sir Edmund Bacon, Premier Bart. M.I. at Waterloo.
[3]. Afterwards Sir Wm. Verner, Bart. Bn. 23rd Feb., 1782. Youngest son of James Verner, of Church Hill, co. Armagh, by Jane, dau. of Rev. Henry Clarke. Served in the Pa., and was present at Corunna. Promoted maj. for his distinguished gallantry at Waterloo. Retd. in 1826 as lt.-col. K.C.H. He was a staunch supporter of the Orange cause, and the Editor has heard his late father say that when quartered at Charlemont, in the north of Ireland, he partook of Sir William’s princely hospitality at banquets, where the toasts were all to the honour and glory of the Orange cause, and the wine-glasses had stalks without bottoms, so as to ensure the toasts being fully honoured. Sir Wm. was once struck off the Commission of the Peace, by Lord Normanby, for giving the toast of “The Battle of the Diamond” at a public dinner in Ireland. D. 20th Jan., 1871.
[4]. Placed on h. p. as lt.-col. 1821. Living 1842.
[5]. Distinguished himself in charging with his troop the advanced French picquets on the morning of June 17th. Quitted the service 30th March, 1820.
[6]. 4th son of Wm. Elphinstone, an East India director, by Eliz., eldest dau. of Wm. Fullerton, of Carstairs, co. Lanark. Bn. 1788. Lt.-Col. 3rd Foot Guards, 1823; h. p. 1828. Was twice m., and after his 2nd marriage with the only child of Sir Edward Buller, Bart., assumed the name of Buller before that of Drummond. D. 8th March, 1857, leaving issue by 2nd wife.
[7]. Younger brother of Col. Thos. Wildman (see under [Staff]). Afterwards commanded 6th Dgn. Gds. K.H. M., 1818, Antonia, dau. of Lt.-Gen. Sir Hildebrand Oakes, G.C.B., and had issue. D. in Dec., 1846.
[8]. M.I. at Waterloo.
[9]. Afterwards Col. Viscount Guillamore, A.D.C. to the Queen. Bn. 26th Dec. 1792. Son of Standish O’Grady, 1st Viscount, by Katherine Waller. M., 16th Oct., 1828, Gertrude Paget, niece of the Marquis of Anglesey. D. 22nd July, 1848, leaving issue.
[10]. Capt. 12th Sept., 1816. Major 17th June, 1824. Serving in 1830.
[11]. Capt., 21st Lt. Dns., 24th Dec., 1818. H. p. 26th Oct., 1820. Living in 1846.
[12]. Quitted the service in 1822.
[13]. H. p. 24th July, 1817. Living in 1824.
[14]. Son of J. Gordon, of Wincombe, Wilts. Promoted capt. 12th Dec., 1816. D. at Plymouth, 20th Sept., 1824.
[15]. Capt. 5th June, 1824. Exchanged to 66th Foot, 8th June, 1826. D. at Bellevue, Meath, 1840.
[16]. Serving in 1817. Out of regt. before 1824.
[17]. Brother to Edward Wildman. Attained rank of col., h. p. list, 1854. M., 1824, Lady Margaret Charteris, dau. of 7th Earl of Wemyss. D. in 1878.
[18]. H. p., 3rd April, 1817. Living in 1824.
[19]. Left the regt. in 1816. Lt., Newfoundland Vet. Cy., 30th Sept., 1824. Serving in 1830.
[20]. Capt., 18th July, 1820. H. p. 4th Sept., 1821. Major, 29th Aug., 1826. Lt.-Col., 23rd Nov., 1841. Living in 1846.
[21]. Serving with the regt. in 1830.
[22]. Retd. f. p. 1819. Living in 1830.
[23]. D. in 1816.
[24]. Surgeon on h. p. list in 1815. Living in 1824.
[25]. Serving with the regt. in 1824. Attained rank of surgeon of 1st class, 23rd Jan., 1843. H. p. in 1849. D. at Devonport, 6th March, 1856.
[26]. H. p. 17th Dec., 1829.
10th (or the PRINCE OF WALES’S OWN ROYAL)
REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS (HUSSARS).
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| LIEUT.-COLONELS. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | George Quentin, W. | 13 | Oct. | 1808 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| [2] | Lord Robert Manners | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 2 May, 1811 |
| MAJOR. | |||||
| [3] | Hon. Frederick Howard, K. | 9 | May, | 1811 | |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| [4] | Thos. Wm. Taylor | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | Maj., 7 July, 1814 |
| [5] | H.C. Stapylton | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 3 Nov. 1808 |
| [6] | John Grey, W. | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 6 Apr. 1809 |
| John Gurwood | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 6 Feb. 1812 | |
| [7] | Charles Wood | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | Maj., 16 Mar. 1815 |
| [8] | Henry Floyd | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 2 Dec. 1813 |
| [9] | Arthur Shakespear | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 27 Jan. 1814 |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [10] | John Whitehill Parsons | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 3 Dec. 1805 |
| [11] | Wm. Slayter Smith | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 17 Nov. 1808 |
| [12] | Robert Arnold | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 13 May, 1812 |
| [13] | Wm. Cartwright | 12 | Nov. | 1814 | 6 Jan. 1814 |
| [14] | Samuel Hardman, Adjt. | 15 | Dec. | 1814 | 9 Dec. 1813 |
| [15] | George Orlando Gunning | 26 | Dec. | 1814 | 8 Apr. 1813 |
| [16] | J.C. Wallington | 27 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| [17] | Ellis Hodgson | 28 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| [18] | Wm. C. Hamilton | 29 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| [19] | Anthony Bacon, W. | 9 | Feb. | 1815 | 11 Mar. 1813 |
| [20] | W.H. Bingham Lindsey | 15 | June, | 1815 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| [21] | James Tallon | 15 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEON. | |||||
| [22] | George Samuel Jenks | 22 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| VETERINARY SURGEON. | |||||
| Henry C. Sannerman | 29 | Mar. | 1810 | 7 Dec. 1809 | |
| Blue. Facings scarlet. Lace silver. | |||||
[1]. Eldest son of George Quentin, of Göttingen. Served five years in the Garde du Corps of Hanover. Joined the 10th Hussars as a cornet in 1793. Served with Sir John Moore in the Pa. C.B.; K.C.H.; A.D.C. to George IV., and Crown Equerry to Her Majesty. M., 1811, the dau. of James Lawrell, of Eastwick Park and Frimley, Surrey, and had issue. D. in London 7th Dec., 1851, aged 92.
[2]. 3rd son of Charles, 4th Duke of Rutland, by Lady Mary Somerset, dau. of 4th Duke of Beaufort. Bn. 14th Dec., 1781. Afterwards Maj.-Gen., C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 3rd Dgns. D. 15th Nov., 1835.
[3]. 3rd son of Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle, by Lady Margaret Granville-Leveson, dau. of 1st Marquis of Stafford. Killed whilst gallantly leading the last charge. Bur. at Waterloo. M.I. Afterwards brought home and bur. at Streatham, 3rd Aug., 1815. Left issue by his marriage with Frances, only dau. of Wm. H. Lambton, of Lambton Hall, Durham, two sons. In 1879 Maj. Howard’s remains were removed from Streatham, and re-interred in the family mausoleum at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
[4]. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. T.W. Taylor, Lt.-Gov. R.M.C., Sandhurst, and Col.-in-Chf. 17th Lancers. Served in the expedition to Java in 1811. Made brevet lt.-col. for Waterloo. D. at Haccombe, co. Devon, 8th Jan., 1854, aged 71.
[5]. Henry Richard Chetwynd-Stapylton, eldest son of the Hon. Granville Chetwynd (youngest son of 4th Viscount Chetwynd), by Martha, dau. and heir of Henry Stapylton, of Wighill. Bn. 1789. Afterwards maj. of his regt. Retired 1822. M., 23rd Dec., 1820, Margaret, dau. of George Hammond, and had issue. D. 4th April, 1859.
[6]. Afterwards Lt.-Col. of the Scots Greys. D. at Sidmouth, 21st Dec., 1843.
[7]. 6th son of Thos. Wood, of Littleton, by Mary, only dau. and heir of Sir Edward Williams, 5th bart., of Eltham. Placed on h. p. 5th April, 1821.
[8]. Eldest son of Gen. Sir John Floyd, Bart. Bn. 2nd Sept., 1793. Served in the Pa. Succeeded as 2nd bart., 1818. M., 1821, Mary, eldest dau. of Wm. Murray, of Jamaica, and had issue. D. 4th March, 1868.
[9]. Son of John Shakespear, by Mary Drummond. A.D.C. to Lord Combermere. M. Sophia, dau. of Thos. S.D. Bucknall, and had issue. Placed on h. p. Oct., 1818. D. 1845.
[10]. Afterwards Lt.-Col. Sir J.W. Parsons, K.C.M.G., the British Resident at Zante. Made lt.-col. 1841. D. at the Palace, Corfu, 1848, aged 68.
[11]. Quitted the service about 1818. M., 30th April, 1818, Sarah, 3rd dau. of John Bockett, of Southcote Lodge, Berks. Adjt. to Yorkshire Yeomanry in 1822.
[12]. Afterwards lt.-col. 16th Lt. Dgns. D. unm. 20th Aug., 1839.
[13]. 2nd son of Ralph Cartwright, of Aynhoe (M.P. for Northampton), by the Hon. Emma Maude, dau. of 1st Viscount Hawarden. Served in the Pa. with the 61st. Regt. (medal and 5 clasps). Maj., unattached, 1825; lt.-gen., 1863. M., 6th Aug., 1822, Mary Anne, dau. and heir of Henry Jones, of Bloomsbury Square, London, and had issue. Living 1865.
[14]. H. p. 6th June, 1816. D. 25th Nov., 1855.
[15]. Bn. 18th Dec., 1796. 2nd son of Sir George Wm. Gunning, Bart., by Eliz., dau. of Henry, 1st Lord Bradford.
[16]. John Clement Wallington became maj. in this regt. 1833. 2nd son of the Rev. Charles Wallington, by Frances, dau. of Hamlyn Harris, of Daventry. M. Alice, dau. of Wm. Charles Monk Mason. D. about 1865.
[17]. Capt. 23rd Nov., 1820. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
[18]. Capt. 21st. Nov., 1822. Only son of Wm. Hamilton, of Craighlaw, M.D. Promoted capt. in 1822. J.P. and D.L. for co. Wigtown. M. in 1825, Anne, dau. of Rev. A. Stewart, of Kirkcowan, and had issue. Took Holy Orders and resided many years in Guernsey. A correspondent writes under date of 22nd Feb., 1893:—“Mr. Hamilton, who was an officer in the 10th Hussars at Waterloo, was a great favourite with all of us boys at Elizabeth College, and always on the 18th June the old chap came sailing down the Grange with the Waterloo medal on his clerical coat, just about our play hour, and we used to drag him into the playground, and cheer him till we made him cry and we were hoarse. He was living in 1867 and for some years afterwards.”
[19]. Afterwards Gen. Anthony Bacon, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. Was badly wnded. in the last charge, led by the gallant Maj. Howard, and lay all night on the field of battle. Appointed Capt. 13th Lt. Dgns., 1818; Maj. 17th Dgns., 1825. Served in the Portuguese Army 1832–3, and was Col. Commandant of their Cavalry. M. Lady Charlotte Harley, 2nd dau. of 5th Earl of Oxford. D. 2nd July, 1864.
[20]. 3rd son of Thos. Lindsey of Hollymount, co. Mayo, by Lady Margaret Bingham, dau. of 1st Earl of Lucan. D. in India in 1822.
[21]. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
[22]. Serving in 1830.
