[4]. Retired on h. p. 29th July, 1825, as 2nd capt., and d. at Kerryside, near Carmarthen, 14th April, 1866.
[5]. Severely wounded in the foot by a grape shot. Served at Copenhagen in 1807, and in the Corunna campaign. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 7th Feb., 1832, and d. at Aix-la-Chapelle, 24th Oct., 1855.
LIEUT.-COLONEL SIR R. GARDINER’S TROOP.[[O]]
Rank in the | |||||
| CAPTAIN. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | Sir Robert Gardiner, K.C.B. | 18 | Nov. | 1811 | Lt.-Col., 3 Mar. 1814 |
| SECOND CAPTAIN. | |||||
| [2] | Thos. Dyneley | 22 | May, | 1808 | |
| FIRST LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [3] | Robert Harding | 6 | Apr. | 1807 | |
| [4] | Wm. Swabey | 13 | Aug. | 1807 | |
| [5] | Wm. Ingilby | 9 | Apr. | 1812 | |
[O]. This troop had the old 6-pounders.
[1]. Youngest son of Capt. John Gardiner (3rd Buffs), and brother of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, Col.-in-Chf. 61st Regt. Bn. 2nd May, 1781. Joined the R.A. 7th April, 1797. In Oct. of same year was sent to Gibraltar, then partially blockaded by the French fleet. In Nov., 1798, was present at the capture of Minorca. Served under Lord Cathcart, in North Germany, in 1805, and in the Pa., and was made bt. maj. for his services in the trenches before Badajoz. Commanded a field battery at Salamanca, and at the capture of Madrid. At the siege of Burgos he volunteered with several of his men for the trenches. Was soon after appointed to the command of a troop of Horse Artillery, with which he served until the conclusion of the war. K.C.B. “His troop was most severely pressed in covering the left of the army on the retreat from Quatre Bras on the 17th, and took part in the great battle of the 18th June.” Appointed principal equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on the latter’s marriage with Princess Charlotte. A.D.C. to George IV., William IV., and her late Majesty Queen Victoria. In 1848 was appointed Gov. and Col.-in-Chf. of Gibraltar. G.C.B. K.St.A. and Grand Cross of Charles III. of Spain. D. as gen. and col.-comdt. R.A. at Claremont, 26th June, 1864. He m., in 1816, Caroline, eldest dau. of Lt.-Gen. Sir John MacLeod, and had issue.
[2]. Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Dyneley, C.B. Served at the battle of Maida, and in the Pa. Was taken prisoner at Majalahonda, when engaged with the rearguard of the French army, 11th Aug., 1812, but escaped from the enemy. Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. D. 21st June, 1860.
[3]. 4th son of John Harding, of Old Springs, co. Stafford, by Sarah Booth, Bn. 1791. Retd. on h. p. 8th April, 1825, as 2nd capt., and d. 12th Nov., 1849.
[4]. Retired on h. p. as 2nd capt., 1825. D. 6th Feb., 1872. There is a short memoir of this officer’s services in the Gentleman’s Magazine for 1872.
[5]. Afterwards Gen. Sir Wm. Bates Ingilby, K.C.B., col.-comdt. R.A. 2nd son of the Rev. Henry Ingilby, of Ripley, and aftds. of Kirkleatham, co. York, by Isabella, eldest dau. of Ralph Bates, of Milbourne, co. Northumberland. Bn. 30th April, 1791. Served in the Pa., and was present at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, forts of Salamanca (wounded) and Burgos. Also at the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, and Salamanca. This Sir Wm. Ingilby, who d. in 1879, unm., must not be confounded with his cousin and namesake, Sir Wm. Ingilby, of Ripley Castle, a baronet of the second creation, of whom many amusing anecdotes are still remembered in Yorkshire, and whose appearance cannot have been martial.