[4]. Appears to have been the 7th son of Joseph Phelps, of Moyallon, co. Down. Retd. on h. p. 4th Aug., 1822. D. unm., 13th Dec., 1827.
[5]. Second son of John Harvey, of Mount Pleasant, co. Wexford, by Mary, dau. of Wm. Harrison, of Castle Harrison, co. Cork. “Left his bride (Eliz., dau. of Col. Paulet Colebrooke, R.A.) at the church door to join his battery in the Netherlands.” Lost his right arm at Waterloo. Recd. a pens. of £70 per ann., and was appointed to the Invalid Batt. in 1817. Retd. on f. p. in 1819, and d. at Eltham, 18th Aug., 1826, leaving issue.
CAPTAIN J. SINCLAIR’S BRIGADE.
Rank in the | |||||
| SECOND CAPTAINS. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | James Sinclair | 14 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| [2] | Forbes Macbean | 20 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| FIRST LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [3] | John A. Wilson | 20 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| [4] | Wm. H. Poole, W. | 10 | May, | 1815 | |
| SECOND LIEUTENANT. | |||||
| [5] | Richard B. Burnaby | 17 | Dec. | 1812 | |
[1]. Retd. on f. p. as lt.-col., 23rd Dec., 1841. D. in Jersey, 15th May, 1851.
[2]. Served at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807, expedition to Sweden 1808, Corunna campaign same year, Walcheren expedition and siege of Flushing 1809. Served in Canada during the rebellion in 1837–1838, and for his services at Prescott, in Upper Canada, in Nov., 1838, received the thanks of the lt.-gov. and a bt. lt.-colonelcy. The Editor is indebted to this officer’s son, the late Col. Forbes Macbean, formerly comg. 92nd Highlanders, Sergt.-at-Arms to Her late Majesty, for the following interesting particulars regarding his family: “My great-great-grandfather was minister of the High Church (Presbyterian) at Inverness for upwards of forty years. One of his sons (Forbes) was a maj.-gen. of R.A.; two of his sons were—one (Frederick) col.-comg. 6th Foot, the other maj. of the 14th and 71st Regts. The eldest had six sons, all in the army, viz.: Sir William, K.C.B. and K.T.S., gen. and col.-in-chf. 92nd Highlanders; Frederick, K.H., col. 84th Regt.; Forbes, col. R.A.; Archibald, lt.-gen. R.A.; Alfred, capt. 93rd Highlanders; Alexander, lt. 83rd Regt. The last two died young. When their father took the youngest to the Duke of York, C.-in-C., to ask for a commission for him, the duke replied, ‘Yes, and if you had six more sons they should all have commissions.’ In the retreat on Corunna, my uncle Archibald, then in the Horse Artillery, picked up his brother Frederick off the roadside, very seriously wounded, and carried him on a gun-carriage into Corunna, and so saved his life.” Forbes Macbean attained the rank of bt. col., and d. (on f. p. retd. list) in Cleveland, co. York, 19th June, 1853.
[3]. D. as col. R.A. at Dinan, France, 20th July, 1857.
[4]. Retd. on h. p. as 2nd capt., 22nd Jan., 1834. D. at Terrick Hall, Whitechurch, 20th Jan., 1859.
[5]. Afterwards lt.-gen. on the retd. f. p. list. D. in 1871.