This officer was appointed Ensign in the third foot guards in 1782, and serving in Flanders in 1793, was at the battles of St. Amand and Famars, at the siege of Valenciennes, the action at Lincelles, and also before Dunkirk. In 1794 he was repeatedly engaged, commencing with the attack on Vaux, afterwards in several affairs during the siege of Landrecies, including the battle of Cateau; he served at the battle of Tournay; the actions at Roulaix, Monveaux, and Templeuve. In November, 1794, he was promoted to Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, and in 1801 to the rank of Colonel. He served in the expedition to Egypt; was at the battles of the 8th, 13th, and 21st of March, and the action on the west side of Alexandria. He received a medal from the Grand Seignior: and returned to England in charge of the Egyptian antiquities, now in the British Museum. In 1804 he was nominated to the rank of Brigadier-General; and he served in South America in 1807 and 1808. Returning to England in the latter year, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General, and placed on the staff of the home district: he was subsequently appointed deputy secretary at Carlton House, under the Right Honorable Colonel M'Mahon. His services were rewarded with the colonelcy of the Cape regiment, and in 1811 he was removed to the NINETEENTH regiment. He was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General in 1813, and appointed Lieut.-Governor of Jersey in 1814. He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; and the dignity of Knight of the Crescent of Turkey, and of St. Anne of Russia. He was promoted to the rank of General on 22nd of July, 1830. His decease occurred at Jersey, in May, 1843.
General Sir Warren Marmaduke Peacocke,
K.C.H. and K.C.
Appointed 31st May, 1843.
London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] A company of 200 men would appear thus:—
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| 20 | 20 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |
| Harquebuses. | Muskets. | Halberds. | Muskets. | Harquebuses. | |||||
| Archers. | Pikes. | Pikes. | Archers. | ||||||
The musket carried a ball which weighed 1/10th of a pound; and the harquebus a ball which weighed 1/25th of a pound.