The Honorable Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, K.B.,
Appointed 12th January, 1814.
The Honorable Galbraith Lowry Cole entered the army in March, 1787, and after serving in the subordinate commissions, was advanced to the rank of major in 1793, when the struggle between Great Britain and the revolutionists of France had commenced; and the progress of the eventful contest which followed, afforded him opportunities for the display of those professional abilities which he possessed. In 1794 he was appointed lieut.-colonel in Ward’s regiment, afterwards disbanded; and in 1799 he was nominated lieut.-colonel in General Villette’s corps, afterwards disbanded; in 1801 he obtained the rank of colonel. He served in the island of Sicily, as brigadier-general, and commanded the first brigade at the battle of Maida on the 4th of July, 1806; Major-General Sir John Stuart, afterwards Count of Maida, bore testimony, in his public despatch, to the gallant conduct of Brigadier-General the Hon. G. L. Cole on that occasion, which reflected lustre on the British arms. In 1808 he was promoted to the rank of major-general. His services were afterwards extended to the Peninsula, where he commanded a division during the campaigns from 1810 to the overthrow of Napoleon, Emperor of France, and the restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in 1814. His distinguished services during those campaigns are blended with the military annals of the Peninsula, and the public despatches of the Duke of Wellington bear testimony of his excellent conduct during many difficult operations, severely contested battles, and sieges. He received the local rank of lieut.-general in Spain and Portugal in 1810; was appointed colonel of the 103rd regiment in 1812; and obtained the rank of lieut.-general in 1813. He was nominated a Knight of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, and on the extension of that order, in 1815, he received the decorations of Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. In commemoration of his distinguished services in Sicily, Portugal, Spain, and the South of France, he received the distinction of a cross and four clasps, for the battles of Maida, Albuhera, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse. In 1814 he was removed to the SEVENTIETH regiment; in 1816 to the Thirty-fourth; and in 1826 to the Twenty-seventh regiment. He was appointed governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort; and in 1830 promoted to the rank of general. He died in 1842.
Forbes Champagné,
Appointed 21st May, 1816.
This officer was appointed ensign in the Fourth foot in 1773; he was stationed at Boston when the American war commenced, and was engaged at Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the same year, and attached to the first light battalion, with which he served in 1776, at the descent on Long Island, battle of Brooklyn, capture of New York, action at Frog’s Neck, capture of Fort Washington, and capture of New Jersey. In 1777 he served in the expedition to Pennsylvania, and was at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown: and in the march through the Jerseys, in 1778, he was engaged at Freehold. He was promoted to captain in the Twenty-third regiment in 1779, and was removed to the mounted light infantry in 1780. He served in the expedition to South Carolina, was at the siege of Charleston, at the battles of Camden, and Guildford Court-house, and in all the actions in which the troops under Major-General the Earl Cornwallis were engaged, in the two Carolinas and in Virginia, ending with the capitulation of York Town. He returned to England at the end of the war. In 1793 he was appointed major, and afterwards lieut.-colonel of the Eightieth regiment, with which corps he served in the Netherlands at the siege of Nimeguen, and during the winter campaign of 1794-5 in Holland. In 1795 he was removed to the Twentieth foot, and in 1797 was promoted to the rank of colonel. He served as brigadier-general in Ireland, during the rebellion in 1798, and in 1799 in the expedition to Holland. In 1800 he was placed on the staff of the south-west district; and was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1803. In 1806 he was nominated to the command of the western district, and to the colonelcy of the Eighth Garrison Battalion. In May, 1807, he was placed on the staff in the East Indies, where he served some time. He was appointed colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Rifle Brigade in 1809,—promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in 1810, and removed to the colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH regiment, in May, 1816. He died on the 22nd of October, 1816.
Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, G.C.B.,
afterwards
Lord Howard, Earl of Effingham,
Appointed 24th October, 1816.