| REGIMENTAL RANK. |
| Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 95th Regiment | 8 May, 1805 |
| Lieutenant | 15 Aug. 1805 |
| Captain | 28 Feb. 1812 |
| Major, unattached | 29 Dec. 1826 |
| Lieut.-Colonel, unattached | 22 July, 1830 |
| Lieut.-Colonel, 3rd Foot | 13 May, 1842 |
| Lieut.-Colonel, unattached | 25 Aug. 1843 |
| Colonel, 47th Foot | 18 Jan. 1847 |
| Colonel, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade | 16 April, 1847 |
| Colonel, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade | 18 Jan. 1855 |
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| ARMY RANK. |
| Major | 29 Sept. 1814 |
| Lieut.-Colonel | 18 June, 1815 |
| Colonel | 10 Jan. 1837 |
| Local rank of Major-General in the East Indies | 21 Aug. 1840 |
| Major-General | 9 Nov. 1846 |
| Local rank of Lieut.-General in South Africa | 1847-1852 |
| Lieut.-General | 20 June, 1854 |
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| STAFF APPOINTMENTS. |
| Peninsular War. |
| A.D.C. to Colonel T. S. Beckwith | Oct. 1810 |
| Brigade Major, 2nd Brigade, Light Division under Major-General Drummond, Major-General Vandeleur, Major-General Skerrett, and Colonel Colborne successively | Mar. 1811 to the end of the war, Mar. 1814 |
| Washington Expedition. |
| D.A.G. to Major-General R. Ross | 1814 |
| New Orleans Expedition. |
| A.A.G. to Major-General Sir E. Pakenham | 1814 |
| Military Secretary to Major-General Sir J. Lambert | 1815 |
| Waterloo Campaign. |
| Brigade-Major, afterwards A.Q.M.G. to 6th Division (Major-General Sir J. Lambert and Major-General Sir Lowry Cole successively) | 1815 |
| [Returns to his regiment.] | |
| Occupation of France. |
| Major de Place of Cambray | 1815-1818 |
| [Returns to his regiment.] | |
| Glasgow. |
| Major of Brigade to Major-General Sir T. Reynell (commanding Western District) and Lieut-General Sir T. Bradford (Commander-in-Chief in Scotland) successively | 1819-1825 |
| [Returns to his regiment.] | |
| Nova Scotia. |
| A.D.C. to Lieut.-General Sir James Kempt, Governor | 1826 |
| Jamaica. |
| D.Q.M.G. under Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, Governor | 1827 |
| Cape of Good Hope. |
| D.Q.M.G. under Lieut.-General Sir Lowry Cole, Lieut.-General Sir B. D’Urban, Major-General Sir G. T. Napier, Governors, successively | 1828-1840 |
| Chief of the Staff under Sir Benjamin D’Urban in the Kafir War | 1835 |
| India. |
| A.G. to Her Majesty’s Forces, under Lieut.-General Sir Jasper Nicolls and Lieut.-General Sir Hugh Gough, Commanders-in-Chief, successively | 1840-1845 |
| Sikh War. |
| In Command of the 1st Division Infantry | 1845-1846 |
| Cape of Good Hope. |
| Governor and Commander-in-Chief | 1847-1852 |
| Home Staff. |
| In Command of the Western Military District | 1853-1854 |
| In Command of the Northern and Midland Military Districts | 1854-1859 |