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He
was born in 1786 and gazetted Ensign in May 1800; Lieutenant 8th
October 1801; Captain by purchase 19th September 1805; Brevet Major
21st June 1813; Major by purchase 20th January 1825; Lieutenant
Colonel by purchase 20th March 1829 to command the 55th; Colonel,
23rd November 1841. Served in the Egyptian Campaign of 1801. In
the Peninsular from 1808 to the end of the War including the Battles
of Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D’Onor, Cuidad
Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive,
Orthes and Toulouse. Gold Medal from the Grand Seignor for the Egyptian
Campaign; Army Gold Medal for Nivelle, Military General Service
medal with fourteen bars. Commanded a Brigade at the assault and
capture of Chapoo, Woosung and Shanghai and the city of Chin Keang
Foo (China Medal and KCB). Major General 20th June 1854, Colonel,
The 2nd or Queen’s 1856-57, Lieutenant General 23rd April
1860. Colonel, 55th Foot 28th May 1857 to November 1861. He died
on the 14th November 1861.
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