[25] MAJOR-GENERAL THE HONOURABLE SIR EDWARD MICHAEL PAKENHAM, G.C.B., brother of the Earl of Longford, was appointed Captain in May, 1794, in the ninety-second regiment, a corps raised on the breaking out of the French Revolutionary War in 1793, and disbanded soon afterwards. In December, 1794, he was appointed major in the thirty-third light dragoons, and when this corps was disbanded, he obtained the majority of the twenty-third light dragoons, from which he was promoted, in 1799, to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the sixty-fourth foot: in May, 1804, he was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the ROYAL FUSILIERS. He assumed the command of the first battalion of the SEVENTH at Weymouth in 1806, and by his amiable deportment and attention to the welfare of his corps, he soon won the affection and esteem of the officers and soldiers. He commanded the regiment in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807, and at the capture of Martinique in 1809, when he gave presage of that noble ardour and contempt of danger which were afterwards most signally displayed under the great Duke of Wellington in Portugal and Spain. While in Nova Scotia, he established a book of merit in the SEVENTH; and when, on leaving the regiment to serve under Lord Wellington, the officers presented him with a valuable sword, he sent the following answer to their address. "I received your letter, caused by my proposed departure, with warmth equal to its tenor, with satisfaction few men have had a right to experience. "Friendship formed at ease, confirmed in danger, becomes too sacred to need professions. "Your cordial zeal, however, anticipated my wishes towards the prosperity of the corps, which your generosity has too much attributed to my exertions. Let my actions speak a continuance of attachment. "Your gift, and desire of recollection hereafter, to me will serve as professional impellants. "In leaving the FUSILIERS, I separate from the best comrades, from the chief source of my soldier's pride; yet it is for the object of duty:--here draw the line. "Do you, by usual energy, continue ripe for service; it is for me to improve to become the more honourable to lead you." From this period (1809) he served at nearly every action fought by the British troops in the Peninsula; and was rewarded with honorary distinctions for the battles of Busaco and Fuentes d'Onor. In October, 1811, he was promoted to the local rank of major-general in Spain and Portugal, and in 1812 to the rank of major-general in the army.