Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
was too much wasted to enjoy the evening of life in a quiet and
unostentatious privacy. He was very much esteemed where he lived and
died.”
24.—The Thorpe Grove estate, formerly the property of Mr. George Harvey,
deceased, was sold for £11,390, about £2,000 in excess of the valuation
sent in previous to the auction.
25.—Died at his residence, Crown Point, Norwich, Lieut.-General Money,
C.B., K.C., Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Dragoons. He entered the Army
in 1794, was promoted Lieutenant the same year, and Captain in May, 1800;
Major, December, 1809; Lieut.-Colonel, June 4th, 1814; Colonel, January
10th, 1837; Major-General, Nov. 9th, 1846; and Lieut.-General, June 20th,
1854. He served twenty-five years in the 11th Dragoons, and was in
Flanders and Holland in 1794–95, and in the latter year saw service in
Germany. He took part in the attack on the French lines, was present at
their defeats on the heights of Cateau and near Tournay, and was at the
battles of Roubaix, Launey, and other engagements. Under Sir Ralph
Abercromby, he commanded a detachment of his regiment at Leghorn,
Minorca, at the expedition to Cadiz in 1800, in Egypt in 1801, and was at
the capture of Grand Cairo and Alexandria. In the Peninsula campaigns of
1811 and 1812 he was present at the siege of Badajoz, the battle of
Salamanca, and the affair of cavalry near the Tormes on the following
day, when three French battalions were taken. He was at the cavalry
affairs of Callada Camino and Fenta de Poso. He served also in the
campaign of 1815, and was at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo;
towards the close of the latter the command of the 11th Dragoons devolved
upon him. General Money married, in 1841, Lady Annetta Laura Maria
Waldegrave, daughter of the sixth Earl of Waldegrave. She died in 1856,
leaving two daughters.
SEPTEMBER.
6.—The stone statue above the entrance to the Corn Exchange at East
Dereham was inaugurated on this date. Mr. W. Freeman, of Swanton, was
the principal promoter of the public fund with which the statue was
purchased. It weighed upwards of three tons, and was cut out of a solid
block of stone weighing over seven tons, taken from the Isle of Portland.
Mr. Butler, of London, was the sculptor. The luncheon in celebration of
the inauguration was presided over by Lord Sondes.
11.—Donati’s Comet was viewed with interest by thousands of the citizens
of Norwich. “The extreme heat of the present month has impressed many
that the comet has something to do with it.”
28.—A public testimonial, consisting of a piece of plate and a portrait
of himself, painted by Mr. Boxall, of London, was presented by the
inhabitants of Diss to Mr. Thomas Lombe Taylor, in recognition of his
munificence in building, at his own expense, a Corn Hall for the use of
the town, at the cost of £7,000. The presentation took place at the Corn
Hall, where dinner was served, under the presidency of the Earl of
Albemarle.
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