The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & CommercialAnonymous
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The Aristocracy of London: Part I: Kensington: Titled, Untitled, Professional, & Commercial
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- London
1. SCOTT, Lieut.-Gen. John, C.B.
Ent. the army as a cornet, in 1815; app. Col. of the 3rd Dragoon Guards,
1859; promoted to his present rank, 1860. Was present with the French
army, under Marshal Gerard, at the siege of Antwerp, in Dec. 1832; and,
by permission of the Marshal, accompanied the troops upon every occasion
during the siege. In Oct. 1838, was appointed to the command of the
cavalry of the Bombay division of the army of the Indus, as Brigadier;
served in that rank during the campaigns of 1838–39, in Scinde and
Affghanistan, and was present at the attack and capture of Ghuznee.
During the latter part of 1839, commanded a detached column, consisting
of the whole of the artillery (excepting 4 guns), the cavalry, and one
battalion of infantry. This column was destined to secure the
subjugation of Upper Scinde, and to co-operate with the main column under
Sir Thos. Wiltshire, directed against Khelat. In the action at
Maharajpore on the 29th Dec., 1843, commanded a brigade of cavalry, as
also at the battle of Sobraon (_United Service Club_).
2. TALBOT, Colonel, the Hon. Wellington Patrick Manvers Chetwynd,
Brother of the present Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot; b. 1817; m. 1860,
Lady Emma Charlotte Stanley, only dau. of present Earl of Derby.
Formerly a captain 7th Foot. Has been A. D. C. to the Lord-lieut. of
Ireland; comtropoller of Her Majesty’s household, 1845; private secretary
to the Earl of Derby, 1852; Lieut.-Col. Stffrdsh. Militia since 1853;
British resident at Cephalonia, 1855; sergeant-at-arms (H. of L.) since
1858.
3. STRAITH, Major Hector,
Has retired from the army; was formerly attached to the St. Helena
regiment. Promoted to his present rank, 1838. Hon. Sec. Church
Missionary Society (14, _Salisbury-square_, E.C.)
4. BETHUNE, Rear-Admiral Charles Ramsay Drinkwater, C.B.
Second s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Drinkwater, of Salford, co. Lancaster;
b. 1802. Assumed present surname 1837, on his mother inheriting the
estates of her brother, G. Bethune, Esq. M. 1846, Frances, only dau. of
Henry Stables, Esq., of Park-hill, Clapham. Ent. the navy, 1815; took a
prominent part in the China war of 1840; rewarded in consequence with the
C.B. Attached to the Earl of Durham’s embassy, 1835, for the purpose of
reporting on the naval establishments in Russia; has been assistant
hydrographer at the Admiralty; promoted to his present rank, 1855
(_United Service Club_; _Balfour_, _Fifeshire_).
4. BUCKINGHAM, 3rd Duke of (Grenville)
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