force with that under Sir John Moore, he had a brigade under Moore, and took part in the retreat; and, as we have seen, held the position of Elvina in the final action at Corunna. The fatigues and sufferings he had undergone during this campaign, acting on a constitution impaired by service and by wounds in the West Indies, brought on, soon after his return to England, an illness from which he never rallied. He is buried at Little Bookham,[64] in Surrey, where this inscription to his memory remains: In this vault are deposited the remains of Major-General COOTE MANNINGHAM, equerry to the king and colonel of the 95th or rifle regiment of foot; This corps he originally raised and formed, and by his unvaried zeal and exertion, as well as excellent discipline and good example, brought to the highest state of military reputation and distinction. He died at _Maidstone_, on the 26th day of August 1809 in the 44th year of his age. An early victim to the fatigues of the campaign in _Spain_ operating on a constitution already enfeebled by long service in the _West Indies_ and honourable wounds received in that climate. A monument to his memory was also erected in the North Transept of Westminster Abbey, by his friend Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, in 1813; which records that ‘In him the man and the Christian tempered the warrior;’ and that ‘He was the model of a British soldier.’ His only surviving child married Sir Edward Buller, Bart., and more than one of her sons has served with distinction in the Regiment, in which they may be said to bear the honourable distinction of ‘founder’s kin.’ FOOTNOTES: [12] Frederick, Duke of York. [13] ‘Memoirs of the Court and Cabinet of George III.,’ vol. iii. 88. [14] Major-General Sir Robert Travers, C.B., K.C.M.G., died at Cork, December 24, 1834. [15] Sir James Pulteney’s Despatch, August 27. [16] ‘Handbook of Spain.’ [17] It was popularly known as ‘Manningham’s Sharpshooters.’ [18] ‘Cumloden Papers,’ 23. [19] ‘Regulations for the Rifle Corps formed at Blatchington Barracks by Colonel Manningham:’ London, 1801. Stewart also published ‘Outlines of a Plan for the General Reform of the British Land Forces:’ a pamphlet, of which a second edition, enlarged, appeared in octavo. London, 1806. [20] ‘Life of Sir C. J. Napier,’ i. 19. [21] Lieutenant-General Sir T. Sidney Beckwith, K.C.B., died January 19, 1831. [22] Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart’s Despatch, ‘Cumloden Papers,’ 41.