The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes — John Shaqi
The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and AnecdotesDalton, Charles
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The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes
Dalton, Charles
Great Britain. Army -- Registers; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
EXTRA AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Capt. the Earl of March, 52nd Foot.
At the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, the Earl of March, then a lt. in the
13th Lt. Dns., and serving as A.D.C. to Visct. Wellington, entered
the breach as a volunteer with the storming party of the 52nd. The
Prince of Orange and Lord Fitzroy Somerset were Lord March’s
companions in this adventure. On the following morning, when
breakfasting with Wellington, they received a gentle reproof, being
staff officers, for thus risking their lives. Succeeded his father
as 5th Duke of Richmond in 1819. Placed on h. p., 25th July, 1816.
Served in the Pa. with the 52nd Regt. and was severely wounded at
the battle of Orthes. M., 10th April, 1817, Lady Charlotte Paget,
eldest dau. of the 1st Marquis of Anglesey, and had issue. A.D.C. to
the Queen. K.G. Lt.-col. in the army, and col. Sussex Militia. D.
21st Oct., 1860.
Capt. Viscount Bury, 1st Ft. Gds.
Eldest son of William Charles, 4th Earl of Albemarle, by the Hon.
Eliz. Southwell, dau. of Edward, Lord de Clifford. Bn. 2nd June,
1794. Served in the Pa. M., 4th May, 1816, Frances, dau. of Charles
Steer, of Chichester. Succeeded as 5th earl in 1849. D. s. p. 15th
March, 1851.
Lt. H. Webster, 9th Lt. Dns.
Afterwards Col. Henry Vassall Webster, K.T.S., 2nd son of Sir
Godfrey Webster, Bart., by Eliz. Lady Holland, dau. and heir of
Robt. Vassall, of Jamaica. Made a Knt. of Wilhelm of the Netherlands
for his services at Waterloo. M. Grace, dau. of Samuel Boddington.
Killed himself in a fit of insanity, 19th April, 1847.
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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.
The Earl of Uxbridge, G.C.B., W.
“The Prince Murat of the British Army.” This brilliant cavalry
leader served with distinction in the early part of the war in the
Pa. The way he handled the cavalry at Waterloo is a matter of
history known to every Briton. Wounded in the right knee during the
last charge; his right leg was amputated after the battle and buried
under a tree. A board was afterwards affixed to this tree with this
verse:—
“Here lies the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg;
Pray for the rest of his body, I beg.”
Was created Marquis of Anglesey 23rd June, 1815. Bn. 17th May, 1768.
Succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Uxbridge in 1812. Attained the
rank of F.-M. in Nov., 1846. Was twice m., and left issue by both
wives. D. 29th April, 1854. Bd. in Lichfield Cathedral.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Maj. W. Thornhill, 7th Hussars, W.
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