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
2nd son of the Rev. George Sackville Cotter, by Margaret, dau. of
Bayly Rogers, of Cork. Placed on h. p. 1st Dec., 1816. Aftds. settled
in Canada, where he held the rank of col. in the volunteers. His
experiences at Quatre Bras and Waterloo are given in Capt. (aftds.
Gen. Sir Wm.) Butler’s _Historical Events Connected with the 69th
Regiment_. D. in Canada, 9th April, 1869, leaving issue by his wife,
Jane, dau. and co-heir of Wm. Crofts, of Danesfort, co. Cork.
Footnote 6:
Afterwards Sir Charles Cuyler, Bart. Eldest son of Gen. Sir Cornelius
Cuyler, Bart., by Anne, dau. of Maj. Grant. M., 6th Feb., 1823,
Catherine, dau. of the Rev. Fitzwilliam Halifax, and had issue.
Lt.-Col. 69th Regt., 1826. D. 23rd July, 1862.
Footnote 7:
2nd son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart., by his first wife, Charlotte,
dau. and heir of Samuel Cam, of Chantry House, Wilts. Acted as orderly
officer to Sir Colin Halkett at Waterloo, and being a conspicuous
figure on a fine horse, was a mark for the enemy’s bullets.
Footnote 8:
Eldest son of Sir George Barlow, Bart., of Fort William, Bengal, by
Eliz., dau. of Burton Smith. Bn. 8th Oct., 1791. Exchanged to the 4th
Lt. Dns., 5th April, 1821. M., 27th Feb., 1817, Hilare, 3rd dau. of
Capt. Sir R. Barlow, R.N., K.C.B. D. s. p. in India, 1824. His widow
remarried, 1829, Wm., Earl Nelson.
Footnote 9:
Eldest son of the Hon. and Rev. Hans Blackwood, who succeeded his
brother, in 1836, as Baron Dufferin. Bn. 13th July, 1788. Buried in
the orchard at Hougomont.
Footnote 10:
Capt. 13th Aug., 1815. H. p. 25th Nov., 1816.
Footnote 11:
H. p. 25th March, 1826.
Footnote 12:
Capt. 62nd Foot, 25th June, 1830. D. at Pau in May, 1853.
Footnote 13:
Capt. 29th Aug., 1826. Retd. f. p. Nov., 1840.
Footnote 14:
D. at Mullingar as lieut. in above regt., 4th Nov., 1828. His Waterloo
medal was formerly in the Tancred collection.
Footnote 15:
Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 25th April, 1826.
Footnote 17:
Retd. 1835 as capt.
Footnote 18:
Qr.-mr. 33rd Foot 3rd Aug., 1832. Serving 1842.
Footnote 19:
H. p. 7th Sept., 1826. D. May, 1860.
Footnote 20:
D. 17th June, 1815, from wounds received at Quatre Bras; 5th son of
Wm. Wightwick, of New Romney, Kent.
Footnote 21:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 22:
“Bn. in co. Kilkenny. Obtained his ensigncy through the interest of
the Marquis of Ormonde. Served at the bombardment of Antwerp and at
Bergen-op-Zoom. Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras by a ricochetting
bullet; served as a lieut. of the light company at Waterloo, and near
the close of the battle was shot through the left lung, the ball
making its exit at the back, breaking the scapula. He aftds. served in
the 75th Foot. Was for 26 years commandant of the Invalid Depôt at
Chatham, and d. in 1860, having attained the rank of colonel.”
Communicated by above officer’s son Major-Gen. E.A. Anderson.
Footnote 23:
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