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
Succeeded to the command of the regt. when Cameron was wounded, but
was himself soon disabled. C.B. Served in the Pa. and had the gold
medal for Orthes. Commanded the regt. until 1819, when he quitted the
service.
Footnote 3:
Does not appear to have been present at Quatre Bras, but commanded the
regt. at Waterloo. C.B. and bt.-lt.-col. 5th son of John Macdonald, of
Dalchosine, co. Perth, by Mary, dau. of Robert Menzies, of Glassie,
co. Perth. Retired on h. p. 26th Nov., 1818. Living in 1830.
Footnote 4:
Succeeded to the command at Quatre Bras when Maj. Mitchell was
wounded. Promoted maj. 18th June, 1815. Quitted the service in 1818.
Footnote 5:
Bt.-maj. 11th Jan., 1816. Out of the _Army List_ in 1819.
Footnote 6:
Maj. in this regt. 21st Jan., 1819. Quitted the service in 1823. Had
served in Egypt and the Pa. Aftds. held the appointment of
barrack-master, and d. at Horsfield, Bristol, 4th Nov., 1852.
Footnote 7:
Killed at Quatre Bras. A pension of £60 per annum was granted to his
widow, Susan Grant. The late Gen. Sir Thornton Grant, who
distinguished himself in the Crimea with the 49th Regt., was son of
the above.
Footnote 8:
The obituary notice of this officer in the _Scots Magazine_ describes
him as “son of Mr. Little, a farmer at Burnfoot(?).”
Footnote 9:
Probably belonged to the military family of “Ferrier, of Belsyde,” co.
Linlithgow. Maj. in 92nd, 22nd Oct., 1818. Quitted the service before
1824.
Footnote 10:
Promoted capt. 18th July, 1815. Quitted the service in 1821. This
officer may be the “Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle,” described in
Burke’s _Landed Gentry_ as of the 1st Regt. of Guards(?).
Footnote 11:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. Robert Winchester, K.H. Retd. as bt.-col. Nov.,
1842. Served in the Pa. and was wounded both at Quatre Bras and
Waterloo. Son of Charles Winchester, of Aberdeen. D. 23rd July, 1846,
at Edinburgh.
Footnote 12:
Promoted capt. 20th July, 1815. Retired on h. p. 25th May, 1820.
Living 1842. This officer’s widow attained the great age of 102 on
18th June, 1896. Her five sons all served in the Army, and she had one
son and seven grandsons serving in June, 1896. H.M. Queen Victoria
sent her congratulations to Mrs. Hobbs on the occasion of the 102nd
anniversary of latter’s birthday.
Footnote 13:
Capt. 4th Nov., 1819. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
Footnote 14:
H. p. 2nd July, 1818.
Footnote 15:
Served in the Pa. D. a lieut. in this regt., from yellow fever, 7th
Oct. 1819, at Snow Hill Camp, Jamaica.
Footnote 16:
H. p. 25th Oct., 1816.
Footnote 17:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. J. Kerr Ross, K.H. Served through the Par. War
(medal and six clasps), where he was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir John Buchan.
3rd son of Col. Andrew Ross, by Isabella Macdonnell, of Aberhallader.
M., 1827, Margaret, 2nd dau. of James McInroy, of Lude, co. Perth. D.
at Edinburgh, 26th April, 1872.
Footnote 18:
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