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
Made a bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. M. 1816, Anne, eldest dau. of Wm.
Ord, of Fanham, Newminster Abbey, and Whitfield, co. Northumberland,
and had issue. Served as A.D.C. to Sir Edward Barnes in Ceylon, and
d. 1821.
DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Col. Sir John Elley, K.C.B., R.H. Gds., W.
This distinguished general entered the army as a private soldier and
rose by his own merits. He commanded the rear guard of the cavalry
at Talavera. Was employed on the staff from 1807 to 1819, when he
resumed the command of his old regt.—the Horse Guards. K.C.B.;
K.C.H.; K.M.T., &c. Lt.-Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 7th Hussars. He
represented Windsor in Sir Robert Peel’s Govt. D. 23rd Jan., 1839,
unm., at Chalderton Lodge, near Amesbury. Left large bequests to
charities; also money to provide plate for the 7th Hussars and 17th
Lancers.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
Lt.-Col. J. Waters, Unattached, W.
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir John Waters, K.C.B. In the Par. War he was
attached to the Portuguese army and was taken prisoner. When
Wellington heard of this officer’s capture, he quietly remarked,
“Col. Waters will not remain long in the hands of the enemy.” Being
a reckless and dare-devil rider Waters made so sure of his speedy
escape that he mockingly told his captors they would not have him on
their hands for long. Such proved the case, for having managed to
get his spurs sharpened, he literally “rode away” from his pursuers
one fine morning, and they saw him no more. D. 21st Nov., 1842. His
heir was his brother Edmond Thomas Waters, of Tyvree and Stormy, co.
Glamorgan, who d. 1848, leaving issue.
Lt.-Col. Sir George H. Berkeley, K.C.B., 35th Foot, W.
Eldest son of Adml. Sir George Berkeley. Served in the Pa. Was for a
short time Surveyor-Gen. of the Ordnance, and M.P. for Devonport. D.
a maj.-gen. and col. of the 35th Foot, 25th Sept., 1857.
Lt.-Col. Sir Guy Campbell, Bt., 6th Foot.
Eldest son of Lt.-Gen. Colin Campbell, lt.-gov. of Gibraltar, by
Mary, eldest dau. and co-heir of Col. Guy Johnson. Entered the 6th
Foot, of which Gen. Colin Campbell was col., at an early age; and
for his distinguished conduct in the Pa., when serving as maj. of
the 6th Foot, was created a baronet in May, 1815: C.B. and gold
medal for the Pyrenees. M., 1st, the eldest dau. and co-heir of
Montagu Burgoyne, of Marks Hall, and had issue. M., 2ndly, in 1820,
Pamela, eldest dau. of the late Lord Edward Fitz-gerald, and had
issue. Maj.-gen. in the army. D. at Kingstown, Ireland, 25th Jan.,
1849.
Lt.-Col. Sir Noel Hill, K.C.B., 1st Ft. Gds.
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