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
4th son of Wm. Schreiber, by Mary, dau. and co-heir of James Sewell,
of Alton Hall, co. Suffolk. Bn. at Wickham Market 21st Nov., 1789.
Educated at Dalham Grammar School, Essex. Joined the 11th Lt. Dgns.
about 1806, and was promoted lt. 1808. Served in the Pa. Was badly
wnded. at Waterloo by a round shot, which broke his charger’s back at
same time. Placed on h. p. from 6th Dgn. Gds, with rank of Maj., 23rd
June, 1825. M. Mary, dau. of Thos. Ware, of Woodfort, co. Cork, and
had, with other male issue, a son, Brymer, now a maj.-gen. (retired)
Royal Artillery, who communicated above information. J.A. Schreiber d.
as a lt.-col., h. p., 1840.
Footnote 6:
Born at Scotbury, co. Devon, 6th Jan., 1789. Raised men for a
cornetcy, and entered the army as cornet in 11th Lt. Dgns. 29th Jan.,
1807. Served in the Pa. In 1826 commanded two squadrons at Bhurtpore.
M., 11th Nov., 1819, at Cawnpore, Stephena Isabella Patten, and had
issue. D. as maj., 31st Oct., 1840.
Footnote 7:
D. a capt. in this regt., at Berhampore, 26th Nov., 1821.
Footnote 8:
Placed on h. p. from same regt., 12th Aug., 1819. Son of Sir James
Duberly, Knt., of Gaynes Hall, co. Huntingdon, by his 1st wife,
Rebecca Howard. Served in the Pa. M., 21st Sept., 1837, the 3rd dau.
of the Hon. Wm. Grey, and had issue. D. 3rd March, 1864.
Footnote 9:
H. p. 30th July, 1818. Appointed a Knight of Windsor. D. 17th Jan.,
1848.
Footnote 10:
H. p. 25th March, 1817. Living in 1846.
Footnote 11:
Promoted capt. same regt. 30th Oct., 1817. 2nd son of Ferdinando
Smith, of Halesowen Grange, co. Worcester, by Eliz., dau. of Humphrey
Lyttelton. Bn. 24th June, 1785. D. unmarried in India, 4th May, 1824.
Footnote 12:
H. p. 24th July, 1817. Living in 1836.
Footnote 13:
H. p. in 1817. Adjt. N. Somerset Y.C. in 1821. The Lyes are a
Wiltshire family, and have served their country on many notable
occasions. At Inkermann a son of Capt. Richard Leigh Lye, and a nephew
of the above, met a soldier’s death.
Footnote 14:
Son of Rev. Charles Phelips (4th son of Edward Phelips, of Montacute,
co. Somerset), by Mary, dau. of Thos. Blackmore, of Briggins Park,
Herts.
Footnote 15:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. J.R. Rotton, J.P. for Sussex. D. at Chichester,
13th Feb., 1855.
Footnote 16:
James Stewart-Moore, of Ballydivity, co. Antrim, J.P. and D.L.; High
Sheriff 1849. Eldest son of J. Stewart-Moore, by Margaret, dau. of
Ven. Wm. Sturrock, Archdeacon of Armagh. Served in the Pa. and in
India. Pierced in three places at Genappe by a Polish lancer. Bn.
1793. M., 1845, Frances Richardson, and had issue. Retired on h. p. as
capt., 25th Dec., 1819. D. 1870.
Footnote 17:
Promoted capt. 24th April, 1816. Exchanged to 2nd Life Gds. 10th Oct.,
1816. Quitted the service in 1822.
Footnote 18:
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