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
This officer’s second name is omitted in the Army Lists. He appears to
be the Wm. Henry Stewart who is described in Burke’s _Peerage and
Baronetage_ as “Major 19th Lancers.” 2nd son of Sir James Stewart,
Bart., M.P. for Donegal in 1802. D., unmarried, 6th June, 1820, aged
27.
Footnote 19:
Afterwards Capt. 3rd Foot Gds. Retd. as lt.-col. h. p. 1829. 4th son
of Sir Charles des Vœux, 1st Bart., by Mary Anne, dau. of Dean
Champagne. M., firstly, 1833, Georgina, dau. of Richard Streatfield,
and had issue. D. 30th Nov., 1864.
Footnote 20:
Subsequently served in India, and was at the capture of Bhurtpore.
Commissions dated: cornet, April 8th, 1813; lt., June 22nd, 1815;
capt., May 5th, 1824; maj., June 28, 1838. Lt.-col., retd., 1851. D.
16th June, 1889.
Footnote 21:
The last of an ancient family. Son and heir of Walden Orme. Quitted
the service as Capt. 6th Dgns., 1829. D. at Hale, near Stamford, 6th
Oct., 1860.
Footnote 22:
6th son of Wm. Schreiber and Mary his wife. Twin brother of Rev. Thos.
Schreiber, Rector of Bradwell, in Essex. Bn. at Wickham Market 19th
Oct., 1794. Educated at Dalham Grammar School. Had his horse shot
under him at Waterloo. Afterwards A.D.C. to Sir John Cameron.
Exchanged to 18th Lt. Dgns., and was placed on h. p., as capt., 1821.
M. Anne, dau. of — Hume of Colchester. Lt.-col. h. p. 1851. Resided
latterly at Cheltenham, where the Editor had the pleasure of knowing
him in 1867.
Footnote 23:
4th son of Jonathan Watson (who assumed, in 1810, the surname of
Bullock), of Faulkbourn Hall, Witham, Essex. Appointed capt. in 1st
Life Gds. 26th Dec., 1821. Maj. h. p. 23rd July, 1831. M., 1825,
Charlotte, 2nd dau. of John Hall, of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire,
and had issue. D. at Bury St. Edmunds, 9th July, 1855.
Footnote 24:
Quitted the service in 1818.
Footnote 25:
Afterwards in 3rd Dgn. Gds. D. at Broxbourne 6th June, 1841.
Footnote 26:
H. p. 1819 from 6th West India Regt.
Footnote 27:
6th son of George O’Malley, of Gornsay, Castlebar, co. Mayo, by Eliz.
Clarke. D. at Cawnpore, 11th Sept., 1821. See notes to 44th Foot for
account of his brother George.
Footnote 28:
D. at Meerut in 1825.
12TH (OR THE PRINCE OF WALES’S) REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS.
[12TH LANCERS.]
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Hon. F.C. Ponsonby, W. 11 June, 1811 │Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJOR. │
[2] James Paul Bridger 10 Dec. 1811 │
CAPTAINS. │
[3] Samson Stawell 29 Jan. 1806 │28 Feb. 1805
[4] George F. Erskine 19 May, 1808 │
[5] Edwin W.T. Sandys, W. 30 Mar. 1809 │19 Aug. 1808
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