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
Placed on h. p. 25th May, 1816. Restored to f. p., as capt. in 41st
Foot, 3rd Jan., 1822. Living in 1824.
Footnote 10:
Placed on h. p. 25th May, 1816.
Footnote 11:
M.I. at Waterloo.
Footnote 12:
Of Mulbarton Lodge, co. Norfolk. Was 4th son of Abel Walford Bellairs,
High Sheriff for Rutland, who represented a very ancient
Leicestershire family, which can be traced back to the 12th century.
Served in the Pa. Received the honour of knighthood from George IV. M.
Cassandra, dau. and heir of Edmund Hooke, of Mulbarton Lodge. Quitted
the service as captain in 1820, and d. 2nd October, 1863, leaving
issue. Henry Bellairs, elder brother to the above, entered the Rl.
Navy, and was wounded at Trafalgar. He afterwards entered the 15th
Hussars, and on leaving the army took Holy Orders and became Vicar of
Hunsigore, Yorkshire.
Footnote 13:
Retd. on h. p. with rank of lt.-col. 9th June, 1825. M., 8th Dec.,
1825, Harriet Frances, 2nd dau. of Lawrence, 2nd Lord Dundas. Living
in 1842.
Footnote 14:
Eldest son of Edward Byam, of Cedar Hill, Antigua, by Christiana
Matilda, dau. of Mathew Byam, of Dublin. Quitted the service in 1817.
Inherited the family estates in Antigua, and became President of that
island. Knighted in 1859. M., 8th Feb., 1815, Martha, dau. of Thos.
Rogers, of Antigua, and had issue. Living in 1862.
Footnote 15:
Promoted capt. same regt. 25th Aug., 1819. Lt.-col. unattached, 26th
Sept., 1826. Col. 23rd Nov., 1841. Maj.-gen. 11th Nov., 1851. Served
in the Pa., and was severely wounded by a grape shot while carrying
the regimental colours of the 38th Foot at Salamanca. Col.-in-Chf.
18th Hussars 1858. Bn. 1794. Brother to Wm. Byam. M., 1829, Eliz.
Augusta, sister of Sir Grenville Temple, Bart., and had issue. D. 9th
Sept., 1864. For an account of this historical family see _Gentleman’s
Magazine_ for 1848.
Footnote 16:
Bn. 1791. Younger son of Jas. Dawkins (who assumed the surname of
Colyear on succeeding to the estates of his uncle, Charles, Earl of
Portmore), by Hannah, dau. of Thos. Phipps. M. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.
Sir Wm. Cooper, Bart., and d. s. p. 1821.
Footnote 17:
Of Gledhow Hall, co. York, and Astle Hall, co. Chester Bn. 19th Nov.,
1794. Eldest son of John Dixon, of Gledhow, by Lydia, dau. of Rev.
John Parker, of Astle. Quitted the service as a capt. in above regt.
M., 24th Dec., 1829, Emma, dau. of Rev. E.S. Wilmot, of Chaddesden,
co. Derby, and d. s. p. 3rd Aug., 1838.
Footnote 18:
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