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
3rd son of Alexander, 10th Baron Blantyre, by Catherine, dau. and heir
of Patrick Lindsay, of Eaglescairnie. Bn. 1778. C.B. for Waterloo.
Attained rank of lt.-gen., and d. unm. 15th Feb., 1837.
Footnote 3:
Lt.-col. of the Grenadier Guards 25th July, 1821. Bt.-col. 12th
August, 1819. Aftds. K.C.H. and Lt.-Gov. of Windsor Castle. 2nd son of
1st Viscount Sydney, by Elizabeth, eldest dau. and co-heir of Richard
Powys, of Hintlesham, co. Suffolk. D. unm. 24th May, 1843.
Footnote 4:
Second in the Pa., and commanded a detachment of Guards at St.
Sebastian, for which he received the gold medal. C.B. for Waterloo.
Quitted the service as bt.-col. 25th March, 1818. D., in London, 8th
Oct., 1856.
Footnote 5:
M.I. at Waterloo. He was of Great Ormead, Herts.
Footnote 6:
3rd son of the Rev. Matthias d’Oyly, Rector of Buxted, Sussex, and
Archdeacon of Lewes, by his marriage with Miss Poughfer. Had served in
this regt. since 1794. In the expedition to the Helder, in 1799, he
acted as A.D.C. to his uncle, Gen. d’Oyly. Served in Sicily, also in
the Pa.; and was made K.C.B. for his valuable services in Spain and
France. Fell by a musket ball towards the close of Waterloo.
Footnote 7:
Brother to the above. Bn. 21st April, 1780. Promoted maj.-gen. 28th
June, 1838, and was made Col.-in-Chf. of 33rd Foot, 28th Sept., 1847.
Lt.-Gen. 1851. Had served in Holland and the Pa. Was A.D.C. to Gen.
Cooke at the siege of Cadiz, and was sent home with despatches
announcing the raising of the siege in 1812. Severely wounded at
Waterloo. M. 1836, Caroline, youngest dau. of Colonel Gore-Langton,
M.P. D. 26th Sept., 1855.
Footnote 8:
Made C.B. for Waterloo. Son of Lt.-Gen. George Fead, Col. Comdt. R.A.,
who d. at Woolwich in 1815. Retd. 1828, and d. at Lewisham, 13th
Sept., 1847. By his will, dated 16th Dec., 1844, he bequeathed all his
property to his wife, Caroline Fead, who was sole executrix to his
will.
Footnote 9:
Began his military career as ensign in the East Middlesex Militia,
from which he volunteered to accompany the expedition to Holland in
1799, and received promotion for his gallantry in that campaign from
the Duke of Gloucester. Served in the Pa., and distinguished himself
at Salamanca. In the autumn of 1814 he married Sarah Garcy Brandon,
niece of Mr. Serjeant Shepherd. A pens. of £200 per ann. was granted
to his widow, who was left in distressed circumstances.
Footnote 10:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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