Military Contemporaries
of Lachlan Macquarie
at Sedaseer and Seringapatam
in 1799
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ANDERSON, Colin (d.1804) - Surgeon
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Close personal friend of Lachlan Macquarie.
Commissioned: Surgeon (15th Regiment of Foot) 8 April 1782; 12
October 1787 (77th Foot); 1 May 1797 (72nd Foot); exchanged 7 February
1798 (75th Foot); exchanged 18 June 1804 (22nd Foot).
Died: 28 July 1804, drowned in the sinking of the Candidate in the Bay of Bengal.
BAILIE, John (1762-1826) - Major
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Extensive field experience in India between 1779-1822. Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1777; Lieutenant-Fireworker 25 March 1778; Lieutenant 10 May 1780; Captain 22 July 1787; Major (Brevet) 6 May 1795; Lieut. Colonel (Brevet) 1 January 1800; Major 1 October 1803; Lieut. Colonel 21 September 1804; Colonel (Brevet) 25 July 1810; Colonel 7 September 1812; Major-General 4 June 1813; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825.
Died: 22 September 1826 in England.
BARNARD, John (d.1803) - Lieutenant
HEIC 2/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam 18 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1795; Ensign 20 January 1797;
Lieutenant 6 September 1797.
Died: 11 December 1803, at Tellicherry.
BELLASIS, George Brydges (1760-1825) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Present at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799. He was injured by lightning at
Seringapatam on 6 May 1799 during the violent thunderstorm following
the burial service of Tipu Sultan.
Commissioned: Cadet 1791; Lieutenant Fireworker 14 April 1793;
Lieutenant 6 June 1797; aide-de-camp to General Brownrigg 1797; struck
off on 21 July 1801 after having been found guilty of having killed Mr.
Arthur Andrew Forbes Mitchell in a duel - and sentenced to 14 years
transportation to New South Wales; granted a Conditional Pardon by
Governor King on arrival in Sydney in January 1802, subject to the
restriction that he should remain in the territory of NSW during the
period of his sentence; on 14 October 1802 was appointed commandant of
the the governor's bodyguard of cavalry and granted a colonial
commission as a lieutenant of artillery of the Colonial Forces; received
a King's Pardon in June 1803 (on Governor King's initiative, later
confirmed from the Colonial Office) and sailed for Bombay on 10 August
1803; reinstated in his original place in the Bombay Artillery in July
1806; promoted Captain 10 December 1807; Major (Brevet) 14 June 1814;
Major 22 June 1814; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 September 1818; Lieutenant-Colonel
Commandant 1 May 1824.
Died: 29 September 1825, at Poona.
BELLASIS, William - Lieutenant
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Commissioned: Ensign (71st Regiment of Foot) 1 April 1788; Lieutenant (75th Regiment of Foot) 13 February 1797.
BOND, Charles John - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Wounded at Seringapatam during an attack by Mysorean troops on the Bombay Army's artillery post.
Commissioned: Cadet 1794; Lieutenant Fireworker 20 December 1796; 2nd Lieutenant 6
September 1797; Lieutenant 1802; Captain-Lieutenant 28 April 1804; Captain 5 May 1808; Major 20 September 181*; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 September 1818.
Died: 10 September 1820, at Surat.
BROWNE, William - Captain
HEIC - 1/3rd Regiment Bombay Native Infantry
Wounded at Seringapatam 20/21 April 1799 (arm amputated).
Commissioned: Cadet 1778; Lieutenant 23 August 1780; Major 6 March 1800; retired 1800.
BRUTTON, Nicholas - Lieutenant
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Received three wounds in the assault at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Served 12 months in Westminster Militia; Ensign
(75th Regiment of Foot) 10 June 1795; Lieutenant
(75th) 2 January 1797; Captain 1 August 1803; exchanged to 8th Dragoons
12 June 1806; Major (Brevet) 4 June 1814; Major (by purchase) 29 October
1818.
BOWSER, George (d.1799) - Lieutenant
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Did not serve with the regiment in the Mysore campaign.
Died: 2 March 1799, in Bombay. [See: Bombay Courier 9 March 1799 pp.2a and 3b].
CAMPBELL, Archibald (1769-1843) - Major
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Served as brigade major to the European Brigade of the Bombay army at Sedaseer (Siddeswara) and was at the capture of Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign in 1787 and posted to 77th Regiment; went to India in 1788 and served in the Bombay Presidency; present at first siege of Seringapatam in 1791; promoted Lieutenant (77th) and Adjutant of his regiment in 1791; participated in the campaign at Cochin 1795, and the expedition against the Dutch in Ceylon 1796; 4th Mysore War 1799; promoted Captain into the 67th Regiment, and exchanged into the 88th Foot (Connaught Rangers) to allow him to remain in India; ill-health forced him to return to England; promoted Major on 14 September 1804 into the 6th Battalion of Reserve, stationed in Guernsey; on its reduction in 1805 he was transferred to the 71st. Highland Light Infantry, and for the next three years commanded the 2nd battalion in Scotland and Ireland. In June 1808 Campbell joined the 1st Battalion of his regiment in Portugal and fought in the Peninsular War 1808-1814; he was knighted, promoted Colonel in the army on 4 June 1814, and appointed aide-de-camp to the Prince Regent. In January 1815 he was made a KCB. In 1816 he was made a Portuguese major-general, and commanded the division at Lisbon until 1820. He returned to Britain in 1821 and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 38th Regiment of Foot, which he joined at the Cape of Good Hope and took to India; soon afterwards he was appointed to command the British forces during 1st Burma War 1824-1826 and governed the provinces of Burma following the peace treaty of Yandaboo 1826-1829; served as Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, 1831-1837; also awarded a Baronetcy in 1831 [1st Baronet of Ava]. Promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1838.
Additional: personal friend of Lachlan Macquarie.
Died: 6 October 1843.
CARTER, Samuel (1769-1810) - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1782; Lieutenant-Fireworker 9 November 1783; Lieutenant 23 October 1790; Captain-Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Captain 19 April 1799; Major 12 February 1808.
Additional: fought in Third Mysore War 1791; at the capture of Cannanore in December 1792, and Colombo in February 1796; commanding at Cannanore in 1804; officer commanding Artillery at Goa in 1805-1806; commanding at Agoada in 1806.
Died: 21 September 1810 at Bombay.
COMYN, John (1771-1800) - Captain-Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant-Fireworker 31 December 1789; Second-Lieutenant 14 April 1793; Captain-Lieutenant 6 September 1797.
Died: 13 August 1800 at Prince of Wales Island (Penang).
CUMINE, Alexander - Major
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Arrived after the battle of Sedaseer.
Commissioned: Captain (75th) 26 December 1787.
DE LA MOTTE, Peter - Ensign
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799; later served on the Egyptian campaign in 1801-1802.
Commissioned: Cadet, 1797; Ensign (HEIC) 21 September 1798; Lieutenant, 6 March 1800; Captain, 8 October 1807; Major 4 May 1820.
DISNEY, Arthur - Major
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commanded the 1/4th Regiment Native Infantry in 1799 [as part of the
Right Native Brigade under Lt. Col. Montresor].
Commissioned: as a Cadet 1776; Ensign (Cornet) February 1778; Lieutenant 1 May
1780; Captain January 1790; Major 4 July 1797 ; Lieut. Colonel 6 March 1800;
retired 20 January 1813.
DUNLOP, James (1759-1832) - Lieut. Colonel
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799. Commanded the Left Column during the
assault on 4 May - severely wounded in the right arm and forced to retire. Dunlop
served as a professional soldier in North America, India and the Peninsular
War. Also served as M.P. for Kirkcudbright in three successive parliaments from 1812-1826.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (82nd Regiment) January 1778; Captain
[by purchase] (82nd) May 1782; half-pay 1784-1787; Captain (77th
Regiment of Foot) 25 December 1787; Brevet-Major 1
March 1794; Major (77th) September 1795; Lt. Colonel (77th) 12 November
1795; Colonel (77th) 25 September 1803; exchanged to 59th Regiment;
Brigadier-General 25 July 1804; Major-General 25 July 1810;
Lieutenant-General 4 June 1814; Colonel (75th Foot) in 1827.
Died: 30 March 1832, at Southwick, Hampshire.
DUNSMORE, James - Captain
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Assisted in the capture of an important redoubt near the ruined village of
Agrarum on the northern bank of the Cauvery river on 17 April 1799. The post
was within 1000 yards of the NW angle of the fort.
Dunsmore was also a member of the 'forlorn hope' of Lt. Colonel Dunlop's Left
Column with Serjeant Graham, who was killed in the breach at Seringapatam on 4
May 1799. Later received the Seringapatam medal.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (75th Regiment of Foot) 5 March 1788; Captain
(75th) 28 May 1794; Major (75th) 8 October 1802; Lieut. Col. (Army) 25 July
1810; half-pay (10th Guards Battalion); resigned his commission in 1826.
ELDRIDGE, William Jolliffe - Lieutenant
HEIC - 1st/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1797; Lieutenant 28 December 1798; Captain
24 January 1805; Major 23 July 1815.
Died: 7 October 1818, at Poona, India.
EYLES, James (1773-1845) - Captain-Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery.
Adjutant of Artillery at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant-Fireworker 31 December 1789; Second-Lieutenant 4 December 1793; Lieutenant April 1797; Captain-Lieutenant 6 September 1797; Captain 28 April 1804; Major 22 September 1810; retired 6 February 1812.
Additional: served at Seringapatam in 1791-1792; at the capture of Cannanore in December 1792; field service in Cochin; Adjutant of Battalion in 1794; officer commanding at Palgautcherry in 1795; at the capture of Colombo and Point de Galle in February 1796 (with Lachlan Macquarie) as Adjutant of Artillery; field service in Cotiote in 1797 as officer commanding Artillery and Ordnance, and Secretary to officer commanding; at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799; at the capture of Mangalore, Jemaulabad in 1799 and the recapture of Jemaulabad in 1800; Ordnance in 1800-1802 and 1805-1810. Field service in Gujerat in 1805, taken prisoner by Gungaram Cotaree.
Died: 14 June 1845 at Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
FISHER, Andrew Gideon (1775-1828) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1790; Lieutenant-Fireworker 30 November 1791; Second-Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Lieutenant 1798; Captain-Lieutenant 10 November 1800; Captain 21 September 1804; retired 9 December 1807.
Additional: fought in Third Mysore War 1791-1792; Ordnance Department in 1800; Adjutant to the Battalion on 1 July 1802; Ordnance Department 1802-1804; fought in Maratha War 1803, at the taking of Ahmednuggur and Jalna.
Died: October 1828.
FORTIES - Major
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
No details currently available.
FYFFE, Thomas - Major
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commanded the HEIC European Regiment of Foot [as part of the
Centre or European Brigade under Lt. Col. Dunlop].
Commissioned: Cadet 1777; Ensign 1779; Lieutenant 1 May 1780; Captain 13 March 1791; Major 6 September 1797.
Died: 25 June 1800, in Bombay.
GORDON, John (d.1803) - Captain
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Wounded (shot in the leg) at Seringapatam 19 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (71st Regiment of Foot) 13 January 1781;
Captain-Lieutenant (75th Regiment of Foot) 8 September 1797; Captain
(75th Regiment) 23 October 1797.
Died: 7 May 1803, in Bombay.
GORDON, Robert
HEIC - Adjutant-General - Bombay Army
Arrived in Bombay as an ensign on 6 September 1782. In April 1783 he fought
against the army of Tipu and was captured at Anantapoor, along with 80 companions,
and subsequently marched in chains, to Chittledroog. After his release he served
at the siege of Cannanore (1791), the siege of Seringapatam (1792), and the subjugation
of Cotiote Country (1797). In 1799, as Adjutant-General he was present
at Sedaseer and the siege and capture of Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 6
September 1788; Captain 8 December 1798; Major 28 April 1805/1806?;
Lieutenant-Colonel 1 October 1809; retired 29 May 1816, in England.
Died: 1835, at Canterbury.
GRAHAM, **** - Serjeant
Led the 'forlorn hope' of Lt. Colonel Dunlop's Left Column into the breach at
Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. Carried the Regimental Colours and was killed at the
top of the breach.
GRANT, William (d.1799) - Lieutenant
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Served at Sedaseer and Seringapatam - possibly killed by lightning
during a severe thunderstorm on 5 May during the burial service for Tipu
Sultan. Also killed at this time was a 'Lieutenant Barclay' supposedly also serving in
the 77th at this time. No additional details currently known.
Commissioned: Ensign (77th Regiment) 25 October 1794; Lieutenant
(77th) 2 September 1795.
GRAY, Alexander (c1755-1845) - Lieutenant
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Friend and fellow officer of Major Lachlan Macquarie; later accompanied
Macquarie to Australia, in 1809, as a captain in the 73rd Regiment -
though he returned to Britain immediately after his arrival and retired
from the army.
Commissioned: Ensign (77th Regiment of Foot) 10 November 1788; Lieutenant (77th) 10
July 1792; Captain (77th) 25 June 1803; Captain (73rd Regiment) 22
January 1807; retired by sale 10 October 1811.
Died: 18 September 1845, in London.
GRIEVE, William (1764-1840) - Surgeon
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Commissioned: Regimental Mate (77th Regiment of Foot) 26 March
1788; Surgeon (77th Regiment) 1 May 1797; half-pay 4 May 1809.
Died: 11 May 1840, at Abergavenny.
GRIFFITH, John (1763-1820) - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Extensive field experience in India between 1779-1822. Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Lieutenant-Fireworker 2 November 1782; Lieutenant 21 July 1787; Captain 23 June 1794; Major (Brevet) 25 September 1803; Major 21 September 1804; Lieutenant-Colonel 12 February 1808; Colonel (Brevet) 4 June 1811; Colonel 1 September 1818.
Additional: Fought in the Second Mysore War 1783. Aide-de-camp to General Mathews, at the capture of Onore and Anantpoor, taken prisoner at Bednur and released at the peace of 1784; fought in Third Mysore War 1791; at Malabar 1795; at the capture of Colombo and Point de Galle (with Lachlan Macquarie) in February 1796; President of Committee of Survey in 1800; Ordnance Department 1804-1806; Commandant of Artillery 23 October 1812-13 May 1818.
Died: 18 June 1820 at Bombay.
HART, George Vaughn (1752-1832) - Colonel
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Fought at Mallavelli and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (46th Regiment of Foot) 1775; Lieutenant 1777; Captain 1779;
Major (75th Regiment) 12 October 1787; Lieutenant-Colonel (75th Regiment) 1
September 1795; Colonel, 1 January 1798.
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HARTLEY, James (1745-1799) - Major-General
Bombay Army
Second-in-command of the Bombay Army and fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1763; Ensign 10 January 1765; Lieutenant 1768;
aide-de-camp to Governor of Bombay 1770; Captain July 1774; Lieut. Colonel 11
April 1779 (rescinded) - resigned in protest, returned to Britain and transferred
to King's Service - gazetted with the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of 75th Regiment 1787;
returned to India in 1788 and appointed Quarter-Master-General (Bombay Army);
Colonel March 1794; Major-General May 1796.
Died: 4 October 1799 at Cannanore.
HESSMAN, Henry (1773-1833) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1791; Lieutenant-Fireworker 7 July 1792; Second-Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Lieutenant 1798; Captain-Lieutenant 11 March 1802; Captain 21 September 1804; Major 7 September 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel 2 February 1816; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 19 June 1820; Colonel 5 June 1829.
Additional: field service in Gujerat in 1803-1805; Poona Subsidiary Force 1807-1809; officer commanding Artillery in Goa 1809-1810; officer commanding Artillery in Gujerat 1816-1818; Maratha War 1817-1818; officer commanding Artillery in Deccan 1819-1820; Commanding 2nd Battalion 1821; Commandant of Artillery 24 May 1822 - 10 December 1825, Brigadier commanding at Bombay Presidency 1825, Surat Division in 1826.
Died: 27 May 1833 on passage home to Britain.
HOME, William - Lieutenant-Colonel
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commanded the 2/3rd Regiment Native Infantry in 1799 [as part of the
Left Native Brigade under Lt. Col. Wiseman].
Commissioned: Ensign 12 June 1776; Captain 21 June 1784; Major 6
May 1793; Lieut. Colonel 6 September 1797; retired 1802.
HOWDEN, Adam - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799. Served with the 1st Battalion 2nd Regiment Native Infantry.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1780; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 9 January
1788; Captain 6 September 1798; Major 23 December 1800; retired 1806.
HULL, William - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign 22 September 1798; Lieutenant 28 December
1799; Captain 18 November 1805; Major 1 November 1817; Lt. Colonel 14 April 1821.
JOHNSON, John (C.B.) - Captain-Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Engineers
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Ensign 31 March 1785; Lieutenant 1
January 1796; Captain 11 December 1801; Major 1 January 1810; Lieut.
Colonel (Brevet) 4 June 1814; retired 15 August 1819.
LAWMAN, George A. - Lieutenant-Colonel
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
A detachment of 166 European artillerymen and 314 gun lascars were under his command; however he does not appear to have served in Mysore: reported in the Bombay Courier on 30 March 1799 as having arrived in Bombay by ship on 23 March.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1772; Ensign 4 March 1772; Captain 21 February
1782; Lieutenant-Colonel 3 May 1796; retired 1799.
LAWRENCE, Alexander William (1764-1835) - Lieutenant
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Served extensively with Lachlan Macquarie and the 77th Foot: took part in the campaign against
Seringapatam in 1791-1792, was present at the siege and capture of Cochin in
1795, the expedition to Ceylon in 1796, and in the Cotiote country in
1797 under Colonels Dow and Dunlop; later transferred to the 19th Foot
in Ceylon (c.1803-1808).
Present in the action at Seedaseer; wounded at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Commanded the Grenadier Company of the 77th and
volunteered for the 'forlorn hope' with three (3) other subalterns. These three officers
of the 'forlorn hope' were killed in the
assault on 4 May 1799, while Lawrence was severely wounded and left for
dead in the breach. He recovered and fought with the 77th in the assault on the rock fortress of Jamalabad in South Canara, in August 1799. Lawrence received a War Office pension of £100 per annum (from 25 December 1811 onwards) for his Seringapatam wounds.
Commissioned: Ensign (101st Regiment of Foot) June 1783 [from
Volunteer in the 36th Foot]; 52nd Foot 23 September 1787; Lieutenant
(77th Regiment of Foot) 20 November 1788; Captain-Lieutenant (19th Foot)
17 April 1800; Brevet-Major (19th) 24 September 1802; Captain 7 June
1803; Major 21 September 1809; Lieutenant-Colonel (2nd Garrison Battalion) 28 May 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel (4th Garrison
Battalion) 11 June 1812; Governor of Upnor Castle 8 February 1816.
Died: 7 May 1835, Clifton, Bristol.
LAWRENCE, Henry Parker - Major
HEIC - Bombay Army
Commanded the 1/2nd Regiment Native Infantry in 1799 [as part of the
Right Native Brigade under Lt. Col. Montresor].
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1777; Ensign April 1779; Lieutenant 1
May 1780; Captain 10 February 1791; Major 6 September 1797; Lieut. Colonel
2 July 1800; Colonel 3 December 1814; Major-General 4 June 1813;
Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825.
Died: 7 February 1829, in England.
LIGHTON (also LEIGHTON), James (1772-1816) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Wounded at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1791; Ensign 1 January 1792; Lieutenant Fireworker 6
September 1797; Lieutenant 1802; Captain Lieutenant 18 October 1803;
Captain 12 February 1808; Major (Brevet) 14 June 1814; Major 2 February 1816.
Died: 19 September 1816, at Bombay.
LOCK, Jeremiah (d.1811) - Lieutenant
HEIC -2/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam 18 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant 1 October 1790; Captain 6 March 1800; Major 1 October 1809.
Died: 13 September 1811, at sea.
MACQUARIE (also Mc.QUARIE, MACQUARRIE or M'QUARIE), Lachlan (1761-1824) - Major
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Served on the General Staff of Lieutenant-General James Stuart.
Commissioned: Ensign (84th Regiment) 9 April 1777 ; Lieutenant (71st
Regiment) 18 January 1781; Captain (77th Regiment) 9 November 1788;
Major (Brevet) 3 May 1796; Major (86th Regiment) 15 January 1801;
Lieutenant-Colonel (73rd Regiment) 30 May 1805; Colonel 25 July 1810; Major-General 4 June 1813.
Died: 1 July 1824, in London
McREDDIE (also McREADIE, MACREDIE), William (1772-1799) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Killed at Seringapatam 18 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1792; Lieutenant-Fireworker 8 February 1793; Second-Lieutenant 15 January 1796.
MAHONY, Dennis - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Army
Stationed near Sedaseer in March 1799, may have fought in the action against Tipu.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1788; Lieutenant 1 October 1790;
Captain 6 March 1800; Major 18 June 1807; Lieut. Colonel 7 February
1812.
Died: 13 December 1813, at Broache.
MARSHALL, Thomas - Lieutenant-Colonel
HEIC - 2/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commanded the 2/2nd Regiment Native Infantry in 1799 [as part of the
Left Native Brigade under Lt. Col. Wiseman].
Commissioned: Ensign 19 May 1775; Captain 21 June 1784; Major 6
May 1795; Lieut. Colonel 22 March 1797; Colonel 1 May 1804;
Major-General 25 July 1810; Lieut. General 4 June 1814.
Died: 20 May 1824.
MARSHALL, William - Captain
HEIC - 1/5th Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam 19 April 1799 (or 21 April?).
MATHER, Robert (died 1799) - Lieutenant
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Killed at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
MAXWELL, Charles William (d.1800) - Lieutenant
HEIC - 1/3rd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant 13 March 1791; Captain 6
March 1800.
Died: 16 December 1800, at Hurryhurr, India.
MEARS, Charles John (17**-1799) - Captain
HEIC - 1/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Killed at Seringapatam 21 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 6
September 1788; Captain 28 December 1798.
MIGNAN, George William - Lieut. Colonel
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (HEIC) 5 March 1776; Captain 21 June 1784; Major 6 May
1795; Lieut. Colonel 6 September 1797; retired November 1801.
MONCRIEFFE, Bryce (c.1766-1802) - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Engineers
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1782; Ensign (Infantry) 26 July 1785;
(Engineers) 14 January 1791; Captain-Lieutenant 8 January 1796.
Served in Malabar in 1790 as Engineer to the Bombay detachment under Lieutenant-
Colonel Hartley. Appointed Assistant to the Surveyor-General 16 February 1796;
1795-1801 on survey work in Malabar and Canara; appointed in 1797 to command the
newly formed Corps of Pioneers in Malabar; in 1799 measured the road from
Cannanore to Seringapatam, as well as commanding the guides and intelligence
corps; 1800-1801 served with Colonel Stevenson's force in Wynaad; visited Surat in late
1801 - returned to Bombay in October/November 1801.
Died: 10 January 1802, in Bombay.
MONTRESOR, John (17** - 1805) - Lieut. Colonel
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Commanded the Right Brigade of the Bombay Army at Sedaseer in 1799, fought at Seringapatam.
Senior brother officer to Major Lachlan Macquarie - also served together
closely in the Egyptian campaign 1801-1802; later friend and confidante
of Colonel Arthur Wellesley and formed part of his inner circle of
trusted military officers in India.
Commissioned: Captain (77th Regiment of Foot) 25 December 1787; Brevet Major 1
March 1794; Major (77th) 2 September 1795; Lt. Colonel (77th) 22 June 1795;
Lieut. Colonel (86th Regiment) 25 April 1801; Colonel (80th Regiment) 29
April 1802.
Died: at sea on passage to Prince of Wales Island (Penang); buried on 9 September 1805 (in Penang).
OWEN, Joseph (c.1762-1799) - Captain
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Killed in the breach at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (95th Regiment of Foot) 10 April 1780; Lieutenant
(77th Regiment of Foot) 25 December 1787; Captain (77th) 2 September 1795.
Died: aged 37 years.
PATERSON, James (17** - 1808) - Major
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1778; Lieutenant 1 May 1780; Captain 20 January 1789;
Major 22 March 1797; Lieutenant-Colonel 6 March 1800.
Died: October 1808.
PRICE, David - Captain (1762-1835)
[HEIC - Bombay Army]
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799; served as Persian translator to General James Stuart during the campaign, appointed as Prize Agent for the Bombay Army after the fall of Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1780; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 2 February 1788; Captain 6 September 1797; Major 22 March 1804; retired October 1807.
Died: 16 December 1835, at Watton House, Brecon, Wales.
ROOME, Henry - Lieutenant
HEIC - 1/2nd Regiment - Bombay Army
Wounded at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1794; Ensign 21 January 1796; Lieutenant 27
September 1802; Major 2 October 1813; Lieut. Colonel 1 January 1818;
Commandant 1 May 1824; Colonel 5 June 1829; Major-General 10 January
1837.
SARTORIUS, John Conrad (c.1740 - 1801) - Colonel
Chief of Engineers - Bombay Army. Commanded a detachment of seven (7) Engineers.
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign 12 January 1772; Lieutenant 21 July
1775; Captain 23 February 1783; Major 6 September 1788; Lieut. Colonel 1 June
1796; Colonel 1 January 1798.
Chief Engineer at the defence of Mangalore 1783-1784; Surveyed Salsette Island 1785; Engineer, Surveyor and Commanding Officer of expedition to Chagos Island in 1786; at siege of Dharwar in December
1790; from 1792 in charge of defence works and the surveying of the frontiers of
Malabar.
Died: 10 December 1801, at Cannanore [Kannur], India.
SHAWE, John - Captain
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Commissioned: Lieutenant (77th Regiment of Foot) 25 December 1787; Captain (77th) 24 January 1796.
SHEWCRAFT, Hugh Alexander (1780-1808) - Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Commissioned: Cadet 1794; Lieutenant Fireworker 20 December 1796; 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1797; Lieutenant 1802; Captain-Lieutenant 14 April 1804.
Died: 3 October 1808, at Bombay.
SHOLL, William (17**-1799) - Captain
HEIC - 1/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Killed in action at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1781; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 6 September
1788; Captain 28 December 1798.
SKELTON, Philip - Lieutenant
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
SPRY, William Frederick - Major
77th Regiment - Bombay Army
Commissioned: Captain-Lieutenant (77th Regiment of Foot) 25 December 1787; Major (77th) 12 November 1795.
STUART, James (1741-1815) - Lieutenant-General
Commanded the Bombay Army in campaign against Tipu Sultan in 1799 - present at
Sedaseer and Seringapatam.
Served in America (1775-1778) attaining rank of Major
in 78th Regiment 1782; served in India against Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1780-
1783); Lieut. Col. 1782, present in 1782 at the siege of Cuddalore;
participated under Sir William Medows in the reduction of the fortresses of
Dindigul and Palqhat in 1790; then with Lord Cornwallis at Seringapatam
(1791-1792) where he commanded the central division in the assault against the
fortress; Colonel in 1792; Major-General 1795; commanded the military expedition
against the Dutch maritime provinces in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1795-1796; appointed
Commander-in-Chief at Madras 1796; Lieut. General 1802; fought in the 2nd
Mahratta War 1803-1805; returned to England due to bad health.
Died: 29 April 1815, in London.
TAYLOR, William (d.1802) - Lieutenant [Adjutant & Quartermaster]
Right Native Brigade - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam 18 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1790; Ensign 13 March 1791; Lieutenant
22 August 1794; Captain 23 December 1800.
Died: 25 March 1802, at Mahe.
THOMPSON, Jacob (1760-1843) - Major
Chief of Artillery - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam
Commissioned: Cadet 1776; Lieutenant-Fireworker January
1778; Second-Lieutenant 14 February 1779; Lieutenant November 1782, ante-dated 14 February 1779; Captain 24 May 1785; Major
23 June 1794; Lieut. Colonel (Brevet) 1 January 1800; retired 17 December 1802.
Died: March 1843.
THOMPSON, Samuel (17**- 1799) - Captain
HEIC - 1/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Killed in action at Sedaseer 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (HEIC) 11 March 1786; Captain 15 January 1796.
TORIANO, (also TORRIANO) Alexander (1767-1799) - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Killed at Seringapatam 18 April 1799, by cannonshot (to the shoulder) and killed instantly.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1780; Lieutenant-Fireworker 2 November 1782; Lieutenant 16 March 1787; Captain 4 December 1793.
TURNER, John - Lieutenant
75th Regiment - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (75th Regiment of Foot) 29 November 1795.
URQUHART, David (1771-1800) - Captain-Lieutenant
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant-Fireworker 23 October 1790; Second-Lieutenant 11 December 1793; Lieutenant 19 April 1797; Captain-Lieutenant 19 April 1799.
Died: 9 November 1800 at Calicut.
WALKER, Alexander (1764-1831) - Major
HEIC - Bombay Army
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam.
Served in India from 1780-1812.
Appointed Military Secretary to General James Stuart, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay
Army in Malabar 1791-1792; appointed Quarter-Master General of the Bombay Army in 1797, and
in 1798 became Deputy Auditor-General. Advised Arthur Wellesley in the
administration of Mysore after capture of Seringapatam on account of his detailed
knowledge of Malabar and Mysore. Posted to Guzerat in 1800-1802 to quell the
Mahratta States; Resident at Baroda from 1802-1807; retired to England in 1812;
recalled from retirement in 1822 to become Governor of St. Helena 1822-1830.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1780; Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 9
January 1788; Captain 6 September 1797; Quarter-Master General - Brevet Major 1797; Deputy Auditor-General 1798; Major 18 December 1803; Lt. Colonel 3
September 1808; retired 24 March 1812; appointed (with rank of Brigadier-General) as Governor of
St. Helena 1822-1830.
Died: 5 March 1831, in Edinburgh.
WARDEN, George (1775-1807) - Captain
HEIC - Bombay Artillery
Fought at Sedaseer and Seringapatam 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1791; Lieutenant 6 November 1795; Major (Brevet) 11 March 1802.
Died: 15 October 1807, at Choor-verah on route to Cambay. Memorial tablet in Bombay Cathedral.
WEBB [or WEBBE], Robert - Lieutenant
103rd Regiment of European Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Seringapatam on 18 April and 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1788; Lieutenant 13 March 1791;
Captain 6 March 1800; Major 29 June 1809; Lieut. Colonel 6 September
1814.
Died: 2 February 1815, at Malwan.
WILKINSON, George Carr (d.1803) - Lieutenant
HEIC - 1/2nd Regiment Native Infantry - Bombay Army
Wounded at Sedaseer on 6 March 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1795; Ensign 20 January 1797; Lieutenant 4 July 1797.
Died: killed in action 6 March 1803, near Brodera, India.
WISEMAN, John (17**- 1817) - Lieut. Colonel
HEIC - Bombay Army
Commanded Left Brigade of Bombay Sepoy troops at Sedaseer in 1799, present at Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign (HEIC) 10 January 1775; Captain 21 June 1784; Lieut. Colonel
1 June 1796; Colonel 19 March 1802; Major-General 25 October 1809; Lieut. General
4 June 1814.
Died: 7 July 1817, in England.
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