Military Contemporaries
of Lachlan Macquarie
at Seringapatam in 1799
Grand Army - Madras & Bengal
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AGNEW, Patrick Alexander (1765-1813) - Major
Military Secretary to General Harris.
Agnew was an experienced soldier and military negotiator. He acted as
ambassador to the Dutch in July and September 1795 at which time he was
also involved (with Hugh Cleghorn) in the defection of the de Meuron
Regiment (of Swiss mercenaries) from the Dutch forces to the British
army. In January 1796 as Deputy-Adjutant General of the British invasion
force he again negotiated with Governor van Angelbeek - this time for
the surrender of Colombo and the complete capitulation of all Dutch
forces on the island. He served afterwards as Paymaster-General in
Ceylon and gained promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in 1798. Agnew
returned to India and was appointed Military Secretary to General Harris
during the Seringapatam campaign in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (HEIC - Madras Presidency) 20 April 1774;
Lieutenant 7 October 1780; Captain 12 April 1785; Major 1 June 1796;
Lieut. Colonel 4 October 1798; Colonel 21 September 1804; Major-General
4 June 1811.
Died: 7 January 1813, at Bath, England.
ALLAN, Alexander (1764-1820) - Major
[HEIC- Grand Army] Madras Infantry; Deputy Quartermaster-General.
Highly experienced military officer; fluent in Persian; an
accomplished artist whose skills were utilised during his extensive surveying
activities in South India - and especially on the borders of Mysore - in
the period 1789-1798; also served as a Captain of Guides [1792-1798].
Commissioned: Cadet 1779; Ensign 27 August 1780; Lieutenant 17
April 1786; Captain 1 June 1796; appointed Town Major of Madras in 1797;
formally gazetted Major in August 1803; resigned 14 November 1804;
Lieutenant-Colonel at home; knighted 1819 - created Bart. of Kingsgate on 18
September 1819.
HEIC Director 1814-1820; M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1803-1806, and 1807-1820.
Died: 14 September 1820.
ALLEN, James (d.1799) - Major (Brevet)
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Died: 22 April 1799, from illness during the Mysore campaign.
ANTILL, Henry Colden (1779-1852) - Ensign
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Regiment) 31 August 1796; Lieutenant (73rd) 5
May 1799; Captain (73rd) 11 January 1809; Major of Brigade (73rd) 1812; retired half-pay 1821.
During the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799 he was severely wounded in the
shoulder while carrying the regimental colours through the breach into the
fortress. As a result of his action he was promoted to Lieutenant on 5 May 1799,
and subsequently received a 'Seringapatam medal' for his valour. [Many years
later this medal was stolen by bushrangers from his 'Jarvisfield' property at
Picton, south of Sydney]. Antill served as Lachlan Macquarie's aide-de-camp in
New South Wales (1810-1812).
Died: 14 August 1852, at 'Jarvisfield' NSW.
AYTONE, David - Captain
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 14 November 1788; Captain (74th) 12 June 1796.
BACOT, Henry Frederick (d.1799) - Assistant-Surgeon
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Assistant-Surgeon (12th Regiment of Foot) on 25 December 1796.
Died: September 1799, at Seringapatam, "of a fever brought on by the fatigue attendant on the military operations at that place". [Gentleman's Magazine, lxx. 692].
BAIRD, David (1757-1829) - Major-General
[See Profile]
BANNERMAN, John Alexander (1759-1819) - Captain
[HEIC - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC - Madras) 1776; Ensign 9 April 1778;
Lieutenant 8 January 1782; Captain 6 August 1794; Major 29 September
1798; Lieutenant-Colonel 17 June 1800; retired 6 August 1803.
Took part in the 1796 campaign to seize Ceylon from the Dutch and
relieved Major Lachlan Macquarie as commandant of the fortress at
Galle in March 1796.
Bannerman's service in the Madras army brought him into contact with Marquess Wellesley during the 1799 Mysore campaign. He returned to Britain in 1800 and, thereafter, regarded himself as an adherent of Wellesley. He sought political office in 1806 in the House of Commons but was unsuccessful. A year later a vacancy was created for him and he succeeded to the seat of Bletchingly in January 1807. He served briefly and without distinction but then failed secure
re-election in the general election of 1807. As a stockholder in the East India Company he had voting rights and was eligible for one of the highly-coveted positions on the Court of Directors. He was elected a Director in April 1808, but by 1816, he was no longer qualified to remain one. In 1817 he secured appointment as governor of Prince of Wales Island (Penang) and was
sworn in on 24 November 1817. Died: Sunday 8 August 1819 from cholera; buried in the cemetery of the Church of St George the Martyr, Penang.
BARBUTT, Burton Gage (1759-1803) - Major
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Ensign (5th Foot) 20 July 1774; Lieutenant (15th Foot) 7 August 1776; Captain-Lieutenant 12 November 1779; Captain 24 May 1781; Captain-Lieutenant and Captain (65th Foot) 9 June 1787; (73rd Foot) 20 June 1787; Captain (73rd Foot) 20 September 1788; Brevet Major (73rd Foot) 1 March 1794; Major (73rd Foot) 2 September 1795; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (73rd Foot) 10 January 1797; to Colonel William Ramsay's Ceylon Regiment of Infantry 25 April 1803.
Served in the American War (with the 5th and 15th Regiments), at the capture of St Lucia. Distinguishd himself during a long course of service and particularly during the operations in Ceylon. Arrived with the 73rd Regiment in 1795 and took part in the capture of Trincomalee, Point Pedro, Jaffna, Mannar, and Calpentyn, [August-November 1795], and was present at the capture of Colombo in February 1796 when he commanded the flank companies of the 73rd. Appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in the East Indies with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the army 10 January 1797. Uncertainty as to whether Barbutt was present in Mysore in 1799; served in the Kandian War of 1803.
Died: May 1803 at Colombo (Sri Lanka); buried in the Colombo Pettah Burial Ground.
BAYLY, Richard (c.1780-18**) - Lieutenant
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Fought at Mallavelly and Seringapatam.
Formed part of the assault party in the breach at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
[Wrote a diary account - unpublished until 1896].
Commissioned: Ensign (12th Regiment of Foot) 23 June 1796; Lieutenant (12th) 1 June 1797;
Captain (12th) 27 February 1805; appointed Brigade-Major in 1809 [under General
John Picton] and retained rank until 1812 until promoted Major (12th) 15
October 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel; retired 1830.
BEATSON, Alexander (1759-1830) - Major
[HEIC - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Cadet 1775; Ensign 21 November 1776; Lieutenant 23 November 1780;
Captain 19 May 1793; Major 18 August 1797; Lieutenant-Colonel 10 December 1799; retired August 1813.
Appointed Governor of St. Helena 1808-1813.
Died: 15 October 1830, at Henley, Sussex (England).
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BELL, Robert (d.1844) - Captain
[Madras Artillery, HEIC - Grand Army]
Served at Mallavelly and Seringapatam; also commanded artillery from India on the expedition to Egypt in 1801.
Commissioned: Cadet 1779; Lieutenant-Fireworker 15 September 1779; Lieutenant
15 September 1781; Captain 8 April 1788; Major (Brevet) 25 July 1800; Major 25 December 1800; Lieut.
Colonel 26 September 1801; Colonel 4 April 1804;
Major General 25 July 1810; Lieut. General 12
August 1819; General 10 January 1837.
Died: 6 March 1844, in London.
BLACKWELL, Nathaniel Shepherd Joseph James (d.1833) - Lieutenant
[Scotch Brigade]
Fought at Seringapatam in 1799; served in Canada 1801-1804; campaigned
in Dominica, Barbados, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique 1806-1809, Spain
and the Continent 1812-1815.
Commissioned: Ensign (Scotch Brigade: later 94th Regiment of
Foot); Lieutenant (94th), 9 September 1795; Captain (60th. Foot), 11
December 1800; transferred 41st Foot, 7 August 1801 and served in Canada
for 4 years; returned to Britain and served as as Aide de Camp to
Major-General William Knollys, Earl of Banbury; Major (1st West India
Regiment); Lieutenant Colonel (4th. West India Regiment), 4 April 1808;
appointed Lieut. Colonel (62nd Regiment of Foot), 13 June 1811; Colonel,
13 June 1811; Colonel [Brevet], 4 June 1814; awarded Companion of the
Order of the Bath; appointed Major-General; and served as Governor
of Tobago, 1828-1833.
Died: 28 August 1833, at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
BLAIR, John (d.1812) - Captain-Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Lieutenant 23 February 1793; Captain 14
October 1802; Major 25 April 1808.
Died: 24 March 1812, on board the Europe.
BLAIR, William (d.1803) - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - 1st Battalion Artillery]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 25 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1792; Lieutenant-Fireworker 29 May 1793;
Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Captain Lieutenant 12 July 1800.
Died: 27 September 1803, on board the Walpole. on passage to England.
BRIDGES, Thomas (d.1823) - Major-General
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Grand Army]
Commanded Infantry on the Right Wing of the Grand Army.
Commissioned: Major 10 January 1784; Lieut. Colonel 8 November 1785; Colonel 30
January 1791; Major-General 26 February 1795.
Died: 16 July 1823, in London.
BROOKE, James Henry (c.1781-1821)
[HEIC - Bengal Artillery - Grand Army] 2nd Coy. 3rd Battalion Bengal Artillery.
Wounded at Seringapatam on 5 April.
Commissioned: Cadet 1796; Fireworker 6 September 1799; Lieutenant 21 February 1802; Capt. Lieut. 21 December 1804; Captain 21 February 1810; Major 1 September 1818.
Died: 21 November 1821, at Chowringhee, Calcutta (of apoplexy).
BUCKERIDGE, Mark D. (d.1799) - Captain
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Lieutenant (12th Regiment) 2 May 1794.
Died from illness during the Mysore campaign.
CALDWELL, James Lillyman (1770-1863) - Captain
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1788; Ensign 27 July 1789; Lieutenant 2 December 1792; Captain-Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Captain 12
August 1802; Major 1 January 1806; Lieutenant-Colonel 26 September 1811;
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant 1 May 1824; Colonel 27 May 1825; Major-General 10 January
1837; Lieutenant-General 9 November 1846; and General 20 June 1854. Knighted: C.B. 1815; KCB 1837; GCB 1848.
Died: 28 June 1863.
CAMPBELL, Colin (c.1760-1799) - Major
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - 1st Battalion/1st Regiment]
Killed at Seringapatam on 5 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1778; Ensign 20 May 1778; Lieutenant 3
February 1782; Captain 9 May 1795; Major 26 December 1798.
CAMPBELL, Murdoch (17**-1799) - Surgeon
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Regimental Surgeon (73rd Regiment) 1 January 1796;
served as Regimental Mate (19th Dragoons) prior to being commissioned.
Died: before 4 May 1800.
CARRINGTON, - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded on 26 April 1799.
CLOSE, Barry (1756-1813) - Lieutenant-Colonel
[Adjutant-General - Grand Army]
Highly efficient officer whose services at Seringapatam contributed
markedly to the success of the British campaign. In recognition of his
central role, he was appointed to the Commission established after the
fall of Seringapatam which was responsible for arranging a new government for the kingdom of Mysore.
Served as Aide-de-Camp to General James Stuart in 1783. He became Adjutant-General
under Lord Cornwallis in 1790-1792, and again in 1799. He served as British Resident
at Mysore 1799-1801, and then went to Poona as Resident (1801-1810). He retired from the army in 1811, and was knighted in 1812.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1771; Ensign 3 September 1773; Lieutenant 2 October 1778;
Captain 18 December 1783; Major 1 June 1796; Lieutenant-Colonel 21 December 1797; Colonel 24 August 1803;
Major-General 25 July 1810.
Died: 18 April 1813, in England.
COLQUHON, James - Lieutenant
[19th Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Ensign (19th Regiment of Foot) 10 June 1795;
Lieutenant (19th) 2 September 1795.
Died: 24 April 1799, at Errood on the march to Seringapatam.
COOKESLEY, Thomas (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Coast Artillery]
Killed at Seringapatam on 2 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant-Fireworker 24 January 1796; Lieutenant 14 April 1798.
CORMICK, M. H. - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Pioneers - Grand Army]
Killed on the ramparts at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant 21 August 1790.
COSBY, Henry Smith (c.1769-1799) - Captain
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Grand Army]
Killed by grapeshot on 2/3 May while assisting in extinguishing a fire
that had broken out in one of the breaching batteries.
Commissioned: Ensign 8 August 1778; Lieutenant 20 February 1788; Captain 1 June 1796.
COTTON, Stapleton (1773-1865) - Colonel
Served in 2nd Brigade of Cavalry at Seringapatam in 1799 under
Colonel Pater - with 25th Light Dragoons and 2nd and 3rd Madras Native Cavalry.
Commissioned: Second Lieutenant (23rd Foot - Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 26 February;
First Lieutenant (23rd) 16 March 1791; Captain (6th Dragoon Guards) 1793; Major
(59th Foot) 1794; promoted to 6th Carabiniers - 3rd Irish Horse; Lieut. Colonel
(25 Light Dragoons - Gwynn's Hussars) 9 March 1794; Colonel 1 January 1800;
Major-General 30 October 1805; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1812; Colonel (20th
Dragoons) 1813-1818; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados 1816-1820;
Colonel (3rd Dragoons) 1821-1829; Governor of Sheerness 1821-1852;
Commander-in-Chief for Ireland 1822-1825, and India 1825-1830; General 1825;
Colonel (1st Life Guards) 1829-1855. Field Marshall 1855.
Distinguished cavalry officer who served extensively overseas: South Africa, India,
Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland and the West Indies.
Born: 14 November 1773, second, but first surviving, son of Sir Robert Salusbury
Cotton, 5th Baronet - on the death of his father he became 6th Baronet.
Raised to the peerage in 1814 as 1st Viscount Combermere.
Died: 21 February 1865, aged 92.
DALLAS, Thomas - Colonel
[HEIC - Madras Presidency] 29th Regiment of Cavalry
Agent for Bullocks during the 1799 campaign.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1778; Ensign 25 April 1788; Lieutenant 15
January 1782; Captain 1 June 1786; Major 18 December 179*);
Lieutenant-Colonel 7 May 1799; Colonel 25 October 1809; Major-General 1
Janaury 1812; Lieutenant-General 27 May 1825. Knighted (G.C.B.) 7 April
1815.
DOWSE, William - Captain
[HEIC - Grand Army - Madras Pioneers]
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Ensign 4 October 1782; Lieutenant 27
July 1789; Captain 12 October 1798; Major 21 September 180*; Lieut. Colonel 8 April 1808; Colonel 4 June 1814.
Died: 27 June 1814, at Bangalore, India.
FAGAN, George Hickson (1778-1821) - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Bengal Presidency - Grand Army] 3rd Battalion Bengal Volunteers.
Severely wounded at Seringapatam on 27 April - lost left arm.
Commissioned: Cadet 1794; Ensign 10 October 1795; Lieutenant 7
December 1796; Captain 21 September 1804; Major 7 April 1814; Lieut. Colonel 10 June 1818.
Died: 24 May 1821, at Calcutta, India.
FALLA, Thomas (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed at Seringapatam on 6 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (12th Regiment) 18 August 1796.
FARQUHAR, James (17**-1799) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed on the ramparts at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 10 December 1791.
Officer, assisted by Lieut. Lalor (73rd Regiment), who helped to lay the flags
marking the route for the assault on the breach at Seringapatam. Shot and killed
leading the Grenadiers of the Right Column (under Colonel Sherbrooke) during the
attack.
FISH, John (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment]
Killed at Seringapatam on 20 April 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1795; Ensign 26 February 1796; Lieutenant 9 May 1797.
FITZGERALD, Robert (c.1778-1799) - Lieutenant
[33rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed at Seringapatam on 5 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (33rd Regiment) 29 July 1796.
FLETCHER, Breone - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded on 20 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign 30 May 1792; Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 8 October 1793.
FLOYD, Sir John, 1st Baronet (1748-1818) - General
Distinguished cavalry officer and professional soldier.
[See Profile]
FRASER, Thomas (1776-1823) - Lieutenant
[Madras Engineers - Grand Army]
Adjutant of Engineers at the siege of Seringapatam in 1799. Engineer and
Surveyor in the detachment under the command of Alexander Read (Madras
Infantry) when it captured the hill fort of Shulagherry on 15 March
1799.
June 1799, appointed to surveying duties under Colin Mackenzie
(Madras Engineers) and surveyed the island of Seringapatam, but returned
to Madras a few months later suffering ill-health.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 1794; Ensign 2 January 1796; Lieutenant 6
August 1800; Captain 14 July 1808; retired 1 March 1819, in England.
GAHAN, Walter - Ensign (d.1799)
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Ensign (12 Regiment of Foot) 13 April 1796.
Died: 7 May 1799, from illness during the Mysore campaign.
GARDINER, John (d. 1813) - Lieut. Colonel
[HEIC Bengal Army - Grand Army]
Commanded 4th Brigade of Infantry on the Left Wing of the Grand Army (received
Gold medal). [3 Battalions Bengal Native Infantry].
Commissioned: Cadet 23 October 1771; Ensign (15th Battalion Bengal Sepoys) 24
January 1773; Lieutenant 30 December 1777; Captain (14th Battalion Bengal Sepoys)
1 June 1781; Major (10th Bengal Native Infantry) 28 April 1797; Lieut. Colonel
(15th Bengal Native Infantry) 31 July 1799; transferred as Lieut. Colonel
Commandant (24th Bengal Native Infantry) 21 September 1804; Colonel (24th Bengal
Native Infantry) 25 April 1808; Major-General 4 June 1811.
Died: 31 May 1813, in London.
GARRARD, William (d.1836) - Ensign
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Commissioned: Ensign 7 August 1797; Lieutenant 1 January 1803;
Captain 26 September 1811; Lieut. Colonel 1 April 1825; Colonel (Brevet)
1 December 1829.
Died: 2 September 1836, at Ootacumund, India.
GAWLER, Samuel - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Fought in the breach at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (73rd Regiment) 24 November 1796.
GENT (or GHENT), William (d.1811) - Colonel
[HEIC - Grand Army ] Madras Army Chief Engineer
Commissioned: Cadet 1772; Ensign 20 January 1775; Lieutenant 14 August
1778; Captain 11 November 1781; Major 23 February 1793;
Lieutenant-Colonel 16 August 1793; Colonel 3 May 1796; Major-General 29
April 1802; retired 11 August 1802.
GLESSER, George-Paulus/Paulus (d.1799) - Assistant-Surgeon
[de Meuron Regiment [Swiss] - Grand Army]
Killed by a cannonball in the trenches before Seringapatam on 19 April
1799. His name is inscribed on the obelisk at Seringapatam and on the cenotaph at Bangalore.
Commissioned: Assistant-Surgeon [aide-chirurgien] (de Meuron Regiment) 14 October 1795.
GORDON, George Alexander- Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Served at Seringapatam during the 4th Anglo-Mysore War. Long military career with the 73rd Regiment in India, NSW (1810-1814), and Ceylon (1814-1817).
Commissioned: Ensign 17 December 1791 (18th Regiment of Foot); transferred (74th Foot) 12 February 1793; Lieutenant (73rd Regiment) 8 September 1795; Captain-Lieutenant (73rd) 6 April 1802; Captain (73rd) 7 June 1803 ; Major (73rd) 19 January 1809; Lieut.Colonel (73rd) 4 June 1814; retired: 24 June 1817.
GOWDIE, Francis - Colonel
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Grand Army]
Commanded 3rd Brigade of Infantry on the Right Wing of the Grand Army [1/1st,
1/6th, 1/12th Madras Native Infantry].
Commissioned: Cadet 1767; Ensign 4 November 1768; Lieutenant 20 September 1770; Captain 19 July 1779; Major 14 December 1789; Lieut. Colonel 27 April 1795; Colonel 29 November 1797; Major-General 1 January 1805. On the Retired List 19
February 1813.
GUTHRIE, John - Ensign
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded during the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Regiment); exchanged to 33rd Regiment on 31 May 1800.
HARRIS, William George (1782-1845) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Son of General George Harris (1746-1829), Commander-in-Chief of the British
forces during the 4th Anglo-Mysore War in 1799.
Lieutenant Harris served at the battle of Mallavelly and as one of the
storming party on 4 May was amongst the first to enter the fortress - for which
he was commended by Major-General Baird. After the campaign he was sent home to
Britain with the captured Mysorean and French standards, which he had the
honour of presenting to King George III. Harris later commanded 2/ 73rd
Regiment at Waterloo, where he was wounded in the right shoulder. He returned
home with the battalion, and soon after went on half pay of the Bourbon
Regiment. Succeeded to the baronetcy of his father, Lord Harris, in 1829, as
second Baron Harris.
Commissioned: Ensign (76th Regiment) 24 May 1795; Lieutenant (36th Regiment) 3
January 1796; transferred to 74th Highlanders on 4 September 1797; Captain
(49th Regiment) 16 October 1800; Major (73rd Regiment) ; Lieutenant-Colonel
(73rd); Colonel (73rd) 4 June 1814; Major-General 19 June 1821; Colonel (86th
Regiment) 3 December 1832, removed to 73rd Regiment on 4 December 1835;
Lieutenant-General January 1837.
Died: 30 May 1845 at Belmont, near Faversham, in Kent.
HART, George Vaughn (1752-1832) - Colonel
[Grand Army] Commissary of Grain
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HAY, George (17**-1799) - Captain
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Killed on 26 April 1799; fell at the head of the Grenadier Company.
Commissioned: Captain (74th Regiment) 29 October 1794.
HILL, Vesey (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Officer who led the storming party of Lt. Colonel Sherbrooke's Right Column into
the breach at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799. Killed during the assault.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 4 November 1795.
INNES, John - Lieutenant
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Wounded on 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 27 July 1794.
IRVINE [also spelt IRWIN], Lewis (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed on 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 5 September 1796.
JOHNSTONE, George - Captain
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Commissioned: Lieutenant 12 June 1791; Captain 3 September 1793;
court-martialled and cashiered in 1800.
JOURDAN, John (d.1799) - Captain
[2nd Battalion Madras Artillery - Grand Army]
Killed on 3 May 1799 during preparations prior to the assault on the breach.
Commissioned: Cadet 1781; Lieutenant-Fireworker 23 February 1782; Lieutenant 17 April 1786; Captain 30 August 1796.
KING, Charles - Lieutenant
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded during action on 6 April 1799.
LALOR, John (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed on the ramparts at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Regiment) 9 February 1792; Lieutenant (73rd) 4 April 1795.
Officer, assisted by Lieut. Farquhar (74th Regiment), who helped to lay the
flags marking the route for the assault on the breach at Seringapatam. Shot and
killed during the attack - allegedly by Tipu Sultan.
LAMBTON, William (1753/1756-1823) - Captain
[33rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Played a prominent role in rallying the British troops of the Left wing
along the western ramparts of Seringapatam during the assault of 4 May
1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (33rd Regiment) 6 May 1782; Lieutenant 9 May
1794; Captain 25 June 1803; Major 19 May 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel
(Brevet) 4 June 1814.
Died: January 1823, while travelling from Hyderabad to Nagpur, India.
LARDY, Pierre - Captain
[de Meuron Regiment [Swiss] - Grand Army]
Led a company of grenadiers during the assault on the breach at Seringapatam, 4
May 1799 - wounded in the left arm.
Commissioned: Captain-Lieutenant 1 June 1781; Captain 11 November 1787;
Major (Brevet) 1 January 1800 [possibly retrospective to 25 September 1798];
Lieutenant-Colonel 21 October 1803; retired and sold his commission in 1812.
LIMOND, James [Sir] (d.1840) - Captain
[HEIC - Madras Artillery - Grand Army]
Present at Mallavelly, served with the cavalry division under General
Floyd throughout the 1799 campaign; later part of the expedition to
Egypt in 1801 under Baird.
Commissioned: Cadet 1792; Lieutenant-Fireworker 24 September 1793; Lieutenant
28 September 1797; Captain 21 September 1804; Major (Brevet) 4 June 1813; Major 21 October 1814; Lieut. Colonel 13 May 1821; Colonel 5 June 1829; Major-General 28 June 1838.
Knighted 4 February 1835; Companion of the Bath 20 July 1838. Medals for Seringapatam and Egypt.
Died: 14 August 1840, at Boulogne,
McBEATH, William - Lieutenant
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Wounded on 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 9 July 1793.
MACLAINE, Archibald John (1778-1815) - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded at Seringapatam 27 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd) 7 February 1794; Lieutenant 30 August 1796; Captain
25 December 1804; Major 28 May 1812. Served in India and Australia - killed at
the battle of Waterloo.
Son of Gillean Maclaine and Marie (nee MacQuarrie) of Scallastle, Isle of Mull
Scotland - cousin of Lachlan Macquarie.
MACLAINE, Murdoch Hugh (1781-1828) - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Nephew of Lachlan Macquarie. Served extensively in India with the 77th Regiment, at Walcheren 1809, and in the Peninsula 1811-14; severely wounded at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo on 19 January 1812 and had his right leg amputated. Thereafter he received a pension of two hundred pounds per annum, commencing 20 January 1813.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Foot) 29 November 1798; Lieutenant (in India only) 30 December 1798; Lieutenant (77th Foot) 5 May 1799; Captain 3 July 1805; Major 20 May 1813; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 15 August 1822; Lieutenant-Colonel (Brevet) (77th Foot) 15 August 1822 or 26 December 1822; Lieutenant-Colonel (77th Foot) 3 January 1827.
Died: 13 October 1828 at Spanish Town, Jamaica [unmarried].
Son of Farquhar Maclaine and Betty [nee Macquarie] of Oskamull.
McLEAN, Archibald - Lieutenant
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Wounded on 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 29 April 1794.
McLEOD, William (1759-1819) - Captain
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army] Superintendent of Bazaars
Wounded at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Present at the siege of Pondicherry in 1793; the expedition against Ceylon in
1796; and took part in the assault on Seringapatam on 4th May 1799. While leading
the attack he was wounded in the lungs and was led off the battlefield by a
serjeant of the De Meuron Regiment. McLeod received a War Office pension of £100 per annum (from 25 December 1811 onwards) for his Seringapatam wounds.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (81st Regiment) 6 January 1778; half-pay on
disbandment of 81st in 1783; appointed [on full pay] Lieutenant (73rd Regiment)
24th September 1787; Captain (73rd) 2nd September 1795; retired by sale of
commission on 4 January 1800; appointed Deputy-Commissary of Musters to the
King's troops at Madras (1800-1819).
Died: 20th October 1819, at Tranquebar.
MANDEVILLE, Charles Frederick - Major
[HEIC - 2nd Battalion Madras Artillery]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1777; Ensign 14 December 1778; Captain 17
October 1784; Major (Brevet) 6 May 1795; Major 28 September 1797; Lieut.
Colonel (Brevet) 1 January 1800; dismissed by sentence of General Court-Martial on 25 September 1801.
MATHER, Robert (17**-1799) - Lieutenant
[75th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed during the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (75th Regiment) 3 January 1797.
MATTHEY, Alphonse (d.1799) - 2nd Lieutenant
[de Meuron Regiment (Swiss) - Grand Army]
Took part in the assault on the breach at Seringapatam on 4 May in
the company under the command of F.H. de Meuron-Bayard; wounded in the
head and died on 7 May 1799.
Commissioned: 2nd Lieutenant (de Meuron Regiment) 28 September 1795.
MATTHEY, Frederic - Lieutenant
[de Meuron Regiment (Swiss) - Grand Army]
Present at Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign 24 September 1797;
Lieutenant 25 September 1798; Captain (Brevet) 1 January 1800; Captain 25 April
1808; reduced to half-pay in 1816 - continued to receive payment until c.1850.
MAXWELL, John - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded on 26 April 1799 at Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign (74th Regiment) 29 June 1793; Lieutenant (74th) 25 May 1795.
MEARS, Charles John (d.1799) - Captain
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - 1st Battalion/2nd Regiment Native Infantry]
Killed at Seringapatam 19 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign 21 November 1782; Lieutenant 6 September 1788;
Captain 28 December 1798.
MEIN, Nichol Alexander - Lieutenant (1777-1847)
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Served with the 74th Regiment at the battle of Mallavelly and the
capture of Hart's Post: in April 1799 he was promoted to the 12th Foot
and served with it for the remainder of the siege. Although a junior
Lieutenant he was appointed to command a company at storming of
Seringapatam. After the assault "he was employed with his company in
extinguishing the burning of the houses which had been carelessly set
on fire by the soldiers and camp followers in search of plunder, rescuing
many of the inhabitants from the cruelties of the assailants." [Royal
Military Calendar Vol. 5 p.447 (1820)]. Younger brother of Assistant-Surgeon Pulteney Mein (1769-1853) who also served at Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign (52nd Regiment) 13 May 1797; exchanged to
74th Regiment in 1797; Lieutenant [by purchase] (74th) 27 March 1799; promoted
to 12th Regiment April 1799; Captain [by purchase] (85th Foot) 4 June 1801; Major
21 September 1809 (85th); exchanged (43rd Foot) 25 January 1813; Lieut.
Colonel [Brevet] 4 June 1814; Lieut. Colonel in 1815; retired (before
1820).
Died: 8 June 1847, aged 70 years.
MEIN, Pulteney - Assistant-Surgeon (1769-1853)
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Present at Seringapatam, later served with the 73rd Regiment in
India.
Commissioned: Regimental Surgeon's Mate (74th Regiment
of Foot) 25 December 1790; Assistant-Surgeon (74th Foot) 25 December
1796; Surgeon (73rd Foot) 3 May 1800; retired on half-pay 25 August
1811.
Elder brother of Lt. Nicol Alexander Mein (1777-1847) who also
served at Seringapatam. The brothers were later granted heraldic arms
commemorating their connections with Seringapatam:
"Arms: Az. on a fesse embattled erm.
between six cross crosslets fitchee or, a tiger's
head affrontee vert, striped and crowned with
an eastern crown gold, between two eagles
displayed of the last a canton of the second,
thereon pendent from a ribband gu. a representation of the medal struck to commemorate
the capture of Seringapatam, encircled by
the word "Seringapatam" in letters of
gold.
Crest: Out of a mural crown or a
dexter hand issuant charged with a human
eye ppr., surmounting three swords, one in
pale and two in saltire, also ppr. pomels and
hilts gold, the upper parts of the blades
encircled by a wreath of laurel vert."
MEURON-Bayard, François-Henry - Lieutenant
[de Meuron Regiment (Swiss) - Grand Army]
Led the light company during the assault on the breach at Seringapatam 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign 14 January 1789; Second-Lieutenant 27 July 1789;
Lieutenant 12 December 1791; Lieutenant and Adjutant 19 September 1796;
Captain-Lieutenant 19 November 1800; Captain 2 November 1802; Major 11 June 1807;
Lieutenant-Colonel 1 June 1813; commanded the regiment until its disbandment in
1816; received half-pay until 1830.
MEURON-Tribolet, Charles - Lieutenant
[de Meuron Regiment (Swiss) - Grand Army]
Fought with the 'Forlorn Hope' during the assault on the breach at Seringapatam 4
May 1799. After the death of Serjeant Graham on the ramparts Meuron-Tribolet was ordered by
Colonel Sherbrooke to continue the attack.
Commissioned: Cadet, Second-Lieutenant and Adjutant 4 February 1793; Lieutenant
and Adjutant 22 January 1797; resigned as Adjutant 25 October 1797; resigned from
Regiment 17 March 1802.
MICHIE, John Donald (d.1801) - Captain
[HEIC - Bengal Presidency]
Related to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay.
Served in Hyderabad in October 1798, assisting in the disarming of the Nizam's troops commanded by the Frenchmen under M. Raymond, and later took part in the capture of Seringapatam in April/May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC) 4 January 1780; Ensign 14 September 1780; Lieutenant (2/10th. Native Infantry) 31 May 1781; Captain (2/10th. N. I.) 10 September 1798.
Lachlan Macquarie travelled with him in Bengal in 1799; later Michie served with the Bengal Volunteers in the military campaign against the French in Egypt in 1801. Sailed in the transport ship Eliza. Recorded in Macquarie's 1801 journal, including circumstances of his death. Unmarried.
Died: 19 December 1801 in Egypt, killed by a fall from his horse.
MOLESWORTH, Arthur (c.1771-1843) - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Grand Army]
Present at the battle of Mallavelly; commanded the Light Companies of the 2nd Battalion/3rd Native Regiment in the storming party at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1793; Lieutenant 6 August 1795; Captain 24
August 1803; Major 14 December 1809; Lieutenant-Colonel 14 April 1817;
Commandant 1 May 1824; Colonel 5 June 1829; Major-General 10 January
1837.
MOLLE, George James (1773-1823) - Captain
[Scotch Brigade (later 94th Foot) - Grand Army]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 27 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (Scotch Brigade) June 1793; Lieutenant
(Scotch Brigade) 12 May 1794; Captain (army) 1 July 1795; Captain
(Scotch Brigade) 29 March 1798; Major (8th Battalion- Reserve) 3
September 1803; transferred to 9th Foot, 2 June 1804;
Lieutenant-Colonel, 2 September 1808; appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of
46th Foot, 3 June 1813; obtained brevet rank of Colonel, 4 June 1814.
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of NSW in 1813 and arrived in the colony in
February 1814 in command of the 46th Regiment which had been sent to relieve the
73rd Regiment. Molle had known and served with Lachlan Macquarie in India and
Egypt in 1801-1802: Molle acted as aide-de-camp to Major General Baird at the
same time that Macquarie was deputy-adjutant general in Baird's expeditionary
army to Egypt.
Died: 9 September 1823, at Belgaum, India.
MONTAGUE Edward (1755-1799) - Lieutenant-Colonel
[HEIC Bengal Artillery - Grand Army]
Wounded by cannonshot in the arm and chest on 2 May - immediate
amputation of the limb was required, but he died from infection and
complications 6 days. Montague had fought in the Second Mysore War (1782-1784); the Third Mysore War (1791-1792), commanding the artillery at the sieges of Nandidrug, Savandrug and Seringapatam; and the Fourth Mysore War (1799).
Commissioned: Infantry Cadet 1770; removed from Infantry to Artillery 12 April 1772; Lieutenant-Fireworker 16 May 1772; Lieutenant 28 September 1777; Captain Lieutenant 20 March 1780; Captain 13 October 1784; Major 14 September 1790; Lieutenant Colonel 5 November 1796; Colonel (Brevet) 1 January 1798.
Died: 8 May 1799, at Seringapatam.
NEVILL, Edmund - Ensign
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded during operations on 6 April.
NIXON, George (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed at Seringapatam on 5 April 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (12th Regiment) 2 September 1795.
NIXON, Robert - Captain
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 5 April 1799. Nixon received a War Office pension of £100 per annum (from 25 December 1811 onwards) for his Seringapatam wounds.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (12th Regiment of Foot) 21 August 1794; Captain (12th) 17 February 1799; Major (Brevet) 30 November 1809; Major (1st Regiment of Foot) 8 February 1810; Lieut. Colonel (Brevet) 4 June 1814; served as Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Whetham at Portsmouth in 1809.
NORRIS, John (c.1760-1817) - Captain
[Madras Engineers - Grand Army]
Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Gent, Chief of Engineers at Seringapatam.
Under the cover of darkness on the evening of 30 April Captain Norris and Lieut. Lalor (73rd Regt.)
investigated the water levels in the Cauvery river and almost
reached the fort walls of Seringapatam before being discovered by Tipu's
soldiers - they retired quickly without injury.
After the assault on 4 May Norris surveyed the island of Seringapatam in
detail; but he clashed heatedly with Colonel Arthur Wellesley over the
provision and ownership of the maps.
Commissioned: Ensign 3 October 1781 ; Lieutenant 17 April 1786 ;
Captain 3 May 1793; Major 12 August 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January
1803; retired 25 September 1811.
Died: 1817.
PASLEY, Charles - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Presidency - Grand Army]
Fought at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799 [as Brigade Major?].
Commissioned: Ensign 10 August 1797; Lieutenant 29 September 1798; Captain 21
September 1804; retired in England on 28 February 1815.
PATER, John (d. 1817) - Colonel
[Madras Army]
Commanded 2nd Brigade of Cavalry of the Grand Army [25th Light Dragoons, 2nd and
3rd Madras Native Cavalry].
Commissioned: Captain 22 April 1784 ; Major 19 November 1790 ; Lieut. Colonel 31
December 1796; Colonel 1 January 1798; Colonel 1 January 1805; retired 13 May 1813.
Died: 18 October 1817, at Fort St. George, Madras.
PEARSE, William Goodenough (d.1840) - Ensign
[HEIC - Madras Artillery - Grand Army]
Fought at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet 1797; Lieutenant-Fireworker 2 January 1799; Lieutenant 1 March 1800; Captain Lieutenant 4 April 1804; Captain 18 March 1809; Major (Brevet) 4 June 1814; Major 19 September 1819; Lt. Colonel 17 January 1824; colonel (Brevet) 5 June 1829; Colonel 1 September 1831; Major-General 28 June 1838.
Died: 26 February 1840, in England.
PERCIVAL, Samuel (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Died from wounds received in action on 6 April 1799.
PIACHAUD, François (d.1802) - Capitaine/Major
[de Meuron Regiment (Swiss) - Grand Army]
Commanded a light infantry company (chasseurs); wounded in the trenches at
Seringapatam on the night of 27 April 1799; replaced by Lieut. F.H. de
Meuron-Bayard for the assault on the breach on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (de Meuron Regiment) 1 June 1781; Capitaine-Lieutenant, 1 September 1786; Captaine, 30 September 1788;
Major (de Meuron) 25 September 1798; (brevet) 1 January 1800.
Died: 29 December 1802, at Seringapatam; tombstone in the Garrison Cemetery (at Srirangapatna).
PODMORE, Richard - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Native Infantry]
Present at Mallavelly and Seringapatam. Received Seringapatam medal.
Commissioned: Cadet, 1795, Ensign, 22 March 1796; Lieutenant, 29 November 1797; Captain, 24 September 1804; Major, 15 October 1809; Lieut. Colonel, 4 June 1814.
POPHAM, William (c.1739-1821) - Major-General
[Bengal Army]
Commanded Infantry on the Left Wing of the Grand Army (received Gold medal).
Commissioned: Ensign (24th Foot) 29 July 1757; Ensign 64th Foot (re-numbered 79th
in 1758) 30 November 1757; Lieutenant (79th [Draper's] Foot) 1 May 1759; sold
commission in 1768 and transferred to HEIC - Captain 7 August 1768; Major (35th
Regiment Sepoys) 4 September 1780; Lieut. Colonel (23rd Regiment Sepoys) 8
December 1782; resigned 21 December 1784; readmitted 7 February 1794; Colonel 7
December 1793; Major-General 26 February 1795; Lt. General 29 April 1802; retired
1 January 1803.
Died: 20 February 1821, in London.
PRENDERGAST, James (17**-1799) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed during the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (74th Regiment) 3 December 1793; Lieutenant (74th) 8 April 1795.
PRESCOTT, Frederick (d.1803) - Captain
[HEIC - 1st Battalion Madras Artillery]
Wounded at Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant-Fireworker 20 October 1784; Lieutenant 7
March 1791; Captain-Lieutenant 8 January 1796; Captain 1 March 1800.
Died: 6 November 1803, at sea, near Prince of Wales Island (Penang).
ROBERTS, George (d.1831) - Colonel
[Madras Army]
Commanded 5th Brigade of Infantry on the Right Wing of the Grand Army [1/8th,
2/3rd, 2/12th Madras Native Infantry]
Commissioned: Ensign 17 June 1770; Lieutenant 1 July 1771; Captain 18
June 1781; Major 30 January 1791; Lieut. Colonel 1 June 1796; Colonel 12 October
1798; Major-General 1 January 1805; Lieut. General 4 June 1813.
Died: 24 February 1831, in Buckinghamshire.
ROSS, Patrick (1778-1850) - Captain
[25th Light Dragoons - Grand Army].
Fought at Mallavelly and Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign in 1793; Lieutenant (100th Foot); Captain (100th Foot) 14 May 1794; exchanged (91st Foot) 1 September 1795; exchanged Captain Lieutenant (25th Light Dragoons) 15 March 1798; Major (26th Foot) 1805; Lt. Colonel (23rd Dragoons) 9 April 1807; exchanged (10th Regiment of Foot) 6 April 1809; joined 2/48th Regiment in Portugal in 1810; Colonel (Brevet) 4 June 1814; appointed Lt. Colonel (75th Regiment) 12 October 1815; Major-General 1821; appointed Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George in 1834; Grand Cross in 1837; appointed governor of St. Helena in 1846.
Died: 28 August 1850 at St Helena.
ROWLEY, George (d.1803) - Ensign
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Accompanied the left (northern) breaching party at Seringapatam on 4 May.
Commissioned: Cadet 1796; Ensign 12 August 1797.
Died: 28 June 1803, in camp near Ahmednaghur, India.
SCOTT, Hopetoun S. - Lieutenant & Adjutant
[Grand Army - HEIC - Madras]
Present at Mallavelly and Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (HEIC) 24 June 1793; Lieutenant 8 September 1794; Captain, 21 February 1801; Major, 15 August 1805; Lieut. Colonel, 7 March 1810; Colonel (Brevet) 12 August 1819.
SCOTT, Thomas - Lieutenant-Colonel
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Lieut. Col. 27 October 1794.
SHAWE, Henry (d.1799) - Lieutenant
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Killed during the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Lieutenant (74th Regiment) 3 Sept 1796.
SHEE, John (d.1804) - Major
[33rd Regiment of Foot - Grand Army]
Present at siege and capture of Seringapatam in 1799.
Commissioned: Cadet (HEIC- Bengal) 3 January 1783; transferred as
Cadet from the Infantry to the Engineers on 26 January 1784; Ensign
(Engineers) 1 April 1785; Cornet 13th Light Dragoons 31 May 1789;
Lieutenant (38th Foot) 30 July 1791; Captain (33rd Foot) 30 September
1793; Major (33rd) 1 December 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel (in the Army) 1
January 1800; sold his commission in 33rd Foot on 20 March 1802.
Died: March 1804, in Dover.
SHERBROOKE, Sir John Coape (1764-1830) - Colonel
[Grand Army]
Commissioned: Captain, 6 March 1783, transferred to 33rd Regiment of Foot 23 June
1784; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 March 1794; Colonel, 1 January 1798; Major-General, 1
January 1805; Colonel (Sicilian Regiment) 5 February 1807; transferred to the
68th foot in 1809; Lieutenant-General, 4 June 1811; Colonel (33rd Regiment), 1
January 1813; General 27 May 1825. Knighted.
Fought at Mallavelli and Seringapatam in 1799. Commanded the Right Column during
the assault on 4 May. He was knocked down by a spent musket ball as he mounted
the breach, but quickly recovered. Major-General Baird singled Sherbrooke out for
praise in his report [6 May]: "If where all behaved nobly it is proper to mention
individual merit, I know no man so justly entitled to praise as Colonel
Sherbrooke, to whose exertions I feel myself much indebted for the success of the
attack."
Departed India due to ill health in January 1800, and was placed on half-pay in
1802. In 1809 Sherbrooke was appointed to the Staff of the army in the Peninsular
and fought at the battle of Talavera as second in command under Wellington.
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia on 19 August 1811 where he remained
until 1816. On 29 January he was appointed governor-in-chief of Canada but did
not take up office in Quebec until 12 July 1816. Suffered a paralytic stroke on 6
February 1818 which forced him to submit his resignation and departed for Britain
on 12 August 1818.
He spent the rest of his life in retirement at Calverton, Nottinghamshire, where
he died on 14 February 1830.
SKELLY, Gordon - Major
[Scotch Brigade - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Major 27 October 1794.
SMITH, Henry Francis - Lieutenant
[HEIC - Madras Infantry]
Present at Mallavelly and Seringapatam.
Commissioned: Ensign, 1794; Lieutenant, 1794; Captain, 1802; Major, 15 October 1811; Lieut. Colonel, 15 October 1818.
SYDENHAM, Benjamin (1777-1828) - Lieutenant
Grand Army (HEIC). Served in the Madras Engineers, assistant to Colin Mackenzie.
Elder brother of Thomas Sydenham (1780-1816), became close friend of Arthur Wellesley (future Duke of Wellington).
Commissioned: Cadet 1794; Lieutenant 1 June 1796; Captain ***; resigned 13 July 1808.
Died: 15 March 1828, unmarried, in Bruges [aged 52 years].
SYDENHAM, Thomas (1780-1816) - Lieutenant
Grand Army (HEIC) Military Engineer. Served in Madras Army 1794-1810.
Younger brother of Benjamin Sydenham (1777-1828).
Commissioned: Cadet 1789; Lieutenant 5 December 1794; Captain 26 March 1802; resigned 4 May 1810.
Resident at Hyderabad 1806-10, to Col (later Maj-Gen Sir) Barry Close, Bart. (d.1813), Resident at Poona 1801-11; served in the Russian Army with Count M. Woronzow, in 1813; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1814.
Died: 28 August 1816, in Geneva.
THOMAS, John (17**-1799) - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded during the assault on Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Regiment) 29 May 1795; Lieutenant (73rd) 30
November 1795.
Died at Seringapatam on 22 May 1799.
TODD, James - Lieutenant
[73rd Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded at Seringapatam 26 April 1799.
Commissioned: Ensign (73rd Regiment) 15 August 1793; Lieutenant (73rd) 28
November 1795; Captain (73rd) 4 January 1800; (33rd Regiment) 5 December 1800;
Major 3 December 1810; retired 4 February 1818.
TRAPAUD, Elisha (d.1828) - Major
[HEIC - Madras Engineers]
Commissioned: Cadet 1778; Ensign 14 April 1779; Captain 16 May
1784; Major 16 August 1793; Lieut. Colonel 12 August 1802; Colonel 1
January 1803; Major-General 25 July 1810; Lieut. General 4 June 1814.
Died: 24 March 1828, in England.
WALKER, Patrick (d.1817) - Captain
[HEIC - Grand Army] Madras Cavalry
Commissioned: Cadet 1780; Ensign 3 December 1785; Lieutenant 7 January
1792; Captain 4 September 1799; Major 1 May 180*; Lieutenant-Colonel 23
May 1807; Colonel (Brevet) 4 June 1814.
Died: 12 October 1817.
WALLACE, William - Major
[74th Regiment - Grand Army]
Commissioned: Major (74th Regiment) 2 September 1795; Lieut.
Col. (in Army) 1 January 1798.
WELLESLEY, Arthur (1769-1852) [formerly Wesley] - Colonel
[33rd Regiment]
Fought at Mallavelly and Seringapatam in 1799.
Created first Duke of Wellington, 1814; Prime Minister of Great Britain 1828-1830.
WHITTLE, William (d.1799) - Captain
[12th Regiment - Grand Army]
Wounded on 6 April 1799.
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