The Waterloo Roll Call
Capt. 19th Foot 10th Jan., 1834. Out of the said regt. before 1842.
Footnote 16:
Adjt. 29th May, 1823. Out of said regt. in 1829.
Footnote 17:
H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.
Footnote 18:
H. p. 18th Feb., 1819.
Footnote 19:
Eldest son of the Rev. Sir W.H. Clerke, Bart., rector of Bury, in
Lancashire, by Byzantia, eldest dau. of Thos. Cartwright, of Aynho,
co. Northampton. Succeeded 1818. M., 1820, Mary, dau. of Geo. Kenrick,
of Mertyn, co. Flint, and had issue. D. 1861.
Footnote 20:
Afterwards Maj. 72nd Regt. Living 1830.
Footnote 21:
H.p. 1819.
Footnote 22:
Son. of Capt. Samuel Gawler, 73rd Regt., who was killed at the
storming of Fort Muggerall, 24th Dec., 1804. Bn. 21st July, 1795.
Educated at R.M. College, Great Marlow. A commission was given to him
in 1810 in recognition of his father’s services. Served in the Pa.,
and led the ladder party of the stormers of the 52nd at Badajoz. An
extract from his journal is given in Moorsom’s _Records of the 52nd
Regiment_, and graphically describes _the_ crisis of Waterloo. If Col.
Gawler claims the whole credit for the 52nd, he is at one with the
rest of the officers of that gallant regt. The truth seems to be that
there were two distinct columns of Napoleon’s Guards launched against
our troops at the close of Waterloo, and that whilst one was met and
routed by our Guards in the centre, the other was attacked in flank by
the 52nd and hurled back. Promoted from the 52nd to an unattached
lt.-colonelcy, 12th Aug, 1834. K.H. Col. 1846. Appointed Governor and
Resident Commissioner of South Australia, April, 1838. Superseded,
15th May, 1841. M., 21st Sept., 1820, Maria, eldest dau. of John Cox,
of Derby, and had issue. D. 7th May, 1869. Bd. at Southsea,
Portsmouth. Miss Gawler (daughter of Col. Gawler) supplied part of the
above information.
Footnote 23:
Ensign 10th Jan., 1811. Bn. 21st Dec., 1794. 4th son of Sir Thos.
Whichcote, Bart., by Diana, dau. of Edward Turnor, of Stoke Rochford,
co. Lincoln. Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in Dec., 1810,
and served with the regt. in the Pa., France, and Flanders, and was
present in the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, and Alfayetes, siege and
storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat
from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles of the
Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse (medal with
nine clasps). Capt. 22nd June, 1818. Exchanged to 4th D.G. 25th July,
1822. Attained the rank of General 5th Dec., 1871. At the time of his
death, which occurred 26th Aug., 1891, he was “Father of the British
Army.”
Footnote 24:
Afterwards the Hon. Wm. Ogilvy, of Loyal, Perthshire. 4th son of
Walter Ogilvy, _de jure_ Earl of Airlie, by Jane, dau. of John Ogilvy,
of Murkle. Saw much service in the Pa. Previous to entering the army
served in the navy. Capt. 5th Oct., 1815. Exchanged to the Cape Corps.
H. p. 1816. His eldest brother, in 1826, was, by Act of Parliament,
recognised as Earl of Airlie with the other dignities appertaining to
that title. M.P. for St. Andrews and the eastern burghs. D. in April,
1871.
Footnote 25:
Afterwards in the 3rd Foot Guards. Served in the Pa. and the South of
France. Of Woodcote House, Epsom, Surrey. Bn. 8th Feb., 1795. Eldest
son of the Rev. Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor, by Charlotte Taylor
(sister of Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor). High Sheriff for Surrey, 1856.
Was twice md., and by his wife (Charlotte, dau. of Gen. Sir George
Anson, G.C.B.) had issue. D. in Dec., 1878.
Footnote 26:
3rd son of Valentine, 5th Viscount Kenmare. M., 26th April, 1826,
Anne, dau. of Thos. Segrave. H. p. 1817.
Footnote 27:
Afterwards Maj. 81st Regt. Quitted the service with that rank. Living
1876.
Footnote 28:
H. p. 49th Foot 7th Aug., 1823.
Footnote 29:
Served at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Lieut. 97th Foot 25th March,
1824. Capt. 51st Foot 26th Sept., 1834. Retd. on h. p. as major 42nd
Highlanders 25th July, 1845.
Footnote 30:
Afterwards Lt.-Col. Snodgrass. M. Maria, dau. of Maj.-Gen. Sir
Archibald Campbell, Bart. D. in Nova Scotia, April, 1841, whilst
holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G. in that colony.
Footnote 31:
H. p. 25th July, 1816.
Footnote 32:
Afterwards Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope. Son of the Rev. Duke
Yonge. Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. in 1823. D. 26th
Feb., 1854.
Footnote 33:
Placed on h. p. 1818. Served in the Pa., and in 1848 received the war
medal with eight clasps. D. in Apr., 1861.
Footnote 34:
H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 35:
Lieut. 32nd Foot 29th Sept., 1817. Paymaster, 19th Oct., 1826. Serving
in 1846.
Footnote 36:
H. p. 1816. Lieut. 47th Foot, 10th Apr., 1818.
Footnote 37:
Afterwards Sir Charles Shaw, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. In 1831 joined
the Liberation Army of Portugal, in the Azores, as Col. of Marines on
board the fleet of Sir George Sartorius, and commanded a regt.
throughout the civil war in Portugal. Served in the Spanish Legion
from 1835. 3rd son of Charles Shaw, of Ayr, North Berwick. M. Louisa,
only dau. of Major Martin Curry, 67th Regt. D. at Homburg in 1871, and
was buried there with military honours.
Footnote 38:
Lieut. 4th Lt. Dns., 5th July, 1821. Capt. 16th June, 1825. H. p.
1827.
Footnote 39:
Lieut. 25th Foot 13th Dec., 1821. Serving 1824.
Footnote 40:
Placed on h. p. 1817. Eldest son of Sir Henry Oakes, Bart., by
Dorothea, dau. of George Bowles, of Mount Prospect, co. Cork. M., 1st
May, 1817, Frances, 5th dau. of Wm. Douglas, of Teddington, Middlesex,
and had issue. Succeeded his father in 1827. D. 30th Sept., 1850.
Footnote 41:
Adjt. to the 52nd after the battle of Waterloo, _vice_ Winterbottom
wounded. H. p. 1816. Living 1830.
Footnote 42:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 43:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 44:
H. p. 1816.
Footnote 45:
H. p. 1816. D. 1829.
Footnote 46:
Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.
Footnote 47:
Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1817.
Footnote 48:
One of the five sons of Capt. Robert Nettles, of Nettleville, co.
Cork, by Esther, dau. of John Conran, of Dublin. Killed whilst
carrying the King’s colours, which were aftds. found under his body on
the field of battle.
Footnote 49:
Lieut. 17th July, 1817. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
Footnote 50:
The following creditable conduct of this young officer is narrated by
Capt. Moorsom in the _History of the 52nd_:—“Ensign John Montague was
ordered to the rear with a detachment of invalids a few days before
Waterloo, and had gone back a day’s march, when he met a party
proceeding to the front to join the 52nd. As an engagement was daily
expected he asked the date of commission of the young officer
proceeding to Waterloo, and, finding himself the senior, assumed
command of the whole—directed the junior to proceed with the invalids,
while he (Montague) returned to his regt. By so doing he was able to
be present at the great conflict.” Capt. in 40th Regt. 7th Aug., 1823.
Living 1830.
Footnote 51:
Younger bro. of Sir John May, R.A. Bn. 31st March, 1898. Lieut. 29th
Jan., 1818. Capt. 57th Foot, 1st Aug., 1826. Exchanged to 41st Foot
10th Aug. same year. Major of last-named regt. at time of his death,
which occurred on board the _Orontes_, near the Cape of Good Hope, 2nd
June, 1837.
Footnote 52:
Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Eaton Monins, younger brother to Wm. Monins of
18th Hussars. D. at Walmer 16th June, 1861.
Footnote 53:
Son of Samuel Leeke, of Havant, Hants. Promoted lieut. 20th Nov.,
1823. Quitted the service 1824. Entered as fellow commoner at Queen’s
College, Cambridge, 1825. Ordained Jan., 1829, to curacy of West Ham,
Pevensey. Curate of Brailsford, Derby, 1831. Incumbent of Holbrooke,
co. Derby, 1840. M., in Oct., 1828, to Mary Anne, dau. of John Cox, of
Derby. D. at Holbrooke 6th June, 1879. (Communicated by Miss Gawler.)
Mr. Leeke wrote and published _Lord Seaton’s Regiment at Waterloo_, a
book that attracted considerable attention at the time.
Footnote 54:
H. p. 1830. D. 1855.
69TH (OR THE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE) REGIMENT
OF FOOT.
(_2nd Battalion._)
Rank in the
——————
LIEUT.-COLONEL. Regiment.│Army.
[1] Charles Morice, K. 4 June, 1813 │Col. 4 June, 1814
MAJOR. │
[2] George Muttlebury 28 Nov. 1811 │Lt.-Col., 17 Mar.
│1814
CAPTAINS. │
[3] J. Lewis Watson 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1813
[4] Henry Lindsay, W. 9 July, 1803 │Maj., 4 June, 1814
_Hon. Wm. Curzon_, K. 17 Dec. 1812 │
[5] Geo. Sackville Cotter 3 June, 1813 │
[6] Charles Cuyler 10 June, 1813 │
[7] Benjamin Hobhouse, K. 12 Aug. 1813 │
[8] George Ulrick Barlow 30 Dec. 1813 │
[9] Robert Blackwood, K. 8 Nov. 1813 │
LIEUTENANTS. │
[10] Wm. Harrison 27 Jan. 1808 │
[11] Roger Franklyn 18 Apr. 1810 │
[12] Stephen Parker 11 Apr. 1811 │
[13] Brooke Pigot, W. 9 May, 1811 │
[14] Christopher Busteed, W. 25 Jan. 1813 │15 Jan. 1813
[15] Neil Roy 1 July, 1813 │
[16] Chas. Wm. Ingle 1 Feb. 1814 │
[17] Joseph Hill 2 Feb. 1814 │
[18] Henry Oldershaw, Adjt. 3 Feb. 1814 │
[19] Charles Lenox Dickson 21 Apr. 1814 │
[20] Edm. Martin Wightwick, K. 5 May, 1814 │
[21] John Stewart, W. 10 Nov. 1814 │
[22] Henry Anderson, W. 15 June, 1815 │
ENSIGNS. │
[23] Edward Hodder, W. 29 July, 1813 │
[24] Wm. Bartlett 3 Feb. 1814 │
[25] Charles Seward 24 Feb. 1814 │
[26] Henry Duncan Keith 21 Apr. 1814 │
[27] Geo. S.H. Ainslie 10 Nov. 1814 │
[28] Christopher Clarke, W. │
(Volunteer). │
PAYMASTER. │
[29] Philip Vyvian 28 Jan. 1813 │
QUARTERMASTER. │
[30] Matthew Stevens 6 Dec. 1810 │
SURGEON. │
Clement Banks 5 June, 1806 │
ASSISTANT-SURGEON. │
James Bartlett 16 July, 1812 │
_Facings green._ _Lace gold._
Footnote 1:
Had been wounded in the previous year in the night attack on
Bergen-op-Zoom. Killed at Quatre Bras. His death, and that of many of
the men of the 69th, was entirely due to the inexperience of the
Prince of Orange, who stopped Col. Morice from forming square, and
ordered him to re-form column.
Footnote 2:
C.B. for Waterloo. “Section after section of the 69th was swept off by
the enemy’s artillery at Waterloo, whilst the French cavalry
repeatedly surrounded the devoted regt.; but whenever the smoke
cleared off, there it stood firm and undaunted.” Lt.-Col. of this