The Waterloo Roll Call
Foot in Holland from July to October, 1799, and was present in
several actions. Served four months in 9th Foot, as capt., and then
exchanged to the Coldstream Guards. Served in Egypt, and was
promoted major in 1803, and in 1805, at age of 24, purchased the
command of 21st Foot. Served in Sicily, and at battle of Maida.
Appointed A.D.C. to the Prince Regent in 1811. In 1813 obtained
command of a brigade in the army, and was sent to Spain. His command
lay on the eastern side of the Pa., where there was a great lack of
good commanders. Adam maintained his reputation, despite several
reverses. When the French stormed and took Ordal, 12th Sept., 1813,
he had his left arm broken and his left hand shattered. Made
maj.-gen. 1814. The rout of the Old Guard at Waterloo by General
Adam’s Brigade was the turning-point of the battle, and ensured
victory. G.C.B., G.C.M.G., P.C., Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 21st Foot.
Gov. Ionian Islands. D. 17th Aug., 1853, very suddenly at Greenwich
railway station. His widow d. 26th May, 1904.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
Lt. R.P. Campbell, 7th Foot.
Robert Preston Campbell fired the last gun at Waterloo, and the gun
was a French one! It was one of the guns captured by the 71st Regt.
in the _sauve qui peut_ of the French, and was turned against their
retreating masses by some men of the 71st under Lieut. Torriano and
discharged by Campbell (Siborne, vol. II., p. 234). Was placed on h.
p. 25th Feb., 1816, but given a company in the Ceylon Rifles, 27th
March, 1823. D., as capt. in that regt., 1825.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
Capt. C. Yorke, 52nd Foot.
Aftds. F.M. Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.B., Col.-in-Chf. Rifle Bde. Son
of Col. Yorke (who had once held the appointment of Lieut. of the
Tower), by Juliana, dau. of John Dodd. Placed on h. p. 25th Feb.,
1816. Brought back to f. p. as capt. 52nd Regt. L.I., 2nd July,
1818. Succeeded Sir W. Gomm as Constable of the Tower. D. in London,
20th Nov., 1879, aged 90.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
Maj. Thos. Hunter-Blair, 91st Foot, W.
A most gallant and able officer. Served in the Pa.; was wounded and
made prisoner at Talavera, and detained in France until the peace of
1814. Made a bt.-lt.-col. for his services at Waterloo. He was
brother to Sir David Hunter-Blair, 3rd Bart. of Dunskey, co.
Wigtown, and m., 1820, Miss Eliza Norris. D. a maj.-gen. and C.B.,
31st Aug., 1849, at Leamington.
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MAJOR-GENERAL.
Sir Colin Halkett, K.C.B., W.
Bn. 7th Sept., 1774. Eldest son of Frederick Halkett, a maj.-gen. in
the British Service, who had also served in the Dutch army, by
Georgina, dau. and heir of George Seton. Raised the German Legion,
and served with distinction in the Pa. Had four horses shot under
him at Waterloo. G.C.B. and G.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 31st Regt., 1838.
Gov. of Jersey and aftds. C.-in-C. at Bombay. M. Letitia (Crickett),
widow of Capt. Tyler, R.A., and had issue. He d., 24th Sept, 1856,
being then Gov. of Chelsea Hospital.
AIDES-DE-CAMP.
Capt. H. Marschalk, 1st Lt. Batt., K.G.L., K.
Henry von Marschalk was killed whilst gallantly assisting Baron
Baring to defend La Haye Sainte, which was captured by the French
after a noble resistance.
Capt. A. Home, 2nd Lt. Batt., K.G.L.
Alexander Home was one of the many Scotchmen who had joined the
German Legion. D., at Hanover, 12th Oct., 1821, as capt. in the
Hanoverian Rifle Guards.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
Capt. W. Crofton, 54th Foot, K.
Walter Crofton left a widow and four children. Pens. of £100 per
ann. granted to Mrs. Harriet Crofton, the widow, whose maiden name
was Wauchope. The late Rt. Hon. Sir Walter Frederick Crofton, born
in 1815, was a son of the above gallant Irish officer.
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MAJOR-GENERAL.
Sir Hussey Vivian, K.C.B.
Richard Hussey Vivian, eldest son of John Vivian, of Truro,
Cornwall, Warden of the Stannaries, by Betsey, only surviving child
of the Rev. Richard Cranch; was born 28th July, 1775, and entered
the army as ensign in the 20th Foot, in July, 1793. Served in
Holland in the campaigns of 1795 and 1799. On 1st Dec., 1804, was
appointed a lt.-col. in 7th Lt. Dns. Served with his regt. in the
retreat from Corunna. In 1813 commanded the 7th Dns. in the Pa., and
in Nov. of same year was appointed to the command of a cavalry
brigade, and was present at the battle of the Nive. Was sev. wnded.
in the advance upon Toulouse. In the dispatch on this occasion, Lord
Wellington observes: “Col. Vivian had an opportunity of making a
most gallant attack upon a superior body of the enemy’s cavalry,
which they drove through the village of Croix D’Orade.” When the
18th Hussars were approaching two squares of the Old Guard at
Waterloo, Gen. Vivian rode up to the regt. with the brief address:
“Eighteenth, you will follow me.” The 18th responded, in expressive
language, that they were ready to follow the general _anywhere_. The
charge was made on the cavalry and guns, and was eminently
successful. G.C.B. and G.C.H. Was created a baronet 1828, and a
baron in the peerage of England, 1841. Col.-in-Chf. 12th Dns.
Master-Gen. of the Ordnance, 1835–41. Was twice married, and left
issue by both wives. D., 20th Aug., 1842.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
Capt. Edward Keane, 7th Hussars.
Made a bt.-maj. for his services at Waterloo. 3rd son of Sir John
Keane, 1st Bart., by Sarah, dau. of John Kelly. His elder brother,
General Sir John Keane, was created a peer of England, as Baron
Keane of Ghuznee, in Afghanistan, 1839. Was lt.-col. of 6th Dns.,
1825–33. R. h. p. 29th March, 1833. Reappointed to the Gren. Guards,
and retd., in 1838, as col. D., 2nd Nov., 1866. M., 17th Jan., 1818,
Anna, 3rd dau. of Sir Wm. Fraser, Bart., of Ledechune, co.
Inverness.
EXTRA AIDE-DE-CAMP.
Lt. C.A. Fitzroy, R.H. Gds.
Aftds. Lt.-Col. Sir Charles Augustus Fitz-roy, K.C.B. and K.C.H.,
Capt. Gen. and Gov. of New South Wales. Eldest son of Lord Charles
Fitz-roy, by Frances, dau. of Edward Miller Mundy, of Shipley, co.
Derby. Bn. 10th June, 1796. Placed on h. p. as lt.-col. in 1825. M.,
1st, 11th March, 1820, Lady Mary Lennox, eldest dau. of 4th Duke of
Richmond, and had issue. He d., 16th Feb., 1858.
MAJOR OF BRIGADE.
Capt. Thos. Noel Harris, h. p., W.
Son of Rev. Hamlyn Harris, rector of Whitehall, co. Rutland. Served
in the Pa. Went to Germany in 1813, and served with the Prussian
army until the surrender of Paris in 1814. Was at Leipsic and all
the battles with Blucher in 1814. Sent to London by lt.-gen. Sir
Charles Stewart 30th March, 1814, with despatches announcing the
taking of Paris by the Allied Sovereigns. Recd. the Prussian Order
of Merit, and the Russian Orders of St. Anne and St. Vladimir, for
his services with the Allied Army. Lost his right arm at Waterloo,
and was otherwise severely wounded. R. h. p. 1830, as col. K.C.H.
Was chief magistrate at Gibraltar for some years, and a groom of His
Majesty’s Privy Chamber. Was married three times. His first wife was
Mary Thomson (_née_ White), widow of Robert Thomson, of Camphill,
co. Renfrew. D., at Updown, Eastry, 23rd March, 1860. An interesting
memoir of Sir T.N. Harris was compiled by C.B. Harris, Esq.,
grandson of the above veteran.
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Maj.-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B., W.
Known at Waterloo as “our fire eating adjutant-general.” His family
appears to have been of Irish extraction. His father was a brother
of the Robert Barnes whose two daughters and co-heirs married into
the good old family of Johnston, of Kilmore, co. Armagh. In 1794 we
find Edwd. Barnes maj. in 99th Foot. As lt.-col. of 46th Foot, he
comded. a bde. at the capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe. Served
on the staff in Spain and Portugal, and comded. a bde. at the
battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive and Orthes. His forward
gallantry, on 2nd August, 1813, on the Heights of Eschalar, when,
with a small force, he attacked a large part of the French army, in
a strong position, occasioned a distinguished officer to say:
“Barnes set at the French as if every man had been a bull-dog and
himself the best bred of all.” In 1819 was on the staff in Ceylon,
and in 1824 was appointed Gov. of that island. Held this appointment
until 1831, and so endeared himself to the natives that his
departure was universally lamented, and a monument was erected in
his honour. Was C.-in-C. in India from 1831 to May, 1833, with the
local rank of general. M.P. for Sudbury. G.C.B. and Col.-in-Chf.
78th Regt. It is worthy of note that the present Army and Navy Club
owed its existence to the joint exertions of Sir Edward Barnes and
Adml. Bowles, who may be termed the founders of this club. Sir
Edward m., in 1824, Maria, eldest dau of Walter Fawkes, of Farnley
Hall, Otley, and had issue. D. in London, 19th March, 1838.
AIDE-DE-CAMP.
Maj. Andrew Hamilton, 4th W.I. Regt.
Made a bt. lt.-col. for Waterloo. M. 1816, Anne, eldest dau. of Wm.
Ord, of Fanham, Newminster Abbey, and Whitfield, co. Northumberland,
and had issue. Served as A.D.C. to Sir Edward Barnes in Ceylon, and
d. 1821.
DEPUTY ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
Col. Sir John Elley, K.C.B., R.H. Gds., W.
This distinguished general entered the army as a private soldier and
rose by his own merits. He commanded the rear guard of the cavalry
at Talavera. Was employed on the staff from 1807 to 1819, when he
resumed the command of his old regt.—the Horse Guards. K.C.B.;
K.C.H.; K.M.T., &c. Lt.-Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 7th Hussars. He
represented Windsor in Sir Robert Peel’s Govt. D. 23rd Jan., 1839,
unm., at Chalderton Lodge, near Amesbury. Left large bequests to
charities; also money to provide plate for the 7th Hussars and 17th
Lancers.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANTS-GENERAL.
Lt.-Col. J. Waters, Unattached, W.
Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir John Waters, K.C.B. In the Par. War he was
attached to the Portuguese army and was taken prisoner. When
Wellington heard of this officer’s capture, he quietly remarked,
“Col. Waters will not remain long in the hands of the enemy.” Being
a reckless and dare-devil rider Waters made so sure of his speedy
escape that he mockingly told his captors they would not have him on
their hands for long. Such proved the case, for having managed to
get his spurs sharpened, he literally “rode away” from his pursuers
one fine morning, and they saw him no more. D. 21st Nov., 1842. His
heir was his brother Edmond Thomas Waters, of Tyvree and Stormy, co.
Glamorgan, who d. 1848, leaving issue.
Lt.-Col. Sir George H. Berkeley, K.C.B., 35th Foot, W.
Eldest son of Adml. Sir George Berkeley. Served in the Pa. Was for a
short time Surveyor-Gen. of the Ordnance, and M.P. for Devonport. D.
a maj.-gen. and col. of the 35th Foot, 25th Sept., 1857.
Lt.-Col. Sir Guy Campbell, Bt., 6th Foot.