Chapter IV: Part 4

This officer entered the army on the 1st of December, 1688, as an ensign in one of the regiments which had declared for the Prince of Orange. He was many years an officer of the TENTH foot, and served with the regiment in the wars of King William III., which were terminated by the peace of Ryswick in 1697. He also served the campaigns of 1702, 1703, and 1704, with the regiment, and was at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim. In the autumn of 1704 he succeeded Major Granville, who was wounded at the battle of Blenheim, in the majority of the TENTH, with which corps he served at the forcing of the French lines in 1705, and at the battle of Ramilies in 1706; and he succeeded lieut.-colonel Rawley in the lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment in the same year. Lieut.-Colonel Grove commanded the TENTH at the battle of Oudenarde, in July, 1708, and in December following he was taken prisoner at the siege of Ghent. He was liberated soon afterwards, and in the following year he commanded the regiment at the siege of the castle of Tournay, and at the battle of Malplaquet. The practice of giving medals, promotion, and inscriptions on regimental colours, for battles and sieges, had not been introduced; but lieut.-colonel Grove's services were rewarded with the rank of colonel in the army, and in 1711 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. King George I. conferred the colonelcy of the TENTH foot on brigadier-general Grove, who was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1727, and to that of lieut.-general in 1735. He died on the 20th of November, 1736.

FRANCIS COLUMBINE.

_Appointed 27th January, 1737._

FRANCIS COLUMBINE served in the wars of Queen Anne, under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough; he was many years an officer of the eighth regiment of foot, in which corps he rose to the rank of major, and he was subsequently promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TENTH. He performed the duty of commanding officer of the TENTH upwards of twelve years, and preserved the regiment in a high state of discipline and efficiency. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 29th of October, 1735, and was rewarded with the colonelcy of the TENTH foot in 1737; on the 2nd of July, 1739, he was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general. He died on the 22nd of September, 1746.

JAMES LORD TYRAWLEY.

_Appointed 22nd December, 1746._

THE HONOURABLE JAMES O'HARA entered the army on the 15th of March, 1703, as lieutenant in the royal regiment of fusiliers, commanded by his father. He proceeded with his regiment to the relief of Barcelona in 1706; in the following year he served on the staff of the army in Spain, and was wounded at the battle of Almanza, where he was instrumental in saving the Earl of Galway's life. He afterwards served in Catalonia, and in the island of Minorca, and in 1713, he was promoted to the colonelcy of the seventh royal fusiliers, in succession to his father, at whose decease, in 1733, he succeeded to the dignity of BARON TYRAWLEY. The rank of brigadier-general was conferred on his lordship, in 1735, that of major-general, in July 1739, and in the following month he was removed from the royal fusiliers to the fifth horse, now fourth dragoon guards. In March, 1743, he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and in April of the same year, he obtained the colonelcy of the second troop of horse grenadier-guards, from which he was removed, in 1745, to the third troop of life-guards, which gave him the privilege of taking the court duty of gold-stick. King George II. resolved to disband the third and fourth troops of life-guards, in 1746, and LORD TYRAWLEY was removed to the TENTH foot; he was again removed, in 1749, to the fourteenth dragoons; in 1752 to the third dragoons, and in 1755, to the second regiment of foot-guards. He was appointed governor of Portsmouth, in 1759, and was promoted to the rank of general in 1761. LORD TYRAWLEY held the appointment of governor of Minorca for several years, and was employed as envoy and ambassador to the courts of Portugal and Russia. He died in 1773.

EDWARD POLE.

_Appointed 10th August, 1749._

This officer was appointed cornet in the Scots Greys on the 23rd of January, 1709, and he served with his regiment in the Netherlands during the remainder of the war, which was terminated by the treaty of Utrecht, in 1713. He was at the battle of Malplaquet in 1709, and was actively employed in suppressing the rebellion in Scotland, in 1715 and 1716. He was several years major in the twenty-third foot; in 1739 he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the twelfth dragoons, and in 1749, King George II. rewarded his long and faithful services with the colonelcy of the TENTH foot. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1757, and to that of lieut.-general in 1759. His decease occurred in December 1762.

EDWARD SANDFORD.

_Appointed 14th January, 1763._

EDWARD SANDFORD served many years in the first regiment of foot-guards, in which corps he was promoted to captain and lieut.-colonel in February, 1748. On the 21st of April, 1758, he was appointed colonel of the sixty-sixth regiment, which was formed at that period of the second battalion of the nineteenth; and in June of the same year he was removed to the fifty-second foot. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1761; was removed to the TENTH regiment in 1763, and was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general in 1770. He died in 1781.

SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K.B.

_Appointed 10th October, 1781._

When King George II. discovered the excellent qualities of the Scots Highlanders, as soldiers of the regular army, His Majesty authorized several corps to be raised among the clans, and they proved a valuable addition to the military establishment of the kingdom. One of these corps was designated the eighty-seventh, or Highland volunteers; it was raised by Robert Murray Keith, who was appointed lieut.-colonel commandant on the 10th of May, 1760. This officer served with his regiment in Germany, under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, and the Highland volunteers signalized themselves on several occasions, but they were disbanded at the peace in 1763. Lieut.-Colonel Keith was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1772, and to that of major-general in 1777; in 1781 he was appointed colonel of the TENTH foot, and promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. His services were rewarded with the dignity of Knight of the Bath. He died in 1795.

THE HONOURABLE HENRY EDWARD FOX.

_Appointed 23rd June, 1795._

This officer was appointed cornet in the first dragoon guards in 1770, lieutenant in 1773, and captain in the thirty-eighth foot in 1774. He was serving with his regiment at Boston, when the American war commenced, and throughout the campaigns which followed, he was actively employed. The thirty-eighth shared in the actions at Concord and Bunker's Hill in 1775; the capture of Long Island; the action at White Plains in 1776; and the expedition to Philadelphia in 1777. On the 12th of July, 1777, he was appointed major in the forty-ninth foot, which corps was also serving in America, from whence it was removed to the West Indies. About the period of its embarkation, he received his appointment to the lieut.-colonelcy of the thirty-eighth foot, then occupying the lines in front of New York. At the termination of the war he was appointed aide-de-camp to the King with the rank of colonel. In 1793 he received the rank of major-general, and the colonelcy of the 131st regiment, then newly raised, and two years afterwards his services were rewarded with the colonelcy of the TENTH regiment of foot; in 1799, he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. During the war which followed the French Revolution, when the British had taken possession of several places in the Mediterranean, the services of lieut.-general the Honourable Henry Edward Fox were transferred to the Mediterranean, where he held the local rank of general, excepting at Gibraltar, in 1801, and at Gibraltar, also, in 1804. In 1808, he was promoted to the rank of general, and his services were also rewarded with the government of Portsmouth. He died in 1811.

THE HONOURABLE THOMAS MAITLAND.

_Appointed 19th July, 1811._

THE HONOURABLE THOMAS MAITLAND, third son of James, seventh Earl of Lauderdale, was appointed ensign in the twenty-fifth foot in July 1777, and in the following year he was promoted to captain in the seventy-eighth regiment. In 1794 he obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of the sixty-second foot. He served in the West Indies during the early part of the war of the French Revolution; took an active part in the attempt to deliver, from the power of the republicans, the island of St. Domingo, where he obtained the local rank of brigadier-general in 1797; when St. Domingo was evacuated, his services were extended to the other islands, and in September, 1798, he was appointed colonel of the tenth West India regiment. On the 14th of September, 1799, he was promoted to the local rank of major-general on a particular service on the coast of France. In January, 1805, he received the rank of major-general, and in February of the same year he was appointed colonel of the third garrison battalion. He was appointed to the staff of the island of Ceylon, with the local rank of lieut.-general, on the 31st of July 1806, and in 1807, he obtained the colonelcy of the fourth West India regiment. In 1811, he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and removed to the TENTH regiment of foot. On the 15th of July, 1813, he was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of the island of Malta and its dependencies; and he was subsequently nominated privy councillor of Malta, commander of the forces in the Mediterranean, and Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. He performed the important duties which devolved upon him in consequence of these appointments, to the satisfaction of the Crown, and to the advantage of the inhabitants of the islands committed to his charge, who highly prized the order, equitable rule, and personal safety they enjoyed under the protection of Great Britain. He was honoured with the dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. He was greatly beloved and esteemed among the natives of the Ionian Islands, and a monument, erected by the inhabitants of Corfu, bears an inscription, in Greek, expressive of their estimation of his character and virtues. He died at Malta, on the 17th January, 1824, and was buried in the bastion which contains the remains of the celebrated Sir Ralph Abercromby.

SIR JOHN LAMBERT, G.C.B.

_Appointed 18th January, 1824._

GENERAL SIR JOHN LAMBERT, G.C.B. entered the army as an Ensign in the First Foot Guards in January, 1791; he was promoted to the rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel on the 9th October 1793; he served in the campaign of 1793 in Flanders, was present at the siege of Valenciennes, the action of Lincelles, and the siege of Dunkirk. He served also with the Foot Guards in Ireland during the rebellion in 1798. In 1799 he embarked with the expedition to Holland, and was present in the actions of the 27th August, 10th and 19th September, and 2nd and 6th October of that year. He embarked for the Peninsula and served with Lieut.-General Sir John Moore in 1808 and 1809, and was present with him at the battle of Corunna. In 1809 he commanded the Light Companies of the First and Third Brigades of Foot Guards in the expedition to the Scheldt, and attained the rank of Colonel on 25th July, 1810. In May 1811 he embarked in command of the Third Battalion of the Grenadier Guards for Cadiz, from whence he proceeded in January 1812 with a Brigade to Carthagena. He returned to Cadiz on the 15th April, and assumed the command of the Reserve in the Isla de Leon, and in October of that year he joined the main army at Salamanca. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General on the 4th June, 1813, and was appointed to the Staff of the Army under Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula; he commanded a Brigade in the Sixth Division at the Battles of Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he received the distinction of a Cross. He was subsequently appointed to the Staff of the Division of the Army sent to America in 1814, and took part in the attack on New Orleans in January 1815, and at the siege of Fort Bowyer; he succeeded to the command of that division of the Army on the deaths of Major-Generals Pakenham and Gibbs. He returned from America in the spring of 1815, and arrived in sufficient time to take the command of a Brigade in the campaign of 1815, and to participate in the victory obtained at Waterloo. He was appointed to the colonelcy of the 10th Regiment of Foot on the 18th January 1824; he attained the rank of Lieutenant-General on 27th May 1825, and that of General on 23rd November 1841. In addition to the order of G.C.B., he was a Knight of the Third Class of Wladimir of Russia, and Commander of the Bavarian order of Maximilian Joseph. His decease took place on the 14th September 1847.

SIR THOMAS M'MAHON, BART. and K.C.B.

_Appointed from 94th Regiment, 28th September, 1847._

APPENDIX.

_Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of King_ WILLIAM III., _from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick, in 1697._

Battle of Walcourt 25 August 1689
--------- Fleurus 4 July 1690
Mons surrendered to the French 10 April 1691
Namur ditto ditto 20 June 1692
Battle of Steenkirk 3 August ----
Furnes and Dixmude captured -- Sept. ----
The French lines at D'Otignies forced 10 July 1693
Battle of Landen 29 July ----
Surrender of Huy 17 Sept. 1694
Attack on Fort Kenoque 9 June 1695
Dixmude surrendered to the French 16 July ----
Namur retaken by King William III. 25 July ----
Citadel of Namur surrendered 5 Sept. ----
Treaty of Ryswick signed 11 Sept. 1697

_List of Sieges, Battles, &c. in the Netherlands and Germany, during the Campaigns under the_ DUKE _of_ MARLBOROUGH _from 1702 to 1711._

Invested. Surrendered.

Siege of Kayserswerth 16 April 17 June 1702
Skirmish near Nimeguen .. 11 June ----
Siege of Venloo 29 August 25 Sept. ----
Capture of Fort St. Michael .. 18 Sept. ----
Siege of Stevenswaert .. 3 Oct. ----
-------- Ruremonde .. 6 Oct. ----
Capture of Liege Citadel .. 23 Oct. ----
Siege of Bonn 24 April 15 May 1703
-------- Huy 16 August 25 Aug. ----
-------- Limburg 10 Sept. 28 Sept. ----
Battle of Schellenberg .. 2 July 1704
-------- Blenheim .. 13 Aug. ----
Siege of Landau 12 Sept. 24 Nov. ----
Huy captured by the French .. -- May 1705
Re-capture of Huy .. 11 July ----
Forcing the French lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July ----
Skirmish near the Dyle .. 21 July ----
Siege of Sandvliet 26 October 29 Oct. ----
Battle of Ramilies .. 23 May 1706
Siege of Ostend 28 June 8 July ----
-------- Menin 25 July 25 August ----
-------- Dendermond 29 August 5 Sept. ----
-------- Aeth 16 Sept. 3 Oct. ----
Battle of Oudenarde .. 11 July 1708
Siege of Lisle 13 August 23 Oct. ----
Capture of the Citadel .. 9 Dec. ----
Battle of Wynendale .. 28 Sept. ----
Passage of the Scheldt .. 27 Nov. ----
Siege of Ghent 18 Dec. 30 Dec. ----
-------- Tournay 27 June 29 July 1709
Capture of the Citadel .. 3 Sept. ----
Battle of Malplaquet .. 11 Sept. ----
Siege of Mons 21 Sept. 20 Oct. ----
Passage of the French lines at Pont à Vendin 21 April 1710
Siege of Douay 25 April 27 June ----
-------- Bethune 15 July 29 August ----
-------- Aire 6 Sept. 9 Nov. ----
-------- St. Venant 6 Sept. 30 Sept. ----
Passage of the French lines at Arleux .. 5 August 1711
Siege of Bouchain 10 Aug. 13 Sept. ----
Treaty of Utrecht signed .. 30 March 1713

LONDON: Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
foot-guards, foot guards; out-post, outpost; intrusted; lodgment;
dgerm.

Pg xxxi, two missing items added to the list of 'PLATES', namely
'At the Battle of Steenkirk' and 'Costume of the Regiment
1848'.
Pg 8, 'the Fench fell' replaced by 'the French fell'.
Pg 19, 'non-commissoned officers' replaced by 'non-commissioned
officers'.
Pg 36, the Plate caption 'TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. [_To face page_ 1.'
replaced by 'COLOURS OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.'
Pg 76, 'October, 173.4' replaced by 'October, 1734.'.