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The Waterloo Roll Call

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6th (Or Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
1Joseph Muter, W.4June,1813Col., 4 June, 1814
MAJORS.
2Fiennes S. Miller, W.25May,1809Lt. -Col., 4 June, 1814
CAPTAINS.
3Henry Madox19Dec.1805
4Wm. Frederick Browne, W.7May,18072 Apr. 1807
5Thomas Mackay3Dec.1807
6Wm. Frederick Hadden28Jan.180814 Jan. 1808
7Edward Holbech25May,1809
8Hon. Sholto Douglas23Aug.181024 May, 1810
LIEUTENANTS.
9Theophilus Biddulph22May,1806
10Augustus Saltern Willett27Aug.1807
11John Linton25Jan.1809
12Henry Wm. Petre26Jan.1809
13Alexander Hassard, W.23Apr.1812
14Samuel Black8July,1813
15Richard Down31Mar.1814
16Paul Ruffo, W.3May,1815
CORNETS.
Michael Clusky, Adjt., K.9Jan.1812
17John Delancy Allingham7Oct.1813
PAYMASTER.
18Wm. Armstrong18Oct.1813
QUARTERMASTER.
19James Kerr9Dec.1813
SURGEON.
20John Bolton14Sept.1791
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
21Wm. Henry Ricketts16Mar.1809
VETERINARY SURGEON.
22Richard Vincent25Nov.1797
Scarlet. Facings yellow. Lace silver.

Notes

1. Son of Col. Muter. Took the surname of Straton in lieu of that of Muter, about 1816, on succeeding to the property of his aunt, Miss Straton, at Kirkside, near Montrose, N.B. On the death of Sir Wm. Ponsonby, at Waterloo, the command of the “Union Brigade” devolved on this officer. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 6th Dgns.; F.R.S., Edinburgh; lt.-gen. D. 23rd Oct., 1840. Left about £70,000 to Edinburgh University.

2. Eldest son of Fiennes S. Miller, of Radway Grange, Kineton, by Henrietta, 2nd dau. of Capt. Joseph Meade, R.N. Sev. wnded. at Waterloo while commanding the regt. C.B. Retd. before 1824. M., 23rd May, 1819, Georgina Sibella, 5th dau. of Rev. Philip Story, and had issue. D. Sept., 1862.

3. Commanded his regt. the last few hours of the battle. Made bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Promoted lt.-col. 1825. K.H. Attained rank of col. on retd. list 1838. M. Miss Williams. D. at Bath 18th March, 1863, aged 81.

4. Quitted the service in 1819.

5. Bt.-maj. 19th July, 1821. Serving in 1825. Out of the regt. before 1830.

6. Senior capt. of his regt. 1821. Not in the Army List for 1822.

7. 4th son of Wm. Holbech, of Farnborough Hall, Banbury. Bn. 1785. Placed on h. p. 11th April, 1822. D. at Alveston 24th June, 1847.

8. Eldest son (by his 2nd wife) of Archibald, Lord Douglas (extinct). Bn. 1785; d. 1821.

9. Promoted capt. 14th Sept., 1815. Placed on h. p. 25th March, 1816. Living 1860.

10. Afterwards lt.-col. North Devon Militia. Great-grandson of John Cleveland, M.P. for Barnstaple for seven Parliaments. Assumed the surname of Cleveland, in lieu of that of Willett, in 1817. M., in 1830, eldest dau. of John Chichester, of Arlington Court, Devon, and had issue. D. 5th July, 1849.

11. Was maj. of his regt. from 1825 to 1830, when he was placed on h. p. as lt.-col. Living 1846.

12. Son of the Hon. George Petre, by Maria, dau. of Philip Howard, of Corby. Placed on h. p. 1819. M., 17th Jan., 1818, Eliz., eldest dau. of Edmond Glynn, of Glynn, co. Cornwall. D., 26th Nov., 1852, leaving issue by a 2nd marriage.

13. 4th son of Jason Hassard, of Gardenhill and Toam. Promoted capt. 17th June, 1819. Quitted the service before 1830. M., 1836, his cousin Eliz., dau. of Capt. Jason Hassard, and had issue. D. Sept., 1845.

14. Younger son of Col. Black, H.E.I.C.S., by Margaret, eldest dau. of Maj. Jerome Noble. Joined the 6th Dgns., as cornet, in 1810. Placed on h. p. as capt. 1826. D., with the rank of maj., 2nd Nov., 1853.

15. Placed on h. p. as capt. 1826. Living 1855.

16. An Italian. Returned as “missing” in Siborne’s Waterloo List. Lieut. 4th D.G. 15th Feb., 1816. Was afterwards Neapolitan Minister to England. His title was Prince Castelcicala, and at the last Waterloo banquet, June 18, 1852, he sat on Wellington’s right hand. Lord Albemarle tells us, in his autobiography, that the Duke proposed Prince Castelcicala’s health, but stumbled over the name, which was happily supplied by Lord Sandys, who, as Lord Arthur Hill, had been senior A.D.C. to the veteran F.M. at Waterloo.

17. Lieut. 24th Lt. Dns. 25th Sept., 1817. Half-pay 15th Oct., 1820. Appointed barrack-master at Boyle in 1841. D. in 1843.

18. Serving with the regt. in 1830.

19. Serving with the regt. in 1824.

20. Surgeon to the 7th West India Regt. 19th Feb., 1824. Half-pay same date. Living in 1846.

21. Surgeon to 35th Foot 7th Sept., 1815. H. p. 25th June, 1817.

22. H. p. 3rd Jan., 1828. Living in 1830.

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