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10th (Or the Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) — Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars)

Rank in the
LIEUT.-COLONELS.Regiment.Army.
1George Quentin, W.13Oct.1808Col., 4 June, 1814
2Lord Robert Manners12Nov.18142 May, 1811
MAJOR.
3Hon. Frederick Howard, K.9May,1811
CAPTAINS.
4Thos. Wm. Taylor12Nov.1814Maj., 7 July, 1814
5H.C. Stapylton12Nov.18143 Nov. 1808
6John Grey, W.12Nov.18146 Apr. 1809
John Gurwood12Nov.18146 Feb. 1812
7Charles Wood12Nov.1814Maj., 16 Mar. 1815
8Henry Floyd12Nov.18142 Dec. 1813
9Arthur Shakespear12Nov.181427 Jan. 1814
LIEUTENANTS.
10John Whitehill Parsons12Nov.18143 Dec. 1805
11Wm. Slayter Smith12Nov.181417 Nov. 1808
12Robert Arnold12Nov.181413 May, 1812
13Wm. Cartwright12Nov.18146 Jan. 1814
14Samuel Hardman, Adjt.15Dec.18149 Dec. 1813
15George Orlando Gunning26Dec.18148 Apr. 1813
16J.C. Wallington27Dec.1814
17Ellis Hodgson28Dec.1814
18Wm. C. Hamilton29Dec.1814
19Anthony Bacon, W.9Feb.181511 Mar. 1813
20W.H. Bingham Lindsey15June,1815
PAYMASTER.
21James Tallon15Dec.1813
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
22George Samuel Jenks22Oct.1812
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Henry C. Sannerman29Mar.18107 Dec. 1809
Blue. Facings scarlet. Lace silver.

21. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.

22. Serving in 1830.

Notes

1. Eldest son of George Quentin, of Göttingen. Served five years in the Garde du Corps of Hanover. Joined the 10th Hussars as a cornet in 1793. Served with Sir John Moore in the Pa. C.B.; K.C.H.; A.D.C. to George IV., and Crown Equerry to Her Majesty. M., 1811, the dau. of James Lawrell, of Eastwick Park and Frimley, Surrey, and had issue. D. in London 7th Dec., 1851, aged 92.

2. 3rd son of Charles, 4th Duke of Rutland, by Lady Mary Somerset, dau. of 4th Duke of Beaufort. Bn. 14th Dec., 1781. Afterwards Maj.-Gen., C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 3rd Dgns. D. 15th Nov., 1835.

3. 3rd son of Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle, by Lady Margaret Granville-Leveson, dau. of 1st Marquis of Stafford. Killed whilst gallantly leading the last charge. Bur. at Waterloo. M.I. Afterwards brought home and bur. at Streatham, 3rd Aug., 1815. Left issue by his marriage with Frances, only dau. of Wm. H. Lambton, of Lambton Hall, Durham, two sons. In 1879 Maj. Howard’s remains were removed from Streatham, and re-interred in the family mausoleum at Castle Howard, Yorkshire.

4. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. T.W. Taylor, Lt.-Gov. R.M.C., Sandhurst, and Col.-in-Chf. 17th Lancers. Served in the expedition to Java in 1811. Made brevet lt.-col. for Waterloo. D. at Haccombe, co. Devon, 8th Jan., 1854, aged 71.

5. Henry Richard Chetwynd-Stapylton, eldest son of the Hon. Granville Chetwynd (youngest son of 4th Viscount Chetwynd), by Martha, dau. and heir of Henry Stapylton, of Wighill. Bn. 1789. Afterwards maj. of his regt. Retired 1822. M., 23rd Dec., 1820, Margaret, dau. of George Hammond, and had issue. D. 4th April, 1859.

6. Afterwards Lt.-Col. of the Scots Greys. D. at Sidmouth, 21st Dec., 1843.

7. 6th son of Thos. Wood, of Littleton, by Mary, only dau. and heir of Sir Edward Williams, 5th bart., of Eltham. Placed on h. p. 5th April, 1821.

8. Eldest son of Gen. Sir John Floyd, Bart. Bn. 2nd Sept., 1793. Served in the Pa. Succeeded as 2nd bart., 1818. M., 1821, Mary, eldest dau. of Wm. Murray, of Jamaica, and had issue. D. 4th March, 1868.

9. Son of John Shakespear, by Mary Drummond. A.D.C. to Lord Combermere. M. Sophia, dau. of Thos. S.D. Bucknall, and had issue. Placed on h. p. Oct., 1818. D. 1845.

10. Afterwards Lt.-Col. Sir J.W. Parsons, K.C.M.G., the British Resident at Zante. Made lt.-col. 1841. D. at the Palace, Corfu, 1848, aged 68.

11. Quitted the service about 1818. M., 30th April, 1818, Sarah, 3rd dau. of John Bockett, of Southcote Lodge, Berks. Adjt. to Yorkshire Yeomanry in 1822.

12. Afterwards lt.-col. 16th Lt. Dgns. D. unm. 20th Aug., 1839.

13. 2nd son of Ralph Cartwright, of Aynhoe (M.P. for Northampton), by the Hon. Emma Maude, dau. of 1st Viscount Hawarden. Served in the Pa. with the 61st. Regt. (medal and 5 clasps). Maj., unattached, 1825; lt.-gen., 1863. M., 6th Aug., 1822, Mary Anne, dau. and heir of Henry Jones, of Bloomsbury Square, London, and had issue. Living 1865.

14. H. p. 6th June, 1816. D. 25th Nov., 1855.

15. Bn. 18th Dec., 1796. 2nd son of Sir George Wm. Gunning, Bart., by Eliz., dau. of Henry, 1st Lord Bradford.

16. John Clement Wallington became maj. in this regt. 1833. 2nd son of the Rev. Charles Wallington, by Frances, dau. of Hamlyn Harris, of Daventry. M. Alice, dau. of Wm. Charles Monk Mason. D. about 1865.

17. Capt. 23rd Nov., 1820. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.

18. Capt. 21st. Nov., 1822. Only son of Wm. Hamilton, of Craighlaw, M.D. Promoted capt. in 1822. J.P. and D.L. for co. Wigtown. M. in 1825, Anne, dau. of Rev. A. Stewart, of Kirkcowan, and had issue. Took Holy Orders and resided many years in Guernsey. A correspondent writes under date of 22nd Feb., 1893:—“Mr. Hamilton, who was an officer in the 10th Hussars at Waterloo, was a great favourite with all of us boys at Elizabeth College, and always on the 18th June the old chap came sailing down the Grange with the Waterloo medal on his clerical coat, just about our play hour, and we used to drag him into the playground, and cheer him till we made him cry and we were hoarse. He was living in 1867 and for some years afterwards.”

19. Afterwards Gen. Anthony Bacon, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. Was badly wnded. in the last charge, led by the gallant Maj. Howard, and lay all night on the field of battle. Appointed Capt. 13th Lt. Dgns., 1818; Maj. 17th Dgns., 1825. Served in the Portuguese Army 1832–3, and was Col. Commandant of their Cavalry. M. Lady Charlotte Harley, 2nd dau. of 5th Earl of Oxford. D. 2nd July, 1864.

20. 3rd son of Thos. Lindsey of Hollymount, co. Mayo, by Lady Margaret Bingham, dau. of 1st Earl of Lucan. D. in India in 1822.

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