3rd Regiment of Foot Guards
(2nd Battalion.)
| Rank in the | |||||
| SECOND MAJOR. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Francis Hepburn | 25 | July, | 1814 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| CAPTAINS AND LIEUT.-COLONELS. | |||||
| H. Willoughby Rooke | 28 | Feb. | 1812 | ||
| 2 | Douglas Mercer | 20 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| Hon. Sir Alex. Gordon, K.C.B., K. | 25 | Dec. | 1813 | 6 Feb. 1812 | |
| 3 | Charles Dashwood, W. | 25 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 4 | Francis Home | 15 | Mar. | 1814 | |
| Charles Fox Canning, K. | 31 | Mar. | 1814 | 19 Aug. 1813 | |
| 5 | Edward Bowater, W. | 25 | July, | 1814 | |
| 6 | Charles West, W. | 25 | July, | 1814 | |
| LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS. | |||||
| Wm. Stothert, K. | 4 | Apr. | 1811 | ||
| 7 | Wm. Drummond | 24 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 8 | Robert B. Hesketh, W. | 31 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 9 | Henry Hawkins | 12 | Dec. | 1811 | |
| 10 | R.H. Wigston | 19 | Dec. | 1811 | |
| 11 | Charles John Barnet | 16 | Apr. | 1812 | |
| 12 | Joseph Wm. Moorhouse | 23 | Apr. | 1812 | |
| 13 | Edward B. Fairfield | 24 | Mar. | 1814 | |
| 14 | George Evelyn, W. | 31 | Mar. | 1814 | |
| 15 | Hon. Hastings Forbes, K. | 5 | May, | 1814 | |
| 16 | John Elrington | 19 | May, | 1814 | |
| 17 | Hugh B. Montgomerie, W. | 9 | June, | 1814 | |
| 18 | Thomas Craufurd (sic), K. | 1 | Sept. | 1814 | |
| 19 | John Ashton, K. | 2 | Sept. | 1814 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 20 | Charles Lake, W. | 31 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 21 | Hon. Edward Stopford | 7 | Nov. | 1811 | |
| 22 | Barclay Drummond, Acting Adjt. | 5 | Mar. | 1811 | |
| 23 | George Douglas Standen | 19 | Mar. | 1811 | |
| 24 | David Baird, W. | 18 | June, | 1811 | |
| 25 | Wm. James | 4 | Mar. | 1813 | |
| 26 | Wm. Fred. Hamilton | 1 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 27 | Hon. Geo. Anson | 8 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 28 | Thos. Wedgwood | 11 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 29 | Whitwell Butler | 12 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 30 | Andrew Coutts Cochrane | 13 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 31 | Jeffery Prendergast | 2 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| C. Simpson, K. | 3 | Feb. | 1814 | ||
| 32 | Hugh Seymour Blane | 31 | Mar. | 1814 | |
| 33 | Henry Montagu | 21 | Apr. | 1814 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 34 | John Skuce | 22 | Mar. | 1810 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| 35 | Samuel Good | 25 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| 36 | J.R. Warde | 27 | Apr. | 1809 | 21 Aug. 1806 |
| 37 | Fran. Gashry Hanrott | 10 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| Facings blue. Lace gold. | |||||
“Against Sir Hugh Montgomerie
So right his shaft he set,
The grey goose wing that was therein
In his heart-blood was set.”
“Hail, youthful Ashton, in thy field of blood!
Thou bloom of honour gathered in the bud!
Thy prime career of martial life began
With spirit fit to shine in glory’s van;
Comrades who groan’d to see thee yield thy breath,
Yet almost envied thy heroic death.
Accept thy country’s praise! thy mother’s tears!
Whose heavenly sorrow Heaven itself reveres!
Kissing in agony affliction’s rod,
She yields her pride unmurm’ring to her God.”
Notes
1. Served in the Pa., and received the gold medal for Vittoria. Distinguished for the share he took in the defence of Hougomont. C.B. 2nd son of Col. David Hepburn, by Bethia, dau. and heiress of Graham, of Damside. M., July, 1820, Henrietta, dau. and heir of Sir Henry Poole, 5th and last bart., of Poole, co. Chester, and had issue. Attained rank of maj.-general, and d. 7th June, 1835.
2. Afterwards assumed the surname of Henderson in addition to that of Mercer. 3rd son of Lt.-col. George Mercer, by Jean, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Henderson, Bart. Served in the Pa. C.B. for Waterloo. Attained rank of Lt.-gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 68th Foot. M., 2nd Nov., 1820, Susan, 3rd dau. of Sir Wm. Rowley, Bart., and had issue. D. at Naples 21st March, 1854.
3. 2nd son of Sir Henry Walter Dashwood, Bart., by Ellen, dau. of John Graham, of Kernock, Bart. Retd. before 1830. M., 1822, Caroline, 4th dau. of Sir Robert Barlow, Bart. D. 20th April, 1832.
4. Gained distinction in the defence of Hougomont, and succeeded Col. Macdonell (who was wounded) in the command within the building late in the afternoon of Waterloo Day.
5. Only son of Admiral Bowater. Served in the Pa. Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria. K.C.B. Col.-in-Chf. of 49th Foot, 1846. Gen. D. at Cannes 14th Dec., 1861.
6. Son of Col. West of same regiment. Appointed ensign in his regt. 8th Nov., 1801. Served in Hanover, Denmark, Spain, and Portugal. Was severely wounded in the sortie from Bayonne and again at Waterloo. Quitted the service as col. 1829. D. in 1872.
7. Made bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Served in the Pa. from 1809–12 and in the campaign in Holland, 1814, and was present at the bombardment of Antwerp, and storming of Bergen-op-Zoom. Attained rank of col. in 1837. Living in 1855.
8. 2nd son of Robert Bamford Hesketh, of Bamford and Upton, co. Chester, by Frances, dau. and heir of Rev. John Lloyd, of Gwyrch Castle, co. Denbigh. Bt.-maj. 4th Dec., 1815. D. unm. before 1820 of a wound received at Waterloo.
9. In 1830 this officer was still a lt. and capt., and many of his juniors had purchased over his head.
10. “On baggage guard” at the village of Waterloo on 18th June, 1815. Out of the list in 1824.
11. Promoted capt. and lt.-col. 26th Oct., 1821. Out of the list in 1830.
12. Capt. 65th Foot, 18th Nov., 1819.
13. Out of the list in 1830.
14. 3rd son of John Evelyn, of Wotton, by Anne, dau. of Anthony Shee, of Castlebar. Quitted the service before 1824. M. Mary, dau. of J.H. Massey Dawson, M.P., of Ballynacourte, Ireland, and had issue. D. 15th Feb., 1829.
15. 3rd son of George, 6th Earl of Granard, by Selina, dau. of John, 1st Earl of Moira. Bn. 5th Dec., 1793.
16. Promoted capt. and lt.-col. 16th Nov., 1826. D. in London in Nov., 1843. There were several of this family in the army. One of them, Capt. J.H. Elrington, held the appointment of “Major of the Tower,” being so appointed in 1816.
17. Descended from a branch of the noble and historic house of Eglinton. 2nd son of the Rev. Hugh Montgomerie, of Grey Abbey, by the Hon. Emilia Ward, youngest dau. of 1st Visct. Bangor. D. 2nd May, 1817, from the after effects of a wound received at Waterloo. A collateral ancestor, Sir Hugh Montgomerie, fell at the battle of Otterburne as far back as 1388. His death is thus recorded in the old ballad of Chevy Chase:
“He had a bow bent in his hand,
Made of a trusty tree;
An arrow of a cloth-yeard long
Unto the head drew he.
18. This officer’s name is given as Crawford on the memorial tablet at Waterloo.
19. The following in memoriam verses were written soon after Waterloo.
20. Promoted lt. and capt. 2nd July, 1815. Out of the list before 1824.
21. Acted as A.D.C. to Maj.-gen. Sir John Byng, at Waterloo. His name does not appear in the list of “staff officers in Flanders” in the Army List for June, 1815. 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Courtown by Lady Mary Scott, eldest dau. of 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Capt. 3rd July, 1815. Adjt. 4th July, 1822. Capt. and lt.-col. 1826. M., 5th July, 1830, Horatia, only dau. of Thos. Lockwood, and widow of Richard Tibbits. D. 5th July, 1840, leaving issue.
22. 3rd son of Charles Drummond (banker) by Frances, 2nd dau. of Rev. Edward Lockwood, of Portman Square. Attained the rank of gen. Groom in Waiting to the Queen. M., 5th April, 1832, Maria, dau. of Wm. Crosbie. D. s. p. 3rd May, 1860.
23. D. as lt.-col. 16th Dec., 1840.
24. Quitted the service as capt. before 1824. Afterwards Sir David Baird, 2nd Bart. Succeeded his uncle, the famous general, in 1829. Severely wounded whilst defending Hougomont with his company. M., 10th August, 1821, Mary Anne Kennedy, eldest dau. of Archibald, Marquis of Ailsa, and had issue. D. whilst hunting 20th Dec., 1851.
25. H. p. 1819. D. at Lillebourne Rectory, Kent, 13th Oct., 1854.
26. Lt. and capt. 17th April, 1817. H. p. as lieut. 47th Foot, 1st Feb., 1821.
27. Afterwards maj.-gen. and M.P. for Staffordshire. 2nd son of 1st Visct. Anson, by Anne, dau. of Thos. Coke, of Holkham Hall, Norfolk. M., 30th Nov., 1830, Isabella, 3rd dau. of 1st Lord Forester, and had issue. D. 27th May, 1857, at Kurnand, as Comr.-in-Chief in India.
28. Afterwards lt.-col. D. at Tenby, 7th Nov., 1860.
29. Placed on h. p. 25th Feb., 1819. 4th son of the Rev. Richard Butler, D.D., vicar of Burnchurch, co. Kilkenny. Bn. 1799. M., 1833, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of John Payne Garnet, of Arch Hall, co. Meath, and had issue.
30. 2nd son of Adm. the Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane, G.C.B., by Maria, dau. of David Shaw, and widow of Sir Jacob Wheate, Bart. Bn. 5th April, 1799. Placed on h. p. 14th Sept., 1820. M., 1835, the eldest dau. of Baron de Strack, col. in the Austrian service, and had issue. D. 22nd June, 1870.
31. Lieut. and capt. 9th Aug., 1821. Out of the regt. before 1830.
32. Afterwards Sir H.S. Blane, Bart., of Blanefield, co. Ayr. Son of Sir Gilbert Blane, M.D., by Eliz., only dau. of A. Gardiner. Lt. and capt. 15th March, 1821. Retd. as lt.-col. M., 23rd Jan., 1832, Eliza, dau. of John Armit, of Dublin, and had issue. Succeeded as 2nd bart. in 1834. D. 1869.
33. The prefix of “Honourable” has been omitted before this officer’s name in the 1815 Army List. The Hon. Henry Robinson Montague was youngest son of Matthew, 4th Lord Rokeby. Fought at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Attained the rank of gen. Commanded the 1st Division in the Crimea, and served at the siege of Sebastopol. Col.-in-Chf. Scots Gds. 1875. Succeeded his brother as 6th baron, 7th April, 1847. M., 18th Dec., 1826, Magdalen eld. dau. of Lt.-col. Huxley and widow of F. Croft. Left surviving female issue. D. 25th May, 1883.
34. Out of the regt. in May, 1819.
35. H. p. in 1845.
36. Serving with the regt. in 1824.
37. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.