42nd (Or the Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Sir Robert Macara, K.C.B., K. | 16 | Apr. | 1812 | 1 Jan. 1812 |
| MAJOR. | |||||
| 2 | Robert Henry Dick, W. | 14 | July, | 1808 | Lt.-Col., 8 Oct., 1812 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 3 | Archibald Menzies, W. | 5 | June, | 1805 | |
| 4 | George Davidson, W. | 25 | Sept. | 1807 | Maj., 4 June, 1813 |
| 5 | John Campbell | 3 | Dec. | 1807 | Maj., 12 Apr. 1814 |
| 6 | Mungo Macpherson, W. | 9 | Feb. | 1809 | |
| 7 | Donald McDonald, W. | 25 | Jan. | 1810 | |
| 8 | Daniel McIntosh, W. | 2 | May, | 1811 | |
| 9 | Robert Boyle, W. | 11 | July, | 1811 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 10 | Donald Chisholm, W. | 10 | Oct. | 1805 | |
| 11 | Duncan Stewart, W. | 1 | Jan. | 1807 | |
| 12 | Donald McKenzie, W. | 23 | July, | 1807 | 3 Dec. 1806 |
| 13 | James Young, Adjt., W. | 25 | May, | 1808 | |
| 14 | Hugh Andrew Fraser, W. | 8 | Feb. | 1809 | |
| 15 | John Malcolm | 14 | Dec. | 1809 | |
| 16 | Alexander Dunbar, W. | 25 | Jan. | 1810 | |
| 17 | James Brander, W. | 2 | May, | 1811 | |
| 18 | Roger Stewart | 11 | July, | 1811 | |
| 19 | Robert Gordon, K. | 29 | Aug. | 1811 | |
| 20 | James Robertson | 10 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| 21 | Kenneth McDougall | 12 | Feb. | 1812 | |
| 22 | Donald McKay | 28 | May, | 1812 | |
| 23 | Alexander Innes | 15 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| 24 | John Grant | 18 | Feb. | 1813 | |
| 25 | John Orr, W. | 29 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 26 | George Gunn Munro, W. | 10 | June, | 1813 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 27 | George Gerard, K. | 29 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 28 | Wm. Fraser, W. | 10 | June, | 1813 | |
| 29 | A.L. Fraser, W. | 23 | Sept. | 1813 | 16 Sept. 1813 |
| 30 | Alexander Brown | 25 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 31 | Alexander Cumming | 17 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| 32 | Donald McIntosh, W. | 9 | July, | 1803 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| 33 | Swinton McLeod | 9 | July, | 1803 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| 34 | Donald Macpherson | 1 | June, | 1809 | |
| 35 | John Stewart | 20 | July, | 1809 | 4 May, 1809 |
| Facings blue. Lace gold. | |||||
“Be it, then, to friendship giv’n
Such a warrior’s name to save,
While ’tis borne on breeze of heav’n
That he found a soldier’s grave.
“By unequal hosts oppos’d,
Still he proved his valour true;
For his bright career was clos’d
On the plains of Waterloo!”
Notes
1. The death of Sir R. Macara at Quatre Bras was inexpressibly sad. “He was wounded about the middle of the engagement, and was in the act of being carried off the field by four of his men, when a party of French unexpectedly surrounded and made them prisoners. Perceiving by the colonel’s decorations that he was an officer of rank they immediately cut him down with his attendants.” His relations obtained Macara’s Waterloo medal, which was for long in the Tancred Collection. A touching poem to Robert Macara’s memory is to be found in the Waterloo Memoirs; the following are the last three verses of a pæan of praise sung by the Goddess of Fame:—
“Here the Goddess ceased her lay;
Weak, her wings refused to fly;
Faint, her voice forbore to say
How Macara dared to die.
2. Succeeded to the command after Macara’s death. C.B. for Waterloo. Had served in the Pa., and received the gold medal and one clasp for Fuentes d’Onor and Salamanca. A.D.C. to George IV., 1825. H. p. unattached list, 1825; maj.-gen., 1837. K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 73rd Regt. 1845. Killed at the battle of Sobraon, 10th Feb., 1846, at the moment of victory. He had m., 11th April, 1818, Eliza., dau. of J. Macnabb, of Arthurstone, Perth.
3. In Capt. George Jones’s Waterloo Memoirs is to be found an interesting letter regarding Major Menzies of the 42nd, who was dangerously wounded at Quatre Bras. The major’s name is omitted in this letter:—“On the 16th June, Major ——, of the 42nd, preferring to fight on foot, in front of his men, had given his horse to hold to a little drummer-boy. After severe fighting he fell wounded near a brave private, Donald Mackintosh. The drummer left the horse to assist his friend Donald. A French lancer attempted to seize the horse, on which the prostrate Donald exclaimed, ‘Hoot man, ye mauna tak that beast, ’t belangs to our captain here!’ The lancer, little heeding, seized the horse. Donald, with a last expiring effort, loaded his musket and shot the lancer dead. A French cavalry officer, seeing the major bestirring himself, rode up and attempted to dispatch him with his sword. As he stooped from his saddle, the major seized his leg, and managed to pull him off his horse upon him. Another lancer, observing this struggle, galloped up and tried to spear the major and relieve his officer; but the former, by a sudden jerk and desperate exertion, placed the French officer uppermost, who received the mortal thrust below his cuirass and continued lying upon the major’s body for near ten minutes, sword in hand. A pause in the battle permitted some men of the 42nd to carry their officer into the square of the 92nd, where he was found to have received sixteen wounds.” Acted as major after Sir R. Macara’s death at Quatre Bras until wounded himself. Promoted maj. 18th June, 1815. Left the regt. in 1828. D. in 1854. This gallant officer’s claymore (an Andrea Ferrara) is in the possession of his grand-daughters, the Misses Murray Menzies.
4. D. from his wounds at Brussels. Pension of £100 per ann. to his widow.
5. Brother of Sir Guy Campbell, Bart. Made C.B. and bt. lt.-col. after Waterloo. Had the gold medal for Orthes. M., 10th March, 1831, Louise, Gabrielle Clementine Bernie, of Paris, and had issue. D. 31st March, 1841, at Marseilles.
6. Retd. as major 1826. D. at Hastings in Nov., 1844.
7. H. p. 1819. D. at Musselburgh, 1865.
8. Retd. 1821. D. at Hamilton, 13th March, 1830.
9. H. p. 1821. D. in London, 11th July, same year.
10. Capt. Rl. Vet. Batt. 1815. Retd. f. p. 1821. D. at Edinburgh in 1853.
11. H. p. 25th March 1817.
12. Retd. 1821. D. at Edinburgh, 5th Dec., 1838.
13. H. p. 1819. D. at Edinburgh, 15th June, 1846.
14. Capt. 12th Dec., 1822. Maj. 3rd Dec., 1829. H. p. 4th May, 1832. D. at Maidstone, as bt. lt.-col., in Jan., 1855.
15. Afterwards capt. and bt.-maj. same regt. D. 1829.
16. Quitted the service as lieut. in 1825, and d. at Inverness, 15th Feb., 1832.
17. Afterwards maj. in same regt. Promoted lt.-col. on unattached list 15th Aug., 1826. Eldest son of John Brander, of Pitgavenny House, Elgin, by Margaret, dau. of Alexander Brander, Provost of Elgin. M., Jan., 1834, Margaret Browne. J.P. and D.L. for co. Elgin. D. s. p., 1854, at Pitgavenny.
18. Capt. h. p. 1827. D. in 1833, while serving with the Rl. African Corps.
19. Killed at Quatre Bras. Son of the Rev. John Gordon, of Duffus, N.B.
20. Adjt. 14th Sept., 1815. Capt. h. p. 13th Feb., 1827. D. as capt. 48th Foot, at Chatham, Apr., 1833.
21. Retd. 1826. D. in Skye, 1827.
22. Capt. 3rd Dec., 1829. D. at Sterling 13th Feb., 1832.
23. D. as lieut. h. p. unattached, 1875, as a military Knight of Windsor.
24. Retired on h. p. 25th Oct., 1821. D. at Stratford, Essex, 13th June, 1827.
25. Bn. 3rd April, 1790, at Greenock. His father was a merchant, and his mother, Margaret MacGregor, a descendant of the Glengyle family. Entered the army from the militia. Accompanied the 1st Batt. 42nd Highlanders to the Pa.; was present at Salamanca, the siege of Burgos, storming of St. Michael, the retreat to Portugal, and at all the actions in the Pyrenees. Was wounded at Burgos, and again severely at Waterloo. On the reduction of the army after Waterloo, he joined the 94th (the old Scots Brigade), and, on a further reduction, was appointed to the 8th Rl. Veteran Batt. Capt. Orr was Superintendent of the late Scottish Naval and Military Academy for thirty years. M. in 1816, Jane, 2nd dau. of Alex. Rollock, of Glasgow, and had issue. D. 7th Dec., 1879.
26. H. p. 25th March, 1817.
27. Killed at Quatre Bras. Eldest son of George Gerard, jun., of Midstrath, N.B.
28. Of Balmakewan. Attained rank of lt.-col. h. p., and d. in Oct., 1851.
29. H. p. 1825. D. at Edinburgh, 1835.
30. H. p. 25th March, 1817.
31. H. p. 26th Aug., 1819. D. 1852.
32. Left the regt. in 1818. D. at Perth in July, 1829.
33. H. p. 1829. D. in London, 27th Dec., 1847.
34. H. p. 1835. D. at Chatham, 1839.
35. H. p. 1818. D. at Perth, 2nd Jan., 1837.