52nd (or the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry). (1st Battalion.)
| Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| 1 | Sir John Colborne, K.C.B. | 18 | July, | 1811 | Col., 4 June, 1814 |
| MAJOR. | |||||
| 2 | Charles Rowan, W. | 9 | May, | 1811 | Lt.-Col., 27 Apr. 1812 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| 3 | Patrick Campbell | 16 | Aug. | 1804 | Maj., 21 June, 1813 |
| 4 | Wm. Chalmers | 27 | Aug. | 1807 | Maj., 26 Aug. 1813 |
| 5 | Wm. Rowan, W. | 19 | Oct. | 1808 | Maj., 3 Mar. 1814 |
| 6 | Charles Diggle, W. | 24 | May, | 1810 | |
| 7 | John Shedden | 9 | May, | 1811 | |
| 8 | James Fred. Love, W. | 11 | July, | 1811 | Maj.,16 Mar. 1815 |
| 9 | James McNair | 11 | May, | 1812 | |
| 10 | Edward Langton | 12 | May, | 1812 | |
| 11 | John Cross | 31 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| Charles, Earl of March | 8 | Apr. | 1813 | 9 July, 1812 | |
| Charles Yorke | 24 | Dec. | 1813 | ||
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| 12 | John Winterbottom, Adjt., W. | 28 | Feb. | 1810 | |
| 13 | Charles Dawson, W. | 21 | June, | 1810 | |
| 14 | Mathew Anderson, W. | 19 | July, | 1810 | 12 Oct. 1809 |
| 15 | Charles Kenny | 13 | Sept. | 1810 | |
| 16 | George Harley Love | 18 | Apr. | 1811 | |
| 17 | Wm. Ripley | 2 | May, | 1811 | |
| 18 | J.C. Barrett | 9 | May, | 1811 | |
| 19 | Wm. Henry Clerke | 19 | Sept. | 1811 | 29 July, 1811 |
| 20 | George Hall | 9 | May, | 1812 | |
| 21 | Wm. Richmond Nixon | 11 | May, | 1812 | |
| 22 | George Gawler | 12 | May, | 1812 | |
| 23 | George Whichcote | 8 | July, | 1812 | |
| 24 | Wm. Ogilvy | 17 | Sept. | 1812 | |
| 25 | Edward Richard Northey | 1 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| 26 | Hon. Wm. Browne | 26 | Nov. | 1812 | |
| 27 | Edward Scoones | 24 | Dec. | 1812 | |
| 28 | George Campbell, W. | 25 | Feb. | 1813 | |
| 29 | Wm. Austin | 6 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 30 | John J. Snodgrass | 7 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 31 | Jas. Stewart Cargill | 8 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 32 | Wm. Crawley Yonge | 29 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| 33 | Thos. Cottingham, W. | 5 | Aug. | 1813 | |
| 34 | Charles Holman | 11 | Nov. | 1813 | |
| 35 | George Moore | 6 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 36 | Edward Mitchell | 8 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 37 | Charles Shaw | 9 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 38 | John Hart | 20 | Jan. | 1814 | |
| 39 | Geo. Ewing Scott | 10 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 40 | Henry Thos. Oakes | 11 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 41 | John Rogers Griffiths | 12 | Apr. | 1815 | |
| 42 | John Burnet | 8 | May, | 1815 | |
| 43 | Ronald Stewart | 9 | May, | 1815 | |
| 44 | George Robson | 10 | May, | 1815 | |
| 45 | Fred. Wm. Love | 11 | May, | 1815 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| 46 | Joseph Jackson | 7 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 47 | Thos. Massie | 8 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 48 | Wm. Nettles, K. | 9 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 49 | Duncan Macnab | 16 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| 50 | John Montague | 10 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| 51 | James Frere May | 28 | Apr. | 1814 | |
| 52 | Eaton Monins | 1 | Dec. | 1814 | |
| 53 | Wm. Leeke | 4 | May, | 1815 | |
| PAYMASTER. | |||||
| James Clark | 17 | Apr. | 1814 | ||
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| Benjamin Sweeten | 22 | Apr. | 1813 | ||
| SURGEON. | |||||
| J.B. Gibson | 20 | Dec. | 1810 | 7 Dec. 1809 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| Pryce Jones | 20 | Apr. | 1809 | ||
| Wm. Macartney | 3 | Sept. | 1812 | ||
| 54 | Thos. Brisbane | 3 | June, | 1813 | |
| Facings buff. Lace silver. | |||||
54. H. p. 1830. D. 1855.
Notes
1. Afterwards F.-M. Lord Seaton, G.C.B., G.C.H., &c., and Col.-in-Chf. 2nd Life Guards. Only son of Samuel Colborne, of Lyndhurst, Hants, by Cordelia, dau. of John Garstin, of Castle Leiragh, co. Westmeath. Bn. 16th Feb., 1778. Educated at Christ’s Hospital and Winchester College. Ensign 20th Foot, 1794. Served in Egypt and at the battle of Maida. Was military sec. to Sir John Moore. Commanded a brigade in Portugal, Spain, and France (gold cross and three clasps). “Of his own accord he led the forward movement at Waterloo which determined the fortune of the day. When the column of the Imperial Guard was gaining the summit of the British position, and was forcing back one of the companies of the 95th, Colborne, seeing his left endangered, started the 52nd on its advance. Wellington saw the movement, and instantly sent to desire him to continue it.” Col. Chesney, the able author of Waterloo Lectures in commenting on the steadfast manner in which the British Guards faced the advancing Imperial Guards on the summit of the hill, says: “While on their left, Colborne, peerless among all the brave men who led Wellington’s battalions, coolly formed in line the 52nd, and without other prompting than that of his own genius for battle, advanced against their flank.” Created Baron Seaton, of Seaton, Devon, 14th Dec., 1839. F.-M. in 1860. M. 21st June, 1814, Eliz., eld. dau. of Rev. James Yonge, rector of Newton Ferrers, and had issue. D. 17th April, 1863.
2. Afterwards Sir Charles Rowan, K.C.B. Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Served as A.A.G. to the Light Division in the Pa. (gold medal and two clasps). 5th son of Robert Rowan, of Mullans, co. Antrim, by Eliza, dau. of Hill Wilson, of Purdysburn, co. Down. C.B. for Waterloo. Retired as bt. lt.-col. D. s. p. 8th May, 1852.
3. Commanded the 52nd at Nive (gold medal). Placed on h. p. 4th May 1818; lt.-col. h. p. 1830. C.B. Living 1842.
4. Afterwards Gen. Sir W. Chalmers. C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in-Chf. 78th Highlanders. Served in Sicily, in the Walcheren expedition, and throughout the Par. War; being present at seventeen engagements. Commanded a wing of the 52nd at Waterloo and had three horses shot under him. Bt. lt.-col., 18th June, 1815. Eldest son of Wm. Chalmers, of Glenericht, Perthshire. Bn. 1787. D. at Dundee, 2nd June, 1860.
5. Younger brother to Sir Charles Rowan. Aftds. F.-M. Sir Wm. Rowan, G.C.B., and Col.-in-Chf. 52nd L.I. Saw much active service all over Europe, and was a highly distinguished officer. M., 1811, Martha, dau. of John Spong, of Mill Hall, Kent, and d. s. p. at Bath, 26th Sept., 1879.
6. Saw much service in the Pa. Severely wounded at Waterloo. Bt. maj. Aftds. maj.-gen., and K.H. D. at Cheltenham, 18th Sept., 1862.
7. Probably son of Lt.-Col. John Shedden, h. p. 114th Regt. Quitted the service before 1824 as bt. maj.
8. Afterwards Gen. Sir James Love. K.C.B. and K.H. Inspector-Gen. of Infantry and Col.-in-Chf. 57th Regt. Served in Sweden, Spain, Portugal, and America, and received four severe wounds at Waterloo. Aftds. British Resident at Zante, and Lt.-Gov. of Jersey. Bn. 1789. Son of James Love by Mary Wyse. M., 1825, Mary, dau. of Thos. Heavyside. D. 13th Jan., 1866.
9. Maj. in same regt. 1822. Lt.-Col. of 73rd Regt., 1830. K.H. Of Greenfield, near Glasgow. D. there, 15th April, 1836.
10. Elder son of Wm. Gore Langton, of Combe Hay, by Jacintha, only child of Henry Powell Collins. Bn. 1789. Served at Corunna. H. p. 1817. D. 3rd March, 1860, at Stapleton Park, Bristol.
11. Bn. 1787, son of Wm. Cross, of Dartan, co. Armagh, by Mrs. Mary Stratford (née Irwin). Served with the 52nd in Sweden, Spain, and Portugal (medal with ten clasps). Subsequently commanded the 68th Regt., and retired as col. in 1843. K.H. Lt.-Gov. comg. forces in Jamaica. D. 27th Sept. 1850.
12. Bn. in the parish of Saddleworth, Yorkshire, in 1781. Previous to enlisting in the 52nd, in 1799, worked as a cloth weaver. Corporal, 1801; sergt., 1803; sergt.-major, 1805; ensign and adjt., 1808; lieut. and adjt., 1810; paymaster, 1821. D. of yellow fever at St. Anne’s, Barbados, 26th Nov., 1838. Served all through the Par. War, and was wounded on several occasions.
13. Serving in 1817. Out of the regt. before 1824.
14. Retd. 1821.
15. Capt. 19th Foot 10th Jan., 1834. Out of the said regt. before 1842.
16. Adjt. 29th May, 1823. Out of said regt. in 1829.
17. H. p. 1st Aug., 1816.
18. H. p. 18th Feb., 1819.
19. Eldest son of the Rev. Sir W.H. Clerke, Bart., rector of Bury, in Lancashire, by Byzantia, eldest dau. of Thos. Cartwright, of Aynho, co. Northampton. Succeeded 1818. M., 1820, Mary, dau. of Geo. Kenrick, of Mertyn, co. Flint, and had issue. D. 1861.
20. Afterwards Maj. 72nd Regt. Living 1830.
21. H.p. 1819.
22. Son. of Capt. Samuel Gawler, 73rd Regt., who was killed at the storming of Fort Muggerall, 24th Dec., 1804. Bn. 21st July, 1795. Educated at R.M. College, Great Marlow. A commission was given to him in 1810 in recognition of his father’s services. Served in the Pa., and led the ladder party of the stormers of the 52nd at Badajoz. An extract from his journal is given in Moorsom’s Records of the 52nd Regiment, and graphically describes the crisis of Waterloo. If Col. Gawler claims the whole credit for the 52nd, he is at one with the rest of the officers of that gallant regt. The truth seems to be that there were two distinct columns of Napoleon’s Guards launched against our troops at the close of Waterloo, and that whilst one was met and routed by our Guards in the centre, the other was attacked in flank by the 52nd and hurled back. Promoted from the 52nd to an unattached lt.-colonelcy, 12th Aug, 1834. K.H. Col. 1846. Appointed Governor and Resident Commissioner of South Australia, April, 1838. Superseded, 15th May, 1841. M., 21st Sept., 1820, Maria, eldest dau. of John Cox, of Derby, and had issue. D. 7th May, 1869. Bd. at Southsea, Portsmouth. Miss Gawler (daughter of Col. Gawler) supplied part of the above information.
23. Ensign 10th Jan., 1811. Bn. 21st Dec., 1794. 4th son of Sir Thos. Whichcote, Bart., by Diana, dau. of Edward Turnor, of Stoke Rochford, co. Lincoln. Whichcote joined the 52nd as a volunteer in Dec., 1810, and served with the regt. in the Pa., France, and Flanders, and was present in the actions of Sabugal, El Bodon, and Alfayetes, siege and storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and of Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, retreat from Burgos, battle of Vittoria, action at Vera, battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse (medal with nine clasps). Capt. 22nd June, 1818. Exchanged to 4th D.G. 25th July, 1822. Attained the rank of General 5th Dec., 1871. At the time of his death, which occurred 26th Aug., 1891, he was “Father of the British Army.”
24. Afterwards the Hon. Wm. Ogilvy, of Loyal, Perthshire. 4th son of Walter Ogilvy, de jure Earl of Airlie, by Jane, dau. of John Ogilvy, of Murkle. Saw much service in the Pa. Previous to entering the army served in the navy. Capt. 5th Oct., 1815. Exchanged to the Cape Corps. H. p. 1816. His eldest brother, in 1826, was, by Act of Parliament, recognised as Earl of Airlie with the other dignities appertaining to that title. M.P. for St. Andrews and the eastern burghs. D. in April, 1871.
25. Afterwards in the 3rd Foot Guards. Served in the Pa. and the South of France. Of Woodcote House, Epsom, Surrey. Bn. 8th Feb., 1795. Eldest son of the Rev. Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor, by Charlotte Taylor (sister of Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor). High Sheriff for Surrey, 1856. Was twice md., and by his wife (Charlotte, dau. of Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C.B.) had issue. D. in Dec., 1878.
26. 3rd son of Valentine, 5th Viscount Kenmare. M., 26th April, 1826, Anne, dau. of Thos. Segrave. H. p. 1817.
27. Afterwards Maj. 81st Regt. Quitted the service with that rank. Living 1876.
28. H. p. 49th Foot 7th Aug., 1823.
29. Served at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Lieut. 97th Foot 25th March, 1824. Capt. 51st Foot 26th Sept., 1834. Retd. on h. p. as major 42nd Highlanders 25th July, 1845.
30. Afterwards Lt.-Col. Snodgrass. M. Maria, dau. of Maj.-Gen. Sir Archibald Campbell, Bart. D. in Nova Scotia, April, 1841, whilst holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G. in that colony.
31. H. p. 25th July, 1816.
32. Afterwards Colonial Sec. at Cape of Good Hope. Son of the Rev. Duke Yonge. Served in the Pa. Retired on h. p. as lieut. in 1823. D. 26th Feb., 1854.
33. Placed on h. p. 1818. Served in the Pa., and in 1848 received the war medal with eight clasps. D. in Apr., 1861.
34. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
35. Lieut. 32nd Foot 29th Sept., 1817. Paymaster, 19th Oct., 1826. Serving in 1846.
36. H. p. 1816. Lieut. 47th Foot, 10th Apr., 1818.
37. Afterwards Sir Charles Shaw, K.T.S. Served in the Pa. In 1831 joined the Liberation Army of Portugal, in the Azores, as Col. of Marines on board the fleet of Sir George Sartorius, and commanded a regt. throughout the civil war in Portugal. Served in the Spanish Legion from 1835. 3rd son of Charles Shaw, of Ayr, North Berwick. M. Louisa, only dau. of Major Martin Curry, 67th Regt. D. at Homburg in 1871, and was buried there with military honours.
38. Lieut. 4th Lt. Dns., 5th July, 1821. Capt. 16th June, 1825. H. p. 1827.
39. Lieut. 25th Foot 13th Dec., 1821. Serving 1824.
40. Placed on h. p. 1817. Eldest son of Sir Henry Oakes, Bart., by Dorothea, dau. of George Bowles, of Mount Prospect, co. Cork. M., 1st May, 1817, Frances, 5th dau. of Wm. Douglas, of Teddington, Middlesex, and had issue. Succeeded his father in 1827. D. 30th Sept., 1850.
41. Adjt. to the 52nd after the battle of Waterloo, vice Winterbottom wounded. H. p. 1816. Living 1830.
42. H. p. 1816.
43. H. p. 1816.
44. H. p. 1816.
45. H. p. 1816. D. 1829.
46. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1816.
47. Lieut. 28th Sept., 1815. Retd. before 1st Jan., 1817.
48. One of the five sons of Capt. Robert Nettles, of Nettleville, co. Cork, by Esther, dau. of John Conran, of Dublin. Killed whilst carrying the King’s colours, which were aftds. found under his body on the field of battle.
49. Lieut. 17th July, 1817. H. p. 25th Dec., 1818.
50. The following creditable conduct of this young officer is narrated by Capt. Moorsom in the History of the 52nd:—“Ensign John Montague was ordered to the rear with a detachment of invalids a few days before Waterloo, and had gone back a day’s march, when he met a party proceeding to the front to join the 52nd. As an engagement was daily expected he asked the date of commission of the young officer proceeding to Waterloo, and, finding himself the senior, assumed command of the whole—directed the junior to proceed with the invalids, while he (Montague) returned to his regt. By so doing he was able to be present at the great conflict.” Capt. in 40th Regt. 7th Aug., 1823. Living 1830.
51. Younger bro. of Sir John May, R.A. Bn. 31st March, 1898. Lieut. 29th Jan., 1818. Capt. 57th Foot, 1st Aug., 1826. Exchanged to 41st Foot 10th Aug. same year. Major of last-named regt. at time of his death, which occurred on board the Orontes, near the Cape of Good Hope, 2nd June, 1837.
52. Afterwards Maj.-Gen. Eaton Monins, younger brother to Wm. Monins of 18th Hussars. D. at Walmer 16th June, 1861.
53. Son of Samuel Leeke, of Havant, Hants. Promoted lieut. 20th Nov., 1823. Quitted the service 1824. Entered as fellow commoner at Queen’s College, Cambridge, 1825. Ordained Jan., 1829, to curacy of West Ham, Pevensey. Curate of Brailsford, Derby, 1831. Incumbent of Holbrooke, co. Derby, 1840. M., in Oct., 1828, to Mary Anne, dau. of John Cox, of Derby. D. at Holbrooke 6th June, 1879. (Communicated by Miss Gawler.) Mr. Leeke wrote and published Lord Seaton’s Regiment at Waterloo, a book that attracted considerable attention at the time.