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The Waterloo Roll Call

by Charles Dalton

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Royal Regiment of Horse Guards

Rank in the
COLONEL.Regiment.Army.
Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K.G.1Jan.1813F.-M., 21 June, 1813
LIEUT.-COLONELS.
Sir John Elley, K.C.B., W.6Mar.1806Col., 7 Mar. 1813
1Sir Robt. Chambre Hill, Knt., W.13May,18131 Jan. 1812
MAJOR.
2Robert Christopher Packe, K.13May,1813
CAPTAINS.
3John Thoyts22Aug.1805
4William Robert Clayton27Apr.1809
Clement Hill, W.4Apr.1811Lt.-Col., 30 Dec. 1813
5William Tyrwhitt Drake29Aug.1811
LIEUTENANTS.
6John B. Riddlesden4Apr.1811
7William Cunliffe Shawe, W.26Dec.1811
8Everard William Bouverie, W.15Oct.1812
Charles Augustus Fitzroy16Oct.1812
9Henry Ellis Boates28Jan.1813
10Tathwell Baker Tathwell9Sept.1813
11George Smith18Nov.1813
12Hon. George John Watson24Mar.1814
CORNETS.
13John Kirkby Picard2Sept.1813
14James Arnold1Sept.1814
QUARTERMASTERS.
15Thomas Varley, W.20Mar.1806
16Peter Watmough22Feb.1809
17Thomas Hardy13Feb.1812
18Jonas Varley, W.18May,1813
19Thomas Troy5Aug.1813
SURGEON.
20David Slow18July,180523 Aug. 1799
VETERINARY SURGEON.
21John Seddall (sic)10Oct.1812
Blue. Facings scarlet. Lace gold.

Notes

1. 4th son of Sir John Hill, Bart., and brother to Lord Hill. C.B. for Waterloo. Col., 1st Jan., 1819. Of Prees Hall, Salop. M., 5th Feb., 1801, Eliza, dau. of Henry Lumley, and had issue. D. 5th March, 1860.

2. 2nd son of Charles Packe, of Prestwold, co. Leicester. M.I. in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor.

3. 3rd son of John Thoyts, of Sulhamstead, Berks, by Mary, dau. of Thos. Burfoot, Treasurer of Christ’s Hospital. Bn. 2nd Nov., 1771. Matriculated at B.N.C., Oxford, 23rd March, 1789. Cornet R.H. Gds., 14th Feb., 1800. Served in the Pa. His horse was shot under him at Waterloo, and he was taken prisoner. Detained at Charleroi for some days by the French rearguard. Promoted maj., 18th June, 1815, and bt. lt.-col. same date. Retd. 1820. D. May, 1849. Bd. at Kensal Green.

4. Eldest son of Sir W. Clayton, Bart., by Mary, dau. of Sir Wm. East, Bart. Succeeded as 5th Bart., in 1834. M., in 1817, Alice, dau. and co-heir of Col. O’Donel, son of Sir Neil O’Donel, Bart., and had issue. Served in the Pa. Attained rank of maj.-gen. 1858. D. 1866.

5. 2nd son of Robert Tyrwhitt Drake, of Shardeloes, Bucks. Lt.-col. 22nd June, 1820. M., 22nd Aug., 1832, Emma, dau. of Joseph Halsey, and had issue. D. 21st Dec., 1848.

6. Served in the Pa., and was present at Vittoria and Toulouse. Attained rank of col. h. p., 23rd Nov., 1841. Living 1874.

7. Eldest son of Joseph Cunliffe Shawe. Capt. same regt., 1816. M. —— Pattenson, of Selwood, Bath, and had issue.

8. Aftds. Gen. and Col.-in-Chf. 15th Hussars. Of Delapré Abbey, Northampton. Son of Edward Bouverie. Bn. 13th Oct., 1789. M., 3rd April, 1816, Charlotte, dau. of Col. Hugh O’Donel. D. s. p. 18th Nov., 1871.

9. Of Rose Hill, Denbigh. Killed out hunting, 8th Dec., 1838. Lt.-col. h. p. 1828.

10. Was taken prisoner at Waterloo, but effected his escape two days after. It is on record that he captured a French eagle, which was retaken by his captors. See Stamford Mercury, 4th Aug., 1815.

11. Aftds. maj. and bt.-lt.-col. same regt. Living 1846.

12. Aftds. 4th Baron Sondes, of Lees Court, Kent. Bn. 20th Jan., 1794. Quitted the service 1816. M., 24th July, 1823, Eleanor, 5th dau. of Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., and had issue. Assumed the surname of Milles, D. 17th Dec., 1874.

13. Quitted the service as lieut. R.H.G. in 1821.

14. Reduced with his tp. in 1818.

15. Placed on h. p. 12th Dec., 1822. Appointed a Military Knight of Windsor. D. at Windsor 25th March, 1841, aged 69.

16. Retd. on f. p. before 1830 and d. 1841.

17. Placed on h. p. 25th Aug., 1822. D. in 1855.

18. Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. before 1830.

19. Retd. f. p. 1829. Living in 1846.

20. Serving in 1824. Out of the regt. in Jan., 1826.

21. Siddall. D. at Windsor 2nd Oct., 1856, aged 69. “He served 52 years in the Royal Horse Guards, and was the last surviving Waterloo officer of the regiment.”—Naval and Military Gazette.

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