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THE HONOURABLE CORPS OF GENTLEMEN-AT-ARMS, '*"^""
The Body Guard of the Sovereign on all Puhlic and State occasions
(ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1509.)
Captain. I Lieutenant. rl"'S ^
T. H. Urd Foley, 30 Dec. 1852. | William Topham p 18 Mar. 53 p = =
Standard Bearer.—David James Harmar, p 31 Jan. 48. "^ ~ °
Gentlemen-at-Arms.
George Winchester p30 Jan. Sg Wm. Handcocli Middieton p 6 May 54
jEsculapius Field p 4 Mar. 38 Charles James Lindam,/«^e o/
^ John Blakiston' 8 Dec. 43 Rifle Brigade 10 May 54 15^ Z^ =
{LauBrev.-Major) Robert Grange P 'g Au"- 54 o = £-"J ~
^ John Henry Cooke^ 2 Oct. 44 (.laic c;,pe. Bengal Army.) °' f^-^^
w XX <'"-^\^'-<^'>l:,""''>f'-'^-\^^ iGeo. Bridge, (Capt.A.p.) ■. lNov.54'SSil
Wm. Henry Brabazon Conner ..P14N0V.44 John Alex. Hunter p 1 Nov. 54 "=5" i? S
M aiira T. T> AT...:ii.i ., , . ,- James W. Cooknev
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ffliB P. Percy NevilF p 1 Apr. 47
(late Major 63rd Jtegt. and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel.)
Francis Vanderlure Mills P ] 6 Nov. 48
Edward Goodwin, Captain
Cambridge Militia p 22 June 49
Stapleton Charles Cotton p 16 Oct. 49
Charles Tyler P12 Feb. 50
Edward Hayward p30 Apr. 50
Henry Shephard Smyth p24 Aug. 50
Thomas Howard P20 Nov. 50
James Fielder Peto p20 Nov. 50
Adolphus Geo. Finch Cotton ..P21 Jan. 51
Charles James Cox p 25 Feb. 51 «„„; u„„- .. T.rn " <, " ■
Markland Barnard P 14 May 5 ' &« T /*°R W,l ,ams« .. P 21 June 50
Edward Sutherland (Ca.r,t. h.n.) 26 FcIk fi ' ^''P'^'" ^^,^'1^.^?^'''' .-• •••.-"ly J"'y 56
Arthur Hinton Moore i' 1 Jan. 5(i
Charles E. Hoptou ^ P25 Jan.' 56
{late. Cajit. 23rd Fuut.)
Aug. Samuel Bolton^ 7 Teb. 56
(liitc Capt. »Ut Foot.)
Charles Richard John Sawyer .. 6 Mar. 56
Harwick Doncaster p (; jjar. 56
Fred. John Robinson p 16 April 56
Chas. Alex. Lockhart Robertson P14 May 56
(MB., late Staff' Assist. Hurgeou.)
Lt.-Col. Francis Wheatley p 3 June50
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John Dutton Hunt p 13 June 57
William Walker p20 Aug. 57
Sir Henry Orlando Robert Cham¬
berlain, Bart 24 Oct. 57
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Edward Sutherland (C«;,<.hp) 26 Feb. 52 : ^ ^(c;;.V3';4;:«V«;;;)
Wm.Domvile(^to!'eCfl'pit.2ridF.)P 6 Apr. 52 '
Francis John Helyar P26 Apr. 52
Thomas Robert M'Coy' p 5 May 52
(late Capt. 65th Begt.)
Philip Salomons p 6 Mar. 54
Adjutant.—WWW&m Walter Cargill, PIO April, 56,
Harbinger.—Samuel Wilson, P 24 Feb. 31.
Sub-Officers.—\i ?[ia Lf.-Col. Nevill, 18 May 48
is Major Cooke, 24 June 48.
Scarlet—FactVp Blue Velvft. ^i?en);«—Messrs. Cn.x and Co e.-. -
I MajorBlakistonhavM.s passed Ihrou-h the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1802, he urocnrded "> 7 ■§' '^^
1 '» 'h "' ')P!'^1- ,'" ""' ^i":^ ^"i"" t;om,.any's Service, and was appLinted to the Corps of Fn ine.'rs ™ ^k^'^"
the Madras Establishment, beiiis then on half-pay as a Lieutenant in H. JI. Service. In J!*03 he' " ved m tl = " =
the cainpaiEo against the Mahraltas, and was enffaged in the battles of Assaye and Araaun, and at the --£>-§•»
sieves and assaults of Ahmednugsur and Gawilghur. At the suppression of the mntniy at Ve lo,^ in 1805 ^ "i S ?"»
he diiec ed the Euns by « hici, the frale was blown open. In 181U he acted a« Chief Enjiiieer at t"ie cap ure S- ?1 2
of t iH Island of Bourbon. Having been employed in reconnoitring the coast of the Isle of France prev "... "^'l f E-
to the arrival of the exp,.diMon. he was in,truniental in discovering the spot wh,.ro the descen was n ■ de S" ? " ,=
der n? n,Tf Isrnrt'''"'."'"'^ '" "'" <"'""''"f '"<■ «"'des, he led the advance of the Armv until the sure,: I K^ c
der of that Islnnd 1-or his services on the above occasion he was nominated Extra Aide-de-Camn to t le = ^ M "
Commander-in-Chief. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, on the expedition to Java in 1811; and havint be^'Unt in -^3 '^ ^
advance wuh the Chiel Engineer to fix on the point of landing, he was engaged in a serious Tmr^^Z ? ^ " £
eoast in the boats of H M. ships Barracouta and Leda. On the landing of the Arniv he was en 4"" l„! 5 5= 5'
the artaitsof Wellevrieden and Samarang, and at the siege and assault off,.e fortiried posit „n ot Con , 1 I ^^^ -
In 181-A having attained the rank of Captain in the corps of Madias Engineers, he returned on f,?rlnn-h^ H -n
to England. Short y afierwards. having been placed on full pay in II. M.'^i7th IteBt., he was alnioi "t,^ § " S. o
a Company in the I7th Porluguese Regt., with which he seived in the Light IJiv.s o7of the' 'en ns la" %'<^ ''i
Army until the cone usion o ihe war ; having been present at the battles of Vitt,oria,i\ive le^XivrZthes I 2 " °-
and loulouse, and in all the affairs in which the Light Division was engaged. At the sieoe of «an ^ P3 3.
Sebastian he volunteered as an Engineer,and while so enga^-ed was severely wounded. For his s^rvr/es on '^^^ ?
this occasion he was promoted to a Companv in the a7th Regt.; in 1816 was placed on hJll LI fj^ S'2 -
theasrd .lune 184.3 he was brought o„ fall pay of theSlst Re^t./and retire7bv the st^of h cZ niss'ion's" &- §"
He has received the War Medal with six Clasps; also the Indian War Medal and CW """""'"'"'"•• ^» «
2Lt-Col.Cooke8ervedwiththe4;irdRegt.atWalchcreii,inl80!). In.Iune 1811 hejoinedtheLi-htDivision ~-a S
in the Peninsn a, and was present at the siege and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, aU of BadX/(worn ded S «• °^
at the assault) actions of Castrejon and San Christoval, battle of Salamanca, acUon, o. Sal. Muno" and ^^ t
san M.Ian battleofVittor,a(wounded), actions in the I'yrenees,.siege o. San Sebastian he at a. k on the £ «- ?
heights o Vera, battle of the Nivelle, battles of the Xive on the 9tl,, lOth, lith ?"th and Ts^h l)ec -^- S
8th Jan. 1815, ho was present at the attack on the American Lines bofoie .\ew Orlenns. lie servedTfter ^O ^
i8^a^^i:;;;^il;;:^?l8';irii:^^^ ig .1
healthy climate. He has received the War Medal with four Clai,,.s; the India War Meda ,nd ClLns: - ^
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