for Jamaica; and commanded the 67th regiment for the greater part of the period he was on duty there; returned to England in September, 1801, a few months before the arrival of the regiment, having been promoted to the Majority the June preceding; rejoined the regiment at Winchester and commanded it, in the winter of 1801; and was ordered from thence to Cork in March, 1802, in command of a detachment of Officers and non-commissioned Officers on the recruiting service; rejoined again at Winchester in the month of July with the Irish recruits, and again proceeded to Ireland with the regiment in September following, and continued with it there and at Guernsey 1803 and 1804, when he was promoted, the 23rd of November said year, to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 90th regiment, and specially appointed to raise the 2nd battalion, which he commanded in England, Jersey and Ireland, till the spring of 1808, when he was transferred to the 51st regiment (returned from service in Ceylon); which regiment he joined in Guernsey the 4th of June following, and accompanied it to Corunna, as a part of the expedition to the North of Spain, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, and where, from being the 2nd Lieutenant-Colonel, he was appointed to the Military superintendence of the General Hospitals afloat and on shore; had the charge and command of the convalescents at St. Lucie barracks, and the duty of Assistant Deputy Paymaster General. After the action of Corunna, he returned with the 51st, which was shortly after made Light Infantry, and joined the expedition against Walcheren, forming a part of the reserve brigade under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir William Houston; and he had the good fortune of commanding the advance of that brigade on the 1st of August, as Field Officer of the picquet on the investment of Flushing. In the beginning of the year 1811, he accompanied the regiment to Lisbon, and had the honor of commanding it on the retreat of the French, in the action of Fuentes D'Onor, when it was in brigade with the Chasseurs Brittaniques in the 7th division commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir William Houston, and at the 2nd siege of Badajos, where from a hurt he received in the trenches, he was obliged to go to Elvas, and eventually to Lisbon, from whence

he embarked for England, having been appointed Commandant of Hilsea barracks; he received his brevet rank of Colonel the 4th of June, 1813; and was appointed Commandant of Albany barracks, and to the command in the Isle of Wight in the year 1814; from which situation he was removed on his promotion to the rank of Major-General the 12th of August, 1819, and appointed on the Staff of Antigua.

591. MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR CHARLES PHILIP BELSON, K.C.B.

THIS officer entered the service in the year 1794, in the 13th regiment of foot, and served in the West Indies in the campaign of that and the following year at St. Lucie, Martinique, and St. Vincent's; at the attack of the French redoubts; and in the Charib country, where he was wounded. He served also during all the operations of Sir Ralph Abercromby in the Leeward Islands. In July, 1795, he was removed to a Lieutenancy in a troop attached to the 6th West India regiment, and served in St. Domingo when the British cavalry operations were extensive in that settlement. In January, 1797, he purchased a company in the 9th regiment of foot, and soon after his regiment was sent home from the West Indies. He continued to serve in it in various parts of England and in Guernsey until April, 1799, when he exchanged to a troop in the 7th light dragoons; of which corps Lord Paget, now Marquess of Anglesey, was at that time appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1799 he embarked in the expedition for the Helder, and was present at the several actions of the 19th of September, the 2d, 3d, and 6th of October, &c. Upon the latter day he commanded the cavalry detached under Colonel Macdonald, which with the reserve of the army, attacked the French lines. In this action he was wounded, and had his horse killed under him. He continued with the regiment until 1804, when he purchased a Majority, and on the 24th of November of that year the LieutenantColonelcy of the 28th regiment. This distinguished corps he has commanded until the present period, in the various expeditions and campaigns in which it has been employed, including the expedition to Walcheren in 1809, and the campaigns in the

Peninsula. He commanded the brigade in which the 28th regiment was placed at Barrosa and at Waterloo. At Barrosa Lord Lynedoch's division consisted of two brigades, one of guards, the other Colonel Wheatley's brigade of the line, consisting of the 28th, 67th, and 87th regiments. Colonel Wheatley's horse being shot, and he unable to join, the brigade was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Belson; this brigade took the eagle in their charge upon the 8th French regiment, and greatly distinguished itself. At Waterloo he succeeded early in the day, upon the fall of Sir Thomas Picton, to the command of Major-General Sir James Kempt's brigade; consisting of the 28th, 32d, 79th, and 95th regiments, and had two horses killed under him, and two wounded in three places. The square of the 28th regiment maintained itself at Quatre Bras for an hour and a half against the attacks of the Cuirassiers in their front, and bodies of Lancers upon two other faces, whilst the artillery continued to play upon it, and other bodies of the enemy were formed in the standing corn, watching for the effect made by the cannon shot to penetrate the square; the latter, however, advanced upon them in double quick time, and repulsed all their attacks. This officer was soon afterwards placed upon the Staff of the Duke of Wellington's army as Colonel. The 4th of June, 1813, he received the brevet of Colonel in the army; and the 12th of August, 1819, that of Major-General. He is a Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Bath, and has the honor of wearing a cross and two clasps for the battles of Corunna, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle and Nive. He is now on the half-pay of the 56th foot.

592. MAJOR-GENERAL

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PREVOST, C.B.

THIS officer entered the service in 1791 as an Ensign in the 3d foot. He obtained a Lieutenancy in the same corps in the following year, and a Company the 20th of November, 1793. In the latter year and 1794, he served in Lord Moira's expedition to Holland; and in 1795 and 1796, in that under Sir Ralph Abercromby to the West Indies. He was present at

the taking of Grenada and of Port Royal by storm, &c., and served in the island of St. Vincent's during the Charib War. From 1798 to 1800, he acted as Aid-de-Camp to MajorGeneral Horneck. The 1st of October, 1800, he obtained a Majority in his regiment, the 3d, from which he was removed to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Nova Scotia Fencibles, the 1st of December, 1804; subsequently to the 10th Garrison Battalion; and the 30th of May, 1805, to the 67th foot. With the latter corps he served in Spain and Portugal, was present at the battle of Barrosa, for which he has the honor of wearing a medal. The 4th of June, 1813, he received the brevet of Colonel in the army; and of Major-General, the 12th of August, 1819. He is a Companion of the Military Order of the Bath.

593. MAJOR-GENERAL

THE HONORABLE JOHN MEADE, C.B.

THIS officer commenced his military career in the 12th foot, in which he obtained a Lieutenancy, the 8th of September, 1795; and a Company in the 9th regiment, the 29th of August, 1799. He served in the East Indies one year; in the campaigns under the Duke of York in Holland; in the expeditions to Ferrol and to Portugal. He obtained a Majority in the 30th foot, the 4th of June, 1801; and a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 18th dragoons, the 1st of December, 1804, and was removed to the 45th foot, the 28th of March, 1805. He was employed in Ireland forming a brigade of militia light infantry whilst holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; and subsequently served with the 45th foot in Spain and Portugal. He was present at the battle of Busaco, and has the honor to wear a medal for the The 4th of June, 1813, this officer obtained the brevet of Colonel in the army; and the 12th of August, 1819, that of Major-General; he is at present on the half-pay of the 45th foot, and is a Companion of the Military Order of the Bath. He has been some years Consul General at Madrid.

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594. MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE POWNELL ADAMS. THIS officer was appointed a Cornet in October, 1795, in the Queen's dragoon guards, at that time in Germany with other regiments of British cavalry, under the command of General Sir David Dundas. Early in 1796 the regiment returned to England, and he obtained a Lieutenancy in March of that year. In October, 1797, he purchased a Troop; and in 1800 was appointed Aid-de-Camp to General Vyse, who was then Commander of the Forces in North Britain. Captain Adams held this situation until he obtained the Majority of his regiment in February, 1802. He served in Ireland during the disturbed state of that country in 1803 and 1804. In December, 1804, he was promoted to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 25th light dragoons. He assumed the command of this distinguished regiment in the East Indies the following year. When the disturbances between the Governor and the Madras army broke out in 1809, he was selected to command a brigade of cavalry in the Mysore, and was engaged in the different affairs which took place in that country: he had the honor to receive the thanks of the Governor in council, and the following year was appointed to the important command of the troops at Bangalore, the principal station in the dominions of His Highness the Rajah of Mysore, which he held until his return to Europe in 1814. The 4th of June, 1813, he received the brevet of Colonel; and the 12th of August, 1819, that of Major-General.

595. MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR J. PRINGLE DALRYMPLE, BART.

THIS officer was appointed, the 5th of April, 1796, Ensign in the 99th foot; he succeeded to a Lieutenancy in the same corps; and the 24th of January, 1799, obtained a Company in the 60th regiment. From 1796 to 1798 he served in garrison at Gibraltar, subsequently as Aid-de-Camp to Major-General Pigot on the Staff of Great Britain. In 1808 he accompanied the Major-General to the Mediterranean, and at the taking of Malta acted as Assistant Adjutant-General to the expedition. In December, 1801, he returned to England with MajorR. M. Cal.

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