Army Promotion Rows in Dragoons and Foot Guards
War Office lists broad promotions across Cavalry and Foot regiments. Cornets, Lieutenants, Captains promoted by purchase or from half pay, including Abercrombie, Hankin, Brymer, Rolland, Methold, Clarke, Hankin, Grey, and many others, with officers exchanged, retires noted, and new majors named across 1st and 4th Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoons, 6th Dragoons, 8th to 12th Dragoon columns, Light Dragoons and Foot Guards concluding in 50th and 60th foot terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Office
Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Cornet
T. Alcock
Trevillian
14Th Light Dragoons
N. C. Knatchbull
1St Dragoons
Stephenson
Rifle Brigade
Ditto
J. Rolland
Evans
E. Methold
J. S. Brymer
Purchase
Dunne
91St Foot
P. Wiss
Brymer
Ace 2d Regiment of Dragoons
T. P. Hankin
Clarke
J. Grey
10Th Light Dragoons
Hankin
J. F. S. Clarke
Eevice Trotter
19Th Light Dragoons
Smith
4Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
W. Neapean
6Th Light Dragoons
Norcliffe
6Th Regiment of Dragoons
G. Randall
Douglas
B. Whichcote
and Foot
Kersteman
Light Dragoons
G. Hamilton
Earl of Belfast
Seymour
41St Foot
Pery
J. Y.earlett
18Th Light Dragoons
Lord G Bentinck
50Th Foot
T. Otway
Grey
2D Dragoons
Comet R
W. Scott
Pennington
T. Macan
24Th Light Dragoons
William Tomkinson
W. H. Sperling
15Th Foot
James Baillie
Cornet T. Montgomery
Nepean
4Th Light Dragoons
Cornet W. Pott
de L’etang
W. Penn
Haven
J. Gowdie
Hammersley
G. Mecham
Methold
3D Dragoon Guards
A. W. Dashwood
Gowdie
H. A. O'Neill
Mecham
Seist
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards
G. Thornton
Powell
F. H. Needham
Gronow
Byurchase
J. Amherst
Thornton
W. Fladyer
Tn Foot
Neddham
Additio
R.m‘carthy
53Th Foot
Proctor
J. Spinks
12Th Foot
Schultze
S. Armstrong
Welsh
T. G. Squire
English
J. Kennedy
12Th Light Dragoons
Squire
Dutto
C. Levinge
Thaine
J. le Merchant
Levinge
W. H. Adams
34Th Foot
Belford
15Th
J. ¥. Schultze
4Th Foot
Spinks
M. M‘creagh
W. Williams
C. B
T. Fenton
Wilkinson
G. W. Rothe
Fenton
C. L. Wingfield
Rothe. Kine
W. Keowen
Newenham
J. M. Wood
Akenside
R. Ware
89Th Foot
Jenour
Nayler
Keowen
J. W. Temple
S211 Foot
J. Armstrong
A. Hamilton
2D Ceylon ‘Regiment
Vandeleur
W. Elliott
11Th Light Dragoons
J. N. Creighton
J. O' Halloran
P. J. de Moor
J. Carruthers
Pickering
R. C. Moffatt
O’ Halloran
Moncrieffe
WN. H.C. Massey
17Th Light Dragoons
C. Forbes
Royal Military College
Carruthers
M'Donald
H. BR. Hose
Forbes
J. D. Cogan
Rose
J. T. Leahy
Nooth
BR. Gordon
Blajor
Eahg. A
G. Murray
Vica School
67Th Foot
H. W. Hartley
Berwick
13Th ‘Light Dragoons
W. Campbell
Hir Tey
W. M‘dorell Hopper
Hartley
W. Buckley
Hopper
E. H. Bridgeman
21St Foot
Kidd
Taylor
F. Stanford
Bower
Asher D. Costello
Stanford
W. Belford
10Th Foot
Adams
C. K. Procter
24 Foot
Canby
A. G. Spiers
Dundas
HR. Molybeus
Spiers
H. D. Townshend
Talion
J. Dawson
J. Mompesson
N. E. Smith
Townshend
Hon. W. Horne
3D Foot Guards
A. Caldwell
Tallon
Geat
Ensign
J. Cochran
Reiment
Fetherston
W. D. Deverell
D. Williams
Brown
KE. M. Frome
Deverell
N. Wodehouse
Campbell
Lord G. Bentinck
Wodehouse
F. Matthews
Military promotions and appointments list heavy with purchases
The Gazette records numerous officer promotions and appointments across regiments including Ensigns and Lieutenants by purchase, without purchase, and exchanges. Major and Captain raises shift between regiments such as 52d 53d 55th 59th 63d 67th 71st 72d 76th 79th 85th 86th and 87th Ditto, with major reassignments in the 24th Light Dragoons, Royal West India Rangers and others, plus staff roles in Militia and colonial commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson
E. Williamson
Purchase
Matthewa
C. W.tyndale
Powell
Ditto
J. Young
Blois
M. Young
T. Emery
H. Gmy
Davies
J. Skerrett
76Th Foot
Frederick
Fe. Hall
Daniell
M. Prer
Ionian Islands
White
Dutto
Coventry
Carmichael
Connie
H. D. Campbell
Boxall
H. W. S. Stewart
Campbell
Oath Ditto
F. G. D’arcey
Marquess of
J. Wetherall
Molyneug
Foot
Dito
M. Creagh
Marston
R. Burney
Creagh
Danes R. Williams
Burney
John Earl of
Portarlington
Williams
W. Brown
24Th Light Dragoons
Robson
E. M ‘Iver
6Th Royal Veteran Battalion
J. Bartlett
Sohditto
H. Barrington
J. W. Donne
6Th Dragoon Guards
Gun
Lieut. A. Buchan
Scott
J. Miller
7Th West India Regt
Manley
Kt. Ayton
Royal West India Rangers
R. Douglas
D. Williamson
4Th Foot
W. B. Neynoe
Rifle Brigade
J. Fullarton
Byurchase
Leach
W. W. Stephenson
Tom
Dragoon Guards
N. C. Trevace
W.N. Orange
Fullarton
Charles Lostock Boileau
Orange
George Townley
Boileau
Cyrus Daniell
Vica Amherst
Grenadier Foot Guards
West India Regiment
Alexander Findlay
Parsonage
Ceylon
John Henry Slade
Sth Light Dragoons
Hamilton
16Th Foot
Italy
Francis Russell
12Th Light Dragoons
Nova Scotia
3Rd Foot
Naval appointments and movements after Trafalgar
Admiral Saumarez becomes Vice Admiral of England replacing the late Sir William Young. Rear Admiral of England goes to the Earl of Northesk, with Mends, Sabine, and Clavering assigned to Atlantic and African coastal duties. British ships sail from Portsmouth, Malta, and Cadiz, with regiments stationed at Gibraltar and the Mediterranean. Dispatches note political tensions in Smyrna Bay and Greek Turkish hostilities, while shore commands at Leith and Cork adjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Saumarez
England
William Young
Earl of Northesk
Trafalgar
J. Saumarez
Robert Mends
Portsmouth
Iphigenia
Africa
Tees
Coe
Cape of Good Hope
East Indies
Sabine
R.A
Parry
Clavering
Mediterranean
Com
Malta
Royal Artillery
King’s
Royal Irish
Gibraltar
Cadiz
Hoogly
India Direct
Zante
Cephalonia
Corfu
Islands
Stochefort
Graham Moore
K.C.B
Leghorn
Revolutionaire
Fleetwood Pellew
Redpole
P. Hay
Macehorse
Abbott
Smyrna
Jervoise
Chanticleer
Hose
Clowes
Martin
Askew
Medina
Pinos
Pacha
Lee
Plymouth
Luryalus
Clifford
Spencer
Cork
J. W. Beresford
Bart
Leith
Otway
Charles Paget
Royal George Wan
Charles
Yair Oak
Hants
Ly Huskisson
Lind Colville
Lordship
Youceed
Winds Halt Yet Sailings From Cork and Portsmouth
The Phaeton under Captain Montagne plans to move from Cork to Plymouth for docking while The Hind under Sir Charles Burrard sails with sealed orders likely to Lisbon. The Cameleon will depart Portsmouth for Plymouth with 5,000 in silver for dockyard and seamen. Le Mersey, under Captain Collier, paid off at Portsmouth. Hyperion arrived Madeira on Sept 26 and sails Oct 2 for Rio de Janeiro with Lord Charles Somerset aboard. Ships at Spithead include Semiramis Iphigenia Phaeton Tees Brazen Rosario and Cameleon. Dockyard assignments list several frigates and vessels under Commodore Grant, Nourse, and others for various commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phaeton
W. A. Montagne
Cork
Plymouth
Hind
Charles Burrard
Burt
Lisbon
Cameleon
Mingay
Portsmouth
le Mersey
Judward Collier
Portsmouth Harbour
Hyperion
Lillicrap
Madeira
Lord Charles Somerset
Suite
Rio de Janeiro
Spithead
Semiramis
Iphigenia
Tees
Brazen
Rosario
Liffey
Charles Grant
East India Command
Andromache
Joseph Nourse
Cape of Good Hope
Salisbury
Maude
Fahie
Halifax
Huryalus
J. A. W. Clifford
Mediterranean
Pr. Wolrige
Africa
Iearns
T. Herbert
Jamaica
Ships Building and Fleet Orders at Major Yards
A royal decree lists 96 ships to be built at dockyards including 18 line, 55 heavy frigates and 14 sloops, with named vessels at Portsmouth Plymouth and other yards. Reports of ships driven ashore in gales, crews saved from several wrecks, and weather conditions affecting maritime operations across Britain and nearby coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
His Majesty's
Line
Ponrtsmouth
Princess Charlotte
Indus
Carnatic
President
Fox
Penelope
Thalia
Tweed
Volage
Verret
Philomel
Royalist
Liverpool
Limerick
Sligo
Lady Ann Murray
Whitehaven
Newcastle
Dunbar
Morgenstern
Corunna
Cherbourg
Hamburgh
Terschelling
Corx
Mortimer
Hottentot
Havannah
Amy
Isle of Pines
Ceres
Aberdeeen
Rob Roy
Aberdeen
Belfast
Portsmouth
Bonne Marie
Bordeaux
Havre
Thorns
Paris and Parisian affairs in early 19th century reports
The Paris Chamber of Peers unites to present an address to the King while the Chamber of Deputies holds a presidency ballot with Ravez De Villele and De Corbiere advancing. Reports detail a Bois de Boulogne ambush deception confession, missionary activity, a church incident, royal engagements, Greek populations, and disease outbreaks in Barcelona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber OF Peers
Chamber OF Deputies
Wennespay
M. Ravez
M. de la Bourdonnaye
de Villele
Dupont de l
de Corbiere
Chamber
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Sieur Moithe
L’ Etoile
St. Etienne de Mont
la Rue Neuve
Stutgard
Michael of
Russia
Frederica Charlotte Maria
Prince Paul
Wirtemberg
Alfred Derville
Vienna
Smyrna
Barcelona
Parisct
Kromada-Street
Gazette de Milan
Ionian Feles
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Lombardy
East India Company Trade Monopoly Debate Summary
A House of Commons committee reports on East Indies and China trade. It weighs relaxing monopoly restrictions while preserving the Company’s tea trade privilege, noting potential for British merchants to access direct Chinese trade under proper regulations without undermining the Company’s rights. The panel emphasizes careful balance between public faith, expediency, and monopoly protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
East Indies
China
The
East India Company
United Kingdom
India
Canton
Lords
Allied Occupation Prolonged to September 1909
Telegrams from Warsaw and Petersburgh via Munich report Russia declining to attend a Congress while a German led Powers Congress may assemble in Florence with England, Sardinia, and Hanover interests. Reports note Russian troops in Bessarabia near the Pruth with Wittgenstein Miloradowitsch generals directing advances as southern mobilizations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Sardinia
Warsaw
Petersburgh
Munich
Russia
Germany
England
Hanover
Odessa
Bessarabia
Wittgenstein
Miloradowitsch
Pruth
Yellow fever reports across Iberian ports and Barcelona
Madrid dispatches detail yellow fever tolls at Port St Marys Xeres de la Frontera Lebrija and Barcelonetta with new cases cures and total deaths. Other items describe Saragossa militia tensions Barcelona hospital stats Tortosa monks and sheep losses Mequinez action by Mule Soliman against Mule Zeid in Fejera and Huazar casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Port St. Mary’s
Xeres de la Frontera
Lebrija
San Lucan
Barcelona
Barcelonetta
Tortosa
Rear-Admiral Burney Dies in Buckingham Gate
Obituary notes the sudden death of Rear-Admiral Burney in Buckingham Gate at seventy-two. He was eldest son of the historian of music and brother to Madame D'Arblay and Dr. Charles Burney, with a career in the Royal Navy, voyage with Captain Cook, and author of a major History of Discoveries. He was famed for humanity, integrity, and hospitality, praised by Johnson for his reputation and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Street
Buckingham-gate
Burney
F. R
Madame D’arblay
Charles Burney
Admiral Burney
Royal Navy
Cook
Ile O
Johnson
Thrale
Bristol
Burneys
Berney
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the Army
Napal Intelligence
Prymouth
St George
London
Hindostan
Lancaster
Portland
Statira
Proserpine
Circe
Cerberus
Tigress
Daphne
Porcupine
Partridge
Mutine
Hope
Bramble
Belzebub
Devastation
Custaam
George the Fourth
Neptune
Formidable
Powerful
Mermaid
Rainbow
Thames
Unicorn
Crocodile
Rattlesnake
Weazle
Procris
Diana
Atna
Sulphur
Basilisk
Cutter
Hebe
Jason
Medusa
North Star
Kingsfisher
Magnet
Tyrian
Ap Prusrzoxz
Gobkah
Vengeance
Druid
Hamadryad
Nemesis
Nereus
Thisbe
Success
Lithot
Reynard
Zephyr
Lonzamonny
Sea Gull
Lerwick
James Armstrong
Lark
South Shields
N.B
Lumburgh-head
Shetland
Shetland. Capt. Armstrong
N. Tong
Thomas
Hannah
Rouen
Honfleur
Madrid
Saragossa
Francisco Moreda
el Tinparcist de
Ceuta
Escpire
Muley Soliman
Mule Zeid
Mequinez
Fejera
Zeid
Muley Dris
Fo Santon
Huazar
Rear-Admiral
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