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DEPUTY-ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTERS-GENERAL.

Capt. E.T. Fitzgerald, 25th Foot, W.

Edward Thos. Fitzgerald, K.H., 2nd son of Charles Fitzgerald, of Turlough Park, Castlebar, was bn. 22nd Dec., 1784. Placed on h. p. as bt. maj., 1818. M., 20th Nov., 1811, Emma, dau. of Edmond Green, of Medham, in the Isle of Wight, and had issue. D., at Castlebar, 1845, as lt.-col. h. p.

Capt. Richard Brunton, 60th Foot.

The name of Brunton is to be found in the Lowlands of Scotland. The above officer, who bore this name, served in the Pa., and obtained his company in the 60th in 1813. Exchanged to the 13th Lt. Dns. 1819. Maj. in 1826, and lt.-col. of same regt. 1830. M. 30th June, 1829, Eliz., eldest dau. of Rev. Josiah Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath (by Susanna Harington), and widow of Major Wallace, of the Madras Cavalry, who was shot on parade in India by a sepoy of his regt. Col. Brunton d. at Bath, 1846, leaving issue by his wife, who re-married Edward Downe, of Abbeyside, Dungarvan.

Capt. Thos. Wright, Rl. Staff Corps, W.

Promoted maj., 25th June, 1830. Placed on h. p. 5th Nov. same year. Alive in 1846.

Capt. H.G. MacLeod, 35th Foot, W.

Aftds. Sir Henry George MacLeod, K.H. Col. h. p. 1838. Was knighted by William IV., on being appointed Lt.-Gov. of St. Christopher’s. Had previously served in Canada as A.D.C. to the Duke of Richmond. D. at his residence, near Windsor, 20th Aug., 1847. He was 4th son of Gen. Sir John MacLeod, G.C.H., R.A., and had served six years in the R.A.

Capt. J.J. Mitchell, 25th Foot, W.

This officer was for some years capt. in the 1st Royals. None of the Army Lists give his Christian names—only the enigmatical initials “J.J.”

He was placed on the Irish Half Pay List, in 1816, as capt. in the 25th Foot, and his name disappeared altogether from the Army List soon after that date.

Capt. W.G. Moore, 1st Ft. Gds.

Aftds. Lt.-Gen. Sir Wm. George Moore, K.C.B. Col.-in-Chf. 60th Rifles. Eldest son of Francis Moore, Under-Sec. of War, by Frances, Countess of Eglinton (dau. of Sir Wm. Twysden, Bart.). This Francis Moore was youngest brother of the famous Sir John Moore “of Corunna celebrity.” Bn. 1795. Educated at Harrow. Served as A.D.C. to Sir John Hope at siege of Bayonne, and was severely wounded and taken prisoner while attempting to assist his general when dismounted and wounded in the sortie of 14th April, 1814. D. at Petersham, 23rd Oct., 1862.

Capt. Geo. Hillier, 74th Foot.

Aftds. lt.-col. of the 62nd Regt. Served in Canada as A.D.C. to Sir P. Maitland, and, subsequently, as D.Q.M.G. in Jamaica. Of Devizes, Wilts. M. before 1820, and left, with other issue, the present Lt.-Col. G.E. Hillier. D. in Bengal, 15th June, 1840.

Capt. W.G. Cameron, 1st Ft. Gds.

Son of Lt.-Gen. Wm. Neville Cameron, H.E.I.C.S., by Charlotte, dau. of Sir Wm. Gordon, 7th Bart. of Embo, co. Sutherland. Capt. Wm. Gordon Cameron lost his right arm at Waterloo and had other severe wounds. K.H., made bt. lt.-col., 7th July, 1825, and placed on h. p. the following day. D. at Christchurch, Hants, 26th May, 1856.

Capt. F. Read, Rl. Staff Corps.

Francis Read d. a capt. in the same regt., 4th June, 1829. He appears to have been a relative of Lt.-Col. Wm. Read, who d. at Madras, 21st Aug., 1827, whilst holding the appointment of D.Q.M.G. Another of the same family (Constantine) was a Lieut. in Rl. Staff Corps, 1830.

Lt. P.T. de Barrailler, 33rd Foot.

Peter Toussaint de Barrailler was, as his name implies, of Gallic origin. The irony of fate decreed that he should use his sword against the Gallic army in 1815. His name disappeared from the Army List a few years after Waterloo.

Lt. Basil Jackson, Rl. Staff Corps.

The following memoir of this distinguished veteran appeared in the Illustrated London News of 9th Nov., 1889:—“A gallant military veteran, who has died at the great age of ninety-four, was reckoned one of the four surviving officers of the British Army present at the battle of Waterloo. Colonel Basil Jackson, born at Glasgow on June 27, 1795, was son of Major Basil Jackson; he entered the Military College in 1808, and, having received his commission as ensign, did not join a Line regiment, but was transferred to the Royal Staff Corps, where he learned the duties of the Quartermaster-General’s Department and engineering. In that branch of the Army he was employed in Holland and Belgium, in 1814 and 1815, and in the Waterloo campaign did good service in clearing the roads, and on the Duke of Wellington’s Staff. He accompanied the army to Paris, and was afterwards selected to go to St. Helena with Napoleon. In that island he remained till about a year and a half before Napoleon’s death. At a later period he was employed in Nova Scotia and in Canada, taking part in the construction of the Rideau Canal. He held the Professorship of Military Surveying in the East India Company’s Military College at Addiscombe during twenty years. After retiring from the army he lived at Hillsborough, near Ross, in Herefordshire.” M. 28th March, 1828, the dau. of Col. Muttlebury, C.B.

Lt. A. Brauns, Rl. Staff Corps.

Probably a son of the Col. John Brauns, of the German Legion, who was killed at the battle of Talavera. The above officer bore the names of “Augustus Christ. Gotleib.” Was placed on h. p. as lieut., in 1819. Living 1846.

COMMANDANT AT HEAD-QUARTERS.

Col. Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.B., 2nd Ft. Gds.

5th son of John Campbell, of Melfort, by Colina, dau. of John Campbell, of Auchalader. In 1792 he ran away from Perth Academy, and entered himself on the books of a ship bound for the West Indies. He was met in the fruit market at Kingston, Jamaica, by his brother Patrick (aftds. an admiral), a lieut. on board a man-of-war, who brought him home. In 1793 became a midshipman on board an East Indiaman. Two years later we find him serving as a lieut. in the 3rd Batt. Breadalbane Fencibles, and in 1799 he was appointed ens. in a West India Regt. Exchanged to the Ross-shire Buffs, and as capt., served under Sir A. Wellesley at the storming of Ahmednuggur, where his distinguished gallantry won him a brevet majority. At Assaye he had two horses shot under him, and was severely wounded. He accompanied Sir A. Wellesley to the Peninsula, and was for a considerable time on the staff of the army. For his services in Spain he obtained the gold cross with six clasps, and in Jan., 1815, was made K.C.B. He was a splendid soldier, but a bad French scholar. “When he wished his dinner to be arranged on the table, he used, as it were, to address the dishes, ‘Bif-teck venez içi! Petits pâtés allez là!’” (anecdote by Wellington). Was Governor of Ceylon from 1840–7. During his residence there he frequently heard from his great chief, Wellington, his attached friend. “We are both growing old,” wrote the Duke to Campbell; “God knows if we shall ever meet again. Happen what may, I shall never forget our first meeting under the walls of Ahmednuggur.” Sir Colin returned to England in June, 1847, and d. on the 13th of same month, in London, aged seventy-one, and was buried in St. James’s Church, Piccadilly.