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1914; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 58; Issue: 435 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03071841409420108
ISSN0035-9289
Autores ResumoHospital, of which Institution he i n s , Governor, on August znd, 1868.H e was for 74 years in the service of his country, having entered the army as cornet in the 8th Light Dragoons in 1594, and afterwards exchanging into the 99th Regiment, in which he was gazetted captain in September, 1794, and in which regiment he accompanied the expedition under Major-General White in 1796 to the West Indies, and was present at the capture of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo.He later accompanied the expedition to Holland, was present at the actions of the 10th and 19th of September, also in those of the and and 6th of October.In 1807 he mcnt with the Royal Fusiliers to the Baltic, joined Cathcart's expedition, and was present at the capture of the Danish Fleet and surrender of Copeshagen; in ~S o g he was at the taking of blartinique.In ISII he joined the British Army at Lisbon as major and brevet lieut.-colonel,commanding the 7th Fusiliers, during that and following campnigns of ISIS, 1813, and I S I ~.He was present at the Battle of Busaco, and was severely wounded in the thigh at Albuera.Colonel Blakeney was also present at the action of Aldea de Ponte, the Siege of Ciudad Kodrigo, and was severely wounded through the arm a t the assault of Badajoz.He likewise was present at the Battles of Vittoria, Pyrenees and Nivelle.In 1814 he accompanied his regiment, the Royal Fusiliers, to America, to join the force against New Orleans, and was present at the assault of the lines before that plach.In 1815 he joined the army in Belgium after the Battle of Waterloo, and was present at the capture of Paris.In 1S26 he went to Portugal with a force commanded by General Sir William Clinton, in the command of the 1st Brigade.In 1828 he was appointed to the Staff in Ireland, and from 183s to 18;; commanded the forces in that country.He was a Privy Councillor of Ireland from 183G, was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath in 1849, and in 1836 was made by William IV. a
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