114. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL HENRY READ.

THIS officer was appointed the 21st of January, 1768, SubBrigadier and Cornet in the 1st troop of horse guards, now 1st life guards; Brigadier and Lieutenant the 31st of December, 1770; Exempt and Captain the 24th of December, 1777; Guidon and Major the 9th of July 1781; LieutenantColonel the 4th of February, 1793; Colonel in the army the 26th of February, 1795; Major-General the 1st of January, 1798; and Lieutenant-General the 1st of January, 1805. This officer has not seen any foreign service. His present rank is stationary.

115. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON, APPOINTED Sub-Engineer and Lieutenant in the Engineers the 8th of June, 1763; and Engineer Extraordinary and Captain-Lieutenant the 2nd of February, 1775; Major in the army the 3rd of April, 1780; Colonel in the army the 21st of August, 1795; Major-General the 18th of June, 1798; and Lieutenant-General the 30th of October, 1805. His present rank is stationary.

116. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WILLIAM THORNTON. THIS officer received his commission as Ensign in the 1st foot guards the 6th of November, 1778; the 18th of March, 1782, that of Lieutenant and Captain; and the 25th of April, 1793, that of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel. He was appointed Colonel in the army, by brevet, the 3rd of May, 1796; MajorGeneral the 29th of April, 1802; 3rd Major in his regiment the 16th of April, 1804; Lieutenant-General the 25th of April, 1808; and 2nd Major in his regiment the 15th of September, 1808, from which he retired the 29th of July, 1812, keeping the rank of Lieutenant-General in the army.

He served with the guards in Flanders, Holland, and Germany in the years 1794 and 1795, and was on the Staff in various parts of England from 1803 as Major-General, until he

obtained his present rank of Lieutenant-General, and which is stationary.

During the last Parliament, this officer was member for Woodstock.

117. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL FERDINAND, BARON

HOMPESCH.

THIS officer was appointed Colonel in the British service the 8th of October, 1796; Major-General the 29th of April, 1802; Lieutenant-General the 25th of April, 1808. He was formerly attached to a regiment of mounted riflemen. His present rank is stationary.

118. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GEORGE ELLIOT.

THIS officer entered the corps of Royal Marines in the year 1755; the 18th of March, 1757, he was appointed to a first Lieutenancy; on the 18th of April, 1771, he obtained a company; in 1782, a majority; the 24th of April, 1795, a Lieutenant-Colonelcy: the brevet of Colonel in the army the 26th of January, 1797; of Major-General the 21st of September, 1803; and was appointed Colonel-Commandant in the Royal Marines the 21st of December following.

He received the brevet of Lieutenant-General on the 25th of October, 1809; which rank is stationary, Lieutenant-General Elliot having retired from the Royal marines.

This officer served a considerable period in America and up the Mediterranean. He was present at the battle of Bunker's Hill. Lieutenant-General Elliot has never been wounded or on

half-pay.

119. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL RICHARD NORTHEY

HOPKINS.

THIS officer was appointed Captain in the 32nd foot, the 12th of November, 1778; and Lieutenant-Colonel in the same regiment the 5th of November, 1793; Colonel in the army the 26th of January, 1797; Major-General the 25th of September, 1803; and Lieutenant-General the 25th of October, 1809.

120. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL PATRICK SINCLAIR.

THIS officer was appointed Lieutenant the 27th of July, 1760; Lieutenant in the 15th foot the 24th of October, 1761'; Captain in ditto; Major in the late 84th foot the 12th of June, 1782; Lieutenant-Colonel in the army the 12th of October, 1793; Colonel the 26th of January 1797; Major-General the 25th of September, 1803; and Lieutenant-General the 25th of July, 1810.

121. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR THOMAS

BLOMEFIELD, BART.

APPOINTED Lieutenant-Fireworker in Royal artillery the 1st of January, 1759; 2nd Lieutenant the 1st of August, 1762; 1st Lieutenant the 20th of December, 1765; Captain the 29th of January, 1773; Major the 19th of March, 1783; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal artillery the 5th of December, 1793; Colonel in the army the 26th of January, 1797; Colonel in the Royal artillery the 12th of November, 1800; Major-General the 25th of September, 1803; Colonel-Commandant in the Royal artillery the 1st of June, 1806; and General the 25th of July, 1810.

This officer, in 1807, served in the Danish expedition, and his name was included in the vote of thanks. (Vide Lord Cathcart's services, No. 37.)

The 3d of November, 1807, he was created a Baronet of Great Britain.

122. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GOTHER MANN.

APPOINTED Practitioner Engineer and Ensign in the Royal engineers, the 27th of February, 1763; Sub-Engineer and Lieutenant the 1st of April, 1771; Engineer Extraordinary and Captain-Lieutenant the 2nd of March, 1777; Lieutenant-Colonel the 5th of December, 1798; Colonel in the army the 26th of January, 1797, Colonel in the engineers, the 18th of August following; Major-General the 25th of September, 1803; Colonel-Commandant of the Royal engineers the 13th of July, 1805; Lieutenant-General the 25th of July, 1810; and subsequently Inspector-General of fortifications.

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His services abroad were in the West Indies, the Netherlands, and North America.

123. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN PRATT.

APPOINTED Lieutenant-Fireworker in the Royal regiment of artillery, in Ireland, the 28th of January, 1771; Captain the 14th of February, 1779; Lieutenant-Colonel the 20th of May, 1795; Colonel in the army the 26th of January, 1797; Colonel in the late Royal Irish artillery the 31st of May, 1800 (allowed to retire on half-pay); Major-General the 25th of September, 1803; Lieutenant-General the 25th of July, 1810.

124. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOSIAH CHAMPAGNE. THIS officer received, the 28th of January, 1775, an Ensigncy in the 31st foot; in March, 1776, he embarked with his regiment, and landed in America in May; and remained on active service till the peace, when he returned to England. The 11th July, 1777, he obtained his Lieutenancy; in April, 1783, a company in the 99th foot; and in March, 1784, a company in the 3d foot. Captain Champagné joined his corps in May of the latter year, in Jamaica; and in 1785, went with the expedi tion to the Spanish main; he continued in the West Indies 5 years, and then returned to England. In 1793, he again embarked for the West Indies, under the late Sir C. Grey, but proceeded to the relief of Nieuport; the 18th of September, was appointed to a Majority in the 80th foot; and the 19th December, to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy. In 1794, he again went to the Continent, and returned with the army in 1795; he twice embarked in the latter year in command of his regiment for the coast of France; the misfortune at Quiberon prevented the first expedition from proceeding beyond Plymouth; the second, under Major-General Doyle, took possession of Isle Dieu, and remained on that service till January, 1796, when he returned to England. In March, 1796, Lieutenant-Colonel Champagné embarked in command of his regiment for the Cape of Good Hope, and at the close of this year sailed with the regiment for the East Indies. The 26th of January, 1797,

he was appointed Colonel, by brevet; and in 1800, to the com

mand of an expedition against Batavia, with the rank of Brigadier-General, but which was subsequently countermanded. In 1801, he was appointed second in command to the army that sailed from India for Egypt; in 1803, he returned to England; and the 25th of September of that year was appointed MajorGeneral; and the 25th of July, 1810, Lieutenant-General; the 25th of February, 1810, Colonel of the 41st foot, from which he was removed to the Colonelcy of the 17th foot the 14th of June, 1819.

125. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR HARRY CALVERT,

BART. & G. C. B.

THE 24th of April, 1778, this officer was appointed 2d Lieutenant in the 23d foot; and in March, 1779, embarked to join that corps in North America. The 2d of October, 1779, he was appointed Lieutenant, and embarked from New York for the siege of Charlestown; he served during that siege and the ensuing campaigns, which terminated with the surrender of Charlestown, and was present at the different actions that occurred, with the exception of that of Camden. The 23d of November, 1785, he obtained his company; and the 19th of February, 1790, exchanged it for a Lieutenancy in the Coldstream guards, with the rank of Captain. In 1793, Captain Calvert embarked with the brigade of guards for Holland, and was soon after appointed Aid-de-Camp to the Duke of York; in which capacity he served during the years 1798 and 1794, and was present at the sieges and actions in which the British troops were engaged during that period, with the exception of the affair at Lincelles, when he was in England, having been charged with the dispatches announcing the surrender of Valenciennes; he was likewise present at the battle of Wattignies, fought between the Imperial army, under Prince Coburg, and the French, under General Jourdan, towards the close of the campaign of 1793. The 1st of July, 1793, he received the brevet of Major; the 25th of December, a company, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; the 29th of April, 1796, he was appointed Deputy-Adjutant-General; the 26th of January, 1797, Colonel by brevet; the 9th of January, 1799,