India, and was appointed to the important command in Mysore and its extensive dependencies, which he held until June, 1815, when, in consequence of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-General, the 4th of June, 1814, he was ordered to England, and arrived in March 1816.

Lieutenant-General Wetherall has nearly served forty-five years, thirty-nine of which have been on foreign service, in three successive wars, and in every quarter of the globe; his duty having called him to the Mediterranean, to North America, to Africa, and to the East and West Indies.

241. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN DANIEL ARABIN... APPOINTED 2d Lieutenant in the late Royal Irish Artillery, the 8th of September, 1774; Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, the 1st of October, 1783; Lieutenant-Colonel the 20th of May, 1795; Colonel in the army, the 29th of April, 1802; MajorGeneral, the 25th of October, 1809; and Lieutenant-General, the 4th of June, 1814.

242. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WILLIAM BUCHANAN.

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APPOINTED 2d Lieutenant in the late Royal Irish Artillery, the 12th of November, 1779; Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, the 5th of February, 1784; Lieutenant-Colonel the 20th of May, 1795; Colonel in the army, the 29th of April, 1802; Major-General the 25th of October, 1809; and LieutenantGeneral, the 4th of June, 1814.

243. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL

THE HON. SIR WILLIAM LUMLEY, K.C.B.

APPOINTED Cornet of the 10th light dragoons the 24th of October, 1787; Lieutenant, the 19th of May, 1790; Captain, the 4th of December, 1793; and in December, 1794, Aid-deCamp to Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The 10th of March, 1795, he received a Majority in Colonel Warde's levy, and on its disbandment, the 24th of June, 1795, he was placed on half-pay: he was soon after appointed LieutenantColonel in the late 22nd light dragoons, and his commision antedated to the 25th of May, 1795. He served in Ireland during

the rebellion, and was engaged in the affair at Antrim, the 7th of June, 1798, and severely wounded through the ankle joint; he, however, executed the orders he had received in saving the magistrates, (with the exception of the unfortunate Lord O'Neil,) and preserving the town from being burnt by the rebels, until the arrival of the infantry. He returned to England for the eure of his wound, and recovery of health in January, 1799, and rejoined the regiment in Ireland again, in August, 1800. In June, 1801, he proceeded in the command of the regiment to Egypt; he superintended the embarkation of the French army (the garrison of Cairo) from that country; he served during the siege of Alexandria, and until the regiment was ordered to embark for other services, and afterwards for England, in December, 1801. Lieutenant-Colonel Lumley returned to England from Malta, through Italy and France, with the late General Fox's permission, in 1802, the 29th of April of which year he received the brevet of Colonel; he was reduced the 25th of June, 1802, the 22nd dragoons being disbanded at that period, and remained on half-pay until the 9th of July, 1803, when he was appointed Colonel of the 3rd Reserve or Garrison battalion; he joined and personally formed this corps, and having in March, 1804, received letters of service to form it into a regiment of the line, he succeeded in inducing every soldier who was qualified, to volunteer for general service, amounting to near 400 men: arrangements afterwards changed, and this officer was again reduced on half-pay, the 25th of March, 1805; the corps being disbanded at that period. He was appointed on the Staff of the London District, the 25th of June, 1804; and on the Staff of the Cape of Good Hope, the 7th of August, 1806. He proceeded to the Rio de la Plata, South America, with the troops under the command of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, in October, 1806, and was second in command to that officer; he was at the head of the advance or light brigade, at the landing in that country on the 16th of January, 1807; as also during the approach to, investment, sortie, and siege of Monte Video. He likewise commanded a brigade in the advance, on the approach to, and unfortunate attack upon the town of Buenos Ayres, the 5th of July, 1807; and was constantly and R. M. Cal. 2

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warmly engaged on that, and the two preceding days. He returned with the army to England in November, 1807; in April, 1808, he proceeded to Malta, and from thence was removed to the Staff in Sicily, in August of that year. He sailed in command of the light brigade, in the expedition from Sicily in June, 1809, and landed with it on the Island of Istria the 25th of that month, under a heavy but ill-directed fire from the enemy's batteries. He returned to England in November, 1809, for the recovery of his health, having suffered repeated violent and dangerous attacks of a liver complaint; the 25th of October, 1809, he received the rank of Major General. In 1810 he was appointed to the Staff of the army serving in the Peninsula, and commanded a brigade of cavalry in the battle of Albuhera, for which he has the honor of wearing a medal. The 7th of November, 1812, he received the Colonelcy of the late Royal West India Rangers, and the 4th of June, 1814, the rank of Lieutenant-General. This officer is a Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Bath.

244. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL

JOHN TIMMS HERVEY ELWES.

APPOINTED Lieutenant-Colonel in the late 2nd battalion of the 84th foot, the 10th of June, 1795; Colonel in the army the 29th of April, 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel in the 7th battalion of reserve, or garrison battalion, the 9th of July, 1803; MajorGeneral the 25th of October, 1809; and Lieutenant-General the 4th of June, 1814

245. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL

SIR MOORE DISNEY, K.C.B.

THIS officer was appointed Ensign in the 1st guards, the 17th of April, 1783; and Lieutenant and Captain in June, 1791. From the end of 1793 till the return of the army in May, 1795, he served under the Duke of York in Flanders; the 12th of June, 1795, he succeeded to a company with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; the 29th of April, 1802, was appointed Colonel, by brevet; Brigadier-General on the homeStaff in December, 1805; in July, 1806, he commanded a battalion of the guards in Sicily; in August, 1807, he was appointed

Brigadier-General in Sicily; in November, 1808, marched from Portugal and served the campaign in Spain under the late Sir John Moore, and was present at the battle of Corunna, for which he has the honor to wear a medal; in July, 1809, commanded a brigade of guards in the expedition to Walcheren; the 25th of October of the latter year he was appointed MajorGeneral; and the 4th of June, 1814, Lieutenant-General; the 7th of April, 1815, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

246. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN M'KENZIE.

APPOINTED Lieutenant 73d foot, the 1st of January, 1778; and Captain in an Independent company, the 13th of February, 1782. At the peace of 1783 this officer was placed on halfpay; in 1793 appointed to a company; and the 1st of March, 1794, to a Majority in the 78th foot. In the campaign of 1794, on the Continent, he was present in several actions that took place between the Waal and Rhine; at the forcing the enemy from St. Audré; the sortie from Nimeguén; and the actions at Thuyl and Geldermalsen. The 15th of July, 1795, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 78th; he accompanied his regiment to the Cape of Good Hope and to India, and returned in 1802 on half-pay. The 29th of April, 1802, he was appointed Colonel, by brevet; and Brigadier-General the 24th of July, 1804. He served on the Staff in Scotland until the 24th of June, 1806; and the 24th of March, 1808, was appointed Brigadier-General on the Staff at Malta; he received the rank of Major-General the 25th of October, 1809; and that of Lieutenant-General the 4th of June, 1814. As Major-General this officer last served on the Staff of the army employed on the Eastern coast of Spain under LieutenantGeneral Sir William Henry Clinton.

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ALEXANDER GRAHAM STIRLING.

THIS officer was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Perthshire militia, or late 122d foot, the 12th of August, 1795; Colonel in the army the 29th of April, 1802; Major-General

the 25th of October, 1809; and Lieutenant-General the 4th of June, 1814.

248. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WILLIAM THOMAS.

THIS officer volunteered, in January, 1776, with the grenadier company of the 55th foot, and served the campaign of 1776 in North America. He was present at the several landings on Staten, Long, and York Islands; in the battle of the 27th of August, 1776, on Long Island; at the capture of Forts Lee and Washington, and served the winter campaign of 1776-7 under Lord Cornwallis in the Jerseys. The 30th of March, 1777, whilst serving in the Jerseys, he was appointed Ensign in the 5th foot. He was present at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In the latter he received two balls in his head. He continued in America until September, 1778, when he proceeded with ten regiments under General Grant to the West Indies; he was at the capture of St. Lucie, and in the battle of the Vigie, under Brigadier-General Medows. The 17th of February, 1779, he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 5th foot; he served on board the fleet in the West Indies until the end of 1780, nearly two years; was on board the Cornwall in the action off Grenada, the 6th of July, 1779, between Admiral Byron and the Comte D'Estaignes; also on board the Conqueror in the action the 19th of December, 1779, in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, between Admiral Parker and La Motte Picquet; likewise in the successive actions on board the Conqueror, Rear Admiral Rowley, with the Comte De Guichen, off Martinique, on the 17th of April. The 31st of October, 1781, he received the rank of Captain, having raised an independent company; and in April, 1783, was reduced to half-pay. The 25th of September, 1787, he was appointed to a company in the 5th foot, and reduced on the 24th of December following; and on the 25th appointed to a company in the 41st; and the 31st of December, 1793, to a Majority; he embarked for the West Indies in December, 1798, with his regiment, and was at the capture of Port au Prince, the 4th of June, 1794; after which he returned to Eugland with dispatches from the late General Sir Adam Williamson. The 20th