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British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 22nd Regiment of FootBy Steve Brown
Regimental History
Colonels
Stations and Combats – 1st Battalion
Stations and Combats – 2nd Battalion
Careers of Senior Officers (shown as highest rank attained in regiment in the period) Major Henry Lysaght Major in 22nd Foot ?; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 22 November 1790; commanded 22nd Foot in West Indies 1794; died November 1794. Lt. Col. Sir John Gustavus Crosbie Born 1765; Major in 22nd Foot 31 December 1793; Lieutenant-Colonel 28 September 1794; brevet Colonel 1 January 1800; on half-pay 85th Foot 25 June 1802; subsequently Major-General 25 April 1808; Lieutenant-General 4 June 1813; General 22 July 1830; died Sussex 1843. Major Edward Handfield Major in 22nd Foot 28 September 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 10 October 1794; retired August 1796. Lt. Col. James Mercer Major in 64th Foot 22 September 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 29 July 1796 (on transfer from 64th Foot); commanded 22nd Foot 1796 to 1809; died May 1809. Major Gideon Shairpe Born West Lothian 1756; brevet Major 6 May 1795; Major in 22nd Foot 15 May 1795 (on transfer from 17th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel in 9th Foot 5 August 1799; died May 1806. Major John Randall Forster Born Kent 1770; Major in 22nd Foot 27 February 1796; Lieutenant-Colonel in 24th Foot 10 December 1799. Lt. Col. Robert Kelso Served in West Indies and North America 1780 to 1783; served in Martinique 1794; Major in 22nd Foot 9 August 1799; served at Cape of Good Hope 1800 to 1802; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1805; served in East Indies 1808 to 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel 8 June 1809; commanded 22nd Foot 1809 to 1810; commanded a brigade in Mauritius 1810; brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; subsequently Major-General 12 August 1819; Colonel of 6th Royal Veteran Battalion 20 November 1819; died 1823. Major William Samuel Parr Born Yorkshire 1774; Major in 22nd Foot 11 December 1799; died October 1804. Lt. Col. Lord Evelyn James Stuart Born Scotland 1773; Major in 66th Foot ?; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 1 November 1797 (on transfer from 66th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 25 June 1802; brevet Colonel 1 November 1805; retired 1814; MP for Cardiff 1794 to 1818. Major James Erskine Born 1765; served in West Indies 1791 to 1797; Major in 22nd Foot 3 November 1804; Major in 48th Foot 14 February 1805. Major William Frome Major in 48th Foot 16 June 1804 (on transfer from Limerick Fencibles); Major in 22nd Foot 14 February 1805 (on exchange from 48th Foot); died 1807. Lt. Col. John Dalrymple Born Lancashire 1777; Major in Scotch Brigade ?; Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 2 October 1806 (on transfer from Scotch Brigade); commanded 22nd Foot on Mauritius 1810; brevet Colonel 4 June 1813; died 1835. Major Effingham Lindsay Born Scotland 1759; served on San Domingo 1793 to 1796; served in Cape of Good Hope 1801 to 1802; commanded an attack column and wounded at Deig 1804; commanded an attack column and wounded at Bhurtpore 1805; Major in 22nd Foot 30 October 1807; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 17 September 1812; brevet Colonel 12 August 1819; Deputy Adjutant-General on Mauritius 1820. Major William Shaw Major in 22nd Foot 8 June 1809; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814. Lt. Col. John Tucker Major in 29th Foot 9 July 1811; Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in and brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in Canada 1813; Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 10 February 1814 (on transfer from 41st Foot); commanded 2/21st Foot 1814; exchanged to 29th Foot 29 September 1814. Major Patrick McNeight Wounded at siege of Bhurtpore 1805; Major in 22nd Foot 10 February 1814; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814; on half-pay 1815; reinstated 1819. Lt. Col. Sir Gregory Holman Bromley Way, C.B. Born London 1776; Major in 29th Foot 25 February 1808; served in Peninsula July to October 1808; again in Peninsula April 1809 to August 1811; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 30 May 1811; Lieutenant-Colonel in 29th Foot 4 July 1811; again in Peninsula April 1813 to February 1814; Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 29 September 1814 (on exchange from 29th Foot); Deputy Adjutant-General in North Britain 1815; Deputy Adjutant-General Scotland 1820; brevet Colonel 19 July 1821; on half-pay 1826; subsequently Major-General 22 July 1830; Lieutenant-General 23 November 1841; died 1844. Sources: War Office. Army Lists 1796 to 1815. London: various years. Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Twenty-Second or Cheshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment, and of its Subsequent Services to 1849. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1849. Chichester, Henry Manners, and Burges-Short, Henry. The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army. London: William Clowes & Sons, 1895. Westlake, Ray. English & Welsh Infantry Regiments - An Illustrated Record of Service 1662-1994. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2002. McKenna, Michael G. The British Army – And Its Regiments and Battalions. West Chester , Ohio: The Nafziger Collection. 2004. Reid, Stuart. Wellington’s Officers, Volume 1. Leigh-On-Sea: Patrizan Press, 2008. Park, S.J. and Nafziger, G.F. The British Miltary – Its System and Organization 1803-1815. Cambridge, Ontario: Rafm Co. Inc. 1983. Philippart, John. The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book. London: A.J. Valpy, 1820. London Gazette Website. August 2009.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2009
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