British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 4th Regiment of FootBy Steve Brown
Regimental History
Colonels
Colonels-Commandant
Stations and Combats – 1st Battalion
Stations and Combats – 2nd Battalion
Stations and Combats – 3rd Battalion
Careers of Senior Officers (shown as highest rank attained in regiment in the period) Major Francis Peregrine Thorne Major in 4th Foot 26 October 1789; commanded garrisons of 1/4th Foot at various islands off Newfoundland, 1793; transferred to 6th Foot, 21 June 1794. Lt. Col. John Hodgson Major in 6th Foot June 1794; transferred to 4th Foot 21 June 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 September 1795; commanded 1/4th Foot 1795 to 1801; exchanged to 131st Foot April 1801. Lt. Col. Nathaniel Thomas Kane Born Dublin c.1758; Major in 4th Foot 9 September 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1798; Lieutenant-Colonel 6 August 1799; retired December 1799; died 1826. Lt. Col. William Dickson Major in 4th Foot 9 January 1798; Lieutenant-Colonel 5 August 1799; killed in action at Beverwyk 6 October 1799. Lt. Col. Thomas Cholmondeley Major in 90th Foot 4 November 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 30 December 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 5 August 1799 (on transfer from half-pay of 90th Foot); commanded 1/4th Foot in Holland; taken prisoner at Beverwyk; paroled and retired July 1800. Lt. Col. Heneage Twisden Born Kent 1764; Major in 4th Foot 15 May 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 18 January 1799; Lieutenant-Colonel 8 August 1799; Inspecting Field Officer of Yeomanry by September 1803. Lt. Col. Thomas Brinley Major in 4th Foot 6 August 1799 (on transfer from 2nd West India Regiment); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 13 October 1796; Lieutenant-Colonel 7 October 1799; commanded 1/4th Foot 1803-1804; Quarter-Master General in West Indies 1805; transferred to Nova Scotia Fencibles August 1805. Lt. Col. James Wynch Major in 4th Foot 6 August 1799 (on transfer from 36th Foot); wounded at Beverwyk 1799; Lieutenant-Colonel 15 November 1799; commanded 1/4th Foot at Copenhagen; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; wounded at Corunna; commanded 1/4th Foot at Walcheren; brevet Colonel 24 October 1809; commanded brigade in Light Division in Peninsula from November 1810 to January 1811; died of typhoid fever at Lisbon 6 January 1811. Lt. Col. William Archdall Born Ireland c.1770; taken prisoner at Beverwyk 1799; Major in 4th Foot 4 March 1800; Lieutenant-Colonel 10 July 1800; retired April 1801. Lt. Col. Benjamin Fish Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 131st Foot 4 February 1797; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 11 April 1801 (on exchange from 131st Foot, with Hodgson); retired July 1801. Lt. Col. John Baldwin Major in 4th Foot 20 January 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel 17 April 1801; subsequently to Garrison Battalion, then 5th Foot on disbanding of 2nd and 3rd battalions; Inspecting Field Officer of Yeomanry by July 1807. Born England 1770; Major in 4th Foot 6 August 1799 (on transfer from 111th Foot); taken prisoner at Beverwyk 6 October 1799; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 5 December 1799; transferred to 2nd Foot Guards 17 September 1802. Lt. Col. John Daniel Kane Born Dublin 1770, nephew of Nathaniel Kane; Major in 4th Foot 19 May 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel 17 July 1801; Inspecting Field Officer of Yeomanry by September 1803 on disbanding of 2nd and 3rd battalions; died 1847. Major Sydney Edward Scroggs Born Wiltshire c. 1770; Major in 4th Foot 6 August 1799 (on transfer from half-pay of 36th Foot); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1801; transferred to 82nd Foot in 1803 on disbanding of 2nd and 3rd battalions; died 1856. Lt. Col. Alexander Keith Major in 27th Foot 27 September 1796; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1798; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 19 October 1799 (on transfer from 27th Foot); exchanged to 73rd Foot 27 April 1802. Lt. Col. Sir William Cockburn, Bart. Born Ireland 1768; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 73rd Foot 1798; on half-pay 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 27 April 1802 (on exchange with Keith); Inspecting Field Officer of Volunteers in Ireland 1804; brevet Colonel 25 April 1808; subsequently Major-General 4 June 1811; died Bath 1835. Lt. Col. Henry William Espinasse Major in 11th Foot 6 August 1799; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel May 1802; Lieutenant-Colonel in 18th Foot 14 September 1804 (on transfer from 11th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 6 August 1805; commanded 2/4th Foot at Walcheren; retired January 1810. Lt. Col. Charles Bevan Born London 1778; Major in 28th Foot 1 December 1804; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; Lieutenant-Colonel in 4th Foot 18 January 1810 (on transfer from 28th Foot); commanded 1/4th Foot in Peninsula January 1811 to July 1811; committed suicide at Portelagre 8 July 1811 after being held accountable for the loss of the French garrison at Almeida. Lt. Col. Francis Brooke, C.B. Born Ireland 1770; Major in 4th Foot 18 July 1804; served in Peninsula with 1/4th Foot August 1808 to January 1809; and again November 1810 to November 1813; Lieutenant-Colonel 14 February 1811; commanded 2/4th Foot February to July 1811; commanded 1/4th Foot July 1811 to July 1812, and December 1812 to November 1813; commanded brigade in 5th Division July 1812 to December 1812; missed 1814 North American campaign due to illness; returned early 1815 and wounded at New Orleans; commanded Lambert’s brigade at Waterloo (as Lambert was de facto commander 6th Division); retired 1819; died 1826. Lt. Col. Edmund Faunce Born Quebec 1775; Major in 4th Foot 15 August 1804; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; Lieutenant-Colonel 1 August 1811; commanded 2/4th Foot July 1811 to 1813; retired July 1813. Major John Piper, C.B. Served in Peninsula with 1/4th Foot August 1808 to January 1809; Major 16 August 1810; served in Peninsula again November 1810 to January 1814; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 17 August 1812; commanded 1/4th Foot July 1812 to December 1812; wounded at San Sebastian; temporarily commanded a brigade in 5th Division December 1813; died 1822. Lt. Col. David Williamson Major in 4th Foot 4 June 1807; served in Peninsula with 2/4th Foot July 1812 to January 1813; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 17 August 1812; Lieutenant-Colonel 22 July 1813; commanded 2/4th Foot at San Sebastian; wounded seven times in the Peninsula; on half-pay 1820. Major Alured Dodshaw Faunce, C.B. Born Bristol 1775; Served in Peninsula with 1/4th Foot August 1808 to January 1809; and again from November 1810 to June 1812; Major in 4th Foot 14 February 1811; then in Peninsula with 2/4th Foot July 1812 to January 1813; commanded 1/4th Foot in Peninsula from March 1814 to April 1814; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 29 September 1814; commanded 1/4th Foot in North America 1814-1815; wounded at New Orleans; subsequently (and belatedly) Lieutenant-Colonel 24 January 1822; died 1850. Captain George David Willson, C.B. Captain in 4th Foot 7 August 1804; served at Copenhagen 1807; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; wounded at Corunna; served in Walcheren; and again in Peninsula 1810 to April 1814; ADC to General Pringle 1812; brevet Major 26 December 1813; commanded 1/4th Foot at Waterloo (in absence of Brooke as brigade commander); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 18 June 1815. Captain John Easton Kipping Born Kent 1775; Captain in 4th Foot 8 August 1804; served in Peninsula August 1808 to January 1809; and again November 1810 to April 1814; severely wounded at Vittoria; commanded 1/4th Foot for a time after San Sebastian; brevet Major 25 December 1813; retired August 1820. Sources: War Office. Army Lists 1796 to 1815. London: various years. Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Fourth or King’s Own Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment, and of its Subsequent Services to 1839. London: Longman, Orme & Co., 1839. 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. Fletcher, Ian. Wellington’s Regiments. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1994. 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. Hall, John A. A History of the Peninsular War: Volume VIII – The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded 1808-1814. London: Greenhill Books, 1998. London Gazette Website. March 2009. The Napoleon Series – Peninsula Roll Call. March 2009.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: April 2009; updated October 2009
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