British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars� 1793-1815
Dundas, David
By: Ron McGuigan
Dundas, David (1735? - 18 February 1820)
Cadet Woolwich Military Academy 1750, Lieutenant-fireworker Royal
Artillery 1754, 2nd Lieutenant Royal Artillery 1755, Lieutenant
56th Foot 1756, Captain 15th Light Dragoons 1759, Major
15th Light Dragoons 1770, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1775, Lieutenant
Colonel 12th Light Dragoons 1775, Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Horse* 1781,
Brevet Colonel 1781, Major General 1790, Lieutenant General Continent
1794, Lieutenant General 1797, General 1802.
*renamed 5th Dragoon Guards 1788.
Early Service: Seven Years War 1758-1762 at Cherburg, on the continent
and Havana. Quartermaster-General Ireland 1777-1789, Adjutant
General Ireland 1789-1791, on staff Ireland 1791-1793.
Service 1793-1815: Flanders 1793, Toulon 1793, Flanders 1793-1796
and commanded cavalry 1795-1796. Quartermaster-General to the Forces
1796-1803, on Home Staff 1803-1805, Commander-in-Chief
British Army 1809-1811.
Later Service: Governor of Royal Hospital Chelsea 1804-1820.
KB 1803. GCB 1815
Colonel of the 22nd Foot 1791-1795, 7th Light Dragoons 1795-1801,
2nd Dragoons 1801-1813, Colonel-in-Chief 95th Foot (Rifle Brigade -
1816) 1809-1820 and Colonel 1st Dragoon Guards 1813-1820.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2010
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