Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet

Sir William Houston
Born 10 August 1766
Died 8 April 1842
Bromley Hill, Kent
Buried at Carshalton, Surrey
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank General
Battles/wars French Revolutionary Wars
Peninsular War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Royal Guelphic Order

General Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCH (10 August 1766 – 8 April 1842) was a General in the British Army and the Governor of Gibraltar.

Military career

Houston was commissioned into the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1781.[1] He commanded the 58th Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Minorca in 1798.[2] Later he commanded a Brigade at the Siege of Alexandria.[2] He also commanded the 7th Division during the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro in 1811 and the Battle of Badajoz in 1812.[2] After a career in the British Army he ultimately became a General in 1837.[3]

On 5 November 1808 he married Lady Jane Maitland, the fourth daughter of James Maitland, 7th Earl of Lauderdale.

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 12210. p. 1. 28 July 1781. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  2. ^ a b c William Houston at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 19456. p. 63. 10 January 1837. Retrieved 2010-02-02.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Stuart		 Colonel of the 20th (the East Devonshire)
Regiment of Foot
1815–1842		 Succeeded by
Sir James Burns
Government offices
Preceded by
George Don
(acting)		 Governor of Gibraltar
(acting)
1831–1835		 Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Woodford
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
New creation		 Baronet
1836–1842		 Succeeded by
George Houstoun-Boswall