Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty

Sir Samuel Auchmuty
Born 28 April 1780
Died 30 April 1868
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank General
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty GCB (28 April 1780 – 30 April 1868)[1] was an Anglo-Irish soldier.

Military career

He was the second son of Samuel Auchmuty and his wife Elizabeth, only daughter of Francis Savage.[2] Auchmuty entered the British Army as ensign in 1797 and served first in the French Revolutionary Wars and subsequently in the Napoleonic Wars.[2] He was lieutenant of the 68th Regiment of Foot in 1800 and was promoted to captain in 1805.[3] A year later Auchmuty was transferred to the 70th Regiment of Foot and in 1807 to the 7th Regiment of Foot.[3] In 1810, he was appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and attached to the 6th Infantry Division.[3] He became Aide-de-camp to Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole in July 1813 and was promoted to major in October of the same year.[3] Auchmuty fought in the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 and in the Battle of Toulouse in April, for which he received the Army Gold Medal and was made a brevet lieutenant-colonel.[3]

Auchmuty became colonel in 1831 and major-general 1841.[4] He was transferred to the general staff in India in 1848,[5] became colonel of the 65th Regiment of Foot in February 1851[6] was promoted to lieutenant-general in November.[7] In 1855, Auchmuty was appointed colonel of his old regiment, the 7th foot,[8] and following the death of Sir Robert John Harvey was promoted finally to general in 1860.[9] He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1857[10] and a Knight Grand Cross in 1861.[11]

In 1817, he married Mary Anne Buchanan.[1] Auchmuty died, aged 88 at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sylvanus, Urban (1868). The Gentleman's Magazine. part I. London: Bradbury, Evans & Co. pp. 788–789.
  2. 1 2 Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 97–97.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 John Philippart, ed. (1820). The Royal Military Calendar or Army Service and Commission Book. vol. V (3rd ed.). London: A. J. Valpy. pp. 25–26.
  4. ↑ "No. 20044". The London Gazette. 24 November 1841. p. 3099.
  5. ↑ Hart, H. G. (1855). John Bernhard Burke, ed. The New Army List and Militia List. London: John Murray. p. 117.
  6. ↑ "No. 21179". The London Gazette. 7 February 1851. p. 299.
  7. ↑ "No. 21262". The London Gazette. 11 November 1851. p. 2965.
  8. ↑ "No. 21676". The London Gazette. 13 March 1855. p. 1054.
  9. ↑ "No. 22400". The London Gazette. 3 July 1860. p. 2497.
  10. ↑ "No. 21955". The London Gazette. 2 January 1857. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "No. 22524". The London Gazette. 28 June 1861. p. 2689.
Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Grosvenor		 Colonel of the 65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot
1851 – 1855 		Succeeded by
Henry Balneavis
Preceded by
Sir George Brown		 Colonel of the 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot
1855 – 1868 		Succeeded by
Sir Richard Airey
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