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Brotherton, Thomas William, 1785-1868
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1785-1868
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BROTHERTON, SIR THOMAS WILLIAM; b. 1785; at school under Vincent (information from J. L. Shadwell); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 24 Jan 1800; Lieut. and Capt., 17 Jul 1801; half-pay, 25 Dec 1802; Capt., 53rd Foot, 10 Sep 1803; Lieut. and Capt., 3rd Foot Guards, 3 Dec 1803; Capt., 6th Foot, 15 Jan 1807; 21st Light Dragoons, 25 Mar 1807; 14th Light Dragoons, 4 Jun 1807; Brevet Maj., 28 Nov 1811; Maj., 14th Light Dragoons, 26 Mar 1812; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 19 May 1814; Lieut. -Col., 12th Lancers 26 Oct 1820; half-pay, unattached 24 May 1827; 95th Foot, 15 Jun 1830; Brevet Col. and ADC to King, 22 Jul 1830; Lieut. -Col., 16th Lancers 10 Feb 1832; Maj. -Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 15th Light Dragoons 18 May 1849 – Jul 1859; Lieut. -Gen., 11 Nov 1850; Col., 1st Dragoon Guards, from 17 Jul 1859; Gen., 1 Apr 1860; served in Egypt 1801, Hanover 1805, and in Peninsular War 1808-14; wounded at Salamanca and at the Neve, where he was taken prisoner; CB 3 Feb 1817; KCB 5 Jul 1855; GCB 28 Jun 1861; m. 1st, 11 Jun 1819 Louisa Anne, eldest dau. of J. Stratton, Lisnawelly [check county]; m. 2nd, 20 Nov 1865 Thomasina, dau. of Rev. Walter Hoare; d. 20 Jan 1868. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.