CHILD, WILLIAM GILBERT, son of William Child, Smith Street, Westminster; b. (Hamburg, Germany); adm. 1 Jul 1773; KS (aged 11) 1774; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1779, but never adm.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Feb 1777; Cornet, 21st Light Dragoons, 26 Dec 1778; Lieut., 26 Feb 1780; 23rd Dragoons, 24 Sep 1781; Capt. -Lieut., 19th Light Dragoons, Mar 1785; Maj., 13 Apr 1792; 25th Light Dragoons, 12 Jan 1797; Lieut. -Col. in Army 3 May 1796; ret. 19 Feb 1799; Barrack Master at Colchester, 1812, and at Chatham, 1816; m. 9 Sep 1803 Charlotte Delancey (IGI); d. 1821 (will proved PCC 2 Jun 1821).
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1