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like his ancestors, his bent was to the profession 

 of arms, and so desirous was he of entering the 

 army, that on the 8th of June, 1809, when only 

 eighteen years of age, he was appointed ensign in 

 the 8th garrison battalion. On the 21st of June, 

 1810, he became a lieutenant in the 13th Lisfht 

 Dragoons; on the 9th of July, 1812, captain of 

 the 92nd Gordon Highlanders ; on the 8 th of April, 

 1813, captain of the 52nd Light Infantry ; on the 

 15th of June, 1815, brevet-major; and lieutenant- 

 colonel on the 25th of July, 1816. 



In 1809 he was appointed aide-de-camp to the 

 Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and on the 24th of 

 July, 1810, joined the army in the Peninsula as 

 aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, with whom 

 he remained till 1814, being present at all the great 

 engagements with the enemy during that period. 

 He was sent home with duplicate despatches of the 

 battle of Salamanca, the capture of Astorga, and 

 the entrance into France. 



In January, 1814, he left the Duke of Wellington's 

 staff to join the first battalion of the 52nd Light 

 Infantry, and was severely wounded by a musket 

 ball at the battle of Orthez, on the 27th of February, 

 when in command of a company, to which event I 

 shall recur more fully later on. I will now give a 

 brief retrospect of the fifth Duke's military career. 



The Duke of Wellington was a warm personal 



