# Protestant Exiles from France/Volume 2 - Book Third - Chapter 24 - Boileau

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​(2.) Stephen Henry Edward Chamier was born on 17th August 1834. He joined the Madras Artillery on 11th June 1853, and became Lieutenant on 27th April 1858. Like his brothers, his services were in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He was present at the actions of Nusrutpore, Chanda, Ummeerpore, Badshagunge, Sultanpore, and Dhowrara, siege and capture of Lucknow, relief of Azinghur, actions of Munnihar, Tonse Bridge, Nughal, Munnuhar, Shropore Ghaut, Jugdespore, Dullespore, Metahi, Chowbeypore, engagements at Cawnpore, and defeat of Gwalior Contingent. He was twice mentioned in the despatches, and received a medal with a clasp. He was promoted to be Captain in the Royal Artillery with the brevet-rank of Major in 1864. He was Major of Artillery in 1872, and a brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1874; Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery in 1876, and a Brevet-Colonel in 1879; Colonel of Artillery on 21st May 1884. He was promoted to be Major-General on 14th March 1885. He was Deputy Inspector-General of Ordnance at Madras from 18th September 1878 to 10th September 1880, and Superintendent of the Gun Carriage Manufactory at Madras from 20th September 1880 to 20th September 1881. Major-General Chamier is now Inspector-General of Ordnance at Madras, an appointment which he received on 20th September 1881.
Layard. — Many descendants of the good refugees have served in the army. I have already mentioned (see chapter xv.) his grandsons, brothers of the Dean of Bristol, Lieut.-General Anthony Lewis Layard, and Lieut- General John Thomas Layard. The Dean’s eldest son, founder of the first branch of the Layard family, Rev. Brownlow Villiers Layard, served in his youth as a lieutenant in the 7th Fusiliers; two of his sons were Lieutenant-Colonels, as is his grandson and principal representative; three other sons were in the army, viz., Lieut. George Henry Layard of the 89th Foot (born 1806, died 1848), Captain John Beville Layard of the 22nd Madras Native Infantry (born 1809, died 1846), and Lieut. Augustus Villiers Layard of the 23rd Madras Native Infantry, who died in 1848.
As to the second branch, represented by Sir Henry Austen Layard, I have already named Lieut.-General Frederic Peter Layard, born 6th May 1818; he was of the Bengal Staff Corps, having entered the army on 11th November 1838, and became a Lieut.-General on 7th September 1884; his son Julian Henry Layard, an officer of the 37th Foot, died near the Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish War on 24th September 1877; another son is Lieut. Arthur Austen MacGregor Layard of the Royal Engineers. General Layard had a brother, Captain Arthur John Layard of the 38th Foot. Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General of the Second Division in the Crimea, who died at Balaclava on 7th August 1855, aged thirty-six.
As to the third branch, Sir Charles Peter Layard has two brothers in the army, viz., Captain Brownlow Edward Layard of the Ceylon Rifles, born 15th April 1810; and General William Twistleton Layard, born 4th August 1813; he entered the army on 22nd February 1833; he earned a medal for services in Burmah, and commanded the troops in the Kornegalle district of Ceylon in the year 1848; he was in active service as a Colonel in i860; his son Colonel Charles Edmund Layard, born 18th September 1838, is Lieut.-Colonel in command of a battalion of the East Yorkshire regiment, and became a Colonel in the army in 1885.
Boileau. — A large number of members of this family and of their connections have served their country in the Army and Navy. Major General Boileau (the head of the family) has already been mentioned. Major-General Samuel Brandram Boileau of the 22nd Foot is deceased. The late Major General Henry Alexander Edmonstone Boileau of the Royal Bengal Engineers (born 1807, died 1866), was the youngest son of Thomas Boileau, sixth son of Simeon; this officer’s name is on a tablet in the pediment of the porch of the Free Church Institution at Nagpore, in India, as the beneficent designer of the building; his next elder brother is Major-General John Theophilus Boileau.
John Theophilus Boileau, seventh son of Simeon, had a son, the late George Wilson Boileau, Esq., father of Colonel George Wilson Boileau. This gallant officer is Honorary Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, and is Lieut-Colonel of the late Bengal Infantry on retired full pay. He saw good service in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8, when he was present at the actions near Benares and at Guggah, commanded in the action at Mundooree, was present at the capture and second siege of Fort Atrowlea. He commanded the Fort of Jounpore, and the Oudh military police at the assault and capture of Birwah. He was thanked by Government, was twice mentioned in the despatches, and received a medal and the brevet rank of Major.
​Colonel Francis William Boileau, born 11th April 1835, is also a distinguished Indian officer. He joined the 16th Bengal Native Infantry in 1855, and was a Lieutenant in 1856. He took part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny at the actions of Ilissar, Biswah, and Kentee; in the first he was severely wounded, and was wounded in the last action. He was thanked by Government, and received a medal. He became a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, in 1867, and served in 1868 in the Abyssinian Expedition under Lord Napier of Magdala, for which he received a medal. He was promoted to the rank of Major in 1875, and he was in the Afghan War of 1878-9, serving in both the Bazar Valley Expeditions, for which he received a medal and promotion to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel, He is now in service as Lieut.-Colonel of the Bengal Staff Corps, and has the rank of Colonel in the army, dated 2nd March 1885.
I observe also the names of Captain Lewis Maltby Boileau, born 14th August 1849, serving in the Bengal Staff Corps, who received the Afghan Medal 1878-9; and of Captain Thomas Smalley Boileau of the same corps, born 8th June 1851, who served in the Naga Hills Expedition 1878-9, and was mentioned in the despatches and received a medal with clasps.
This must suffice as to the Boileau representatives of the Huguenot refugee. As to other descendants, Anne Charlotte Boileau, eldest married daughter of Simeon, was married to Peter Fried, whose daughter, Henrietta, became Mrs. M‘Leod; and the grandson of the latter is Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, who is decorated with the Victoria Cross. Bonne Boileau, another daughter of Simeon was the wife of Lestock Wilson, and her daughter, Alicia Magdalene (died 1834), was married, in 1812, to the Hydrographer of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. (born 1774, died 1857).
| Simeon Boileau. | Simeon Boileau. | Simeon Boileau. | Simeon Boileau. | = | = | Magdalen Desbrisay. | Magdalen Desbrisay. | Magdalen Desbrisay. |
| Anne Charlotte Boileau. | Anne Charlotte Boileau. | Anne Charlotte Boileau. | Anne Charlotte Boileau. | = | = | Peter Friell. | Peter Friell. | Peter Friell. |
| Henrietta Caroline Lestock Friell. | Henrietta Caroline Lestock Friell. | Henrietta Caroline Lestock Friell. | Henrietta Caroline Lestock Friell. | = | = | General Duncan M‘Leod. | General Duncan M‘Leod. | General Duncan M‘Leod. |
| Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Sir Donald Friell M‘Leod, K.S.I., C.B., born 1S10. He was educated at the High School of Edinburgh and at Haileybury, served in the Civil Service of India for above forty years, and retired with the reputation of being “one of the most experienced and highly esteemed Indian statesmen of the day.” Was successively Magistrate of Benares and Commissioner of the Trans Sutlej States. In 1854 he became Financial Commissioner of the Punjaub. He received the Decoration of C.B. in 1857, after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, during which he had acted with eminent ability and with a serene and resolute bearing. On Sir John Lawrence’s recommendation, he became Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub in 1865, and received the Decoration of K.S.I. (Knight-Commander of the Star of India). He returned home in 1871, and died in London on 28th November 1872. | Jane Alicia M‘Leod, Mrs. Innes. | Jane Alicia M‘Leod, Mrs. Innes. |
| | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] | Major-General James John M‘Leod Innes, born 5th February 1830, promoted 2Sth November 1885. He served at the suppression of the Indian Mutiny as Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers, and on 24th December 1858 received the Victoria Cross for an act of gallantry and self-devotion, declared by Lord Clyde to be unsurpassed among the many heroic deeds of that war:— “At the action of Sultanpore [23rd February 1858], far in advance of the leading skirmishers, he was the first to secure a gun which the enemy were abandoning. Retiring from this they rallied round another gun farther back, from which the shot would in another instant have ploughed through an advancing column; when Lieutenant Innes rode up unsupported, shot the gunner about to apply the match, and, remaining undaunted at his post— the mark for a hundred matchlock men sheltered in some adjoining huts— kept the artillery men at bay until assistance reached him.” [Letter from Maj.-Gen. Sir Thomas Harte Franks, K.C.B.] |
Du Ry. — The Huguenot family of du Ry had extensive property in Picardy, and also the Chateau of Beauregard near Paris, all which estates were confiscated in 1685 when they became refugees in England. In their adopted country they have usually been soldiers. The first whom we meet is Lieutenant Du Ry, an officer in an English regiment quartered in Scotland in 1698; in that year, when the five Huguenot regiments were disbanded, French refugee officers quartered in Scotland were put upon half-pay. In the next generation there was Colonel Alexander Dury, commanding the Grenadier Guards; he rose to be a Major-General on 2nd February 1757, but did not enjoy his honour long. At this period Great Britain was waging a singular warfare with France; the fleet commanded by Lord Howe landed troops on the French coast to do what damage they could, then sailed along and re-embarked the army at a more distant point. The army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Bligh, was landed in the Bay of St. Lunaire in the beginning of September 1758, while the ships departed and waited for them at the Bay of St. Cas.