The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-07 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

LiEUT.-001.0NhL FRANCIS BROOKE.
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Brooke (who died recently at hie
house at Clunnervy, county of Cavan, Ireland, after a severe and
tedious illness), entered the service, on the 20th April, 1701, as an
Ensign in the 4th (King's Own) regiment of Foot, war promoted,
on 3d June, 1794, to a Lieutenancy, and obtained, on the 16th
August, 1797. a Company. He was advanced, on the 14. h Aug.
1804, to a Majority, and appointed, on the 14th of Feb. 1811.
Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of the same corps. lie had the
honour to command the gallant King's Own, at Corunna, Bedajus,
Talavera, Albuera, Pyrenees, Nivelc, Nice, Salamanca, Vittoria,
St. Scheid's, and Toulouse, and, after the surrender of Pans, to
scasupanied his regiment to America, with the army under ti e
command of Major-General Ross, and commanded it in the battl a
of Washington and New Orleans, at which latter place be was
wounded.
Upon peace being made with America, the 4th regiment em-
barked with others for England, where they arrived in time to
receive orders to proceed, without disembarking, to join the allay
receive
Brussels, then under the command of his Drace the Duke of
Wellington; which, by forced marches, arrived in time on the
plsipa of Waterloo to share the glories obtained there by the British
, arms. Ideut...Colonel Brooke remained in the command of his re-
f giment until the general peace, and subsNeently till the year 1818.
1 when this gallant co.-ps was ordered to the West Indies, he oh-
taloa leave of absence; and ultimately sold out of the amty iss
1820, after a moat active and arduous service of twenty-nine years
land upwards. During the period of ten years that he had the
I honour to command that gallantregiment, he was looked up to and
adored by his Officers and all who knew him, and revered and re-
', spected as a father by his men. As • proof of the estimation in
which he was held by Ms own corps, they, upon his selling out of
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the tinny in 1820, presented him with a most costly and magni-
ficent cup, as a token of their esteem and regard for him. His
death, which took place 4n the 06th yeaesf his age, h to be attri-
buted entirely to the arduous services be underwear, inlM
be earlier
part of his life. His memory will be tieeeded in of his
tountry, wilt be sacred to every British 'Wier tinder
him, and embalmed in the fond recollettien at ' of re-
, Wives and friends.

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