The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

THE MAOKINNONS OF THE COLDSTREAI
GIIABDS.

Amongst those brave officers who have fallen in the
glorious battle of Inkerman particular mention should
be made of one, as he sprang from a family whose blood
has been so freely shed in past years whilst fighting
against the foes of their country. This allusion is to
the late Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel D. Mackinnon, the
third son of William Alexander Mackinnon, Esq., M.P.
for Rye who died from the wounds he received whilst
gallantly leading on, with his brother officers, the Cold-
stream Guards against the crushing attack of the
Russian columns. His sad death in this terribly con-
tested action recalls to mind the eminent military
services of two other members of the Mackinnon
family, both of them connected with the Coldstream
.Guards.

Major-General Mackinnon, the great uncle of the
late Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel D. Mackinnon, entered
at an early age into the Coldstrearns. He first served
under the Duke of York in Holland. During the re-
bellion in Ireland he was Brigade-ilfajor to General
Sir G. Nugent, and distinguished himself equally by his
courage and humanity. He was in the expeditions in
Egypt, in Germany with Lord Cathcart, aid at the
taking of Copenhagen. In NOS he embarked for the
Peninsula and fought with great reputation under Lord
Wellington. Ho was killed at the memorable storming
of Ciudad Rodrigo, on the 19th Jaemary, 1312. A
monument is ereetei in St. Paul's Cathedral to the
memory of this distinguished officer.

Colonel Daniel Mackinnon, who died in ltertford-
street, May Fair, in June 1836, was brother of the
ktnourable member for Rye. He entered the army
at the age of fourteen ; was sent immediately to the
siege of Copenhagen, then to Bremen, and the following
year to the Peninsula. His activity, extraordinary
courage, and frankness of manner, soon won for him the
esteem of his companions in arms. On one occasion,
in the presence of the English and French armies,
he descended to the bank of a river and quietly took
account of the- position of the enemy, amid a shower
of balls. Throughout the whole of the Peninsular
campaign he distinguished himself by similar acts of
cool and determined bravery. At Waterloo, when he
was Lieut.-Colonel in the Coldstrearns, he led the
advance against the French ; his horse was shot dead
under him—he was wounded himself and lost his sword
—but, falling near a French officer, he took his sword
from him, and gently told him that "he hoped that
they might sup together that night." In the subse-
quent part of that memorable day, he was with the
Coldstream in the farm at Hugoumont, and con-
trived to defend it until the French troops gave up
the contest. At the close of the action, he was com-
pletely delirious from pain and fatigue' and was sent on to
Brussels ; but thevround which was in his knee affected his
system ever after. In 1826 he became Major and
Brevet-Colonel; and in 1830 he succeeded to the Lieut.-
Colonelcy and command of the regiment of Coldatreams.
Colonel Daniel Mackinnon could wield the pen as well
as the sword ; for he became the able historian of the
Coldstream', whose valuable services he himself so much
nhanced.
The more especial subject of this notice, the lamented
Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel D. Mackinnon, was educated
at Sandhurst, and entered the army in 1843, taking up
his cemmissien in the Coldstreams, which distinguished
corpe he accompanied to the Crimea with all the mili-
tary ardour evinced by his renowned relatives ; and
there fell, with seven of his brother officers, in the noble
discharge of his duty, leaving behind a name which will
be ever cherished with affectionate remembrance by
every survivor in his regiment.
The regret which is felt at the loss of this young
and promising officer will be increased when it is
known that he has left a widow and three children
to mourn his death. His lady is the daughter of the late
Major-General Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, K.C.8., at
the time of his death, in 1851, Colonel of the 50th regi-
ment and Major-General on the Bengal Staff.
There are other members of this family holding com-
missions in the British army ; but, as we trust they are
yet living, it is as well not to speak of their services.--
Church and State Gazette.

THE LATE BRIGADIERGENERAL FOX
STRANG WAYS.

The following detail of the last moments of Brigadier
Geueral Fox Strangwayslis from authentic sources :
Among the brave and distinguished who fell in num-
bers on the fatal banks of the lukerutan, none has left,
from high to low in his bereaved family circle, and
amongst a most extensive and attached circle of friends
in many parts of Europe, regrets more deep than the
late Brigadier-General Fox Strangways. He died as he
had lived, foremost in the ranks of his country's gallant
• ;Idlers. Early in the day, and one of the earliest in
his presence en the field, Brigadier-General Fox Strap,-
ogsCas to be seen in the group of superior staff'
The surrounding the gallant Commander-in-Chief.
enemy had advanced to within a short distance of
TAO aistiaguiehed
as was usgsa with him
and general Fox Stiangways,
his in the execution of his duty, gave
men the support
pre-
sence among them and encouragement of his own pre-
Te proachieg to within fifty yards of
the enemy's lirte,:ri
xi
antlßussiana were driven back, but
just when many
:)u/1 and friendly eye among the
group surrounding the
watching the moment foran'ander-in-Chief was eagerly
conratulating the brave ge
neral on his return, they behold him struck down before
their eyes by a canaoa-shot. moment—and though
probable death and a cereataainntyy:iribeing taken prisoners
intVly hand drew up
were the consequences—
. could
il
the reins previous andlgg
enemy
naogbject of
• to his assistance, although tee. headlong
gallop
' were still so near to the spot where
their solicitude lay no consideration
them, Surgical aid was immediately on threestr sP restrain
and all eager to help at any cost their bray and
)t'
much-loved chief—their purses were emptied to obtain
atain
means of transporting him to the rear. One and all,
with death and combat reigning everywhere around
them, saw and thought but of him lying before them,
with the shadow of the grave creeping over that face
which had ever looked upon them with the kind, warm
feeling of an affectionate friend, sympathising in their
troubles and rejoicing in their happiness. Placed upon
a stretcher, procured incredible exertions at such
i 4-- a moment, was carried with all the care and tender-
, - - nesitit would have been possible to show had the terrible
accident happened on a peaceful hunting field, instead
~ . of the actual locality and with the battle thundering
around them in every direction.
ika the general was borne carefully along, his fast-failing
eyes caught sight of a batteryof bis own division, past
,7shich they were conveying him. He begged the bearers to