The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-23 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

MILITARY RECORD
OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR HILDEBRAND OAKES, BART., G. C. B
Late Colonel of the 52d Light Infantry, and Lieutenant-Gene.

ral oithe Ordnance.

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ME.NonANnum.—His 111kiesty has been pleased to approve
of the Bth (or King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons being
armed, clothed, and equipped as Hussars.
His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 17th Regi-
ment of Light Dragoons being armed, clothed, and equipped
as Lancers. '
PROMOTIONS.

4th Regithent of Foot—Thomas Williams, Gent. to be En-
, sio, m by purchase, vice Chetwoda, promoted.
Bth Ditto—Ensign Charles Rainsfara, from the 72d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Neil, who etchaagea.
21st Ditto—Second Lieutenant' George Deare to be First
Lieutenant, without purchase; vice Montgomerie, deceased ;
Robert Anstruther, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice Deare.
23d Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Johnson Cotter, from half-pay
61st Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice John Barnet, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.
30th Ditto--Ensign James Nesbitt Gregg to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice John Roe (2tl) deceased.

32d Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Henry Wingfield to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Lewin, who retires; Ensign John
George Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wing_
field.

37th Ditto—Drevet Major Charles Lionel Fitz-Gerald, from
half-pay 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Norton Stuart,
who exchanges.
38th Ditto—Ensign Fredenck Moore to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Kerr, sen. (I,2c,,ased.

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47th Ditto—Ensign 'Robert Ridge to'be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Christopher Irwin. Cochrane, deceased.,
57th Ditto—Cornet Alfred Shewell, from half-pay 18th
Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice William Edward Powell,
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
58th Ditto—Captain Charles Rowley, from the 92d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Phelan, who exchanges.
65th Ditto—To be Lieutenants, without purchase, Ensign
William S. Wood, vice Joseph Illulkern, deceased ; Ensign
George M. Bowen, vice Blacker, deceased.
To be Ensigns without purchase—Henry Robert Addison,
Gent. vice Wood ; DOnough O'Brien, Gent. vice Bowen.
j2d Ditto—Ensign Thomas John Neill, from the Bth Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Rainsford,' who exchanges.
83d Ditto—Ensign William Richardson, from the 45th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Abell, deceased.
87th Ditto—Lientenancli.. Clifford to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Fitzgerald; deceased ; Ensign George Booth to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clifford; William Smyth,
Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Booth.
80th Ditto—To be Captains without purchase—Lieut. Wat-
son Augustus Steel, vice Savage, deceased; Lieut. Charles
Cannon, vice Basden, promoted.

To be Lieutenant without purchase—Ensign John 'Wil-
liam Tottenham, vice Cannon. .
To be Ensign without purchase—Henry Stanislaus La Roche,
Gent. vice Tottenham. .
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92d Ditto—Captain George Phelan, from the 58th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Rowley, who exchanges.
BREVET.—To be Lieutenatt.Colonels in the Army—Major
Murdock, Hugh Maclaine, of the 77th Foot; Major Henry
Rainey, half-pay 55th Foot, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General
Sir Thomas Bradford, K.C.B. •
To be Majors in the Army—Captain Edmund Yeamans
Walcott, of the Royal Artillery; Capt. Roderick Mackenzie,
of the 77th Foot; Captain Patrick Baird, of the 77th Foot;
Captain John Mills, of the 2d Dragoons.
HOSPITAL-STAFF.—Assistant Staff' Surgeon, John Ram-
say, P.M. to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Trumble, deceased.
To be Assistant Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant Surgeon
Thomas Laidlaw, from half-Pay 66th Foot; Assistant surgeon
Thomas Stobo, from half-pay 33d Foot; Assistant Surgeon
Alex. Sinclair, from half-pay 21st Light Dragoons; Hospital
A ssistant John Hall, vice Ramsay, promoted.
MEmmtaxpirm—The Commission of Captain Knox, of the
Ist West India Regiment, has been antedated to 3d August,
1819, but he is not allowed any back-pay.
Office of Ordnance, Sept. 19.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Wm. E.
Richardes, from half-pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. G.
Kersteman, retired upon half-pay ; First Lieutenant Henry
Chamberlain, from half-pay, to be ditto, vice Milnes, retired on
half-pay ; First Lieutenant Daniel Thorndike, from half-pay,
to be ditto, vice Parratt, retired on half-pay.
Commissions in the South Hants Yeomanry Cavalry; signed by
the Lord Lientenant of the County of Southampton.
John Sadlier Moody, Gent. to be Lieutenant; Edward Eyre,
Gent. to be Cornet.

It is understood that, should Lieutenant-General Lord Corn.
bennere' G.C.B. decline assuming the command, Lieutenant-
General Sir T. Hislop, G.C.8., will succeed the late Lieu-
tenant-General Sir S. Auchmuty, as Commander of the Forces
in Ireland.

One company of the Royal Artillery, under the command of.
Brigade-Major Alms, embarked on the 20th instant at Ports-
mouth Dock-yard, on board hoys, for the purpose of being con-
veyed to Jersey.
EDINBURGH, SEPT. 19.—The first division, consisting of
the two flank companies, band, and staff of the 13th regiment
of foot, marched from the Castle yesterday, andlembarked at
Leith on board the Brilliant steam-yacht, for Chatham, where
they are to remain previous to their embarkation for India.
The Brilliant has been selected for trying how far this de-
scription of vessels is adapted for the conveyance of troops.
The second division is to embark on board of two smacks to-
day for the same destination.

He was appointed Ensign in the 33d Regiment of Foot the
23d of December, 1767 ; and Lieutenant in April, 1771. In
December, 1775, he embarked with his regiment for America,
forming part of the expedition under Lord Cornwallis. In
June 1776 he was present at the attack of Charleston. On the
Bth of August following he succeeded to a company, and from
that period was on constant service during the whole of the
American War; and in May, 1784, he returned to England.
—He served as Aide-de-Camp to the lion. Major-Gen. Bruce
on the Staff' in Ireland, in May, 1786. On the 18th November,
1790, he received the brevet of Major; and on the 13th Sep-
tember, 1791, the Majority of the 66th Regiment of Foot.—
In February, 179'2, he sailed for the West Indies, and took
the command of his regiment at St. Vincent's, from whence he
embarked with it for Gibraltar, where commanded it until
the arrival of the Lieut.-Colonel, in February, 1794, when he
returned to England. On the Ist of 3larch, 1794, he received
the brevet of Lieut.-Colonel; in April he accompanied, as
Aide-de-Camp, Sir Charles Stuart, who was appointed to com-
mand in the Mediterranean, to Corsica ; in May he was ap-
pointed Deputy Quartermaster-Gen. in that island, and, in June
following, Quartermaster-General to the Army in the Medi-
terranean. On the 12th of September, 1795, lie succeeded to
a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 66th Regiment of Foot, and on
the 22d of the same month was removed to the 26th Regiment
of Foot. He continued in his Staff appointment till June,
1796, when he returned to England. On the 3d of December,
1796, he received the local rank of Colonel in Portugal, and
was appointed Quartermaster-General to the Army which was
soon after sent to that country, under General the Hon. Sir C.
Stuart. On the Ist of .lanuary, 1798, he received the brevet of
Colonel ; and, in the September following, that of Brigadier..
General in the Army destined for the attack of Minorca, where
he commanded a bngade, and was present at the taking of that
island in November following. In March, 1799, he returned
to England, and went again, the following May, to Minorca.
He joined, in August 1800, the army in the Mediterranean
under Sir Ralph Abercrombie, and served with distinction
during the campaign in Egypt. He was present in the diffe-
rent actions that took place there, and wounded in that of the
21st of March. In March, 1802, he returned to England, and
was, the following October, appointed Brigadier-General on the
Staf at Malta, where he continued till August 1804, when he
was recalled to England ; and on the 10th of the November
following, appointed to the Lieutenant-Government and com-
mand at Portsmouth, in which he remained till June, 1805,
when he was appointed a Commissioner of. Military Inquiry.
On the 23d of October, 1803, he received the Colonelcy of
the Ist Garrison Battalion.; the rank of Major-General the
Ist of January, 1805 ; and the Colonelcy of the 3d West
India Regiment on the 24th of April, 1806. He was
appointed, on the 11th of July, 1806, Major - General
on the Staff, and Quartermaster-General to the Army in the
Mediterranean. In December, 1807, he returned home with
the troops under the late Sir John Moore ; in March, 1808, he
received the command of the Garrison of Malta; on the 25th
.Tanuary, 1809, lie was appointed Colonel of the 52d Light In-
fantry ; on the 30th April, 1810, lie obtained the local rank
of Lieutenant-General at Malta ; and, on the 4th June, 1811,
the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Army. Lieutenant-Ge-
neral Oakes has been personally present at three Sieges, seven
Battles, thirteen inferior Actions, and in seventeen importan
Services.