Hew Dalrymple

## 1807 - 1808

from *Victory of Eagles*

General Dalrymple is in command of the British forces when Napoleon successfully invades England ...

**Notes to be used to write the article:**
*“We will hold here,” Sir Hew Dalrymple said: he had the command, an older officer with a stout neck and fair hair creeping back from his temples.* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 138). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“He has moved quicker than we had expected, but we must not let this throw us into disarray,” General Dalrymple continued. “That is how the Prussians ran into trouble—letting him cast them into confusion, changing their minds and their ground ten times a day.”*
Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 138). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“With this trick of horse-blinders you have gone on about, in your report,” Dalrymple said. “You may set your mind at ease,” he added, in ironic tones, which said without a word how little he trusted Laurence’s anxiety,* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 138). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“You will take the beasts here, a mile out past camp,” he said, “and hold the Fleur-de-Nuits there, until morning—”*
*“That is very silly; the Fleur-de-Nuits will go right around us if we are a mile out,” Temeraire said.*
*“A couple of rounds against Lefèbvre’s rear-guard, and now you try to tell us our business,” Dalrymple said to Laurence. “By God, I have half-a-mind to—you will obey orders, damn you; you will do as you are told and be grateful for the chance—”*
*“If I had done as I was told,” Temeraire said, “you should have sixty less dragons, and Lefèbvre would have a good deal more food, and tomorrow Napoleon would likely beat all of you for good. So that is a very stupid thing to say. Whyever ought I do as I am told?”* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 140). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*Laurence did not discount, as Dalrymple did, Temeraire’s achievement: without experience or training for the task,...* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 141). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“Enough of this craven counsel,” General Dalrymple said. “We stand, and we fight. General Wellesley, you will take the right flank tomorrow, and hold the line at the barracks...* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 145). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“And as for you, Roland,” Dalrymple added, “if the damned beasts will not fight the Fleur-de-Nuits—”* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 145). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

*“I did not say that at all!” Temeraire said, bristling. “We will fight anyone, I only said, we cannot stop them, if you send us out of camp to do it...*Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (pp. 145-146). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

discussing surrender terms with the French in Scotland -
*Lord Mulgrave, the First Lord of the Admiralty, had preserved his post; Dalrymple sat with him, an old fat soldier, and neither of them looking a match for the Marshal.* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (pp. 260-261). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Dalrymple is out -
*...Let me not see this a room of cowards, but of Britons. Give me your confidence and a hundred thousand men, and I do not fear Bonaparte. Will you?” There was a pause; several men looked at Dalrymple. “Perhaps, a joint command—” one man started. “No,” Wellesley said, cutting him off short. “If you have not faith in me, choose another man.”* Novik, Naomi. Victory of Eagles: A Novel of Temeraire (p. 267). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

## Hew Whitefoord Dalrymple

### Facts

* Born 3 December 1750 Ayr, Scotland
* Died 9 April 1830 (aged 79) London, England
* Buried Aldenham, Hertfordshire Allegiance United Kingdom
* Service/branch British Army
* Rank General
* Commands held Northern District
* Battles/wars
	+ Peninsular War