serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1798 -- 1832 british army bristol , england january 1832 1782 kings county , ireland great britain united kingdom napoleonic wars 1782 lieutenant-colonel thomas brereton
 thomas brereton
thomas brereton

lieutenant-colonel thomas brereton -lrb- 1782 -- 1832 -rrb- was an officer of the british army .
he was descended from sir william brereton , chief justice and lord high marshall of ireland , from the ancient and noble family of brereton , cheshire , england .
he was born in kings county -lrb- now offaly -rrb- , ireland , in 1782 .
in 1798 he received his commission as an ensign in the 8th west india regiment .
in 1809 he was promoted to major and served at the capture of martinique from the french and guadelope the following year .
he was appointed brigade major in 1813 for his relative major general robert brereton , lieutenant-governor of st. lucia .
in 1814 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of senegal and gorée and was present during the tragedy .
in 1815 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the royal african corps .
he was appointed in 1819 to command of the cape town garrison until 1823 when he retired to england to become inspecting field officer for the bristol recruiting district .
at the time of the 1831 reform riots in bristol he was in charge of the troops .
though colonel brereton managed to put down the rioting after three days upon arrival of the reinforcements he had requested , he was court-martialled in january 1832 , during which he committed suicide .
twice a widower he died leaving four children .
