serviceyears branch death_date battles birth_date rank article_title name
1811-1829 23px british army 24 june 1857 napoleonic wars 8 december 1792 lieutenant-colonel richard arden , 3rd baron alvanley
 richard arden , 3rd baron alvanley
richard arden , 3rd baron alvanley

lieutenant-colonel richard pepper arden , 3rd baron alvanley -lrb- 8 december 1792 -- 24 june 1857 -rrb- was a british army officer and peer .
he was the son of richard pepper arden , 1st baron alvanley and anne dorothea -lrb- née wilbraham-bootle -rrb- .
as a young man , he was one of a circle of friends surrounding william wilberforce .
on 19 march 1811 , he purchased a cornetcy in the 15th hussars .
promoted lieutenant on 3 october 1811 , he served with the regiment in the peninsular war from february 1813 to april 1814 .
arden fought at the battles of morales , vittoria , orthez and toulouse and received the service medal for the latter three .
arden was gazetted a captain in the 2nd garrison battalion on 26 april 1815 , being unable to afford a captaincy in a cavalry regiment .
placed on half-pay , he later exchanged into the 32nd regiment of foot on 8 july 1819 .
he purchased a commission as major in the 84th regiment of foot on 4 october 1822 , and an unattached lieutenant-colonelcy on 30 october 1823 .
on 1 june 1829 , he exchanged from half-pay into the coldstream guards as a captain and lieutenant-colonel .
however , he sold out and retired from the army on 4 june 1829 .
he married lady arabella vane , youngest daughter of the 1st duke of cleveland , on 24 april 1831 .
on 16 november 1849 he succeeded to the title of lord alvanley on the death of his brother william arden , 2nd baron alvanley .
with no son to inherit the title , the barony of alvanley became extinct when he died .
