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See also:SEATON, See also:SIR See also:JOHN COLBORNE , 1sT See also:BARON (1778-1863), See also:British See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field See also:marshal, was See also:born at See also:Lyndhurst, Hants, on the s 6th of See also:February 1778 and entered the loth (See also:Lancashire Fusiliers) in 1794, winning thereafter every step in his regimental promotion without See also:purchase. He first saw service in the See also:Helder expedition of 1799, and as a See also:captain he took See also:part in Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby's expedition to See also:Egypt in 18os. He distinguished himself at See also:Maida, and soon afterwards was brought under the See also:notice of Sir John See also:Moore, who obtained a See also:majority for him and made him his military secretary. In this capacity he served through the See also:Corunna See also:campaign, and Sir John Moore's dying See also:request that he should be given a See also:lieutenant-colonelcy was at once complied with. In the summer of 1809 Lieut.-See also:Colonel Colborne was again in the See also:Peninsula, and before taking command of the 66th See also:regiment, he witnessed the defeat of the Spaniards at Ocaila. With the 66th he was See also:present at Busaco and shared in the See also:defence of the
lines of Torres Vedras, and next See also:year, after temporarily commanding a See also:brigade with distinction at the See also:battle of See also:Albuera, he was gazetted to command the famous 52nd See also:Light See also:Infantry (See also:Oxfordshire and Bucks L.I.)with which See also:corps he is most closely identified. He led it and was very severely wounded at See also:Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), and only rejoined in See also:July 1814. Shortly after-wards he was placed in temporary See also:charge of a brigade of the Light See also:Division which he commanded in the See also:Pyrenees engagements and the battles of Orthes and See also:Toulouse. At the See also:peace he was made colonel, aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:Prince See also:Regent and K.C.B. In 1815 Colborne and the 52nd at See also:Waterloo played a brilliant part in the repulse of the Old Guard at the See also:close of the See also:day. Promoted See also:major-See also:general in 1825, Colborne was soon after-wards made lieutenant-See also:governor of See also:Guernsey. In 183o he served as lieutenant-governor of Upper See also:Canada. In 1838 at the moment of his vacating the See also:post on promotion to lieutenant-general, the See also:rebellion See also:broke out, and he was ordered to assume the functions of governor-general and See also:commander-in-See also:chief. He quickly repressed the revolt, and in 1839, returning See also:home, he was raised to the See also:peerage as Baron Seaton of Seaton in See also:Devonshire. From 1843 to 1849 he was high See also:commissioner of the Ionian islands. In 1854 he was promoted full general, and from 1855 to r86o he was commander-in-chief in See also:Ireland. He died at See also:Torquay on the 17th of See also:April 1863.
See the See also:Life by G. C. Moore See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (1906).
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