Lives Portraits of Public Characters, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Lives Portraits of Public Characters, Vol. 1 The youngest son of Mr. Benjamin Wilson, a distinguished historical and portrait painter. He was educated at Winchester and Westminster schools; and after being some time at the desk of a respectable solicitor, he joined, as a volunteer, the army, under the Duke of York in Flanders, in 1793, and served in all those campaigns, being present at the principal battles and actions till the return of the cavalry. In April 1794, he was appointed Cornet in the 15th dragoons; and in the same month received from the Emperor of Austria the gold medal and ribband of Maria Theresa, accompanied with a gold chain, for his conduct in the action of Villers en Couche. The 31st of October 1794, he was appointed Lieutenant, and Captain in the same year. He served on the staff as Aid-de-Camp to Major-General St. John, during the rebellion in Ireland; and in 1799, went to Holland, and was present at all the considerable actions. In June 1800, he succeeded to a Majority in Hompesch´s mounted riflemen. He went through Germany and Italy by Marmora and Cyprus to Egypt, and was present in all the battles and actions of the campaign in the latter country; he afterwards embarked with the expedition for Corfu. In February 1802, he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in Hompesch´s corps, and in October placed on half-pay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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