Appendix I: Database of Influential British Army Officers in the Australian Colonies who were Veterans of the Peninsular War, and their Cohort Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Allman, Francis 48th April Sydney 1860 Yass 1818 NSW Anderson, 78th, 24th, 1834 Sydney sold 1877 Melb. Joseph 50th £6,000 Anderson, Surgeon 1819 Sydney 1850 Sydney Matthew Antill, 73rd 1810 Sydney 1852 Sydney Henry C. Balfour, 40th 1825, Sydney, 1838 William 1826 VDL London Barker, Collett 39th Feb. Sydney 1831 South 1828 Aust. Barney, Royal 1835, Sydney sold 1862 Sydney George Engineers 1846 1846 Bayly, 21st 1824 VDL 1840 1850 Maria Benjamin Island Bell, Thomas 48th 1817 Sydney 1866 England Bishop, Peter 5th, 40th 1824 Sydney Ireland Blomfield, 48th 1817 Sydney sold 1857 Sydney Thos. V. 1825 Bourke, 2ndQM 1831 Sydney General 1855 Ireland Richard General; 1851 64th Boyd, Royal Staff 1829 VDL 1871 UK Edward Corps Boyes, G.T.W.B. Commissariat 1824 Sydney DACG 1853 1813 Tasmania (continued) 179 180 Appendix I Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Brisbane, Sir 38th, 69th Nov. Sydney General 1860 Thomas 1821 1841 Edinburgh Brotheridge, 48th Reg. 1817 Sold in 1827 NSW Thomas India Bunbury, 90th, 80th 1837 Sydney England Thomas Butler, James 40th Ens.07 1824 Sydney 1840 Lt.09 Tasmania Cameron, 92nd, 3rd 1821 Hobart Comm. 1827 India Charles Port Dalrymple Cheyne, Royal Eng. 1834 W.A. Sold 1833 1858 VDL Alexander Childs, Joseph Royal 1843 Norfolk 1870 Marines Island Cornwall UK Cimitiere, 48th Cp04 Sept. Sydney GM 1842 Jersey Gilbert BMaj11 1817 Albuera UK Close, Edward 48th Aug. Sydney 1866 NSW Charles 1817 Clunie, James 17th Reg. 1830 Sydney American 1851 War Edinburgh Cordeaux, Commissariat Jan. Sydney 1839 Sydney William 1818 Cotton, Sir 22nd Light 1824 Sydney not PW Left 1842, Sydney John Drag. died 1874 3rd Reg. London Cotton, Hugh Dep. Surveyor 1842 Hobart not PW Left 1859, (brother of General died 1881 above) India Crummer, James 28th 1835 Sydney sold 1840 1867 Port Henry Macquarie Cutherbtson, 48th 1817 Sydney 1824 VDL John D’Arcy,George 39th Sept. Sydney sold 1828 1849 Sydney Cap03Bmaj13 1826 Darling, Ralph 45th, 51st 1824 Sydney General 1858 1841 England D’Arrieta, Juan Comm. Apr. Sydney 1838 Sydney Contractor 1821 (continued) Appendix I 181 Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival De la 57th Reg. 1825 Sydney Left 1831, Condamine, died 1873 Thomas England Douglas, Sholto 50th, 63rd 1828 Hobart Left 1831, Died 1838 returned UK 1832, left 1835 and returned 1837, finally left 1838 Douglass, H.G. 18th Asst. 1825, Sydney 1865 Sydney Surgeon 1848 Druitt, Major 58th, 48th Nov. Sydney sold 1822 1842 Sydney George 1817 Dumaresq, 9th Oct. Sydney 1838 NSW Henry 1825 Dumaresq, Royal Staff 1824 Sydney 1868 Sydney William Corps (brother to above) Ellis, Theopilus 14th 1830 W.A. 1834 W.A. Dragoons Elrington, 6th, 11th, 1827 Sydney 1868 William S. 4th England Erskine, James 48th Aug. Sydney 1825 India 1817 Faunce, Alured 4th 1832 Sydney 1856 Sydney Fitzgerald, John 39th 1826 Sydney 1841 India Fletcher, Commissariat Jan. VDL 1872 VDL William 1824 Florance, Royal 1817 Sydney American 1867 NZ Thomas Engineers war Forster, 46th, 85th 1831 VDL 1822 sold 1836 VDL Matthew Fyans, Foster 67th, 20th, 1833 Sydney sold, loss 1870 Vic. 4th £500 Gawler, George 52nd 1838 South Sold 1834 1869 Eng. Aust. Geils, Andrew 19th Light 1811 Sydney 1814 1843 UK Drag., 6th Ceylon (continued) 182 Appendix I Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Gibbes, John 40th, 55th 1833 Sydney Not PW 1873 NSW George Gibson, Andrew Asst. Surg. 1825 sold Goulburn NSWRVC NSW Gillman, Henry 27th, 3rd 1822 Sydney in army 1832 1832 England Gipps, George 2nd Eng. 1838 Sydney Major 1847 Sir 1809 1837 England Goulburn, 23rd & 13th Dec. Sydney 1837 Ireland Frederick Dragoons, 1820 104th Reg. Gregory, Joshua 78th 1829 W.A. 1838 W.A. Hoddle, Robert Survey and 1823 Sydney 1881 Drafting Victoria Corps Howard, Charles 40th, 1824 Sydney 1852 Commissariat Victoria Howe, William 1st Royal 1816 Sydney 1855 Sydney Scots Hull, George Commissariat 1819 VDL 1879 Hobart Innes, Archibald 3rd 1822 Sydney sold 1829 1857 NSW Clunes Irwin, Frederick 13th 1829 Swan 1860 Chidley River Cheltenham UK Irwin, William 28th Sydney 1840 Sydney Kelsall, Roger Royal Eng. 1835 Hobart Left 1843, 1861 sold 1845, Victoria ret.1853 Laidley, James Commissariat 1827 Sydney 1835 Sydney Light, William Navy, 4th 1836 South 1839 SA Dragoons Aust. Lindesay, 39th 1827 Sydney 1839 Patrick Edinburgh Lithgow, Commissariat 1827 Sydney 1864 Sydney William Lockyer, 19th, 57th 1825 Sydney sold 1827 1860 Sydney Edmund Not PW Logan, Patrick 57th 1825 Sydney 1830 Qld. Lonsdale, 4th 1831 Sydney 1864 William London (continued) Appendix I 183 Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Lyttleton, 73rd 1809 Sydney Not PW 1839 William 1825 Hobart London Thomas Macarthur, 60th, 39th 1790 Sydney b.1789, to 1872 Sir Edward UK 1799, London ret. Sydney 1806, UK 1808, army Mackenzie, John 4th (King’s 1832 Sydney sold out 1857 Kenneth Own) 1834 Maclaine, Peter 65th VDL 1840 Hobart Maclean, John 43rd 1837 Sydney England Macleay, Colonial Sec. 1826 Sydney 1848 Sydney Alexander Maddox, George Commissariat Hobart 1832 Hobart Thomas McAlister, 48th 1817 Sydney sold 1822 1855 NSW Lachlan McDonald, 46th 1814 Sydney Not PW, 1819 Sydney Hugh served West Indies Meares, Roy.Fus., Life 1829 W.A. 1862 WA Richard G. Guards Meredith, Royal 1821 Hobart 1856 George Marines Tasmania Miller, Henry 40th 1823 Sydney 1866 Hobart Milligan, 63rd 1829 Perth India 1846 William Surgeon 1834 London Mitchell, James 48th Asst. 1821 Sydney 1822 1869 Sydney Surgeon Mitchell, 95th 1827 Sydney 1855 Sydney Sir Thomas Molle, George 94th 1814 Sydney Left 1823 India James 1817 Montagu, John 52nd, 64th, 1824 Hobart Left 1839, 1853 40th returned London 1841, to the Cape 1843 At Waterloo Moodie, Affleck Commissariat 1821 VDL 1838 Hobart (continued) 184 Appendix I Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Moore, Samuel 28th 1835 Sydney sold 1839 1866 Sydney Morgan, John Royal 1828 Swan 1866 Hobart Marines River Morisset, 48th 1817 Sydney 1852 NSW James Thomas Murray, Robert 2nd Manx, 1821 Hobart 1850 William 7th, 1st, England Commissariat Murray, Terence 48th 1817 Sydney disch.1827 1839 NSW Nairn, William 46th Reg. 1814 Hobart not PW 1853 WA Neilley, William 40th, 63rd 1826 Sydney sold 1833 1864 Tasmania Nickle, 88th 1853 Sydney C-in-C 1855 Sir Robert military Victoria forces Aust. Colonies North, Samuel 27th, 1825 1864 Sydney NSW RV Co. O’Connell, 73rd 1809 Sydney 1848 Sydney Maurice Ovens, John 73rd, 74th 1810 Sydney 1825 NSW Palmer, John Commissariat 1791 Sydney 1833 Sydney Perry, Samuel Royal Staff 1829 Sydney 1854 Sydney Augustus Corps Phelps, James 51st, 4th 1831 Sydney sold 1841 Sydney Henry 1838 Pilkington, 29th 1833 Sydney India 1851 U.K. Edward Surgeon 1839 Rawlings, 4th 1849 Edward Tasmania Roe, John Navy 1817 Sydney Surveyor 1878 W.A. Septimus Robe, Frederick 84th, 87th 1845 Adelaide Born 1871 Holt Canada London Not PW Rossi, Francis Royal 1825 Sydney Not PW 1851 NSW Nicholas Corsican Rangers, 69th (continued) Appendix I 185 Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Russell, 20th, 31st 1837 NSW 1853 NSW William Ryan, 104th, 50th 1835 VDL 1846 India Thomas Ryrie, Stewart Commissariat Nov. Sydney 1852 NSW 1825 Schaw, 60th, 1833 VDL sold out 1874 Charles 85th, 21st 1835 England Shadforth, 47th, 57th 1826 Sydney 1862 Sydney Thomas Sheaffe, 50th 1834 Sydney sold 1841 1860 NSW William Simpson, Royal 1822 Sydney sold £700 1877 Sydney Percy Corsican 1832; Rangers Not PW Snodgrass, 90th, 52nd 1828 Sydney 1853 NSW Kenneth Spotswood, 98th 1828 VDL 1859 Hobart John Steel, Henry 56th, 86th, 1823 Sydney War 1812 1852 Sydney NSW Corps America Steel, Watson 67th, 1829 Sydney 1876 NSW (brother of 89th, 34th above) Stewart, 101st, 3rd 1825 Sydney 1854 NSW William Sullivan, 10th, 84th, 1828 Sydney Benjamin 33rd Sturt, Charles 39th 1827 Sydney 1869 UK Victor, James Royal 1842 Hobart 1864 Conway Engineers Edinburgh Waldron, 39th 1831 Sydney 1834 Sydney Charles Walker, Commissariat 1818 Sydney 1861 VDL Thomas Wallis, James 46th 1814 Sydney 1858 U.K. Ward, William Commissariat 1820 NSW 1820 NSW Gordon Warner, Royal NSW 1825 Sydney 1842 NSW Jonathan Veterans Co. (continued) 186 Appendix I Name Regiment Date Where Comment Death Arrival Wauch, Robert 48th 1836 Sydney 1/2 pay 1866 NSW Andrew 1817 Wemyss, Commissariat 1821 Sydney 1862 William Edinburgh Wild, John 48th 1817 Sydney sold 1822 1834 NSW Williams, 11th Light 1826 VDL 1834 India William Dragoons, 40th Wilson, Surgeon 1822 VDL 1836 NSW Thomas B. Wilson, William 71st, 48th, 1818 Sydney in army 1835 Madras 63rd 1835 Wright, Samuel 3rd 1822 VDL sold 1827 1852 NSW Wynyard, 58th 1848 Sydney 1864 Edward London Total 135 Note: Among the Peninsular War veterans and their cohort, only those of influence have been included. Many others came to the Australian colonies in the 1820s and 1830s but made little impact, for example, four Commissariat officers: Thomas Arnold, William Baldry, William Hayward and George Hibbert, all of whom served in Sydney. Sources: A card index of Peninsular War veterans donated by Dr. Judith Keene, Sydney University; private papers and edited journals of the veterans; obituaries in newspapers. This information was then checked against the Challis Index, approximately 9200 names in alphabetical order compiled by Captain L. S. Challis and presented to the Royal United Services Institute in 1949. National Library, Canberra. Mfm G7310. Additional entries located in Australian Dictionary of Biography, P. C. Mowle, A Genealogical History of the Pioneer Families of Australia, John Sands, Sydney, 1939. Surgeons – Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions, and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790–1850, Oxford, 2006. Appendix II: Colonial Careers of Peninsular War Veterans and their Cohort Allman, Francis.