20 October 1789 | Born in Fareham, Hampshire |
c1804 | Cadet at Woolwich Academy |
8 September 1807 | Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant |
April 1808 | Gazetted 1st Lieutenant |
August 1808 to January 1809 and 1814 | Served in Peninsular War, awarded Military General Service medal 1793-1814 with 5 clasps: Roliça, 17 August 1808; Vimeiro, 21 August 1808; Corunna, 16 January 1809; Orthez, 27 February 1814; Toulouse, 10 April 1814 |
c1809-c1813 | Stationed near Ipswich (see letter 99) |
10 January 1811 | Married Catherine Bleaden at Ipswich |
1811 | Daughter Catherine born |
3 March 1813 | Son Frederick baptised at Bawdsey, Suffolk |
21 July 1813 | Gazetted 2nd Captain |
10 October 1815 | Daughter Caroline baptised at Ipswich |
?1815 | Gazetted Captain |
From March 1815 | In the Netherlands; took part in Waterloo campaign, but did not qualify for Waterloo medal |
Until August 1817 | In Army of Occupation in France |
By 1820 | Stationed at Fort George |
1820 | Son Augustus born at Fort George |
1822 | Daughter Annie born at Fort George |
October or November 1823 | Rescued fishermen in Moray Firth, awarded Royal Humane Society’s silver medal |
c1825 | Daughter Isabella born at Fort George |
1820s | Served with Survey in Ireland. Acquaintance with Larcom suggests he was there in 1826 when Larcom arrived, or soon after |
Late 1820s-?1833 | Stationed at Weedon, Northamptonshire |
12 February 1834 | Sailed for West Indies |
10 January 1837 | Gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel |
April 1837 | Took up appointment as CRE West Indies |
20 July 1839 | Arrived in England |
1839 or 1840 | Appointed CRE Jersey |
6 November 1843 | Daughter Catherine marries Charles Le Quesne |
12 August 1844 | Granddaughter Catherine Esther Le Quesne born in Jersey |
About 1845 | Appointed Deputy CRE Gibraltar |
17 March 1846 | Granddaughter Isabel Edith Le Quesne born in Jersey |
1846 | Appointed CRE Woolwich, where he designed Green Hill School, built after his death |
14 June 1848 | Grandson Charles Frederick Nicholas Le Quesne born in Jersey |
30 June 1849 | Died at Woolwich as a result of an artillery accident |