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British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 21st Regiment of FootBy Steve Brown
Regimental History
Stations and Combats – 1st Battalion
Stations and Combats – 2nd Battalion
Careers of Senior Officers (shown as highest rank attained in regiment in the period) Lt. Col. Colin Graham Major in 21st Foot 4 May 1789 (on transfer from 16th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel 8 December 1792; brevet Colonel in North America 17 September 1793; brevet Colonel 9 September 1794; commanded troops in Guadeloupe 1794; reputedly later a General, although I can find no record. Major James Lovell Major in 21st Foot 8 December 1792; retired September 1793. Major Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone Major in 21st Foot 28 September 1793 (on transfer from 2nd Life Guards); exchanged to 79th Foot 3 May 1794. Major George Rowley Major in 79th Foot 19 April 1794 (on transfer from 64th Foot); Major in 21st Foot 3 May 1794; died March 1795. Lt. Col. Thomas Meyrick Major in 82nd Foot 1 January 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 99th Foot 10 February 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 20 September 1794; brevet Colonel 26 January 1797; subsequently Brigadier-General in Ireland 1798 to 1800; Major-General 25 September 1803; on staff in Ireland 1804 to 1820; Lieutenant-General 25 July 1810; General 19 July 1821; died 1830. Lt. Col. Andrew Ross Major in Independent Company 24 June 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 9 September 1794; Major in 21st Foot 7 March 1795 (on transfer from 31st Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel 1 September 1795; died December 1796. Lt. Col. John Dalgleish Born Scotland 1755; served in American War, taken POW at Saratoga; served in Ireland 1782 to 1789; served in Canada 1789 to 1793; served in West Indies 1793 to 1796; Major in 21st Foot 1 September 1795; Lieutenant-Colonel 14 December 1796; retired November 1797. Lt. Col. Lord Evelyn Stuart Major in 66th Foot ?; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 1 November 1797 (on transfer from 66th Foot); Lieutenant-Colonel in 22nd Foot 25 June 1802. Lt. Col. Lyde Brown Born London 1759; brevet Major 9 September 1794; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 9 January 1798; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 25 June 1802 (on transfer from Nicholl’s Regiment); murdered in Dublin riots 23 July 1803. Lt. Col. Donald Robertson Major in 21st Foot 1 September 1795; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1801; Lieutenant-Colonel 6 August 1803; commanded 21st Foot in Ireland after riots; retired June 1805. Major John Storey Major in 21st Foot 14 December 1796 (on transfer from 5th Foot); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1798; retired January 1803. Lt. Col. William Paterson Served in West Indies 1790 to 1796; Major in 21st Foot 11 January 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel 20 June 1805; commanded 2/21st Foot 1805 to 1811; brevet Colonel 1 January 1812; commanded 1/21st Foot in Sicily; commanded a brigade in Mediterranean and North America 1814; Governor of Carisbrook Castle 1815; subsequently Major-General 12 August 1819; Lieutenant-General 10 January 1837; died 1849. Lt. Col. John Wilson Major in 5th Battalion of Reserve ?; Lieutenant-Colonel in 5th Battalion of Reserve 9 July 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 1 August 1804; Deputy Quartermaster-General in Ceylon January 1805; exchanged to 5th Garrison Battalion 5 January 1805. Major Charles Darrah Major in 21st Foot 20 August 1803; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 24 October 1809; retired October 1812. Major Alexander Francis Taylor Major in 21st Foot 1 August 1804; exchanged to half-pay of 14th Garrison Battalion 22 August 1805. Major Alexander Dunbar Major in 21st Foot 2 August 1804; retired May 1810. Born Scotland 1781; served in Helder 1799; served in Egypt 1801; Major in 5th Battalion of Reserve 9 July 1803; Lieutenant-Colonel in 5th Battalion of Reserve 28 August 1804; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 5 January 1805; commanded 1/21st Foot in Sicily 1806 to 1811; served at Maida 1806; had temporary command of a brigade in 1806; ADC to Prince Regent 1811; Deputy Adjutant-General in Sicily 1812; brevet Colonel 20 February 1812; served in Peninsula and commanded a brigade on East Coast of Spain January 1813 to April 1814; subsequently Major-General 4 June 1814; commanded a brigade in Waterloo campaign 1815; Lieutenant-General 22 July 1830; General 6 November 1846; died 1853. Major Robert Henry Major in 21st Foot 20 June 1805; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1812; commanded a column and wounded at Bergen-Op-Zoom 1814; nothing further known. Major James Money Major in 21st Foot 22 August 1805 (on transfer from half-pay of 14th Garrison Battalion); exchanged to Recruiting Corps 9 June 1808. Major William Armstrong Major in Armstrong’s Recruiting Corps 16 July 1800; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 1 January 1805; on half-pay 1808; Major in 21st Foot 9 June 1808; Major in 2nd Garrison Battalion 13 September 1810. Major Alexander James Ross Served in Sicily 1809 to 1813; Major in 21st Foot 31 May 1810; commanded a provisional battalion and later a brigade in Holland 1814; wounded at New Orleans 1815; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 12 August 1819; on half-pay 7th Foot 1820. Major Andrew Coghlan Major in 2nd Garrison Battalion 19 October 1809; Major in 21st Foot 13 September 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel in York Chasseurs 11 November 1813. Major John Anthony Whitaker Major in 21st Foot 8 October 1812; commanded 1/21st Foot in Italy 1814; commanded 1/21st Foot in North America 1814; killed in action at New Orleans 1815. Major Andrew French Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 30 December 1811; Major in 21st Foot 9 December 1813; retired July 1814. Major Norman Pringle Born Scotland 1767; Major in 21st Foot 23 June 1814; commanded 1/21st Foot after New Orleans; exchanged to 31st Foot 16 June 1815; later HM Consul to Stockholm and 6th Baronet Pringle. Captain Robert Renny Captain in 21st Foot 3 August 1804; brevet Major 4 June 1814; brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 29 September 1814; wounded at Bladensburg 1814; wounded at Godly Wood 1814; commanded light battalion and killed in action at New Orleans 1815. Lt. Col. Charles William Maxwell Major in Royal Africa Corps 18 June 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel in Royal Africa Corps 1 January 1810; Lieutenant-Colonel in 21st Foot 15 June 1815; commanded 1/21st Foot in Army of Occupation 1815 to 1817. Major Michael Coast Major in 31st Foot 31 December 1812; exchanged to 21st Foot 16 June 1815; on half-pay thereafter. Major Richard Gubbins Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 29 September 1814; Major in 21st Foot 15 June 1815 (on transfer from 85th Foot). Sources: War Office. Army Lists 1796 to 1815. London: various years. Cannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Twenty-First or Royal North British Fusilier Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment, and of its Subsequent Services to 1849. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker, 1849. Chichester, Henry Manners, and Burges-Short, Henry. The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army. London: William Clowes & Sons, 1895. Mileham, Patrick. The Scottish Regiments 1633-1996. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1988. McKenna, Michael G. The British Army – And Its Regiments and Battalions. West Chester , Ohio: The Nafziger Collection. 2004. Reid, Stuart. Wellington’s Officers, Volume 1. Leigh-On-Sea: Patrizan Press, 2008. Park, S.J. and Nafziger, G.F. The British Miltary – Its System and Organization 1803-1815. Cambridge, Ontario: Rafm Co. Inc. 1983. Philippart, John. The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book. London: A.J. Valpy, 1820. London Gazette Website. August 2009.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2009
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