Richard Egerton
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Colonel Richard Egerton (1783-1854[1]) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic Wars and recipient of both the Peninsular Gold Medal and Waterloo Medal.
A younger brother of Sir John Grey Egerton, he was an aide de camp to Rowland Hill, passing up the opportunity of higher rank to remain on his staff.[2] By late October 1813 he was a Brevet Major in the 34th Regiment of Foot and Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the 2nd Division, the latter then being commanded by Hill.[3] He appears in the painting The Waterloo Banquet and was invited to that annual event until at least 1852.[4]
Egerton was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1838 Coronation Honours, at which time he was a half-pay unattached Colonel, a status he still held in the Army List the following year.[5] He and his wife Arabella (née Tomkinson[6]) lived with Hill in his final years, with Egerton acting as his private secretary and financial manager.[2] He became Colonel of the 46th Regiment of Foot on 24 January 1853.[7] He later moved to Tarporley, renting Arderne Hall[8] and building an abbey folly on what is now part of Portal Golf Club.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Richard Egerton". National Portrait Gallery.
- ^ a b Joanna Hill, Wellington's Right Hand: Rowland, Viscount Hill (The History Press, 1 May 2013)
- ^ "THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY PRINGLE". Waterloo Association.
- ^ "Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to... (25 March 2015): Lot 94 | Noonans Mayfair". www.noonans.co.uk.
- ^ "Army List". 1839. p. 21.
- ^ "Photographs of Cheshire, England, UK". thornber.net.
- ^ The Army List. 1853. p. 55.
- ^ "Arderne Hall". Lost Heritage.
- ^ "Portal Golf Club (Championship course) | England - Lancs / Cheshire Top Courses | Where2Golf". www.where2golf.com.