RICHARD RICH WILFORD BRETT
SURNAME: | Brett | FORENAMES: | Richard Rich Wilford | TITLE: | . | BORN: | 23 11 1798 | AT: | Chelsea London Middlesex | BORN: | 13 04 1799 | AT: | St Luke Chelsea London Middlesex | OCCUPATION[S]: | . | RELIGION/DENOMINATION: | . | FATHER: | Joseph George Brett | MOTHER: | Isabella Maria Charlotte | SIBLINGS: |
Isabella Christiana Brett, cx Sept 1791, St Marys Lambeth Surrey Amelia Martha Brett, cx Sept 1791, St Marys Lambeth Surrey Harriet Gordon Frances Brett, b 08 09 1797, cx 13 04 1799 St Luke Chelsea London Maria Christiana Brett, b 28 04 1798, cx 13 04 1799 St Luke Chelsea London Sophia Maria Brett, cx 13 04 1799 St Luke Chelsea London Louisa Elizabeth Christiana Brett, b 31 05 1802, cx 17 09 1802 St Mary, St Marylebone Road, London Ann Caroline Brett, cx 17 09 1802 St Mary, St Marylebone Road, London |
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Ensign 11th Foot Cornet 7th Dragoon Guards 17 02 1814 without purchase Lieutenant 18th Light Dragoons 24 07 1814 without purchase Captain of a troop, 10th Light Dragoons, 24 05 1816 by purchase vice Bromley who retires Captain 10th Light Dragoons Half-Pay Captain 18th Light Dragoons 05 04 1821 vice John Vernon who exchanges receiving the difference between full pay of a troop and a full pay company Captain 18th Light Dragoons Half-Pay Captain 4LD 15 11 1821 vice Hamond Alpe who exchanges receiving the difference Captain 8th Light Dragoons 26 02 1824 vice Captain Thomas D. Burrowes who exchanges Major 8th Light Dragoons 30 12 1826 by purchase vice Lord Wiltshire promoted Major 8th Light Dragoons 1833 |
EXCHANGED: |
Ensign 11th Foot to Cornet 7th Dragoon Guards 17 02 1814 Cornet 7th Dragoons Guards to Lieutenant 18th Light Dragoons 24 07 1814 Lieutenant 18th Light Dragoons to Captain 10th Light Dragoons 24 05 1816 Captain 10th Light Dragoobns Half-Pay to Captain 18th Light Dragoons 05 04 1821 Captain 18th Light Dragoons Half-Pay to Captain 4LD on 15 11 1821 Captain 4LD to Captain 8th Hussars 25 02 1824 |
BREVET: | Half-Pay unattached to be Lieutenant Colonel 23 11 1841 Unattached to be Colonel 19 06 1854 |
LOCAL RANK: | . | TROOP NO: | May 1822: Troop 2, Troop 3 Jan 1823: Troop 3 Jan 1824: Troop 3 |
TROOP CAPTAIN: | Self | EMBARKATIONS: | 31 12 1821 Dunira England | DISEMBARKATIONS: | 16 05 1822 Dunira Bombay India | CAMPAIGNS: | . | OTHER DUTIES: | . | MEDALS: | . | COURT MARTIALS: | . | RESIGNED: | . | RETIRED: | . | HALF-PAY: | . | MEDICAL REASON: | . | CASHIERED: | . | NOTES: | . | POST DISCHARGE MILITARY SERVICE: | . | POST DISCHARGE OCCUPATION[S]: | . | DIED: | 06 05 1861 at 6 Lansdowne Lawn, Cheltenham aged 62 years, rank Major General The undermentioned promotion to take place consequent on the death of Major-General Richard Rich Wilford Brett on the 6th May, 1861: - Brevet-Colonel John Fitz Maurice, Major on Half-Pay Unattached, to have the rank of Major-General. Dated 7th May, 1861 |
BURIED: | . | WILL: | . | BENEFICIARY: | . | NEXT OF KIN: | . | PRIZE MONEY: | . | NOTES: | . | 1851 CENSUS: | Kent Dover St James the Apostle District 12b Ref. HO107/1632 Address illegible Richard Brett, Head, Mar, 52, Lieut. Colonel Army, Middlesex Chelsea Marianna Brett, Wife, Mar, 45, Northumberland Plus two servants |
1861 CENSUS: | Gloucestershire Cheltenham District 26 Ref. RG9/1801 6 Lansdown Lawn Richard R W Brett, Head, Mar, 65, Major General [Army], Middlesex Chelsea Marianne Brett, Wife, Mar, 55, Northumberland Newburn Helen Reed, Sister-in-Law, Unm, 43, banker's Daughter, Northumberland Newburn Plus Lady's Maid, Cook, Housemaid and Butler |
TNA SOURCES: | WO/12/635-636 | BL SOURCES: | IOR/MAR/L/B21 | LONDON GAZETTES: | No 16863, 01 03 1814 No 16923, 06 08 1814 No 17232, 18 03 1817 No 17767, 24 11 1821 No 18009, 13 03 1824 No 18326, 19 01 1827 No 21564, 22 06 1854 No 22521, 18 06 1861 |
HART'S ARMY LISTS: | A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines War Office, 1833 | PRESS/ALMANACKS: | Caledonian Mercury Mon 24 03 1817, Mon 23 04 1821 Freeman's Journal Fri 26 11 1841 The Examiner Sat 24 06 1854 Jackson's Oxford Journal Sat 11 05 1861 |
OTHER SOURCES: | The Monthly (Alphabetical) Record of Births, Deaths, & Marriages | LINKS: | . |