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 Death Announcements 1845-1854
| Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Manners | | | First names | Russell | | | Rank / occupation | Lieut.-col. |  | Unit | British Army | | | Death date | 25 Jan 1850 | | | Place of death | Hampshire  | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Mar 1850 | | | Page number | 336 | | | Detail | At Shirley, aged 74, Lieut.-Col. Russell Manners, C.B. son of the late Robert Manners, esq. of Grantham, and grandson of the late Lord William Manners. He was made Ensign in the 74th Regiment in 1791, attained the rank of Major in 1808, and brevet Lieut.-Colonel in 1812. He served in India during the second Mysore campaign, was at Seringapatam and the siege of Pondicherry. He was alos engaged in the Peninsula, at the battles of Busaco and Sabugal; commanded his regiment at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and sieges of Ciudad and Badajoz. He was also present at the battle of Salamanca, the advance to Madrid, and was commandant of the Retiro for two months, until that city was evacuated. He then returned home from ill-health, but was afterwards engaged also in the battles of Orthes and Toulouse. |
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