Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley KCB (c. 1791 – 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Sir Robert Wesley | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1791 Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland[1] |
| Died | 5 January 1877 Woolwich, London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Marines |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | Royal Marines |
| Battles / wars | First Carlist War Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Early life
editWesley was the son Robert Wesley and Ellen Butt of Lismoat or Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, where he was born around 1791.[2]
Military career
editWesley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery.[3] He saw action in Spain during the First Carlist War[3] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces.[4] He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in December 1854[5] and directed the involvement of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War before retiring in January 1862.[6]
References
edit- ^ 1871 England Census
- ^ Walford, Edward (1871). The County Families of the United Kingdom. Robert Hardwicke. p. 1015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
Lis Mote Castle.
- ^ a b "Annual Register". 1878. Retrieved 20 May 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "No. 21262". The London Gazette. 11 November 1851. p. 2970.
- ^ "No. 21643". The London Gazette. 13 December 1854. p. 4183.
- ^ "No. 22587". The London Gazette. 7 January 1862. p. 92.