Lieutenant General Sir David Latimer Tinling-Wriddington, KCH (1757 – 30 July 1839) was a senior officer in the British Army.[1] His surname was originally Tinling, but he adopted Tinling-Widdrington on marrying his wife Sarah Teasdale in 1784,[2] who was a co-heiress to the estates of her uncles John and Nathaniel Widdrington. However, in 1809 he was granted permission to have his children styled as simply Widdrington.[3] He joined the Army in 1777, serving at Gibraltar, in the West Indies, Flanders and at Menorca; he commanded a battalion of the 17th Foot. He finished his active service in Gibraltar.[4] He was promoted lieutenant general 27 May 1825.[5] He was awarded KCH and in 1833 and knighted.[6] He died on 30 July 1839[7][8] in his son's house in Bexley, Kent and was buried in the graveyard at St Mary's Church, Bexley.[9] His eldest son was Major George John Widdrington who died of wounds received at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, in northern Spain, aged 26.[10][11]
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- ↑ Tinling-Widdrington, David Latimer. "Will of Sir David Latimer Tinling Widdrington, Lieutenant General of Bexley, Kent". http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D613547.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage Index, England, 1780-1837, dated 1784
- ↑ The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. p. 199.
- ↑ The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. pp. 197–200.
- ↑ "The London Gazette". 28 May 1825. p. 925.
- ↑ The Times, dated 26 Feb 1833, Page 4
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
- ↑ "The Belfast Newsletter". 1839.
- ↑ "Billion Graves". https://billiongraves.com/grave/DAVID-LATIMER-TINLING-WIDDRINGTON/6216302#/. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ↑ Hall, John A. (1998). The biographical dictionary of British officers killed and wounded, 1808-1814. London: Greenhill Books [u.a.]. ISBN 9781853673153. http://www.napoleonguide.com/medical_ukofficers5.htm.
- ↑ The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. p. 200.
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