William Hampton Parlby | |
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Birth name | William Hampton Parlby |
Born | 1801 |
Died | October 26, 1881 (aged 79–80) |
Place of birth | Bengal Presidency, British India |
Place of death | Hubberston, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | British Army |
Years of service | 1816–1881 |
Rank | General |
Unit | 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons |
Commands held |
10th Hussars Cavalry formations in the Crimea Curragh Cavalry Brigade |
Battles/wars | Crimean War |
Awards |
British Crimea Medal Sardinian Crimea Medal Turkish Crimea Medal 4th Class Order of the Medjidie |
General William Hampton Parlby was a senior British Army officer, who served in British cavalry regiments in India and the Crimean War.
Family background[]
William Parlby was born in India in what was known as the Bengal Presidency in 1801;[1] his parents were Colonel James Templer Parlby, an engineer in the East India Company (but originally from Plymouth) and Lousia Munt (she was originally from London).[2] He was one of five siblings, four of which survived childhood. His grandfather was Thomas Parlby a master mason and architect from Plymouth.[3]
William's mother Louisa was a collector of locally commissioned pictures of scenes of colonial and local life around their residence in India, i.e. the cantonment at Maidapur (near the administrative centre of Berhampore, West Bengal).[4]
William Parlby died a bachelor in Hubberston, near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire on 26 October 1881, none of his relatives were named in the will and probate record.[5]
Military career[]
William Parlby was commissioned as a cornet in the 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons on 3 October 1816; he was promoted to lieutenant on 17 May 1824 and then to captain on 28 September 1826.[6] He is recorded as being a brevet major in 1841[7] and in 1845.[8] In 1843 he commanded a detachment of his regiment in Wales during the Rebecca Riots. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the 4th Light Dragoons on 30 January 1846 (by purchase),[9] although he only commanded the regiment for seven months.[10]
In terms of his overseas and campaign service, William Parlby served with his regiment in India and then as a colonel he commanded other regiments in India e.g. the 10th (The Prince of Wale's Own) Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) based in Kirkee, India.[11] In 1854 after the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade he was ordered to bring his regiment (then the 10th Hussars) from India to the Crimea (via Egypt),[12] the 680 strong regiment arrived on 15 April 1855 to join Allied troops laying siege to the city of Sebastopol.[13] During the latter stages of the Crimea War he commanded the British Cavalry Division[14] from 17 April to 30 June 1855 and then the Cavalry Division's Hussar Brigade from 1 July to 2 September 1855.[15][16][17] He was also present with Turkish forces at the Battle of the Chernaya. He was thoroughly involved in cavalry operations around Sevastopol and Lord Raglan complimented him in despatches.[18] He was awarded the Crimea Medal with Clasp for Sebastopol, the Sardinian and Turkish Crimea Medals and 4th Class Order of the Medjidie.[19]
On home service as a major general he commanded the Cavalry Brigade of the Dublin Division in Ireland, based at Curragh Camp (1860-1861).[20][21]
He was promoted to major general in 1860,[22] then lieutenant general on 21 March 1869 and then promoted to general on 22 May 1876.[23]
General Parlby would become the Regimental Colonel of the 21st Regiment of Hussars on 24 October 1865;[24] until on 1 July 1880 he was appointed as Colonel of his old regiment (the 4th (Queens Own) Hussars)[25] a post he was still holding in 1881 when he died (albeit an honorary post).
References[]
- ↑ 1871 Wales Census, Hubberston, Pembrokeshire
- ↑ India, Select Marriages, 1792-1848. India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency, Misc, India
- ↑ Gentlemen's Magazine Obituaries. 1802/692
- ↑ "The Louisa Parlby Album Watercolours from Murshidabad 1795–1803". https://www.francescagalloway.com/usr/documents/exhibitions/list_of_works_url/31/the-louisa-parlby-album.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1881 Pembrokshire, Wales
- ↑ War Office, Great Britain (1839). "A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines" (in en). War Office. https://books.google.com/books?id=IqsCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=General+%22William+Parlby%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hart's New army list April 1842" (in en). https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/105934280. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ Hyder, William Augustine (1845). "Proceedings of the General Court Martial, Held by Order of Field Marshall The Duke of Wellington, the Commander-in-chief, for the Trial of Lieut. William Augustine Hyder, 10th Royal Hussars, on the Prosecution of Lieu. Colonel Vandeleur, 10th Royal Hussars" (in en). Charles & Edwin Layton. https://books.google.com/books?id=RXwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=General+%22William+Parlby%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ Britain, Great (1846). "The London Gazette" (in en). T. Neuman. https://books.google.com/books?id=FxlKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=General+%22William+Parlby%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "4th Light Dragoons". http://www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm#InCommand. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hart's New army list July 1854" (in en). https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/120774273. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ The 10th Royal Hussars. Brander, Michael. Published by Leo Cooper, 1969
- ↑ Calthorpe, Lt-Colonel John Gough (26 July 2016) (in en). Letters From Head-Quarters: Or, The Realities Of The War In The Crimea [Illustrated Edition]. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 9781786259608. https://books.google.com/books?id=xIrEDAAAQBAJ&pg=PR14-IA17&lpg=PR14-IA17&dq=Parlby+10th+Hussars+Crimea#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ Russell, Sir William Howard (17 September 2015) (in en). The British Expedition to the Crimea. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 9781465604316. https://books.google.com/books?id=N6mOCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT390&lpg=PT390&dq=Parlby+10th+Hussars+Crimea#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Crimean War - Order of Battle 1855". http://www.xenophon-mil.org/crimea/war/crimob.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Charles Usherwood's Service Journal, 1852-56 — Sebastapol Falls to the Allies". http://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/usher/sebast2.html. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ Anglesey, Lord (14 September 1993) (in en). A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919: Volume 2: 1851-1871. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9780850521740. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ts-kAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=Parlby+10th+Hussars+Crimea#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ Grehan, John; Mace, Martin (22 January 2014) (in en). British Battles of the Crimean Wars 1854-1856: Despatches from the Front. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473831858. https://books.google.com/books?id=2OE7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=Parlby+10th+Hussars+Crimea#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hart's New annual army list, militia list, yeomanry cavalry list, and Indian civil service list 1881" (in en). https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104568866?mode=transcription. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Lot 45, 28 March 2002, Dix Noonan Webb". https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/lot.php?specialcollection_id=416&lot_id=73373. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Commander, Curragh Cavalry Brigade and Inspector-General of Cavalry for Ireland (Curragh District and Brigade)". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Companion to the Almanac, Or Yearbook of General Information for ...." (in en). https://books.google.com/books?id=9zVNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP80&lpg=PP80&dq=General+%22William+Parlby%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "The London Gazette, 23 June 1876, 3618". https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24339/page/3618/data.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "The United Service Magazine: With which are Incorporated the Army and Navy Magazine and Naval and Military Journal" (in en). H. Colburn. 1842. https://books.google.com/books?id=_2ANVSdArmYC&pg=PA623&lpg=PA623&dq=General+%22William+Parlby%22#v=onepage. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Hart's New annual army list, militia list, yeomanry cavalry list, and Indian civil service list 1881" (in en). https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104568866?mode=transcription. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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