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*ADAM, General Sir Frederick (1781-1853)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the British Light Brigade which includes the 1st Battalion of Colbornes’ 52nd, the 71st Highlanders, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 95th regiment, Colonel Du Plat’s Brigade of the KGL and Hew Halkett’s Hanoverian Landwehr battalions.

*d’AGLIÈ, Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the Generals who think Prince Blücher is a ‘rum touch’, a commisioner from the Netherlands.

*ALAVA, General Don Miguel de (1771-1843)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A short sallow-faced Spaniard, attends ??? with his wife. He had been Commissar to Wellington during the Peninsular War.

*ALEXANDER, Emperor of Russia (1777-1825)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A little difficult to deal with, was an ally of Napoleon’s.

ALISTAIR, Lord George

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brothers: Lord Vidal, Lord Harry Alistair

Sister: Lady Barbara Childe

Grandfather: Dominic, Duke of Avon.

Grandmother: Mary, Duchess of Avon

A wild young man, very like his sister, Lady Barbara Childe. 26 years old, over 6 feet tall and the spitting image of his grandfather. In an elite foot regiment, a Life Guardsman, he is described as ‘a very dark young man with curling black hair, and dashing whiskers, gleaming white teeth, and a pair of bold, fiery eyes’ and has an air of perfect sangfroid. Appears to know Lucy Devenish better than she will admit.

ALISTAIR, Lord Harry

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brothers: Lord Vidal, Lord George Alistair

Sister: Lady Barbara Childe

Grandfather: Dominic, Duke of Avon.

Grandmother: Mary, Duchess of Avon

18-year-old ensign in an elite regiment of Foot with General Maitland, described as ‘a young gentleman with embryonic whiskers and a sandy head’ and immensely good-natured in the tradition of Heyer’s young society bucks.

*ALLIX, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Leads a French division in the second wave of attack on the Allies, his division in two brigades led by Quiot and Bourgeois march side by side and move to encircle the fortified farmhouse of la Haye Sainte which formed the centre of the Allied line.

*ALTEN, Sir Charles, von (1764-1840)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Led the Kings German Legion (KGL) in the Peninsular and leads the third division here. Injured at Waterloo but highly mentioned in dispatches. Later created Count.

*ANGOULÊME, Louis de Bourbon, Duc d’ (1775-1844)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Marie Therese de France, 1799.

Uncle: Louis XVIII

*ANGOULÊME, Marie Therese, Duchesse d’(1778-1851)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Louis Duc d’Angouleme, 1799.

Mother: Marie-Antoinette

Father: Louis XVI.

*ANNESLEY, Catharine

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Somerset, Catharine

*ANNESLEY, Frances

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Frances Wedderburn Webster

*ARDEN, Misses

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

When rejected by Lady Barbara Childe at Lady Vidal’s party, Colonel Audley flirts with them.

*AREMBERG, Duc d’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Berthier stays with him in Brussels.

*ARTENDTSCHILDT, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

German light dragoon and Hussar commander who speaks very bad English. He supports General Kruse’s Nassau troops in reserve at Waterloo.

*d’ASSCHE, Marquis(e)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Belgian noble in Brussels, he later said he could have willingly strangled the Duke of Wellington for all the unconcern he appeared to show at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball – the Marquise watched darkly as the Duke paid ardent court to Lady Frances Webster.

*d’ASSCHE, Madame

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

With whom the Duke of Wellington dances at the fête thrown in honour of the King and Queen of the Netherlands and held at the Hôtel de Ville.

*D’AUBREMÉ, Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands a Dutch-Belgic brigade in Lord Hill’s 2nd corps. They have to be forced to stand their ground by having English cavalry close their lines of retreat.

AUDLEY, Charles, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: The 5th Earl of Worth

The hero of AN INFAMOUS ARMY, he has been a soldier for many years serving on the Duke of Wellington’s staff first in the Peninsular and now in Brussels. His army rank is Colonel but his regimental rank is Major. He presents a very handsome picture having a good leg, curling brown locks and neatly trimmed whiskers. He is also languid and good-natured except in battle when he has boundless energy, and is liked by everyone. He is the eldest of the Duke of Wellington’s staff at 34 years old.

AUDLEY, Julian (1)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Worth, Earl of

AUDLEY, Julian (2)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Temperly, Lord

AUDLEY, Judith

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Worth, Countess of

AVON, Duke of, (Dominic).

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Mary, Duchess of Avon

Grandchildren: Lady Barbara Childe, Marquis Vidal (2), Lord Harry Alistair, Lord George Alistair.

Still a stiff martinet. He and the Duchess turn up unexpectedly in Brussels as everyone else is evacuating the city.

AVON, Duchess of (Mary)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Dominic, Duke of Avon

Grandchildren: Lady Barbara Childe, Marquis Vidal (2), Lord Harry Alistair, Lord George Alistair.

Equal to all occasions as ever.

*BACHELU

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French general sent to gain Hougoumont late in the afternoon with Prince Jerome and Foy.

*BARING, Major George.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

British officer commanding the second light Battalion of Ompteda’s Kings German Legion – by 6pm on the evening at Waterloo there are some 376 men to defend La Haye Saint at Waterloo. It has been referred to as a ‘tenacious garrison’ and came under ferocious fire; only 41 men, including Baring, survived.

*BARNES, Major General Sir Edward (1776-1838)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: Fire Eater

The Adjutant General, ‘sharp faced and fiery spirited’. Hamilton is some sort of aide for him. Barnes is seen departing Brussels with some haste in the afternoon of 18 June – probably towards the battlefield for news as he returns a little after 10pm that night to say that the battle is sure to be won by the French.

*BATHURST, Lord, (Henry, 3rd Earl) (1762-1835)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

British Secretary of State for War during Waterloo.

*BEANE, Major George

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commanded D Troop of Horse Artillery, one of the 8 troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. It had been re-equipped with 9lb guns just before the war. With Kuhlmann, Cleeve, Webber-Smith, Ramsay and Bull’s brigades, ranged in front of Alten and Cooke’s divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo. Killed at Waterloo.

*‘BEAU’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Brummel, George

*‘BEAU DOURO’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Wellington, Duke of

*BEAUFORT, Duc and Duchesse de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Two of the Dutch or Belgian nobles invited to the Duke of Wellington’s party, with their daughter.

*BEHR, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Sends word to Wellington of an attack on the Prussians at Mons.

*BERKELEY, Sir George

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

*BERNHARD, Prince, of Saxe-Weimar.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the 2nd Dutch Belgic Brigade under General Perponcher including the Nassauers.

*BERRI, Duc de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Charles Ferdinand (1778-1820) Son of Charles X and nephew of Louis XVIII. He married an Englishwoman, Anna Brown, while in Exile in Britain.

*BERTHIER, Marshal Alexandre (Prince de Neuchatel) (1753-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A French Marshal who made his peace with Louis XVIII and did not join Napoleon when the latter returned. He died two weeks prior to Waterloo.

*BEST

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the Hanoverians.

*BICHIN, Krahmer de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands a Dutch artillery battery of 8 guns in Detmer’s brigade. He is brought up to the front at Waterloo at about 7 o’clock to face the fifth French attack, the Imperial Guard, and is positioned next to Maitland’s squares.

*BLÜCHER, Marchsla Gebhard Lebrecht von (1742-1819) Prince of Wahlstadt

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: ‘Old Marshall Forwards’ (Marschal Vorwarts)

Head of the Prussian army, takes over command from Kleist.

*BOLTON

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field Artillery officer

*BONAPARTE, Napoleon (1769-1821)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: the Corsican Monster, Boney, The Ogre, ‘Jonathon Wild’.

The battle of Waterloo was his last attempt to dominate Europe. He was exiled to St Helena.

*BONAPARTE, Prince Jerome (King of Westphalia) (1784-1860)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Napoleon Bonaparte

Commands a division of French infantry in Reille’s corps, and takes part in the first wave of French attacks at Waterloo.

*‘BONEY’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Bonaparte, Napoleon

*BORGO, Pozzo di

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: Clever

A commissioner from Russia who gives Wellington no trouble.

*BOURGEOIS, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander of a brigade in Allix’s division which attacks La Haye Saint with Quiot at Waterloo.

*BOURMOUNT, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French General who tries to surrender to the Prussians (Blücher) on 16 June, with whom Blücher would have nothing to do.

*BRÜGMANS, Dr.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Inspector- General of Health in Brussels

*BRUMMELL, George (1778-1840)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: Beau

Beau, as he was known, was the leader of British fashion and society until his flight to the continent in 1816.

*BRUNSWICK, Duke of, Frederick William (1771-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Sister: Caroline, Princess of Wales.

Commander of the ‘Black Brunswickers’ who wear all black and skull and crossbones on their uniform in memory of the Duke’s father who was killed at the battle of Jena. ‘A Handsome man and Gallant in the field’.

*BRUSSELS FLIRT

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: WEBSTER, Frances Wedderburn

*BULL, Major Robert

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commanded I Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. With Kuhlmann, Cleeve, Webber-Smith, Ramsay and Bean’s brigades, ranged in front of Alten (3rd) and Cooke’s (1st) divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo. He was wounded in the battle.

*BÜLOW, General Frederich von (1755-1844)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Prussian commander at Waterloo - the first Prussian troops appeared on the Allied left under his command in the early evening of 18 June.

*BYLANDT, Brigadier General Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

From Nivelles. He commands a Dutch-Belgic brigade that suffers rather at Quatre Bras where he is carried off the field. Without him at Waterloo the troops prove unsteady under the second wave of French attack and they bolt, leaving a gap in the allied line to the left of the critical point - La Haye Sainte.

*BYLEVELD

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands a field artillery battery and is stationed with Count Bylandt’s Dutch-Blegic brigade at Waterloo.

*BYNG

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands cavalry

*BYNG, General Sir John (1772 - 1860)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Coldstream Guards (2nd) as well as the 3rd Scots guards in the first division. Later created first Earl of Strafford.

*BYRON, Lord George (1788-1824)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Poet and peer, much admired and adored by British women and the subject of affairs with Frances Annesley and Lady Caroline Lamb. Although not in Brussels himself before Waterloo, he is much gossiped about.

*CAMBRIDGE, Duke of (Adolphus Frederick) (1774-1850)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: King George III

Head of the Kings German Legion (KGL)

*CAMERON, John

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: Fassiefern

He is with the 92nd Regiment, the Gay Gordons. He falls with Macara at Quatre Bras.

*CAMPBELL, Colin (1776-1847)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the Duke of Wellington’s members of staff, renowned for mangling any language, having no facility at all to learn them. Wellington is quoted as saying, ‘He speaks no language but his own, and that very badly.’ Very popular.

*CANNING, Lieutenant Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the Duke’s staff officers on the Peninsula, who joins his personal staff at Waterloo. He dies from a bullet in the stomach.

*CAPELLAN, Monsieur van der

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the Dutch or Belgian nobles invited to the Duke of Wellington’s party, he is also the Secretary of State.

*CAPELLAN, Madame van der

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Draws Lady Barbara’s attention to the entrance of a particularly handsome Life Guard – Lord George Alistair.

*CASTLEREAGH, Lord, Robert Stewart, Viscount (1769-1822)

Later 2nd Marquess Londonderry.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Sir Charles Stuart

Secretary for War during much of Wellington’s Peninsula campaign and trusted by Wellington. He was the Half brother of Sir Charles Stuart.

*CATALANI, Angelica, (1780-1849)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: M. de Valbrèque

‘The Catalani’, a mercenary singer with a voice ‘like an angel’ and lovely to look at, who performs for the British in Brussels.

*CATHCART, Lieutenant, the Hon. George

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: the green baby

Father: The First Earl Cathcart

Enrolled as an extra aide de camp shortly before Waterloo, George has seen 8 actions against Napoleon despite his youth, which earns him the nickname ‘the green baby’.

*CHALMERS, Captain.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Officer of the 52nd who forms one of Lady Barbara Childe’s court and attends Lady Vidal’s party on April 7th.

*CHAMBERS, Captain

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Of the 1st Foot Guards, he ought to have been in London but took leave and enrolled on Sir Thomas Picton’s staff as an honorary aide-de-camp at the time of Waterloo. He is written about by Gronow in his memoirs. SEE: GRONOW

*CHARLOTTE, Princess of Wales (1796-1817)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: George, Prince Regent, later George IV

Heir to the British throne after her father. Briefly engaged to the Prince of Orange but marries Prince Leopold in May of 1816, dying in childbirth in November 1817.

*CHASSÉ, Baron, General David (1765-1849)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A genial man who has served with the French but at Waterloo is with the Allied army in command of a Dutch Belgic division under Lord Hill’s 2nd corps. He brings up Detmer’s Dutch Belgians in perfect order to support Maitland’s first Division in the fifth wave of the French attack which was around 7pm.

CHERRY

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Charles Audley’s groom

CHILDE, Lady Barbara (nee ALISTAIR)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: the Fatal Widow

Husband: Sir Jasper Childe (deceased)

Grandparents: The Duke and Duchess of Avon

Brothers: Lords George and Harry Alistair; the Marquis of Vidal

Familial nickname: Babs

The wild granddaughter of Dominic, Duke of Avon and his wife Mary. Barbara was obliged by her father to marry Sir Jasper Childe when she was only 17 and he three times older. He died within five years and she began her career as the ‘Fatal Widow’, her charm and beauty ‘acknowledged to be deadly’. Men more than women admire her daring thin muslin dresses and painted toenails, showing off the ‘destructive green eyes’ and the red hair inherited from her great-grandmother Leonie. Aged 25 at the time of the story, her family want her to make an advantageous new marriage, but she is looking for something more.

CHILDE, Sir Jasper

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Lady Barbara Childe (nee Alistair).

He had a love for visiting battlefields which Lady Barbara did not share and had the good sense to die within five years of marriage leaving Lady Barbara a comfortably-off widow.

*CLARKE

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

British officer with a ring of French spies, although not as good an intelligence source as Colquohon Grant.

*CLAYTON, Captain

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In the Blues, who gets to sit opposite Lady Barbara Childe at a picnic.

*CLEEVE

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

German Field artillery officer, whose brigade, with Kuhlmann, Cleeve, Bean, Webber-Smith, Ramsay and Bull was ranged in front of Alten (3rd) and Cooke’s(1st) divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo.

*’CLEVER’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Pozzo di Borgo.

*CLINTON, Sir Henry

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Lady Susan Clinton

Lately second in command to Sir Rowland Hill of the Allied Army 2nd corps.

*CLINTON, Lady Susan

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Sir Henry Clinton

*COLBORNE, Sir John (1778 - 1863), later 1st Baron Seaton

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Military secretary to William, Prince of Orange. Commander of the ‘fighting 52nd’ on the Peninsula a light regiment, and for a time commanded the Light Division in the Pyrenees, part of Adam’s Brigade. It is his timely and brilliant action on the Allied right wing taken on his own initiative that finally seals the victory at Waterloo.

*COLE, Sir (Galbraith) Lowry (1772-1842)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commander of the 6th Division. Once courted the Duke of Wellington’s wife when she was Kitty Pakenham, but was ‘disappointed’.

*COLLAERT, Baron

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the Dutch-Belgic cavalry division including General Tripp’s brigade of Caribiniers and Baron van Merlen’s light cavalry brigade. Positioned behind Lord Edward Somerset’s brigade of Cavalry at Waterloo and held in reserve.

*COLVILLE, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the 4th Division at Waterloo.

*COMBERMERE, 1st Viscount Combermere (Stapleton Cotton), (1773-1865)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Led the cavalry for the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War (1809-14) but for the Waterloo campaign was replaced by Lord Uxbridge.

*CONYNGHAM, Lady Elizabeth (d 1839)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Mother: The Marchioness Conynghame

Dances with Lord George Alistair. It was said that King George IV paid her so much attention he was in love with her, but it was her mother that was the King’s mistress.

*CONYNGHAME, Marchioness (Elizabeth) (d.1861)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Daughter: Lady Elizabeth Conynghame

Became George IV’s mistress and was there when he died.

*COOKE, Sir George, (1768-1837)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

General Cooke commanded the 1st division, made up of the elite Guards regiments and generally known as ‘the gentleman’s sons’. He is injured at Waterloo.

*COPENHAGEN (d. 1836)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Duke of Wellington’s horse who has a tendency to ‘kick out’. The Duke said ‘There may have been faster horses, no doubt many handsomer, but for bottom and endurance I never saw his fellow.’

*’CORSICAN MONSTER’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Bonaparte, Napoleon

*COTTON, Stapleton

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Combermere

*COUP DE GRÂCE

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Lady Barbara’s horse in Brussels, a grey stallion lent to her by Lavisse.

*CREEVEY, Thomas (1768-1838)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Stepdaughters: the Misses Orde.

British politician staying in Brussels, his gossipy correspondence and papers have revealed a lot of information about life in Brussels leading up to Waterloo in The Creevey Papers ed. Sir Herbert Maxwell.

CROESEUS

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Mythical Greek character – very rich

*CUBIÈRES, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A French General who sees Hougoumont in his grasp and tries to spur his men to take it, but the quick action of Sergeant Fraser saves the day.

*’DADDY HILL’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: HILL, Lord

*DALRYMPLE, Lady Helen

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Duke of Wellington sits beside her at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball on 15 June.

DARCY, Marianne

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Phillip Darcy

Left weeping at home quite neglected while her husband paid lavish court to Lady Barbara Childe.

DARCY, Phillip

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Marianne Darcy

After Phillip met Lady Barbara Childe he neglected his wife of 10 years to chase after her.

DASHWOOD, Ralph

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Lady Barbara Childe was engaged to him once after Sir Jasper Childe died, but ‘it didn’t count’ as it was never announced.

DAWSON

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Friend of Sir Peregrine and Lady Taverner.

*DECKEN, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Hanoverian and rapacious, he sends Wellington a message on the ‘vexed question’ of the Hanoverian subsidy – payment for fighting with the Allies.

*DE LANCEY, Sir William (1781-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Replaces Sir Hudson Lowe as Quartermaster General for the Waterloo campaign, as Sir George Murray is still in America and not available for Brussels.

*DETMER, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Has a brigade under Lord Hill’s 2nd corps including an artillery dutch battery of 8 guns commanded by Krahmer de Bichin which is brought up to the front at about 7 o’clock to face the French 5th wave of attack - the Imperial Guard

DEVENISH, Lucy

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Uncle: Mr Fisher

Heir to Mr Fisher who has made a fortune in trade. Despite her lowly origins Judith Worth thinks her pretty good looks and quiet charm perfect for Charles Audley, Judith’s brother-in-law. But Charles is chasing Lady Barbara Childe and Lucy seems rather well-acquainted with Barbara’s brother, Lord George.

*DICKSON, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Colonel of Captain Mercer’s field artillery unit

DOLL

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Earl of Worth’s grey mare that Charles Audley borrows to ride with Lady Barbara Childe.

*DONZELOT Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander leading a column in the second French wave of attack at Waterloo.

*DŐRNBERG, Major-General Sir William

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A German commanding a large brigade of light dragoons with the Hanoverians known as the Cumberland Hussars. He was responsible for messages from the frontier but in fact he holds up a messages from Colonel Colquhon Grant to Wellington about massing of French forces on the border before Waterloo because it ‘didn’t convince him that the French intended anything serious.’

DREW, Sir Henry

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A victim of Lady Barbara Childe’s fatal charm, he bought himself a pair of colours and went off to the Peninsula with the intention of being killed, in which office he succeeded.

*DU PLAT

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A German who can ‘always be relied on to keep his head’. Has a Line Battalion of the KGL in Lord Hill’s second corps.

*DURUTTE Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Leading a French column in the second wave of the French attack at Waterloo.

*ELLEY, Colonel Sir John (d 1839)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of eight men sent out by the Horse Guards to fill positions and one of only two, with Lord Greenock, who are suitable. Injured at Waterloo, his bravery was unquestioned and he was said to have killed more than one Cuirassier in one-on-one combat.

*ERLON, Count d’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Frenchman, massing troops just inside France leading up to Waterloo. He leads the attack in the second French wave which starts at around 1 o’clock on the allied centre (protected mostly by Picton (5th) and Alten’s (3rd) divisions).

*FAGEL Monsieur

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brings a letter of reproof from the British Ambassador in Paris(Wellington) to the Prince of Orange on a chill December Day in 1814.

*’FASSIFERN’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Cameron, John

*’FATAL WIDOW, THE’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: CHILDE, Lady Barbara

*FINDLAYSON

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

An assistant surgeon who patches up Charles Audley when he is injured with the Prince of Orange’s staff.

FISHER, Mr and Mrs

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Niece: Lucy Devenish.

He is wealthy but his origins are lowly and his money comes from trade. He is described as ‘a cheerful little man of stout vulgarity’ and Mrs Fisher ‘does not like to go into company.’

*FITZROY, Lord

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Somerset, Lord Fitzroy

*FITZROY, Lady

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Somerset, Lady Emily

*FOY, General Maximelien

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French General, sent to gain Hougoumont late in the afternoon at Waterloo, with Prince Jerome and Bachelu.

*FRASER, Sergeant

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In the Coldstream Guards, whose quick action by dashing at General Cubiéres dragging him off his horse, helps delay the French storming of Hougoumont and helps save the chateau from being over-run. Even so there is a close-run fight for it.

*FRASER, Artilleryman

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Buries Ramsay in the battlefield on his death.

*FREDERICK, Prince (1797-1881) Prince of the Netherlands

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: King William

Brother: William, Prince of Orange.

Stationed with General Colville’s brigade at Hal at the start of the battle of Waterloo, a vital position about 10 miles from Waterloo that protected the Allies’ line of communications.

*FREDERICK-WILLIAM III (1770-1840) King of Prussia

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Visits Britain in 1814.

*FREMANTLE, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

On the Duke of Wellington’s staff

*GARDINER, Lt. Col Sir Robert

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commanded E Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo, attached to Vivian’s Hussars.

*GHIGNY, Baron

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the clutch of Dutch and Belgian cavalry leaders, ‘a little assertive’. At Waterloo his brigade of light cavalry is a little behind William Ponsonby’s.

*GNEISENAU, General Count Neithardt von (August Wilhelm Anton) (1760-1831)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Prussian Chief of Staff under Blücher has rather rough manners and a distrust of Wellington, unfortunate since both Prussia and the British realise that the only way to defeat Napoleon is to work together. Not himself Prussian, but of Saxon birth, and had worked his way up through the army.

*GOMM Sir William, Lieutenant-Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of Wellington’s seasoned members of staff, in the Coldstream Guards. He was also the AQMG for the 5th Division.

*GORDON, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Alexander (1786-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Charles Gordon

In the 15th Hussars. A sunny-tempered boy and one of the Duke of Wellington’s ADCs. Escorted by a squadron of the 10th Hussars, he was sent to communicate with the Prussian HQ about co-operation with the British army ordered to retire to the position in front of Waterloo on 17 June. One of the dressier members of the army, Lord Fitzroy accuses him of having 17 pairs of boots, but Alexander says this is his brother Charles.

*GORDON, the Honourable Charles

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Alexander Gordon

A Hussar with a dressier sense than his brother and a large supply of boots.

*GRAHAM, General Thomas (1748-1843). Later created 1st Baron Lynedoch.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Suffering from some kind of eye trouble and has to return home in mid-1812; a blow to Wellington as he is one of his most trusted generals.

*GRAHAM, Sergeant

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the Guards defending Hougoumont who helps Macdonell to close the gates on the French.

*GRANT, Colonel Colquhon (1780-1829)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Head of Intelligence, his assistant is John Waters. Colquhon (not to be mistaken with Colquhon Grant of the Hussars) was a brilliant linguist. Wellington said of him that ‘No army ever produced the like, he was worth a brigade to me’.

*GRANT, Major-General Sir Colquhon (1764?-1835)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands a Hussar Brigade with the 13th Light Dragoons which lies directly behind Byngs Guards at Waterloo and comes up to support the line with the 3rd French cavalry charge. Rather arrogant, he is over 6 foot tall, with black moustache and very dashing in the Hussar way, but Wellington dislikes him and was forced by the Horse Guards to accept him into the army.

*GREATHED

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

At whose house Creevey hears the news of the battle of Quatre Bras from Colonel Canning on the night of 16 June.

*‘GREAT MAN, THE’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Wellington, Duke of.

*‘GREEN BABY, THE’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: CATHCART, Lt the Hon George

*GREENOCK, Lord

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of eight men sent out by the Horse Guards to fill positions and one of only two, with Colonel Elley, who are appropriate for the work.

*GREVILLE, Lady Charlotte (d.1862)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Charles Greville

Son: Charles Greville, the famous diarist.

Father: The Third Duke of Portland.

*GRONOW, Captain Rees Howell (1794-1865)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

An officer in the 1st Foot Guards who goes to Waterloo on leave, aged 18, to see for himself if he can help, having met Sir Thomas Picton in London and been encouraged to hope he might prove useful. Later wrote memoirs which describe the campaign, and mention Captain Chambers.

*GROUCHY, Marshal Emanuel (1766-1847)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A French commander, it is his troops who lead the first attack against the Prussians, supported by Ney.

*GUEST, Mr

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Author of a popular ballad, ‘The Farewell’, which Lady Barbara Childe sings.

*GUYOT

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French cavalry commander of dragoons and Grenadiers à Cheval who join with Kellermann’s cavalry and the remnants of Millhaud and Lefebvre-Desnoutette’s second cavalry attack to make the 3rd cavalry attack on the British line.

*HALKETT, Major General Sir Colin(1774-1856)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In command of a British brigade in the 3rd division, he prevents the Brunswickers from retreating at Quatre Bras. His brigade, including the 30th, 33rd and 60th as well as a Highland division, are almost wiped out by the Prince of Orange’s command to form line for infantry when there is cavalry coming. Shot through the mouth at Waterloo but survives.

*HALKETT, W (Hew) Lieutenant Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commands the Hanoverian Landwehr battalions in General Adam’s Light Brigade and brings them up to support Sir John Colborne’s famous attack on the French 5th wave at around 7pm

*HAMILTON, Andrew, Major

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

On the Adjutant General Barnes’ staff and engaged to a Miss Orde. He visits them and lets them know the news on 16 June. Shot through the body on the field of Waterloo and borne off around 5pm.

*HARDENBERG, Prince

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

From the Prussian Army.

*HARDINGE, Sir Henry (1785-1856) Later created 1st Viscount Hardinge.

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

English commissioner to the Prussians, ‘A noble browed gentleman with suave address’.

*HARROWBY, 1st Earl of (Dudley Ryder) ( 1762-1847)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Arrives in Brussels from London with Sir Henry Torrens from the Horse Guards.

*HAY, Lord James (1797-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: The 16th Earl of Errol.

An ensign in the first Foot Guards and ADC to General Maitland. Like a brother to Lady Georgiana Lennox, he dies at Quatre Bras. When he dies Lord William Lennox feels he must rejoin Maitland as an ADC even though he has also been wounded in the battle and his arm is in a sling.

*HERVEY, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Lionel Hervey

*HERVEY, Felton

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Taken on by the Duke of Wellington as Military Secretary to replace Lord Fitzroy until Fitzroy can recover from his amputation.

*HERVEY, Lionel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Colonel Hervey

*HILL, Captain Lord Arthur

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Enjoys the reputation of being the fattest officer in the army, with a placid nature. Served on the Peninsula as well as at Waterloo.

*HILL, Rowland, Lord (1772-1842) Later 1st Viscount Hill

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: Daddy Hill

Lieutenant-General, first acts as a mentor to the young and impulsive Prince of Orange, and later is put in control of the Allied army’s 2nd corps, the Reserves for Waterloo. Known as Daddy Hill by the troops for his good nature.

*HOOGVORST, Baron and Madame

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

They are among the Dutch or Belgian nobles who attend the Duke of Wellington’s party, he is ‘cheerful’ and ‘little’.

*HUME, Doctor

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A ‘sawbones’ who sees to most of the Duke’s staff and officers.

JACK

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The unlucky suitor whom Babs teases that he will never be tall enough to reach the flower she is holding up at Lady Vidal’s party on 7 April.

JACKSON

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Earl of Worth’s groom who purchases three horses for Charles Audley, Charles having no eye for horseflesh at all.

*JONES, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Left in Brussels during the Duke’s absence as Military Commander

*JONES, Mr

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Surgeon who attends Charles Audley.

*JOHNSON, Dr Samuel (1709-84)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Author and lexicographer.

JULIE

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

An opulent Belgian of easy virtue with whom Lord Harry Alistair has an affair.

*KELLERMAN, Francois Etienne (1770-1835)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: Duc de Valmy

French, his Cuirassiers almost overwhelm the allied forces at Quatre Bras and it is only the steadiness of the 92nd Highlanders which keeps them off. He is known as having a penchant for looting even by the French who were themselves renowned for this by everyone else.

*KEMPT, Major-General Sir James (1764-1854)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of Wellington’s best officers, his brigade included the 28th regiment (the Slashers), the 32nd, the Cameron Highlanders and the 1st Battalion of the 95th Rifleman. This ‘8th’ brigade is very depleted at Waterloo having fought hard at Quatre Bras. He assumes control of the 5th division on Picton’s death and was also severely wounded in the battle.

*KIELMANNSEGG, Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In charge of a Hanoverian brigade in the 3rd division.

*KINCAID, Captain John (1787-1862)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Later knighted, at the time of Waterloo he is a captain in the 95th Rifle Brigade, a tall lanky fellow with a very relaxed manner under the most trying circumstances. He wrote two books on his adventures in the army, Adventures in the Rife Brigade and Random Shots from a Rifleman. A good friend of Harry and Juana Smith.

*KLEIST, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Prussian General replaced by Blücher.

*KRUSE, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The ‘hopeful young Prince’ of Nassau-Usinger, hereditary ruler of the Nassauers.

*KUHLMANN

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

German Field artillery officer, who, with Cleeve, Bean, Webber-Smith, Ramsay and Bull, was ranged in front of Alten (3rd) and Cooke’s(1st) divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo.

*LAMB, Lady Caroline (1785-1828)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother: Frederic Ponsonby

A dashing young woman married to the politician, William Lamb, heir to Lord Melbourne. Lady Caroline was beautiful and controversial, choosing to wear the sort of revealing dresses Lady Barbara Childe also enjoys wearing.

*LAMBERT, General Sir John

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

His 10th infantry brigade consists of 4th, 27th, 40th and 81st, with Major Harry Smith acting as his ADC. They are ordered up late in the afternoon to reinforce the centre line held by Pack and Kempt, both of whom were wounded

*de LANCEY, Marguerite

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: General de Lancey

The de Lanceys are only married three months before Waterloo.

*de LANCEY, General Sir William (1781-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Deputy Quartermaster General for Wellington, he takes over from Hudson Lowe, whom Wellington does not want to work with.

LAVISSE, Comte de, Etienne, Monsieur le Capitaine

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Fabulously rich and handsome Belgian, ‘Brussel’s most notorious rake’ who is all teeth, eyes and black whiskers. He takes a great shine to Lady Barbara Childe and appears to be gaining her favour, his suit favoured by the Marchioness of Vidal. He is a Captain in the 5th National Militia, acting as adjutant to Count Bylandt’s brigade and is humiliated when his troops are among those that bolt at Waterloo. He owns estates north of Ghent as well as a house in Rue d’Aremberg in Brussels and is able to lend Lady Barbara a splendid horse, Coup de Grâce.

*LEFEBVRE-DENOUETTE, General Comte Charles (1773-1822)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French Commander who leads 19 squadrons of Cuirassiers against the English in the 3rd wave of the attack at Waterloo. These are part of Ney’s attack on the British in which his squadrons joins Milhaud’s to make 43 altogether. The remnants were joined to Count Guyot’s and Kellerman’s divisions to make 77 squadrons for the 3rd French cavalry attack.

*LENNOX, Lord Charles

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: March, Earl of

*LENNOX, Lady Georgiana (1795-1891)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: The Fourth Duke of Richmond

Mother: The Duchess of Richmon

Sister: Sarah Lennox

Brothers: William and Charles Lennox

A friend of Ensign Hay’s. She later marries Baron de Ros.

*LENNOX, Lady Sarah

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: The Fourth Duke of Richmond

Mother: The Duchess of Richmon

Sister: Georgiana Lennox

Brothers: William and Charles Lennox

‘As good as promised’ to General Sir Peregrine Maitland.

*LENNOX, Lord William Pitt (1799-1881)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

ADC to Wellington, although injured during this time, when X is killed at the battle of Quatre Bras on 16 June he rides to Waterloo to offer his services, despite still having his arm in a sling. He is only 15 years old. SEE: Richmond, Duchess of (his mother). With the Duke of Wellington in Vienna, when it was only his graceful dancing that saved him from severe reprimand from the Duke.

*LINDSAY Lieutenant

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In Captain Taylor’s squadron (the cavalry equivalent of a brigade) he brings a message for Wellington from Bülow (Prussians) on 17 June.

*LLOYD

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field Artillery officer who falls in the second big French cavalry attack in the late afternoon at Waterloo.

*LOBAU, Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander with division at Laon

*LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Nephews: Duc de Berri, Duc d’Angoulême

The unpopular King of France set on the throne by the allies in 1814 when Napoleon abdicated. With Napoleon’s return to France in March 1815 Louis, realising his lack of support, literally ran out of the back door of the palace as Napoleon came to the front. He is in Belgium with his nephews. His brother later became Charles X.

*LOWE, Sir Hudson (1769-1844)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Quartermaster-General, disliked by the Duke of Wellington, who tries to get his old QMG back from America and when he can’t asks for Sir William Delancey to take Lowe’s place.

*LÜNEBERG

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Has a field battalion in Count Kielmnasegg’s Brigade, sent to reinforce Baring’s troops at La Haye Sainte. Being young and not very sturdy, they get ridden over by French cavalry and retreat in disorder.

LUNEVILLE, Monsieur de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Owns Chateau de Hougoumont, and is a relative of Lavisse.

*MACARA

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Falls at Quatre Bras with John Cameron, (Fassiefern). He is from the 92nd Highlanders, the Gay Gordons.

*MACDONELL, Sir James

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A ‘huge highlander with narrowed humourous eyes, a square jowl and the frame of an ox’, he has seven companies of the Coldstream and is thrown in to protect Chateau Hougoumont at Waterloo.

*MAITLAND, General Sir Peregrine (1777-1854)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

He commands a regiment of Guards in Cooke’s first division. ‘As good as promised’ to Lady Sarah Lennox, the Duke of Richmond’s daughter.

*MALBOROUGH, First Duke of (1650-1722)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

MIP for his campaigns in Belgium and the Netherlands at the turn of the eighteenth century - ‘stirring events have happened here’.

*MANNERS, Lord Robert ‘Bob’ (1781-1835)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

In the Prince of Wales’ cavalry regiment, the 10th Hussars. Son of the Duke of Rutland. He was a good friend of Beau Brummell’s and they served together in this regiment until Brummell left it in 1798.

*MARCH, Charles Lennox, Earl of March (1791-1860)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Father: The Fourth Duke of Richmond

Mother: The Duchess of Richmon

Sisters: Sarah and Georgiana Lennox

Brother: William Lennox

Eldest son and heir to the 4th Duke of Richmond. He acceded to the title in 1819. One of the Duke of Wellington’s staff officers. He marries the eldest daughter of Lord Uxbridge.

*MARCOGNET, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander leading a French column in the second wave of attack on the Allies at Waterloo.

*MARMONT, Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de (1774-1852)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A French Marshal, subject of an unflattering song, ‘Ohe, Marmont’, which Lady Barbara Childe cheekily mentions to the Duke of Wellington. The offspring of minor nobility and a close friend of Napoleon’s. Napoleon felt that Marmont had dealt the final blow to his army in 1814 and never forgave him for it. With Napoleon’s escape from Elba in 1815 Marmont became a royalist.

*MASSENA, Andre (1758-1817)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French Marshal and the best man sent against Wellington in the Peninsular War of 1808-1814.

MATTHEW

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Lady Barbara Childe’s tiger.

*MERCER, Captain Alexander Cavalie (1783-)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commanded G Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. It had been re-equipped with 9-pound guns just before the war. He later published his memoirs, Journal of the Waterloo campaign. He died at the age of 85.

*MERLEN, Baron van

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of the clutch of Dutch and Belgian cavalry leaders, ‘a little melancholy’, also see General Tripp and Baron Ghigny. He relays the message of an attack on the Prussians he receives from General Steinmetz to General Behr – eventually reaching Wellington. He commands light cavalry at Quatre Bras and is in Baron Colleart’s division of Dutch-Belgic Cavalry.

*MILHAUD Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander who leads 24 squadrons of Cuirassiers (cavalry) against the English in the 3rd wave of the attack around 4pm in the afternoon at Waterloo. These are part of Ney’s attack on the British in which his squadron joins Lefebvre-Denouette to make 43 squadrons. The remnants were joined to Count Guyots and Kellerman’s divisions to make 77 squadrons for the third cavalry attack by the French.

*MITCHELL, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commanding a Brigade at Waterloo of Colville’s 4th division which covers the avenue that led to the great north gate of Hougoumont and is used later to reinforce the Brunswickers who are not looking all that steady around 4 o’clock when the second big cavalry charge comes from the French.

*MOORE, Sir John (1761-1809)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Led the British Forces on the Peninsula in 1808 after Sir Hew Dalrymple and Burrard were recalled. He was much loved and admired, but died in the battle of Coruna on 16 January 1809.

*MORICE

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Of the 60th Regiment, in Halkett’s brigade, and killed through the Prince of Orange’s stupidity at Quatre Bras. The Prince orders him to form line and the regiment is in the act of doing so when the cavalry charge.

*MORNINGTON, 2nd Earl of, (Richard Colley Wellesley)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA The Marquess of WELLESLEY

Brother: The Duke of Wellington

Wellington fostered Richard’s early army career, though Richard was the elder by nine years, and always loved and respected his brother, a ‘wonderfully handsome man’ with beautiful manners.

*MOUNTNORRIS, Lady

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris

Daughters: Frances Annesley and Catharine Somerset

She disapproves of Lady Caroline Lamb’s unseemly dresses.

*MÜFFLING, Baron von (Fredrich Carl Ferdinand) (1775-1851)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Prussian Commissioner, he replaces General Röder and is well liked by the British. He has a ‘noble’ wife and ‘three hopeful children’. He is open and frank and gains Wellington’s trust.

*MURAT, Joachim (1767-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French Cavalry man and commander renowned for his lack of skill - he had little strategic aptitude. A rather colourful character who had been intended for the church. He had been given the throne of Naples by Napoleon and most of his alliances and fights were attempts to keep the throne. They were unsuccessful and he was executed on 13 October 1813.

*MURRAY, Sir George (1772-1846)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Duke of Wellington’s Quartermaster General (QMG) through the Peninsula campaigns and in America at the time of Waterloo. There is no time to bring him back to replace Sir Hudson Lowe, whom Wellington dislikes. Of his two departments on the Peninsula, the QMG and the Adjutant-General, the Duke of Wellington had always favoured the QMG as he had always found Murray more efficient than William Stewart.

*NAGEL, M. de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Dutchman of the court of King William of Orange whom Wellington sees over the question of the Hanoverian subsidy.

*NASSAU-USINGER, Prince of

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

see General Kruse

*NASSAU, Duke of

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

*NETHERLANDS, King William VI of the (1772-1843)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: ‘Frog’

Sons: William, Prince of Orange; Frederick.

Dislikes and distrusts the Prussians. He has been exiled from his lands (where they are fighting at the time of Waterloo) for many years.

*NETHERLANDS, Queen of the (Wilhelmina nee Hohenzollern) (1774-1837)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: William VI of the Netherlands

Sons: William, Prince of Orange; Frederick.

*NEY, Michel (1769-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The most famous of Napoleon’s French Marshals. Commanded the French Brigade which successfully held the British off at Quatre Bras and prevented them allying with the Prussians. He was arrested after the battle of Waterloo, tried for treason and executed 7 December 1815.

*‘NOSEY’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Wellington, Duke of

*‘OGRE, THE’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Bonaparte, Napoleon

*‘OLD HOOKEY’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Wellington, Duke of

*‘OLD MARSHALL FORWARDS’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Blücher, Marschal.

*‘OLD TROUSERS

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

‘Here comes old Trousers’: a generic nickname for the French army.

*OLFERMAN

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Once the Duke of Brunswick is carried off the field at Quatre Bras, Olfermann tries to rally them but the Brunswickers start retreating and it is only Halkett’s Brigade coming up that prevents their desertion.

*OMPTEDA, Colonel Baron Charles

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A German with large dreamy eyes who commands a King’s German Legion Brigade in the third division. He is killed at Waterloo through a mistake made by the Prince of Orange.

*ORANGE, William, Prince of (1792-1849), later William VII of the Netherlands

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

AKA: ‘Slender Billy’.

Father: King William VI of the Netherlands

Mother: Queen Wilhelmina

Brother: Frederick.

William was the heir to the Dutch throne but the royal family were in exile during the Napoleonic Wars. One of Wellington’s staff officers on the Peninsular, at the time of Waterloo he is a general and second in charge of the Allied Army on the Peninsula, although only 23 years old. Colborne acted as his Military Secretary. He is an engaging young man, more at home speaking English and French than Dutch. As the battle is being fought on Dutch territory and using Dutch troops it is political expedience rather than talent that means he has been given this honour. Despite the top military men acting as his advisors, at Waterloo and Quatre Bras he makes the same mistake three times: ordering battalions to form line for infantry just as squadrons of French cavalry sweep into view and decimate them. He is severely wounded on the field.

*ORD, Miss

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Stepfather: Thomas Creevey

Engaged to be married to Major Andrew Hamilton

*ORD, Miss Elizabeth

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Stepfather: Thomas Creevey

*PACK, Sir Denis (1772?-1823)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Has a ‘choleric eye and heavily arched brows’, he is at the head of the Highland Brigade in the 5th division, these are the Black Watch(42nd) , the Royals (1st) and Gordons (92nd) . He was severely wounded at Waterloo.

*PAKENHAM, Sir Edward, ‘Ned’ (1778-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Brother to the Duke of Wellington’s wife, he was with the Duke in the Peninsula and then led the British expedition to New Orleans in 1814 where he was killed. Major Harry Smith went with him to America.

*PERCY, Major, the Hon. Henry

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Duke of Wellington had eight Aides de Camp but enrolled Henry as an extra. He was one of the few to escape Waterloo without injury. He was the grandson of the Duke of Northumberland and an officer of the 14th light Dragoons. It was Percy to whom Wellington trusted the dispatches which he sent back to Britain on the night of 18 June telling them of the Allied victory. Percy rode night and day to get them to London.

*PERPONCHER, General

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A good man according to Wellington. Dutch but has served on the Peninsula including in the Portuguese Legion formed at Oporto in 1808.

*PICTON, Sir Thomas (1758-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Commander of the 5th Division, in the Prince of Orange’s first corps, although destined for the reserves. He is a coarse, square-jowled man, Wellington doesn’t much like him as he is also rather vulgar and foul-mouthed. Sir Thomas was wounded during the Battle of Quatre Bras, a wound he conceals from everyone, and is killed in the late afternoon at Waterloo. He has Kempt and Pack’s Brigades in his division.

*PIRÉ, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French Lancer commander

*PONSONBY, Sir Frederic Cavendish (1783-1837)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Sister: Lady Caroline Lamb

A Colonel of the 12th light Dragoons who had also served on the Peninsula and one of Wellington’s most able commanders. At Waterloo he receives seven bad wounds, is ridden over then robbed by the Prussians, used as a rifle rest by a French soldier and later as a pillow for a dying man before being found and taken from the field.

*PONSONBY, Sir William (1772-1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

No relation to Sir Frederic Ponsonby, of the Union Brigade of English Irish and Scots Heavy Dragoons. He is hacked from his horse in the battle and dies on the field at Waterloo.

*‘PRINCE CHARLES’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Stewart, General Charles

*QUIOT, Commander

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

French commander of a brigade in Allix’s division, who with Bourgois attacks La Haye Sainte in the Allied centre at Waterloo.

*RAMSAY, Major William Norman (d 1815)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Known as a bit of dandy and fine dresser, he commands H Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo, where he is killed and buried on the battlefield by Fraser. Immortalised in Napier’s History of the War of the Peninsular for his exploits in saving the guns at Fuentes d’Onoro.

*REBECQUE, Constant de, Baron

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Prince of Orange’s Quartermaster General; well-liked and respected.

*van REEDE, Count

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A commissioner from the Netherlands

*REILLE, Commader

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A French commander of corps who Grant knows has five infantry and three cavalry divisions at Avesnes – the knowledgeable ones at Waterloo recognise his troops’ manoeuvres. Prince Jerome, Napoleon’s brother, commands one of the divisions in his corps.

RENÉ

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A young Belgian who is caught by Colonel Audley kissing each of Lady Barbara Childe’s fingers in turn at Sir Charles Stuart’s party.

*RETTBURG

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field artillery officer, positioned in front of Best’s Hanoverians at Waterloo.

*RIBAUCOURT, Comtesse de

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

She makes herself responsible for preparations for the wounded in Brussels at the time of Waterloo.

*RICHMOND, 4th Duke of Richmond ( Charles Lennox) (1764-1819)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: The Duchess of Richmond, Charlotte Lennox

Sons: William and Charles Lennox

Daughters: Sarah and Georgiana Lennox

*RICHMOND, Charlotte Lennox, 4th Duchess of. (d 1842)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond

Sons: William and Charles Lennox

Daughters: Sarah and Georgiana Lennox (and Mary and Jane, not mentioned in AIA)

It is at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball on the night of 15 June 1815 that the pivotal intelligence of Bonaparte’s invasion of Belgium is received.

*RÖDER General von

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

A Prussian commissioner who does little to promote goodwill or relationships among the Prussian and other allied troops. He is too stiff and formal. He is replaced by Baron Müffling.

*ROGERS

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field Artillery officer, With Ross’s artillery he guarded the Charleroi chaussée

*ROSS, Lt. Col. Sir Hew Dalrymple

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Royal Horse Artillery Officer commanding - A troop, the ‘Chestnuts’, one of the eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. His troop had been re-equipped with 9 pound guns just before the war. With Roger’s field artillery he guarded the Charleroi chaussée

*RUFUS

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Colonel Audley’s last horse at Waterloo, a hunter given to him by Lord Worth and from which he is shot.

*RUSSIA, Emperor of

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: Alexander.

*SALTOUN, 16th Baron (Alexander George Fraser) (1785-1853)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

He commanded the light companies of the second brigade of Guards (in Maitland’s brigade). He has 4 horses shot from under him during the battle of Waterloo and his defence of the orchards and gardens of Hougoumont is legendary.

*SANDHAM

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field Artillery officer who is ordered to limber up quickly and move to the left around Hougoumont at Waterloo.

*SCOVELL, Lieutenant-Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Department of Military Communications.

*SEYMOUR, Captain Horace Beauchamp (1781-1851)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Aide de Camp to Lord Uxbridge and supposedly the strongest man in the British Army, ‘he was certainly the largest; he topped even the Life Guardsmen.’ Tries to rally the Camerons when Picton is shot but it is the Duke of Wellington that rides forward and saves the moment. He also tries to prevent the desertion of the Hanoverian and Dutch-Belgic cavalry brought up to repel the third cavalry charge by the French but to no avail.

*SHAW

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

One of Wellington’s seasoned members of staff.

*SHAWE, Colonel

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The Duke of Wellington cuttingly writes to Sir Henry Torrens about the men that Shawe and Torrens (at the Horse Guards) have sent out to Brussels.

*SINCLAIR

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Field Artillery officer

*‘SLENDER BILLY’

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

SEE: William, Prince of Orange.

*SMITH, Major Harry (1787-1860)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Juana Smith (nee de los Dolores de Leon)

‘A very dark, wiry young officer, with a thin, energetic face in which a pair of deep-set eyes laughed upon the world’, he is also ‘a rattling good fellow, mad as a coot’.An officer in the 95th but is an aide for General Lambert’s brigade of the 4th, 27th and 40th (the 81st remain in Brussels) at the time of Waterloo.

*SMITH, Juana (nee de los Dolores de Leon) (d 1872)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Major Harry Smith

Child bride of Harry Smith; a high-spirited girl whom Charles Audley compares to Lady Barbara Childe.

*SMITH, Sir Sydney (1764-1840)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

The hero of Acre, ‘looking so a like a mountebank’ when he is first seen having just arrived from Vienna. Wellington was unimpressed by the naval officer thinking his reputation completely undeserved.

*SOMERS-COCKS, Major, The Hon. Edward Charles

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Worked as an intelligence officer in the Peninsula war and ended a brilliant career at Burgos in 1812. In fact his surname was just Cocks, and not until some 50 years after his death did the family change the name to Somers-Cocks.

*SOMERSET, Lady Catharine (nee Annesley)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Husband: Lord John Somerset

Mother: Lady Mountnorris

Sister: Frances Wedderburn Webster

Both she and her sister were known for their ethereal blonde good looks.

*SOMERSET, Lord Edward (1776-1842)

AN INFAMOUS ARMY

Wife: Lady Edward Somerset

Brothers: Lords Fitzroy and John Somerset

A dashing cavalry officer and one of Wellington’s best officers. His brigade of Life Guards, the Royal Horse (Blues), and the Dragoon Guards ‘highly distinguished’ themselves. 12 years older than his brother and ‘harsh-featured and dark with deep lines running down from the corners of his jutting nose and his close-lipped mouth.’ Despite this he is ‘perfectly ready to be agreeable’.

*SOMERSET, Lady Edward

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Husband: Lord Edward Somerset

Lord Edward leaves his wife in Britain, not thinking campaigning the right life for a woman.

*SOMERSET, Lady Emily

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Husband: Lord Fitzroy Somerset

Father: The Earl of Mornington (Richard Wellesley)

Uncle: The Duke of Wellington

Has recently given birth to a daughter at the time of Waterloo.

*SOMERSET, Henry (b 1776)

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Uncles: Lords Edward and Fitzroy Somerset

Acting as ADC to Lord Edward.

*SOMERSET, Lord John (1787-1870)

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Wife: Lady Catherine Somerset (nee Annesley)

Brothers: Lords Edward and Fitzroy Somerset.

Attached to the Prince of Orange’s staff

*SOMERSET, Lady John

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SEE: Lady Catherine Somerset.

*SOMERSET, Lord Fitzroy (1788-1855) Later created first Baron Raglan.

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Wife: Lady Emily Somerset

Chargé d’affairs for the Duke of Wellington and one of his most loved and trusted men, he served with the Duke through the Peninsula campaign and his quiet competence, punctiliousness and ability to follow orders completely earned Wellington’s trust. Described as fair with an open brow and very regular features, Lord Fitzroy bore a marked resemblance to the Duke of Wellington and people would often mistake them for father and son. Lord Fitzroy injures his right arm late in the day at Waterloo and walks back to the inn where he has it amputated above the elbow without a sound, only crying out when it was tossed aside not to be so hasty as his wife had given him a ring which was still on that hand.

*STEWART, William (1774-1827)

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Commanded the second division on the Peninsula.

*STEWART, General Charles (1778-1854)

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AKA: ‘Prince Charles’

Father: Marquess of Londonderry

Half-brother: Lord Castlereagh.

He is handsome and led a squadron of 18th Hussars for Sir John Moore’s army on the Peninsula. Wanted a cavalry command with Wellington in 1811 but his hearing and sight were defective and an old wound meant he was unable to wear glasses so became Adjutant General instead. Stewart is given the nickname ‘Prince Charles’ at the Congress of Vienna.

*STUART, Sir Charles, (1779-1845) Later created Baron Stuart de Rothesay

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Receives the Waterloo dispatch from the Duke of Wellington around 7am on 19 June. One of the most able British diplomats of his day, he had served in Portugal, and was now His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Netherlands. Not to be confused with Charles Stewart. British Ambassador in Paris from 1815-1830.

STUART

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An officer in the Foot Guards, Harry Smith’s regiment, whom Charles Audley speaks to during the third cavalry charge when Charles is taking refuge in one of the infantry squares.

TAVERNER, Lady Harriet.

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Husband: Sir Peregrine Taverner.

Married to Peregrine for three years, they are staying in Brussels with their two children, but she is feeling out of sorts as she is expecting another.

TAVERNER, Sir Peregrine.

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Wife: Lady Harriet Taverner.

Sister: The Countess of Worth.

23 years old, a young, restless and rather unthinking boy, father of two children with another on the way, but at the same time more than a little attracted to Lady Barbara Childe.

TEMPERLEY, Julian, Lord.

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Father: The Fifth Earl of Worth (Julian St John Audley)

Mother: The Countess of Worth (Judith).

Aged two and an only child at the time of the story, he takes a great liking to Lady Barbara Childe.

*TERNAUX, Mlle

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Actress at the Theatre de la Monnaie playing in Oedipe a Colonne in Brussels on the evening of 18 June as the city is in doubt about the outcome of the battle.

*(1) THORNHILL, Major

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Aide de Camp to Lord Uxbridge from Uxbridge’s own regiment, the 7th Hussars.

*(2) THORNHILL

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The Duke of Wellington’s phlegmatic cook.

*TORRENS, Henry, Major General Sir (1779-1828)

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Arrives with Lord Harrowby, both from the Horse Guards, for a conference with Wellington. Wellington is periodically frustrated by Sir Henry sending out inappropriate candidates to fill vacancies in his staff.

*TRIP, General (1774-1816)

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General Trip had been Uxbridge’s ADC in the Peninsular and was one of several Dutch and Belgian cavalry leaders at Waterloo, ‘a heavy man like his own carabiniers’, in Baron Colleart’s division. He is rallied with Lord Edward Somerset to repel the cavalry attack of Milhaud and Lefebvre-Denouette’s which comes around 4pm. He is mistakenly praised in Wellington’s dispatches.

*URSEL, Duc d’

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One of the Dutch or Belgian nobles invited to the Duke of Wellington’s party, he has a ‘big nose and tiny chin’.

*URSEL, Madame d’

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With whom the Duke of Wellington dances at the fête thrown in honour of the King and Queen of the Netherlands and held at the Hôtel de Ville.

*UXBRIDGE, The Earl of, (Henry Paget) (1768-1854)

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Wife: The Countess of Uxbridge (Charlotte Paget)

Eloped with Lady Charlotte, The Duke of Wellington’s sister in law 5 years before Waterloo, since married to her. He is an excellent cavalry leader and commands the cavalry at Waterloo. He has polished manners, a ready smile, though ‘his mouth had, indeed, a slightly disdainful curve, and his brilliant dark eyes were rather heavy lidded, which made them look a little contemptuous.’ He looks younger than his 47 years. He is injured almost at the last minute at Waterloo - the French were in full retreat when he is shot in the leg. Given the title Marquess of Anglesey following Waterloo.

*UXBRIDGE, Countess of (Lady Charlotte Wellesley nee Cadogan) (1781-1853)

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Husband: The Earl of Uxbridge

Had been married to Henry Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington’s youngest brother, but eloped with Henry Paget (Lord Uxbridge) 5 years before Waterloo. Whether from tact or because she was expecting ‘an interesting event’ Lady Charlotte did not travel with Lord Uxbridge to Brussels.

*VALBRÈQUE, Monsieur de

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Husband of ‘The Catalani’.

VANE, Mr

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‘Young Mr Vane’, a victim of Lady Barbara Childe’s heartlessness, he drank himself to death prior to her coming to Brussels.

*VANDAMME, General Dominique (Comte d’Unebourg)(1770-1830)

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French commander, holding his divisions between Mezieres and Rocroi.

*VANDELEUR, General Sir John (1763-1849)

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‘Very bluff and able’, commands light dragoons and with Sir Hussey Vivian’s Hussars they are posted on the left flank to await the Prussians at Waterloo.

*VICTOR, Marshal Claude Perrin (1764-1841)

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A French Marshal, defeated by Wellington at Talavera in 1809. He transferred his allegiance to Louis XVIII and became Minister of War in 1821-23.

VIDAL, Marquis of (1)

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Children: Barbara, George, Harry and the current Marquis of Vidal

In true Alistair fashion he is described as ‘an expensive nobleman of selfish habits and an unsavoury reputation’.

VIDAL, Marquis of (2)

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Wife: Marchioness of Vidal (Augusta)

Grandfather: Dominic, Duke of Avon

Sister: Lady Barbara Childe

Brothers: Lords George Harry Alistair.

A rather ineffectual young man. He is married to the redoubtable Augusta and has two children. ‘A fleshy man with a shock of reddish hair, a permanant crease between thick, sandy brows, and a rather pouting mouth.

VIDAL, Marchioness of (Augusta)

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Familial nickname: Gussie

‘A handsome brunette , whose air, dress, and deportment all proclaimed a lady of fashion’. Busy trying to push her sister-in-law Babs towards an advantageous marriage.

*VINCENT, Baron

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A commissioner from Austria

*Von VINCKES, Colonel

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Colonel of the Hanoverians who excite little enthusiasm from the crowd when they march past. He also commands the Landwehr battalions.

*VIVIAN, General Sir Hussey

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Commands a Hussar Brigade, his ‘shattered hand’ is in a sling in May 1815, prior to any hostilities.

*WALES, Princess of, Caroline (1768-1821)

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Husband: The Prince Regent

Brother: The Duke of Brunswick.

*WATERS, John (1774-1842)

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Assists Colquhoun Grant with Intelligence, he was with Wellington and Grant in the Peninsula and renowned for his ability to assume the appearance of a Spaniard of any degree or station.

*WEBBER SMITH, Lt. Col James

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Commanded F Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. It had retained its original 6 pound guns for the battle. With the artillery brigades of Kuhlmann, Cleeve, Bean, Ramsay and Bull, they were ranged in front of Alten (3rd) and Cooke’s(1st) divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo.

*WEBSTER, Lady Frances (Lady Frances Wedderburn-Webster, nee Annesley)

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AKA Wellington’s Brussels Flirt

Parents: First Earl and Countess of Mountnorris.

The more beautiful of the two Annesley sisters, both blondes (see Catharine Somerset). She was wilder and is thought to have had an affair with Lord Byron, she at least had a lock of his hair, as well as flirting with Wellington. She was even the subject of ribaldry in the tabloid newspapers back in England following the announcement of the victory at Waterloo.

*WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852)

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AKA: ‘Nosey’, ‘The Beau’, ‘Beau Douro’, ‘Old Hookey’ and ‘The Great Man’.

Brother: Marquis of Mornington, Richard.

His nicknames drew attention to his distinctive nose, his achievements and his dandyish dress sense. Created a Knight Companion of Bath prior to his service in the Peninsular War from 1809-14. His leadership there had gained him rapid recognition and during those years he was created Viscount Wellington of Talavera, Earl of Wellington, Marquis and then Duke in 1814. He also held a number of foreign titles. He was 46 at the time of Waterloo, his most famous and most bloody victory.

*WELLESLEY, Henry (1773-1847)

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Wife: Lady Charlotte, who eloped with the Earl of Uxbridge.

Brother: The Duke of Wellington

*WELLESLEY, Lord Richard,

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SEE: Mornington, 3rd Marquis of

*WEST

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Juana and Harry Smith’s groom, he was with Harry all through his Peninsular campaign and afterwards for a few years, until eventually retired from the army.

*WHINYATES, Capt Edward (later Sir) (1782-1865)

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Commanded Rocket Troop of Horse Artillery, one of eight troops of horse artillery at Waterloo. It was equipped with five 6-pound cannon and a 5 1/2 inch howitzer in addition to Whinyates’ rockets. He is wounded at Waterloo.

*‘WILD, JONATHON’

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SEE: Bonaparte, Napoleon. This nickname comes from a real-life mafioso type figure who ran London’s underworld at the beginning of the eighteenth century and lived 1682-1725.

*WOOD, Sir George

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Commander of the Royal Artillery.

*WOODFORD, Colonel Sir John (1785-1879)

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One of Wellington’s seasoned members of staff. Leads 4 companies of Guards to the relief of the garrison at Hougoumont.

WORTH, the Earl of (Julian Audley)

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Wife: Judith, nee Taverner.

Son: Julian, Lord Temperly

Brother: Colonel Charles Audley

Staying in Brussels with his family at the time of Waterloo.

WORTH, the Countess of (Judith Audley nee Taverner)

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Husband: Julian, Earl of Worth

Son: Julian, Lord Temperly

Brother: Sir Peregrine Taverner

A woman of ‘golden magnificence’ and Amazon proportions, staying in Brussels at the time of Waterloo.

*YORK, Duke of (1763-1827)

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The second son of King George III, Commander in Chief of the British Army.

*ZIETHEN, Marschall-General Count Hans von (1770-1848)

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A Prussian general who thinks Prince von Blücher is a rum touch. Unfortunately it is his division of Prussians coming up on the allied left to support in the late afternoon of Waterloo that mistake the Nassauers as French and attack them before they realise their mistake. He reaches the battlefield sometime around 7pm just as the French are mustering for the 5th Wave, an infantry attack of the Imperial Guard.