Randal Rumley
Randal Rumley | |
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Born | 1811 |
Died | 13 September 1884 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Major-General |
Commands held | Commander-in-Chief, Scotland |
Major-General Randal Rumley (1811 - 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.
Military career
Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824[1] and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles.[2] He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861.[3] He was despatched to Canada in 1862 to take command of the 2nd Division as the British Government took steps to strengthen its military forces as a result of tensions created by the Trent Affair.[4] Promoted to major-general on 9 November 1862,[5] he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868[6][7] and retired from in 1873.[8]
Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881.[9]
Family
On 30 September 1838 Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley.[10]
References
- ^ "The New Annual Army List and Militia List". 1859. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1838. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "The new army list and militia list". 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Military Intelligence" The Times, 5 January 1862
- ^ "No. 22685". The London Gazette. 28 November 1862.
- ^ "News" (PDF). Limerick City. 1868. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "The history of the 3rd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907". 1877. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "The Newfoundland Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1875". London: Forgotten Books. 1875. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org.
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(help) - ^ "Cracroft's Peerage". Retrieved 30 November 2014.