See also:

• SIR

SIR RUFANE See also:

• SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD (1856– )
• SHAW, HENRY WHEELER (1818–1885)
• SHAW, LEMUEL (1781–1861)
• SHAW, RICHARD NORMAN (1831– )

SHAW See also:

• SIR RUFANE SHAW DONKIN (1773-1841)

DONKIN (1773-1841)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, came of a military See also:

• FAMILY

family . His See also:

• FATHER

father, who died, a full See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, in 1821, served with almost all British commanders from See also:

• WOLFE, CHARLES (1791-1823)
• WOLFE, JAMES (1727-1759)

Wolfe to See also:

• GAGE
• GAGE, LYMAN JUDSON (1836– )
• GAGE, THOMAS (1721–1787)

Gage . Rufane See also:

• DONKIN, SIR RUFANE SHAW (1773-1841)

Donkin was the eldest See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, and received his first See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of five in his father's See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment; he joined, at fourteen, with eight years' seniority as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . Becoming a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in 1793, he was on active service in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies in 1794, and (as See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major) in 1796 . At the age of twenty-five he became lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel, and in 1798 led a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BATTALION

battalion with distinction in the See also:

• OSTEND (Flemish and French Ostende)

Ostend expedition . He served with See also:

• CATHCART
• CATHCART, SIR GEORGE (1794-1854)
• CATHCART, WILLIAM SCHAW CATHCART

Cathcart in See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in 1807, and two years later was given a See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, which he led at See also:

• OPORTO (i.e. o Porto, " the port ")

Oporto and Talavera . He was soon transferred, as quartermaster-general, to the Mediterranean command, in which he served from 18x0 to 1813, taking See also:

• PART

part in the Catalonian expeditions . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MURRAY
• MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF
• MURRAY (or MORAY), JAMES STUART, EARL OF (c. 1531-1570)
• MURRAY (or MORAY), SIR ROBERT (c. 1600-1673)
• MURRAY, ALEXANDER STUART (1841-1904)
• MURRAY, DAVID (1849– )
• MURRAY, EUSTACE CLARE GRENVILLE (1824–1881)
• MURRAY, JAMES (c. 1719-1794)
• MURRAY, JOHN
• MURRAY, JOHN (1778–1820)
• MURRAY, LINDLEY (1745–1826)
• MURRAY, LORD GEORGE (1694–1760)
• MURRAY, SIR JAMES AUGUSTUS HENRY (1837– )
• MURRAY, SIR JOHN (1841– )

Murray's failure at See also:

• TARRAGONA
• TARRAGONA (anc. Tarraco)

Tarragona did not involve Donkin, whose See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice was proved to be uniformly ignored by the British See also:

• COMMANDER

commander . In See also:

• JULY

July 1815 Major-General Donkin went out to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and distinguished himself as a divisional commander in See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings' operations against the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas (1817–1818), receiving the K.C.B. as his See also:

• REWARD

reward . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young wife seriously affected him, and he went to the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope on sick leave . From 1820 to 1821 he administered the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony with success, and named the rising seaport of Algoa See also:

• BAY

Bay See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth in memory of his wife . In 1821 he became lieutenant-general and G.C.H .

The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent in See also:

• LITERARY

literary and See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• WORK

work . He was one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (1799-1860)

fellows of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society, and was a member of the Royal Society and of many other learned bodies . His theories as to the course of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger, published under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1829), involved him in a good See also:

• DEAL

deal of controversy . From 1832 onwards he sat in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons, and in 1835 was made surveyor-general of the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance . He committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide at See also:

• SOUTHAMPTON
• SOUTHAMPTON, EARL OF
• SOUTHAMPTON, HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF (1J73—1624)

Southampton in 1841 . He was then a general, and colonel of the 11th See also:

• FOOT

Foot . See See also:

• JERDAN, WILLIAM (1782-186g)

Jerdan, See also:

• NATIONAL

National Portraits, vol. iii . ; See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

Gentleman's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, xcii. i . 273 .