See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE DE See also:

• LACY, FRANZ MORITZ, COUNT (1725-1801)
• LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (1807-1874)
• LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (1795–1867)

LACY See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• SIR GEORGE DE LACY EVANS (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

EVANS (1787–1870)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Moig, See also:

• LIMERICK

Limerick, in 1787 . He was educated at See also:

• WOOLWICH

Woolwich See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy, and entered the See also:

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

army in 1806 as a volunteer, obtaining an ensigncy in the 22nd See also:

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

regiment in 1807 . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early service was spent in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, but he exchanged into the 3rd See also:

• LIGHT

Light Dragoons in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to take See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• PENINSULAR

Peninsular See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was See also:

• PRESENT

present in the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• BURGOS

Burgos in 1812 . In 1813 he was at See also:

• VITTORIA

Vittoria, and was afterwards employed in making a military survey of the passes of the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees . He took part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1814, and was present at Pampeluna, the Nive and See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse; and later in the See also:

• YEAR

year he served with See also:

• GREAT

great distinction on the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff in See also:

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

General See also:

• ROSS
• ROSS, ALEXANDER (1699-1784)
• ROSS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1841- )
• ROSS, JOHN, or KOOESKOOWE (179o-1866)
• ROSS, ROBERT (1766-1814)
• ROSS, SIR HEW DALRYMPLE (1779-1868)
• ROSS, SIR JAMES CLARK (1800-1862)
• ROSS, SIR JOHN (1777-1856)

Ross's Bladensburg campaign, and took part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington and of See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore and the • operations before New See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans . He returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1815, in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to take part in the See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo campaign as assistant quartermaster-general on See also:

• SIR

Sir T . See also:

• PICTON, SIR

Picton's staff . As a member of the staff of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington he accompanied the See also:

• ENGLISH

English army to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and remained there during the occupation of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city by the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies . He was still a substantive See also:

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

captain in the 5th See also:

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

West India regiment, though a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel by See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet, when he went on See also:

• HALF

half-pay in 1818 . In 1830 he was elected M.P. for See also:

• RYE

Rye in the Liberal See also:

• INTEREST

interest; but in the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1832 he was an unsuccessful See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate both for that See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough and for See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster . For the latter See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency he was, however, returned in 1833, and, except in the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of 1841–1846, he continued to represent it till i865, when he retired from See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LIFE

life . His See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary duties did not, however, interfere with his career as a soldier .

In 1835 he went out to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in command of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion, recruited in England, and 9600 strong, which served for two years in the Carlist War on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Spain . In spite of great difficulties the legion won great distinction on the battlefields of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Spain, and See also:

• EVANS, CHRISTMAS (1766-1838)
• EVANS, EVAN HERBER (1836-1896)
• EVANS, OLIVER (1755–1819)
• EVANS, SIR GEORGE DE LACY (1787–1870)
• EVANS, SIR JOHN (1823-1908)

Evans was able to say that no prisoners had been taken from it in See also:

• ACTION

action, that it had never lost a See also:

• GUN

gun or an equipage, and that it had taken 27 guns and 'too prisoners from the enemy . He received several Spanish orders, and on his return in 1839 was made a colonel and K.C.B . In 1846 he becamemajor-general; and in 1854, on the breaking-out of the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean War, he was made lieutenant-general and appointed to command the 2nd See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Army of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . At the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• ALMA

Alma, where he received a severe See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound, his See also:

• QUICK

quick comprehension of the features of the combat largely contributed to the victory . On the 26th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October he defeated a large See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian force which attacked his position on See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• INKERMAN, BATTLE OF

Inkerman . .Illness and fatigue compelled him a few (See also:

• LAYS

lays after this to leave the command of his division in the hands of General Pennefather; but he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose from his sick-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed on the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of the battle of Inkerman, the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, and, declining to take the command of his division from Pennefather, aided him in the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-protracted struggle by his See also:

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

advice . On his return invalided to England in the following See also:

• FEBRUARY

February, Evans received the thanks of 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 . He was made a G.C.B., and the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford conferred on him the degree of D.C.L . In 1861 he was promoted to the full See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general . He died in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 9th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 187o .