See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• YORKE (1757-1834)
• YORKE, CHARLES (1722-1770)

YORKE See also:

• SIR JAMES YORKE SCARLETT (1799-1871)

SCARLETT (1799-1871)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

general, was the second son of the 1st See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• ABINGER, JAMES SCARLETT, 1ST BARON (1769-1844)

Abinger . Educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton and Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . He entered the See also:

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

army as a See also:

• CORNET,

cornet in 1818, and in 183o became See also:

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

major in the 5th See also:

• DRAGOON (Fr. dragon, Ger. Dragoner)

Dragoon See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards . From 1836 until 1841 he was Conservative member of See also:

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

Parliament for See also:

• GUILDFORD

Guildford . In 1840 he obtained the command of his See also:

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

regiment, which he held for nearly fourteen years . In the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

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

War the 5th Dragoon Guards formed See also:

• PART

part of the Heavy See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

Cavalry See also:

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

Brigade (of which See also:

• SCARLETT, SIR JAMES YORKE (1799-1871)

Scarlett was appointed brigadier); it was sent to the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea in 1854, and suffered very heavily from See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera in the camps of See also:

• VARNA

Varna . Scarlett underwent his See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism of See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire before Sebastopol . On the 25th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1854 occurred the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• BALAKLAVA

Balaklava, at which the Heavy Brigade achieved a magnificent success against the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian cavalry, and had the brigadier (who in the previous See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge had been in the thickest of the melee) been allowed to advance as he wished, might have converted the disastrous charge of the See also:

• LIGHT

Light Brigade into a substantial success (see BALAKLAVA and CRIMEAN WAR) . For his services on this 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 Scarlett was promoted major-general, and in 1855 was made K.C.B . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he returned to the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea with the See also:

• LOCAL

local 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 See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general to command the British cavalry . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

Peace of 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 See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Scarlett commanded the cavalry at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot until 186o, and was See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general of the army from 186o to 1865 . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the Aldershot See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

Camp, a See also:

• POST

post which he held until his retirement in 1870 .

He died in 1871 . In 1869 he had been made G.C.B .