See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT 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:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• COUNT SIR JOHN STUART

STUART  01' MA1DA (1759-1815), See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

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

Colonel 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:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, was See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian affairs in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and a prominent royalist in the See also:

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

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . Educated at See also:

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

Westminster School, 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 Stuart entered the 3rd See also:

• FOOT

Foot See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards in 1778, and almost immediately went to See also:

• AMERICA

America with his See also:

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

regiment . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, the battles of See also:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden and See also:

• GUILDFORD

Guildford See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-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, and the surrender of See also:

• YORKTOWN

Yorktown, returning a regimental lieu-See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant and an See also:

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

army See also:

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

captain, as was then usual in the Guards . Ten years later, as captain and lieutenant-colonel, he was present with the See also:

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

duke of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York's army in the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands and in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He took See also:

• PART

part in the sieges and battles of the 1793 See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, See also:

• VALENCIENNES

Valenciennes, Lincelles, See also:

• DUNKIRK
• DUNKIRK (Fr. Dunkerque)

Dunkirk and See also:

• LANNOY, GUILLEBERT DE (1386—1462)

Lannoy . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year, now at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of his See also:

• BATTALION

battalion, he was present at Landrecies and at See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont-a-See also:

• CHIN

Chin or Tournay, and when the See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide turned against the See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, he shared with his guards in the discomforts of the See also:

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

retreat . As a brigadier-general he served in See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal in 1796, and in See also:

• MINORCA(Menorca)

Minorca in 1799 . At See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, in 18or, his handling of his See also:

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

brigade called forth See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMENDATION (from the Lat. commendare, to entrust to the charge of, or to procure a favour for)

commendation in general orders, and a year later he became substantive See also:

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

major-general . After two years in command of a brigade in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, Stuart went with 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:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig to the Mediterranean . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English were employed along with See also:

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

Lacy's Russians in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, but See also:

• AUSTERLITZ (Czech Slavkov)

Austerlitz led to the recall of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian contingent, and the British soon afterwards evacuated See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Thus exposed, Naples See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to the advancing troops of See also:

• MASSENA, ANDRE, or ANDREA

Massena, but See also:

• GAETA (anc. Caietae Portus)

Gaeta still held out for See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand, and Massena's See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main force soon became locked up in the siege of this fortress .

Stuart, who was in temporary command, realized the weakness of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French position in See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria, and on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July 18o6 swiftly disembarked all his available forces in the gulf of S . Euphemia . On the 4th the British, 4800 strong, won the celebrated victory of See also:

• MAIDA

Maida over Reynier's detachment . Nothing, however, was done to follow up this success, as Stuart was too weak to shake Massena's foothold in Naples . After besieging and taking the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Scylla, the little force returned to See also:

• MESSINA

Messina . Besides the dignity of See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Maida from the court of See also:

• PALERMO (Greek, Havopuos; Latin, Panhormus, Panormus)

Palermo, Stuart received the thanks of See also:

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

parliament and an See also:

• ANNUITY (from Lat. annus, a year)

annuity of £1o0o, as well as the K.C.B . Superseded by two other generals, See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox and See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore, the latter of whom was his junior, Stuart came See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in 18o6 . A year later, however, as a lieutenant-general, he received the Mediterranean command, which he held until 18ro . His operations were confined to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south Italy, where See also:

• MURAT, JOACHIM (1767—1815)

Murat, king of Naples, held the mainland, and the British and Neapolitan troops held See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily for the See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon king . Of the events of this 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 may be mentioned the failure to relieve Colonel See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson See also:

• LOWE, JOHANN KARL GOTTFRIED (1796-1869)
• LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844)

Lowe at See also:

• CAPRI (anc. Capreae)

Capri, the expedition against Murat's gunboats in the See also:

• BAY

bay of Naples and the second siege of Scylla . The various attempts made by Murat to See also:

• CROSS

cross the straits uniformly failed, though on one occasion the French actually obtained a footing in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island . In r8ro Stuart returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England .

He died at See also:

• CLIFTON

Clifton in 1815 . Two months previously he had received the G.C.B .