Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer, born 1780)

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General

Sir Samuel Auchmuty

GCB
Born(1780-04-28)28 April 1780
Newry, County Down, Ireland[1]
Died30 April 1868(1868-04-30) (aged 88)
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
BranchFile:Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankGeneral
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Samuel Benjamin Auchmuty GCB (28 April 1780 – 30 April 1868[2]) was an Anglo-Irish soldier.

Military career

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He was the second son of Col. Samuel Auchmuty and his wife, Elizabeth Domvile Savage, only daughter of Francis Savage.[3] Auchmuty entered the British Army as ensign in 1797 and served first in the French Revolutionary Wars and subsequently in the Napoleonic Wars.[3] He was lieutenant of the 68th Regiment of Foot in 1800 and was promoted to captain in 1805.[4] A year later Auchmuty was transferred to the 70th Regiment of Foot and in 1807 to the 7th Regiment of Foot.[4] In 1810, he was appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and attached to the 6th Infantry Division.[4] He became Aide-de-camp to Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole in July 1813 and was promoted to major in October of the same year.[4] Auchmuty fought in the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 and in the Battle of Toulouse in April, for which he received the Army Gold Medal and was made a brevet lieutenant-colonel.[4]

Auchmuty became colonel in 1831 and major-general 1841.[5] He was transferred to the general staff in India in 1848,[6] became colonel of the 65th Regiment of Foot in February 1851[7] was promoted to lieutenant-general in November.[8] In 1855, Auchmuty was appointed colonel of his old regiment, the 7th foot,[9] and following the death of Sir Robert John Harvey was promoted finally to general in 1860.[10] He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1857[11] and a Knight Grand Cross in 1861.[12]

In 1817, he married Mary Anne Buchanan.[2] Auchmuty died, aged 88 at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[2]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Samuel Auchmuty
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Notes
Granted by John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, 20 February 1863.[13]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours an arm embowed in armour Proper holding the lower part of a broken spear headways Azure.
Escutcheon
Argent the upper part of a broken spear bendways between two mullets of six points Azure pierced of the field.
Motto
Dum Spiro Spero

References

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  1. ^ Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
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