Randal Rumley

Major-General Randal Rumley (12 November 1804 – 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Randal Rumley
Born12 November 1804[1]
Bath, Somerset, England[2]
Died13 September 1884 (aged 79)
near Hungerford, Berkshire
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief, Scotland

Military career

Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824[3] and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles.[4] He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861.[5] He was despatched to Canada in 1862 to take command of the 2nd Division as the British Government took steps to strengthen its military forces as a result of tensions created by the Trent Affair.[6] Promoted to major-general on 9 November 1862,[7] he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868[8][9] and retired from in 1873.[10]

Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881, after which he was Colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until 1884. He was then made Colonel of the 1st Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot from April 1884 until his death in September 1884.[11]

Personal life

On 30 September 1838, Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley, daughter of Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, grandson of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley.[12]

Rumley was killed in a carriage accident while visiting a Mr. Butler of Chilton Lodge in Leverton, Berkshire.[13]

References
  1. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812
  2. 1881 England Census
  3. "The New Annual Army List and Militia List". 1859. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1838. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. "The new army list and militia list". 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. "Military Intelligence" The Times, 5 January 1862
  7. "No. 22685". The London Gazette. 28 November 1862. p. 5936.
  8. "News" (PDF). Limerick City. 1868. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  9. "The history of the 3rd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907". 1877. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  10. "The Newfoundland Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1875". London: Forgotten Books. 1875. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  11. "27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2006. Retrieved 8 September 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. "Notes, Queries, and Correspondence". Genealogist. William Pollard & Company. 3. 1879.
  13. "Fatal Carriage Accident". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 15 September 1884. p. 12.
Military offices
Preceded by
Edward Forestier-Walker		 Commanding the troops in the North British District
1868–1873		 Succeeded by
Sir John Douglas
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame		 Colonel of the 1st Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot
1884–1884		 Succeeded by
Edward Arthur Somerset
Preceded by
New regiment		 Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1881–1884		 Succeeded by
John Neptune Sargent
Preceded by
James Robertson Craufurd		 Colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
1870–1881		 Succeeded by
Regiment amalgamated into Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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