Content deleted Content added
Line 2:
==Life==
England was the son of [[Lieutenant-General]] Richard England of Lifford, [[County Clare]], a [[War veteran|veteran]] of the [[War of American Independence]], colonel of the 5th regiment, lieutenant-governor of Plymouth, and one of the first colonists of [[Western Upper Canada]], by Anne, daughter of James O'Brien of Ennistyen, a cadet of the family of the [[Marquess of Thomond]]. He was born at [[Fort Detroit]], then part of [[Upper Canada]], in 1793, and after being educated at [[Winchester College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Great Marlow]],<ref name=buckland>Charles Edward Buckland, ''Dictionary of Indian Biography'' (1906), p. 139</ref> entered the army as an ensign in the 14th regiment on 25 February 1808.
He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1809, and served in that year in the expedition to the [[Walcheren]] and in the attack on Flushing. He was employed in the adjutant-general's department in [[Sicily]] in 1810 and 1811, and served in the defence of Tarifa as a volunteer on his way to take up his appointment. He was promoted captain into the 60th regiment on 11 July 1811, and exchanged into the 12th on 1 January 1812. In that year he went on leave to Canada to join his father, and after his death he returned to England, married Anna Maria, sister of Sir J. C. Anderson, in 1814, and in 1815 joined his regiment at Paris after the [[Battle of Waterloo]].<ref name=dnb>{{DNB|wstitle=England, Richard (1793–1883)}}</ref>
Line 36:
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars]]
[[Category:British Army generals]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Great Marlow]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:People from British Detroit]]
| |||