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Originally Posted by janwhin
By 1840 he had been in the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers) for 8 years (Hart's Army List). He was a cornet from 1832, a lieutenant from 1836 and a captain from 1 November 1839.
He died in Harrogate but in 1871 he was living in Eastbourne, occupation, "treasurer of county courts" and in 1881 was visiting a family in Scotland where he was still giving the same occupation. In 1851 he was treasurer of the South Wales county courts.
Apparently his great uncle was Lord Raglan of Crimea fame. So basically, a privileged member of the aristocracy who could dig holes anywhere he liked  |
You got me thinking about the Crimea. Kingscote's regiment the 17th Lancers were in the infamous charge of the Light Brigade. Guess he must have got the postcard from Raglan 'keep away from this place Bobby' although he's getting a bit on the old side too for that campaign. I've got a book of biographical notes of the 'chargers', and those officers with known birth years generally fall in the 1820-30 decade. Young guys generally. Young and crazy, although they did reach the Russian guns.