Henry Cadogan (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Cadogan (26 February 1780 – 21 June 1813) was a British Army officer who served and died during the Peninsular War (1807 – 1814). Life He was the seventh son of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan by his second wife Mary Churchill, daughter of Charles Churchill (of Chalfont), Charles Churchill and Lady Mary Walpole, granddaughter of Robert Walpole. Educated at Eton College, Eton, on 9August 1797 he became an ensign (rank), ensign, Purchase of commissions in the British Army, by purchase, in the Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922), 18th Royal Irish Foot, which corps he joined at Gibraltar after its return from Tuscany, and obtained his lieutenancy therein in 1798. In 1799, having purchased a company in the 60th Regiment of Foot, he exchanged as lieutenant and captain to the Coldstream Guards, and served therein until promoted to a majority in the 53rd Regiment of Foot in 1804. On 22August 1805 he became lieutenant-colonel in the 2nd battalion (afterw ...
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ...
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