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Randal Rumley (12 November 1804 – 13 September 1884) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824 and served for much of his military career in the

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. He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861. 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

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. Promoted to

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on 9 November 1862, he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868 and retired from in 1873. Rumley was also colonel of the

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from 1870 until its amalgamation into the

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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,

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from April 1884 until his death in September 1884.

Personal life

On 30 September 1838, Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley, daughter of Sir

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, grandson of

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. Rumley was killed in a carriage accident while visiting a Mr. Butler of Chilton Lodge in

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