Lieutenant-General Sir William Myers, 1st Baronet ( 1 March 1750/51–29 July 1805) was a British soldier, born in Whitehaven. His father was Christopher Myers of Monkstown, County Dublin ormerly of Whitehavenwho was the architect of the Chapel of

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. His mother was Jean Graham, cousin to the 3rd Duke of Montrose. His army career included service in the 26th Foot (Major, 13 May 1781); in the 15th Foot (Lieutenant-Colonel, 14 February 1786); in North America (brevet Colonel, May 1793); as Deputy Quartermaster-General in Leeward Islands, 1793; as Quartermaster-General on staff, November 1794; and subsequently as Major-General, 14 May 1796; and finally Lieutenant-General. He was also the first Colonel of the

2nd West India Regiment The West India Regiments (WIR) were infantry units of the British Army recruited from and normally stationed in the British colonies of the Caribbean between 1795 and 1927. In 1888 the two West India Regiments then in existence were reduced t ...

when that was established in 1795 in Martinique. He was at some point Governor of

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; Commander in Chief in the Southern District of Ireland; and Commander in Chief in the

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. He was created

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in 1804, and died in Barbados on 29 July 1805. He is buried in St. Michael's Cathedral, Bridgetown. His memorial was designed by Robert Blore.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis

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The Napoleon Series
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15th Foot
provides an outline of much of Sir William's career, drawn from the regimental Muster rolls in The National Archives and The Army Lists. * Buckley, R.N. 1975
The Early History of the West India Regiments 1795-1815: A Study in British Colonial Military History
PhD Dissertation. Montreal, Canada: McGill University. ublished as: Slaves in Red Coats: the British West India Regiments, 1795-1815. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press, 1979.* Caulfield, J.E. 1899. One Hundred Years' History of the 2nd Batt: West India Regiment from Date of Raising 1795 to 1898. London, UK: Forster, Groom & Co. * “Myers”. 1844. In
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies in England, Ireland and Scotland
compiled by J. Burke and J.B. Burke, 2nd edition: 351. London, UK: John Russell Smith. * Oliver, V.L. 1989
Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the Island of Barbados
pp. 8, 19. San Bernardino, CA, USA. , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Myers, William British Army lieutenant generals 1805 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 18th-century British Army personnel Year of birth uncertain People from Whitehaven Cameronians officers Military personnel from Cumbria East Yorkshire Regiment officers West India Regiment officers 1750s births