Randal Rumley Explained

Randal Rumley
Birth Place:Bath, Somerset, England[1]
Birth Date:12 November 1804[2]
Death Place:near Hungerford, Berkshire
Death Date:13 September 1884 (aged 79)
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Commands:Commander-in-Chief, Scotland

Major-General Randal Rumley (12 November 1804 – 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824[3] and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles.[4] He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861.[5] 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 Trent Affair.[6] Promoted to major-general 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[7] [8] and retired from in 1873.[9]

Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 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, 60th Regiment of Foot from April 1884 until his death in September 1884.[10]

Personal life

On 30 September 1838, Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley, daughter of Sir George Henry Frederick Berkeley, grandson of Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley.[11]

Rumley was killed in a carriage accident while visiting a Mr. Butler of Chilton Lodge in Leverton, Berkshire.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. 1881 England Census
  2. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812
  3. Web site: The New Annual Army List and Militia List. 1859. 30 November 2014.
  4. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1838.
  5. Web site: The new army list and militia list. 1964. 30 November 2014.
  6. "Military Intelligence" The Times, 5 January 1862
  7. Web site: News. Limerick City. 1868. 30 November 2014.
  8. Web site: The history of the 3rd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907. 1877. 30 November 2014.
  9. Web site: The Newfoundland Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1875. London: Forgotten Books. 1875. 27–28. 30 November 2014.
  10. Web site: 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot . regiments.org . 8 September 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20060224002642/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/027-689.htm . 24 February 2006 .
  11. Notes, Queries, and Correspondence . Genealogist . 1879 . 3 . William Pollard & Company . en.
  12. News: Fatal Carriage Accident . . 15 September 1884 . 12 .