Sir Robert Wesley | |
Birth Place: | Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland[1] |
Death Date: | 5 January 1877 |
Death Place: | Woolwich, London |
Allegiance: | ![]() |
Branch: | Royal Marines |
Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
Commands: | Royal Marines |
Battles: | First Carlist War Crimean War |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley (– 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Wesley was the son Robert Wesley and Ellen Butt of Lismoat or Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, where he was born around 1791.[2]
Wesley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery.[3] He saw action in Spain during the First Carlist War[3] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces. He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in December 1854 and directed the involvement of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War before retiring in January 1862.