Bernard Hale (British Army officer)

General Bernard Hale (1725?[1] – 13 March 1798) was a British Army officer.

He was the third son of Sir Bernard Hale, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, by his wife Anne Thorseby of Northampton. General John Hale, Governor of Londonderry, was his youngest brother.

He was educated at Harrow School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, matriculating in January 1743 and gaining a scholarship.[2]

Hale became a captain and lieutenant-colonel in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards on 30 April 1758 and colonel in the Army on 7 October 1762.[3] He was further promoted to major-general in 1772,[4] lieutenant-general in 1777[5] and general in 1793.[6] He also held the appointments of colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot from 1769 to 1773,[7] Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital from 10 May 1773, and Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in Ireland from 1759 to 1789.

Marriage and child

In September 1750, Hale married Martha, daughter of Richard Rigby of Mistley Hall, Essex and Anne Perry. Their son Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hale was a Member of Parliament, and later adopted the surname Rigby on succeeding his uncle Richard Rigby, MP and Master of the Rolls in Ireland, to Mistley Hall.

References

John Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, volume III of IV (London, 1836) page 14

1. WorldCat Identities ^[dead link‍]
2. "Hale, Bernard (HL742B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "A List of the general and field-officers, as they rank in the army : Of the officers in the several regiments of Horse, Dragoons, and Foot, on the British and Irish establishments ; (To which is now added, an alphabetical index) ; the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Irish Artillery, Engineers, independent companies, and Marines on full and half pay ; with the dates of their commissions, as they rank in each Corps and in the army ; the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, &c. Of His Majesty's garrisons at home and abroad, with their allowances ; all the officers on half-pay ; and a succession of colonels ; the whole complete to 1767". 1767.
4. "No. 11251". The London Gazette. 23–26 May 1772. p. 2.
5. "No. 11802". The London Gazette. 2–6 September 1777. p. 2.
6. "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15–19 October 1793. p. 913.
7. "The Lancashire Fusiliers [UK]". www.regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Military offices
Preceded by William Kingsley	Colonel of the 20th Regiment of Foot 1769–1773	Succeeded by George Lane Parker