Henry Milling

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Milling (died 30 December 1822) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography

Milling was commissioned a lieutenant in the 81st Regiment of Foot in 1801.[1] He served with them in the Peninsular War and was severely wounded at the Battle of Corunna (16 January 1809).[2][3]

In 1815 Milling was present on the Waterloo Campaign with the 2/81st Foot,[4] but did not fight at the Battle of Waterloo, instead the 2/81st Foot remind on garrison duty in Brussels guarding the British Army's pay chest.[5]

On 18 August 1819 Milling was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[6] In 1822 Milling, from 81st Foot, was gazetted to the 93rd Foot, but retired a few months afterwards without having joined his new regiment.[7] He died on 30 December 1822.[2]

Family

Henry Milling was the brother of John Milling, of Shanlis, Ardee, County Louth.[8]

Notes

1. British House of Commons 1807, p. 923.
2. WJ staff 1823.
3. Foster 2010.
4. McGuigan 2009.
5. Percival 2014.
6. Urban 1819, p. 360.
7. Burgoyne 1883, p. 53.
8. Swanzy 1908, p. 109.

References

• Burgoyne, Roderick Hamilton, ed. (1883), Historical records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, London: R. Bentley and son, p. 53
• British House of Commons (1807), "Appendix A. 1807", Journals of the House of Commons (15 December 1806 – 17 December 1807), vol. 62, H.M. Stationery Office, p. 923
• Foster, Ray (September 2010), Notes on Wellington's Peninsular Regiments: 81st Regiment of Foot, The Napoleon Series, retrieved 14 August 2014 {{citation}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
• McGuigan, Ron (November 2009), Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815, The Napoleon Series, retrieved 14 August 2014
• Percival, Allan (2014), The 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, Lancashire Infantry Museum, retrieved 14 August 2014
• Swanzy, Henry Biddall (1908), The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants, Dublin: Printed by A. Thom & Company, p. 109
• Urban, Sylvanus (1819), The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, vol. 89 Part 2, p. 360
• WJ staff (2 January 1823), Obituary, Westmeath Journal, retrieved 14 August 2014

Further reading

• The London Gazette, no. 15373, p. 636, 6 June 1801 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Lieutenant Henry Milling to be Captain-Lieutenant, by Purchase"
• The London Gazette, no. 15590, p. 667–668, 4 June 1803 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Officers to be a captains of a company in the undermentioned regiments ..." "81st Ditto Captain-Lieutenant Henry Milling"
• The London Gazette, no. 15991, p. 51, 13 January 1807 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)Captain Henry Milling to be Major
• The London Gazette, no. 16544, p. 2261, 23 November 1811 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Major Henry Milling to be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase"
• The London Gazette, no. 17507, p. 1474, 17 August 1819 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Milling from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Dated 12th, August 1819"
• The London Gazette, no. 17799, p. 443, 16 March 1822 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) "Ditto, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Milling, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, . vice Creagh, who exchanges. Dated 7th March 1822"