Sir benjamin durban biography samples

&#;D'URBAN, Sir BENJAMIN (–), lieutenant-general, entered the army as a cornet in the 2nd dragoon guards or queen's bays in He was promoted lieutenant in March, and captain on 2 July , in which year he accompanied his regiment to the Netherlands, where he served during the retreat from Holland, and in Westphalia after the return of the infantry to England, under the command of Major-general David Dundas.

In he exchanged into the 29th dragoons in order to accompany Sir Ralph Abercromby to the West Indies, and served under him in San Domingo in In April he returned to England in command of the remnant of his regiment. In that year he exchanged into the 20th dragoons, and acted as aide-de-camp to Major-general the Earl of Pembroke, commanding at Plymouth until May In July he accompanied Major-general St.

John to Jamaica as aide-de-camp, but returned in November of that year on being promoted major into the Warwickshire Fencibles