Philip Bainbrigge ( 1786 - 1862 )

Birth: London (1786) Death: St Margaret's, near Titchfield, Hampshire (20 December 1862) Education: Green's Military Academy, Deptford (1800-1801); Royal Military College, High Wycombe (1809-1810) Career: Entered the Royal Navy as midshipman (1799); left Navy due to ill-health; made ensign, 20th Regiment, Army (1800); joined the 7th Regiment and formed the 2nd Battalion (1803); served in the West Indies (1805); Inspector of Fortifications, West Indies (1807); returned to England (1809); Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Army in Portugal (until 1814); in the Army advancing on Paris (1815); brevet Lieutenant Colonel (1817); Permanent Assistant Quartermaster-General (until 1841); Deputy Quartermaster-General, Dublin (1841); Major-General (1846); Commander of the Belfast District; Commander of Forces, Ceylon (1852-1854); Lieutenant General (1854); Colonel, 26th (Cameronian) regiment (1854) Honours: CB 1838; KCB 1860 Membership: Candidate.