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 promote 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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) 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 August 2014
• McGuigan, Ron (November 2009), Anglo-Allied Army in Flanders and France - 1815, The Napoleon Series, retrieved August 2014
• Percival, Allan (2014), The 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, Lancashire Infantry Museum, retrieved 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, 89 Part 2, p. 360
• WJ staff (2 January 1823), Obituary, Westmeath Journal, retrieved August 2014

Further reading

• The London Gazette (15373), 6 June 1801: 636 Missing or empty |title= (help) "Lieutenant Henry Milling to be Captain-Lieutenant, by Purchase"
• The London Gazette (15590), 4 June 1803: 667–668 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 (15991), 13 January 1807: 51 Missing or empty |title= (help)Captain Henry Milling to be Major
• The London Gazette (16544), 23 November 1811: 2261 Missing or empty |title= (help) "Major Henry Milling to be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase"
• The London Gazette (17507), 17 August 1819: 1474 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 (17799), 16 March 1822: 443 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"