Henry Robinson-Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby

The Lord Rokeby

Mezzotint of 6th Lord Rokeby, by George Zobel after Sir Francis Grant, PRA, published by Henry Graves & Co, 1858.
Born 2 February 1798
Died 25 May 1883
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank General
Commands held 1st Division
Brigade of Guards
Battles/wars Hundred Days
Crimean War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Henry Robinson-Montague, 6th Baron Rokeby GCB (2 February 1798 25 May 1883) was a British soldier.

Military career

Born the son of the 4th Baron, Rokeby was commissioned into the 3rd Foot Guards in 1814.[1] He fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.[1]

He fought in the Crimean War as Commander of the 1st Division in 1855.[2] After the War, in 1856, he was appointed to the new post[3] of Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards.[2] He retired from the post five years later in 1861.[4] He was promoted to General in 1869 and retired in 1877.[2]

The peerage became extinct on his death on 25 May 1883.[2] He lived at Hazelwood, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire from 1838 until his death.[5][6]

Family

In 1826 he married Magdalen Huxley or Hurley, the widow of Frederick Crofts.[1][6] Their children included:

Agricultural Estates in 1883

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Peerage.com
  2. 1 2 3 4 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  3. From Restoration to the 21st Century
  4. Army Estimates Hansard, 3 March 1862
  5. Hastie, Scott (1993). Abbots LangleyA Hertfordshire Village. Abbots Langley: Abbots Langley Parish Council. ISBN 0-9520929-0-5.
  6. 1 2 "Death of Lord Rokeby". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 1 June 1883. Retrieved 5 Sep 2015 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  7. The Complete Peerage
  8. The Complete Peerage
  9. this return might have included coal related revenue
  10. Probably residual Drake lands at Covency, near Ely
  11. The Great Landowners of Great Britain and Ireland, John Bateman, 1883, page 385
Military offices
New title
New Post
Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards
18561861
Succeeded by
James Craufurd
Preceded by
Sir John Aitchison
Colonel of the Scots Guards
18751883
Succeeded by
Sir William Thomas Knollys
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Edward Montagu
Baron Rokeby
18471883
Extinct


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