Hildebrand Oakes

Sir Hildebrand Oakes
Sir Hildebrand Oakes
Born	19 January 1754 Exeter, Devon
Died	9 September 1822 (aged 68) London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1767–1822
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Malta garrison
Battles/wars	American War of Independence Egyptian Campaign
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Oakes was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1767 and served in the American War of Independence under Lord Cornwallis.^[1] He became deputy quartermaster-general in Corsica in May 1794, quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in June 1794 and quartermaster-general in Portugal in December 1796.^[1] He served in the Egyptian Campaign in 1800 as second-in-command under Sir John Moore.^[1] He went on to be brigadier-general at Malta in October 1802, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in November 1804^[2] and a commissioner of military inquiry in June 1805.^[1] After that he became quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in July 1806, commander of the Malta garrison in March 1808 and Civil Commissioner of Malta in May 1810.^[1] He was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in January 1814 and died in office in that post.^[1]

Oakes was also colonel of the 52nd Regiment of Foot.^[3]

References

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. The London Gazette: no. 15752. p. 1367. 6 November 1804.
3. Debrett's Baronetage of England