Randal Rumley

Randal Rumley
Born	1811
Died	13 September 1884
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	Commander-in-Chief, Scotland

Major-General Randal Rumley (1811 - 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824^[1] and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles.^[2] He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861.^[3] He was despatched to Canada in 1862 to take command of the 2nd Division as the British Government took steps to strengthen its military forces as a result of tensions created by the Trent Affair.^[4] Promoted to major-general on 9 November 1862,^[5] he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868^[6][7] and retired from in 1873.^[8]

Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot.^[9]

Family

On 30 September 1838 Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley.^[10]

References

1. "The New Annual Army List and Militia List". 1859. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
2. "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1838. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
3. "The new army list and militia list". 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
4. "Military Intelligence" The Times, 5 January 1862
5. The London Gazette: no. 22685. p. 5936. 28 November 1862. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
6. "News" (PDF). Limerick City. 1868. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
7. "The history of the 3rd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907". 1877. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
8. "The Newfoundland Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1875". London: Forgotten Books. 1875. p. 27-28. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
9. "27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org.
10. "Cracroft's Peerage". Retrieved 30 November 2014.