He entered the Army in 1775 as an ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot and fought in North America at the Siege of Boston and the subsequent evacuation to Halifax in 1776. He was afterwards involved at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine and others, before joining HMS Alfred as captain of Marines and fighting at the Battle of St Vincent. In 1781 he was in Guernsey but in 1783 transferred to the 11th Regiment of Foot and spent 6 years in Gibraltar. In 1790 he was back in the Americas as an aide to the Duke of Kent in Quebec and the West Indies, where he took part in the capture of Martinique. In 1795 he was captured at sea by the French and spent 9 months as a prisoner-of-war.[1]
Back in North America he raised a regiment in Nova Scotia of which he was made Colonel in 1803. In 1806 he was posted as a Brigadier to the Cape of Good Hope, from where he was next sent to India. He was again captured en route to Calcutta and spent two months in captivity before being exchanged. Safely in Calcutta as the second-in-command he took part in the conquest of Java in 1811, during which campaign he was assisted by his son George Wetherall. He returned to England in 1815 and in 1837 was promoted General and made Colonel of the 62nd Regiment of Foot. In 1840 he transferred as Colonel to the 17th (Leicestershire) Regiment.[1]
In 1817 he had married, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Mrs Broad, widow of Major Broad and second daughter of William Mair Esq. of Kensington, Middlesex.
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^ abCannon, Richard. Historical Record of the Seventeenth or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot. p. 55.
frederick, augustus, wetherall, 1754, 1842, british, general, castle, bear, house, ealing, sirgchborn1754englanddied18, 1842, aged, 88castlehill, ealing, englandallegiance, united, kingdom, service, british, armyyears, service1775, 1842rankgeneralunit17th, reg. Sir Frederick Augustus Wetherall GCH 1754 1842 was a British General of Castle Bear House Ealing SirFrederick Augustus WetherallGCHBorn1754EnglandDied18 Dec 1842 aged 88Castlehill Ealing EnglandAllegiance United Kingdom Service British ArmyYears of service1775 1842RankGeneralUnit17th Regiment of Foot HMS Alfred 11th Regiment of Foot 62nd Regiment of Foot 17th Leicestershire RegimentBattles warsSiege of BostonSpouse s First wife Elizabeth Mytton Second wife widow of Major Broad daughter of W Mair of KensingtonChildrenGeorge Wetherall b 1788 He entered the Army in 1775 as an ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot and fought in North America at the Siege of Boston and the subsequent evacuation to Halifax in 1776 He was afterwards involved at the battles of Long Island White Plains Brandywine and others before joining HMS Alfred as captain of Marines and fighting at the Battle of St Vincent In 1781 he was in Guernsey but in 1783 transferred to the 11th Regiment of Foot and spent 6 years in Gibraltar In 1790 he was back in the Americas as an aide to the Duke of Kent in Quebec and the West Indies where he took part in the capture of Martinique In 1795 he was captured at sea by the French and spent 9 months as a prisoner of war 1 Back in North America he raised a regiment in Nova Scotia of which he was made Colonel in 1803 In 1806 he was posted as a Brigadier to the Cape of Good Hope from where he was next sent to India He was again captured en route to Calcutta and spent two months in captivity before being exchanged Safely in Calcutta as the second in command he took part in the conquest of Java in 1811 during which campaign he was assisted by his son George Wetherall He returned to England in 1815 and in 1837 was promoted General and made Colonel of the 62nd Regiment of Foot In 1840 he transferred as Colonel to the 17th Leicestershire Regiment 1 In 1817 he had married at St Margaret s Westminster Mrs Broad widow of Major Broad and second daughter of William Mair Esq of Kensington Middlesex References edit a b Cannon Richard Historical Record of the Seventeenth or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot p 55 Lee Sidney ed 1899 Wetherall Frederick Augustus Dictionary of National Biography Vol 60 London Smith Elder amp Co Military offices Preceded bySir Hew Dalrymple Governor of Blackness Castle1830 1837 Office abolished Preceded bySamuel Hulse Colonel of the 62nd Wiltshire Regiment of Foot1837 1840 Succeeded bySir Archibald Campbell Bt Preceded byJosiah Champagne Colonel of 17th Leicestershire Regiment1840 1842 Succeeded byPeregrine Maitland nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick Augustus Wetherall amp oldid 1208766317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
