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Joseph Walton (British Army officer)

Major-General Joseph Walton (died 1808) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior ceremonial position in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.

Joseph Walton
Died1808
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Military career edit

Walton was commissioned into the Royal Artillery and was sent to North America where he was serving under General Thomas Gage in 1764.[1]

He held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1783[2] and of Colonel of the Invalid Battalion from 1793.[3] He was promoted to Major-General in 1802[4] and died in 1808.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Pursuit of profit and preferment in colonial North America: John Bradstreet's Quest By William G. Godfrey, Page 215 Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1983, ISBN 978-0-88920-108-8
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "No. 13599". The London Gazette. 3 December 1793. p. 1081.
  4. ^ "No. 15478". The London Gazette. 8 May 1802. p. 466.
  5. ^ Military Memoir of Lieutenant General Sir John Macleod, Page 19
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Held by an NCO
Master Gunner, St James's Park
1783–1808
Succeeded by


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