William Warre
Lieutenant-General Sir William Warre KCB (15 April 1784 – 26 July 1853) was an English officer of the British Army. He saw service in the Peninsular War and was colonel of the 94th Foot.
Early life and education
Warre was born in Porto, Portugal, the eldest son of James Warre of Hanover Square, Westminster, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Greg of Coles Park, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Harrow School.[1]
Career
On 5 November 1803, Warre was commissioned as an ensign in the 52nd Foot. He purchased a promotion to lieutenant on 2 June 1804, followed by a commission on 25 April 1806 in the 98th Foot. Four months later he exchanged into the 23rd Light Dragoons.[1]
Warre attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in the summer of 1807 and the following May was appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson. A few months later, Warre returned to his native Portugal where he saw action at the battles of Roliça (17 August) and Vimeiro (21 August) before falling ill with dysentery. He was sent to recover in Lisbon, where Major-general William Carr Beresford welcomed him into his house. After his recovery, Beresford installed Warre in his staff as his aide-de-camp. He served in this capacity throughout Sir John Moore's campaign, ending with the Battle of Coruña in January 1809.[1]
Honours
For his service in the Peninsular War, he received the medal and six clasps from the British Army. He was made a knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword and a Commander of the Order of Aviz by the Portuguese.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1838 Coronation Honours of Queen Victoria, and knighted in the same order the following year.[1]
Personal life
In 1812, he married Selina Anna Maling, the youngest daughter of Christopher Thompson Maling. They had two daughters and four sons:[2][3]
- William James Warre (October 1813 – 11 January 1815), died in childhood
- Capt. Thomas Maling Warre (20 October 1814 – 15 September 1851) of the East India Company
- Lieut. John Frederick Warre (27 November 1815 – 3 July 1847) of the Royal Navy, died while serving in China
- Selina Eleanor Warre (January – 3 September 1817), died in childhood
- Sir Henry James Warre (1819–1898)
- Julia Sophia Warre (1820–1873), died unmarried
His wife's elder sister Sophia married Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave, and was the mother of Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby.[4]
He died in York in 1853 and was buried at Bishopthorpe.
References
- ^ a b c d Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1899). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1898. p. 1702. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Burke, Ashworth Peter (1897). Family Records. Harrison. p. 620. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2920. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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