Major-General Arthur Whetham (c.1783 – 13 May 1853) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth.
Arthur Whetham | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1783 |
| Died | 13 May 1853 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Family and early life
editArthur Whetham was born in 1783[a] the son of John Whetham.[1]
It is known that he was a descendant of Colonel Nathaniel Whetham,[1] and Arthur was a brother of a different Colonel John Whetham,[2] an officer in the 12th Regiment of Foot, who died during a Siege of Gibraltar.[2]
There was also a cousin of his[1] named Lieutenant General Arthur Whetham (1753[3]-1813[3][1]), who was the Governor of Portsmouth.[1][3]
His great uncle, Thomas Whetham,[1] was also a general who commanded the 12th Regiment of Foot[4][1] from 1725 to 1741.[4]
Military career
editWhetham was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 40th Regiment of Foot in 1799.[1] He took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799 and was wounded at the Battle of Montevideo in February 1807 during the British invasions of the River Plate.[1] He became Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in January 1808.[5] He was also colonel of the 60th Regiment of Foot.[6]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Arthur Whetham. Gentleman's Magazine. 1853.
- ^ a b Jacks, Leonard (1882). The great houses of Nottinghamshire and the county families.
- ^ a b c "British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b "WHETHAM, Thomas (c.1665-1741), of Turnham Green, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "No. 16112". The London Gazette. 23 January 1808. p. 128.
- ^ "60th Regiment of Foot". Napoleon Series. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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