Felton Hervey-Bathurst
officer in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars; (1782-1819)
Colonel Sir Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst, 1st Baronet, (1782 – 24 September 1819), was an officer in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Early life
Born Felton Elwell Hervey in 1782, he was a son of Lieutenant Felton Lionel Hervey and his wife Selina Elwill. His father worked for the exchequer before committing suicide in a London gunsmiths in 1785.
His paternal grandfather was Felton Hervey (the seventh son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol). His mother was the only daughter and heir of Sir John Elwill, 4th Baronet, and his wife Selina Bathurst.
In 1801, the younger Felton assumed, by Royal licence, the additional surname of Bathurst after his maternal grandmother.
Career
On 6 May 1806, Hervey-Bathurst was appointed a major in 14th Light Dragoons. In December 1808 went with his regiment to join the British Army in Iberia engaged in the Peninsula War. He lost his right arm at the Battle of Douro (28 March 1809), but by 2 August 1810 was well enough to be promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and to command of the 14th Light Dragoons from 1811 to 1814. During this time he fought in a number of engagements being wound again at the battles Fuentes de Oñoro and the El Bodon.
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