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Mildmay Fane (British Army officer) 
Summary
General Mildmay Fane (3 February 1795 – 12 March 1868) was a British Army officer.
Mildmay Fane | |
|---|---|
 General Mildmay Fane | |
| Born | 3 February 1795 |
| Died | 12 March 1868 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Napoleonic Wars |
Military career edit
Born the son of Henry Fane and Anne Fane (née Batson) as well as the grandson of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, Fane fought at the Battle of Vitoria, the Battle of San Sebastian and the Battle of the Nive during the Peninsular War as well as the Battle of Quatre Bras during the Hundred Days.[1] He raised the 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot in Chichester in response to the threat posed by the French intervention in Spain in March 1824.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Mildmay Fane". The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Cooke, p. 33
- ^ "No. 7319". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 April 1863. p. 510.
Sources edit
- Cook, Hugh (1970). The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's). Famous Regiments. London: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-056-8.