Charles Barton (British Army officer)
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Charles Barton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 April 1760 |
| Died | June 11, 1819 (aged 59) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1779–1818 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | 2nd Life Guards |
| Conflicts | |
Lieutenant-General Charles Barton (20 April 1760 – 11 June 1819) was an Anglo-Irish soldier who commanded the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards and fought in the Peninsular War.
Barton owned an estate in County Fermanagh, Ireland.
Born in 1760, Barton was the third son of William Barton (1723–1792), of Grove House, Fethard, County Tipperary, by his marriage to Grace Massy, a daughter of Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick.[1] He was baptized into the Church of Ireland on 25 April 1760 at St Peter's, Aungier Street, Dublin.[2] His brothers included Thomas Barton (1757–1820) and General Sir Robert Barton (1768–1853).[1]
In February 1790, Barton was a Captain in the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards and was promoted to Supernumerary Major.[3] In 1792,[4] he was promoted to Major, and in December 1796, still serving in the 2nd Life Guards, from Lieutenant-Colonel to Major-General.[5] In 1805 he again became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Life Guards by purchase,[6] by which he gained command of the regiment. He was still its Lieutenant-Colonel in 1811, while it was fighting in the Peninsular War.[7] During that war, on 25 April 1808, Barton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General[8] and was still a serving officer when he died in 1819 at the age of 59.[1]
In 1804, while a Major-General, Barton sat with Henry Edward Fox as a member of a court martial to try a case against Dr Robert Gordon, Physician to the Forces.[9]
In 1816, while Barton was living at 1, Montague Place, Mayfair, a man was hanged for breaking into his house and stealing a pistol.[10]
At the time of his death, Barton owned an estate in County Fermanagh called the Waterfoot, near Pettigo, which was inherited by his eldest son.[11]
Thomas Carlyle later described Barton as "...an Irish landlord and a man of connections about Court, lived in a certain figure here in Town; had a wife of fashionable habits, with other sons, and also daughters, bred in this sphere. These, all of them, were amiable, elegant, and pleasant people."[12]
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