Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer, born 1780)

He was the second son of Samuel Auchmuty and his wife, Elizabeth Domvile Savage, only daughter of Francis Savage.^[3] Auchmuty entered the British Army as ensign in 1797 and served first in the French Revolutionary Wars and subsequently in the Napoleonic Wars.^[3] He was lieutenant of the 68th Regiment of Foot in 1800 and was promoted to captain in 1805.^[4] A year later Auchmuty was transferred to the 70th Regiment of Foot and in 1807 to the 7th Regiment of Foot.^[4] In 1810, he was appointed deputy assistant adjutant-general and attached to the 6th Infantry Division.^[4] He became Aide-de-camp to Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole in July 1813 and was promoted to major in October of the same year.^[4] Auchmuty fought in the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 and in the Battle of Toulouse in April, for which he received the Army Gold Medal and was made a brevet lieutenant-colonel.^[4]

Auchmuty became colonel in 1831 and major-general 1841.^[5] He was transferred to the general staff in India in 1848,^[6] became colonel of the 65th Regiment of Foot in February 1851^[7] was promoted to lieutenant-general in November.^[8] In 1855, Auchmuty was appointed colonel of his old regiment, the 7th foot,^[9] and following the death of Sir Robert John Harvey was promoted finally to general in 1860.^[10] He was awarded a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1857^[11] and a Knight Grand Cross in 1861.^[12] In 1817, he married Mary Anne Buchanan.^[2] Auchmuty died, aged 88 at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.^[2]