Joseph Fuller

General Sir Joseph Fuller, GCH (died 1841) was a British Army officer.

Fuller was appointed an ensign in the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards in August 1792. He seems to have previously held the same rank in some foot regiment from 29 September 1790, but his name does not appear in the army list. He became a lieutenant and captain in the Coldstream on 22 January 1794 and was with the regiment at the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk. Afterwards, he served as aide-de-camp to Major-General Samuel Hulse in Ireland in 1798, in the Netherlands in 1799, and at home in the southern district until promoted to captain and lieutenant colonel on 18 June 1801.

Fuller accompanied the 1st Battalion of his regiment to Portugal with the expeditionary force under Major-General J. Coope Sherbrooke in December 1808; commanded a light battalion, formed of the light companies of the guards and some 60th Rifles, in the operations on the Douro and advance to Oporto in 1809; and commanded the 1st Battalion at the Battle of Talavera. He afterwards served with the regiment at home until promoted to major general on 4 June 1813. Fuller was appointed colonel of the 96th Regiment of Foot at its formation in January 1824; he was made a Knight Bachelor in 1826, GCH in 1827, and was transferred to the colonelcy of the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot in 1832. Promotion to general came in 1838.

Fuller was for many years president of the acting committee of the consolidated board of general officers, formed to inspect army clothing, investigate claims for losses, and execute other duties previously performed by separate boards of general officers, a post he ultimately resigned because of ill health.

Fuller married in 1815, Miranda, the eldest daughter of General Sir John Floyd, Bt, and they had one daughter. He died at his residence in Bryanston Square, London, on 16 October 1841, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

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