- Richard Vyse
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died= death date and age|1825|5|30|1746|7|11
placeofbirth=Lichfield ,Staffordshire ,England
placeofdeath=Lichfield ,Staffordshire ,England
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battles=Battle of Le Cateau
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son: Major-GeneralRichard William Howard Vyse General Richard Vyse (11 Jul 1746 -30 May 1825 ) was a British general, and briefly a Member of Parliament for Beverley.Vyse was born at
Lichfield ,Staffordshire the younger son of William Vyse (1710-1770), [http://lichfield-cathedral.org/whos-who.html canon residentiary and treasurer] of Lichfield, and younger brother of William Vyse (1741-1816), canon residentiary and chancellor of Lichfield. In 1780, he married Anne, [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/search_results.aspx?st=q&querytext=richard%20vyse Copy (on paper) of articles previous to the marriage of Richard Vyse and Miss Anne Howard[no ref.] 10 May 1780 at Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies] ] the only surviving daughter and heiress of Field-marshal Sir George Howard and was the father of Major-GeneralRichard William Howard Vyse ,anthropologist andEgyptologist .Vyse was appointed cornet in the 5th Dragoons on 13 February 1763. He attained the brevet rank of colonel on 7 Jan. 1781, received the command of the 1st Dragoon Guards on 28 May 1784, and during the revolutionary war served in Flanders in command of a brigade under the Duke of York. He distinguished himself on several occasions, particularly at the battle of Cateau on 25 April 1794, where at the head of two brigades of heavy cavalry, he materially contributed to the victory, and at the evacuation of Ostend, which he superintended on 1 July.
Vyse was nominated major-general on 2 October 1794, and lieutenant-general on 1 Jan. 1801. He was returned to parliament in 1806 for Beverley, but in the following year made way for his son. He attained the rank of general on 1 January 1812, and died at Lichfield on 30 May 1825. He filled for some time the office of
comptroller to Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland. [(Gent. Mag. 1825, ii. 180; Historical Records of the Third Dragoon Guards, 1838, p.127)]References
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* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=143-ms-1098&cid=0#0 Smalbroke family of Birmingham MS 1098] includes Vyse family at Birmingham City Archives.* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P29418 Vyse, Richard (1746-1825) MP General 131255] at National Register of Archives.
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NAME = Vyse, Richard
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = British Army general
DATE OF BIRTH =11 July 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH =Lichfield ,Staffordshire ,England
DATE OF DEATH =30 May 1825
PLACE OF DEATH =Lichfield ,Staffordshire ,England
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