the Saturday following in the Benchers' vault, under the chapel of Lincoln's Inn. The funeral, which was strictly private, was attended by relations only, with the exception of his chaplains, and of Mr. Secretary Peel, and his brother the Rev. John Peel.

In 1822 Dr. Lloyd married a daughter of Colonel Stapleton, of Thorpe Lee, in the county of Surrey, and has left his widow with a family of one son and four daughters, the eldest only six years old.

To the "Gentleman's Magazine " we are indebted for the foregoing Memoir.

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No. XXVIII.

MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR GEORGE ALLAN MADDEN,

KNIGHT, C. B. AND K. T. S.

THIS distinguished officer entered the service as a cornet in the 14th Light Dragoons in 1789, and was appointed to a lieutenancy in the 12th Light Dragoons (which he purchased of the Duke of Wellington), in 1791. He succeeded to a troop in the same corps in 1796, and whilst holding these commissions was almost constantly quartered with his regiment in Ireland. In September, 1793, the 12th Dragoons was ordered to embark for foreign service at the Cove of Cork; its first destination was to join the force in the Netherlands under the Duke of York, and it put to sea for five days in the hope of reaching Ostend; but, contrary winds compelling its return to the Cove, its destination was altered to Toulon, and subsequently to Civita Vecchia, in the territories of the Pope, where they landed, March 6. 1794, after the horses had been nearly nine successive months constantly imprisoned on board the transports. The regiment stayed there a little more than two months; and, at its departure, Pope Pius VI. bestowed gold medals bearing his portrait on each of the officers, accompanied by a letter, expressive of his highest approbation of the conduct and discipline of the whole corps. These medals, by a public order of General Sir Charles Stuart, then commander-in-chief in Portugal, were recommended to be constantly worn by the officers," in commemoration of the virtues of a Pontiff who had uniformly shown his detestation of the influence and effects of the French revolution, and who had mag

nanimously preferred to share all dangers with his subjects, rather than seek his safety by flight."

From Civita Vecchia the 12th Dragoons proceeded to join the forces under the command of Sir David Dundas in Corsica, and assisted during the operations for the reduction of that island in the summer of 1794. It remained there until November, when orders were received to return to England, which it reached after a tempestuous passage; but Captain Madden and the majority of his troop were not quite so fortunate; for, having been shipped on board a transport not sea-worthy, the vessel became water-logged in a dreadful storm on the 4th of December, was thrown on the coast of Spain, and ultimately went to pieces. However, as the crew, horses, &c. were providentially saved, Captain Madden and his troop (through the representation of the British Consul, Sir J. Duff), were allowed one of the Puntales forts near Cadiz by the Spanish government, where they remained until August, 1795, when a vessel was purposely sent from England for their conveyance home.

In January, 1797, Captain Madden embarked with the 12th Dragoons to join the force sent, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir C. Stuart, to Portugal, where it remained three years, for the purpose of preventing an invasion by the French or Spanish forces. This procrastinated service was terminated by the expedition to Egypt; and the 12th Dragoons embarked at Lisbon in 1800, to co-operate in more active service in that country. The cavalry could not share the honours obtained at the disembarkation of the infantry on the beach of Aboukir, on the 8th of March, 1801; but was put on shore on the 12th, and afterwards partook of all the operations of that memorable campaign. The subject of this memoir, having succeeded to the majority of his corps, December 25th, 1800, not only accompanied his regiment, and witnessed the advance of the army towards Alexandria on the 13th of March, with the subsequent continued action on that day, as well as the various battles and skirmishes that took place on the 21st of March; at the capture of Rosetta;

at Rahmanie; at the capture of a large convoy of the enemy in the desert; at the driving in of the out-posts of Gizel; at the capitulation of Grand Cairo, &c.: but, although the junior field-officer of cavalry in Egypt, he had also the honour of being selected by the Commander-in-chief for a separate detached service towards Rosetta, with part of the 12th and 23d Light Dragoons under his command, and was frequently employed to conduct various reconnoissances and patroles, combined with infantry, for which he received marked and flattering testimonials of approbation, a medal for his services, and, we believe, the order of the Crescent.

Towards the conclusion of this year, an occurrence took place which deprived Major Madden of the prospect of pursuing his profession. It arose from the proceedings of a court-martial that had been held in the regiment, and where it appeared to him that the commanding officer of it had perjured himself; and this opinion (from a point of honour) he frankly acknowledged to this officer, when he sent for and questioned him relative to it. The consequence was his own arrest, and a trial, for this inadvertent candour; and the severity of military law conducing to impress upon the members of his court-martial, "That it was immaterial whether the crime charged upon this officer was committed or not; " but "That the assertion of it (which Major Madden did not deny), was sufficient ground for his condemnation; " the Court sentenced Major Madden "to be dismissed His Majesty's service for the same." The sentence, however, was disapproved by Lord Hutchinson (then Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian army, without whose concurrence it was not valid), and Major Madden was ordered to proceed to England for its final decision.

Major Madden returned home with the warmest testimonials to his professional and personal character from Lord Hutchinson, Sir John Cradock, Sir John Doyle, and from all the inferior officers of the 12th Light Dragoons; but in 1802 it was decided, that he should retire from the service, selling his commission, which he had purchased; and he continued

unemployed until the calling out of the Yeomanry in 1805, when (by the intercession of the late Margrave of Anspach) the Duke of York appointed Major Madden an inspecting field-officer of the Midland District, with the temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; and he there continued to advance and discipline near four thousand cavalry, until removed to the Severn District in 1807. He there, for the first time, superintended corps of infantry, rifle, and lastly local militia; and was prosecuting the improvement and advancement of those services, when he received a letter from the Commander-inChief, desiring him "to signify whether he was desirous of being employed as a Brigadier-General in the Portuguese army, receiving the same pay and allowances as a BrigadierGeneral in the British service." Having complied with the proposition, he reached his destination as early as possible.

On the 10th of Sept. 1809, Lord Beresford, the Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese army, appointed this officer commandant of a brigade of cavalry. The Portuguese cavalry regiments, as then constituted, were wholly unacquainted with the English system, or indeed, any other rational mode of discipline, were without experienced officers, and required an entirely new organisation. In the course of Brigadier-General Madden's services, the following Portuguese regiments of cavalry, viz., No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, (wholly or in part) fell to his lot to discipline; and he afterwards commanded the major part of these corps on actual service for three years, in fact, until incessant fatigue, various actions, (almost daily skirmishes), and the difficulty of obtaining horses, had so much reduced these regiments, in number and efficiency, as to cause Lord Beresford to draft and consolidate them, when not quite two effective regiments could be formed from those remaining.* His first action of importance took place on the 15th of September, 1810, the anniversary of the first parade of his brigade. The Spanish cavalry had been de

Of these services a very long and particular detail will be found in the Royal Military Calendar, vol. iv. pp. 54-116.