Randal Rumley

Randal Rumley
Born 1811
Died 13 September 1884
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held Commander-in-Chief, Scotland

Major-General Randal Rumley (1811 - 13 September 1884) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Rumley was commissioned into the British Army on 20 December 1824[1] and served for much of his military career in the 60th Rifles.[2] He became Inspector General of Infantry in April 1861.[3] He was despatched to Canada in 1862 to take command of the 2nd Division as the British Government took steps to strengthen its military forces as a result of tensions created by the Trent Affair.[4] Promoted to major-general on 9 November 1862,[5] he went on to command the troops in the North British District, a role that he had taken up by 1868[6][7] and retired from in 1873.[8]

Rumley was also colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot from 1870 until its amalgamation into the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in 1881.[9]

Family

On 30 September 1838 Rumley married Caroline Mary Berkeley.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "The New Annual Army List and Militia List". 1859. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Gentleman's Magazine". 1838. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "The new army list and militia list". 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Military Intelligence" The Times, 5 January 1862
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 22685. p. 5936. 28 November 1862. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "News" (PDF). Limerick City. 1868. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "The history of the 3rd battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1798-1907". 1877. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "The Newfoundland Almanac, for the Year of Our Lord 1875". London: Forgotten Books. 1875. pp. 27–28. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org.
  10. ↑ "Cracroft's Peerage". Retrieved 30 November 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by
Edward Forestier-Walker		 Commanding the troops in the North British District
1868–1873 		Succeeded by
Sir John Douglas
Preceded by
James Robertson Craufurd		 Colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot
1870–1881 		Succeeded by
Regiment amalgamated into Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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