Whitty Maj. Edward

Male 1779 - 1835  (56 years)


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  • Name Whitty Maj. Edward 
    Birth 1779 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1835  Calcutta, India Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I591  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2012 

    Father Whitty Rev. Irwine,   b. 1754, Naul, Co. Dublin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1842, Kilrush, Co. Clare Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Hill Mary Margretta,   b. 1753, Fieldtown, West Meath Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1806, Kilrush Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 1776 
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Egan Catherine   d. 1809 
    Notes 
    • she died in childbirth
    Family ID F225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2012 

    Family 2 Pipon Eliza 
    Family ID F226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2012 

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  • Notes 
    • Awarded a scholarship in 1798 and BA 1800 at Trinity Colleg Dublin.
      Captain 26th Regiment of Foot 1805, Major 26th Regiment of Foot 1826 .
    • The 26th Regiment was stationed in Ireland from 1804 - 5, spent a brief period In Germany in 1806 and then returned to Ireland in 1807. In 1808 it was posted to the Peninsula. In 1810 - 11 it was based in Jersey, and then Portugal where illness so weakened its strength that it was posted in 1812 to Gibraltar to undertake garrison duties until 1822 when it returned to Ireland to provide garrison duties there until 1827. In 1828 it was posted to India.

      Edward served with the 1st Battalion of the 26th Foot in the Peninsula from October 1808 - January 1809, including the retreat from and battle of Corunna in January 1809. He served in the Walcheren campaign, as did his first cousin Edward of the 1st Battalion of the 32nd Foot and his future father-in-
      law, George Pipon. Edward and his cousin were in the same brigade at Walcheren.

      The Walcheren campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands from July - December 1809. The primary aim of the campaign was to destroy the French fleet thought to be in Flushing whilst providing a diversion for the hard-pressed Austrians. However, the battle of Wagram had
      already occurred before the start of the campaign and the Austrians had effectively already lost the war. The campaign involved little fighting, but heavy losses from ’Walcheren Fever’, now thought to be a combination of malaria and typhus, which left many of its victims permanently weakened.

      Edward returned to Spain in July 1811 and remained there until June 1812 when the regiment was posted to Gibraltar until 1822, He was in Ireland with the regiment from 1822 - 1827 and in 1828 went to India, arriving in September.

      By 1831 he and the 1st Battalion were settled in Meerut, which was regarded as a comfortable and relatively healthy posting. However, he clearly became ill enough to warrant a prolonged period of sick leave in Europe which he was about to take up when he died.

      '1835
      At Balloo Ghaut, on board his boat, Major Edward Whitty, paymaster H.M. 26th regt., an hour
      after his arrival from Meerut, on medical certificate, to proceed to Europe.'
      Death Notices, Times of India

      source: research notes of Mary Whitty



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