Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton

General Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton, GCMG, KCH (1774-1857) was a British Army officer that served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, He would command a brigade in the 5th Division during the Peninsular War.
Life.
Egerton was born in 1774 to Philip Egerton, and Mary Eyles, daughter of Sir Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles and Sibella Egerton. He was the brother of Sir John Grey Egerton, 8th Baronet and Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet.
Career.
Egerton would begin his army carrier in1793 as an Ensign in the 29th Regiment of Foot. During his service in the 29th, Egerton, now a Lieutenant, would command a group of the 29th as marines on the HMS Thunderer during the Glorious First of June in 1794.
In 1798, Egerton would be promoted Major of the 89th Regiment of Foot, where he wound see action in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 taking part in the Battle of Vinegar Hill. After the rebellion, Egerton and the 89th foot were posted in Malta in 1800, and in 1801 would be transferred to Egypt for the Egyptian Campaign were he would be part of the Battle of Alexandria and the Siege of Cairo.
Egerton would be made a Lieutenant Colonel 1802 in the 9th Regiment of Foot. The 9th foot would sail to Portugal for the Peninsular War where it would fight in the Battle of Roliça and the Battle of Vimeiro.
In 1809 Egerton would transfer to the 44th Regiment of Foot where he would hold command the 2nd battalion. Egerton would continue with the 44th foot throughout the Peninsular War, eventually commanding a whole brigade of the 5th Division.
Egerton would be breveted Colonel in 1811, and Major-General in 1814. He world see the advancement to Lieutenant-General on the 22nd July 1830 and the rank of General in 1846.
Family.
Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton would marry Charlotte Troubridge, daughter of Rear-Admiral, Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet and Frances Northall and would have issue: