| 词条 | William Wylde |
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| name =William Wylde | image =William Wylde Silvy.jpg | caption =William Wylde, 1861 photograph | birth_date =12 March 1788 | death_date =14 April 1877 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands = | battles = | awards =Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} General William Wylde CB (12 March 1788[1] – 14 April 1877) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign. Military careerWylde was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1803[2] and rose through the officer ranks to become a Lieutenant-General in 1863.[3] In the First Carlist War, he was British Commissioner to the Christinist Army, and played a significant role as artilleryman in relieving the siege of Bilbao by Carlist forces.[4] He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1863[5] and promoted to full General in 1866,[6] and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1868.[7] He was also a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince Consort.[8] He died in 1877[9] and is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London.[8] FamilyWylde was a member of a Nottinghamshire family, the second son of Gervas Wylde and Catherine née Shudall. He married Eleanor MacCutcheon and they had three sons and three daughters. Eldest son William Henry Wylde (1819–1909) of Chiswick distinguished himself in the Foreign Office.[1] References1. ^1 Sir Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain {{s-start}}{{s-hon}}{{succession box | title=Master Gunner, St James's Park | before=Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross | after=Sir John Bloomfield | years=1868–1877}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wylde, William}}{{UK-army-bio-stub}}2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=15619|page=1198|date=10 September 1803}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22717|page=1515|date=17 March 1863}} 4. ^{{cite web |last1=James |first1=William Hill |title=A tandem-trip in Spain : from Biarritz through the Basque provinces ; The country and the people |url=https://archive.org/details/tandemtripinspai00jame/page/24|pages=24–5 |publisher=Edinburgh : M'lagan & Cumming |date=1905}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=22705|page=643|date=6 February 1863}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=23162|page=5031|date=14 September 1866}} 7. ^{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112133926/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |date=12 January 2008 |title=Royal Artillery at Regiments.org }} 8. ^1 Funerary Monument, Brompton Cemetery 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24461|page=3267|date=22 May 1877}} 6 : 1794 births|1877 deaths|Royal Artillery officers|British Army generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Burials at Brompton Cemetery |
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