Who was Who at Waterloo

<p>Everyone knows about the Battle of Waterloo or do they?</p><p>This book presents the battle as never before: through the personal stories of over 150 people present at the battle or its immediate aftermath. A reference book, a biographical dictionary, and a myth-busting expose, <i>Who was Who at Waterloo</i> is an indispensable guide to historys most famous battle.</p><p>Arranged in alphabetical order, and with entries highlighted throughout the text like links in a website, the book boasts a colourful cast of soldiers, politicians, peasants, surgeons, artists, novelists, poets, scientists, entrepreneurs, and more. It provides many sorties into nineteenth century culture, politics, medicine and science. It also provides a thorough look at the sources, identifying myths, irregularities and cover-ups. The book demonstrates how little we can really know about Waterloo. And yet it also demonstrates just how much can be said about the battles participants. </p> <p>A</p><p>Adam, Major General Sir Frederick William</p><p>Alava, Miguel Ricardo de</p><p>Allix de Vaux, General Jacques-Alexandre-François, baron</p><p>Alten, Lieutenant General Sir Charles von</p><p>Anton, Sergeant James</p><p>Arentschildt, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick, Baron von</p><p>B</p><p>Bachelu, General Gilbert Désirée Joseph</p><p>Bailly de Monthion, General François Gédéon</p><p>Baring, Major George </p><p>Barker, Henry Aston</p><p>Bell, Sir Charles</p><p>Bijlandt, Major General Willem Frederik van</p><p>Blücher, Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von</p><p>Bolton, Captain Samuel</p><p>Bourmont, General Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisnes, Count</p><p>Brack, Captain Prosper Fortuné, de</p><p>Brewer, Joseph</p><p>Brô, ColonelLouis</p><p>Brunswick, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of</p><p>Bull, Major Robert</p><p>Bülow, General Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von</p><p>Burney (married name d’Arblay), Frances or ‘Fanny’</p><p>Butterworth, John</p><p>C</p><p>Cambronne, General Pierre Jacques</p><p>Campbell, Lieutenant Robert Preston</p><p>Capel, Caroline </p><p>Chassé, Lieutenant General David Hendrik, Baron</p><p>Chastel, General Louis Pierre Aimé, Baron</p><p>Clark, Captain Alexander Kennedy</p><p>Clay, Private Matthew</p><p>Coignet, Captain Jean-Roch</p><p>Colbert-Chabanais, GeneralEdouard de</p><p>Cole, General Sir Galbraith Lowry</p><p>Colville, General Sir Charles</p><p>Constant de Rebecque, Jean Victor</p><p>Cooke, Major GeneralSir George</p><p>Cotton, Edward</p><p>Crawford, Donald</p><p>Creevey, Thomas</p><p>D</p><p>Decoster, Jean</p><p>De Lancey, Lady Magdalen</p><p>De Lancey, Sir William Howe</p><p>Delort, GeneralJacques Antoine</p><p>D’Erlon, General Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count</p><p>Detmers, Colonel H.</p><p>D’Hoogvoorst, Baron Joseph van der Linden</p><p>Domon, General Jean Simon</p><p>Dörnberg, Major General Sir Wilhelm Kaspar Ferdinand von</p><p>Drouot, GeneralAntoine, Count</p><p>Duhesme, General Philibert Guillaume, Count</p><p>Dupuis, Madame Thérèse</p><p>Dupuy, Major Victor</p><p>Durutte, General Pierre François</p><p>E</p><p>Eaton (née Waldie), Charlotte Anne</p><p>Evans, Tom</p><p>Ewart, Sergeant Charles</p><p>Exelmans, General Rémy Joseph Isidore</p><p>F</p><p>Ferrior, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel</p><p>Fitzroy Somerset, Colonel James Henry</p><p>Fleury de Chamboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard</p><p>Fouler, General Albert Emmanuel</p><p>Foy, General Maximilien Sebastien</p><p>Fraser, Sergeant Ralph</p><p>Frazer, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Augustus Simon</p><p>Fremantle, LieutenantColonel John</p><p>Friant, General Louis, Count</p><p>G</p><p>Gérard, General Maurice Etienne</p><p>Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton, Count von</p><p>Gordon, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander</p><p>Graeme, Lieutenant George Drummond</p><p>Graham, Corporal</p><p>Gronow, Rees Howell</p><p>Grouchy, Marshal Emmanuel, Marquis de</p><p>Guyot, General Charles, Claude-Etienne, Count</p><p>H</p><p>Halkett, Major General Sir Colin</p><p>Halkett, Colonel Hew, Baron von</p><p>Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel James Inglis</p><p>Hill, General Rowland</p><p>Hitchens, Richard</p><p>Hunt, Philip</p><p>J</p><p>Jacquinot, Charles Claude, Baron</p><p>Jardin, père or aîné</p><p>Jérôme, Prince</p><p>Jerzmanowski, Lieutenant Colonel Jan Pawel, Baron</p><p>Jolyet, Major Jean-Baptiste</p><p>K</p><p>Keller, Major von</p><p>Kelly, Captain Edward</p><p>Kempt, Major General Sir James</p><p>Kennedy, Ensign James Grant</p><p>Kincaid, Lieutenant John</p><p>L</p><p>Labédoyère, General Charles-Angélique-François-Huchet, Count</p><p>Larrey, Dominique-Jean, Baron</p><p>Lawrence, Sergeant William</p><p>Leach, Captain Jonathan</p><p>Leeke, Ensign William</p><p>Lefebvre-Desnouëttes, General Charles, Count</p><p>Lobau, General Georges Mouton, Count</p><p>M</p><p>Macdonell, Lieutenant Colonel Sir James</p><p>MacKay, Piper Kenneth</p><p>Maitland, Major General Peregrine </p><p>Marbot, Colonel Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcellin, Baron de</p><p>Marshall, Sergeant Major Matthew</p><p>Mercer, Captain Alexander Cavalié</p><p>Merlen, Major General J.B., van</p><p>Milhaud, General Edouard-Jean-Baptiste, Count</p><p>Morris, Thomas</p><p>Müffling, General Philipp Friedrich Carl Ferdinand, Baron von</p><p>Muter, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph</p><p>N</p><p>Napoleon I</p><p>Ney, Marshal Michel, Duke of Elchingen, prince of Moskova</p><p>O</p><p>Ompteda, Colonel Christian Frederick William von, Baron</p><p>Orange, William Frederick George, Prince of</p><p>P</p><p>Percy, Major Henry</p><p>Perponcher-Sedlnitzky, Lieutenant General Henri-Georges, Baron</p><p>Petre, Lieutenant Henry William</p><p>Picton, Lieutenant General Sir Thomas</p><p>Pirch, Major General Georg Dubislaw Ludwig</p><p>Piré-Hippolyte, General Marie-Guillaume, Count</p><p>Ponsonby, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick Cavendish</p><p>Ponsonby, Major General Sir William</p><p>Pozzo di Borgo, General Carlo Andrea, Count</p><p>Q</p><p>Quiot du Passage, General Joachim, baron</p><p>R</p><p>Reille, General Honoré-Charles-Michel-Joseph, Count</p><p>Richmond, General Charles Lennox, fourth Duke of</p><p>S</p><p>Saint-Denis, Louis Etienne</p><p>Saltoun, Alexander George Fraser, Lord</p><p>Sandham, Captain Charles F.</p><p>Scott, Sir Walter</p><p>Seymour, Captain Horace Beauchamp</p><p>Shaw, Corporal John</p><p>Simmons, Lieutenant George</p><p>Smith, Captain Sir Henry George Wakelyn</p><p>Smith, Admiral Sir William Sidney</p><p>Somerset, Major General Lord (Robert) Edward Henry</p><p>Soult, Marshal (‘Nicolas’) Jean-de-Dieu</p><p>Styles, Corporal Francis </p><p>T</p><p>Thielemann, General Johann Adolf, Baron von</p><p>Thornton, James</p><p>‘T.S.’</p><p>Turner, Joseph Mallord William</p><p>U</p><p>Uchelen, Lieutenant van</p><p>Uxbridge, Henry William Paget, second Earl of</p><p>V</p><p>Vandamme, General Dominique-Joseph-René, Count</p><p>Vandeleur, Major General Sir John Ormsby</p><p>Vivian, Major General Sir Richard Hussey</p><p>W</p><p>Waterloo, Frederica M’Mullen</p><p>Weir, Sergeant John</p><p>Wellington, Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of</p><p>Wheatley, Lieutenant Edmund</p><p>Whinyates, Captain Edward Charles</p><p>Woodford, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander George</p><p>Z</p><p>Ziethen, Lieutenant General Hans Ernst Karl, Count von</p><p>Appendix I Chronology of major political events</p><p>Appendix II Chronology of the Waterloo campaign</p><p>Appendix III Order of battle: Blucher’s Army of the North</p><p>Appendix IV Order of battle: Wellington’s Army of the Low Countries</p><p>Appendix VI: British Waterloo regiments: strengths and losses</p><p>Appendix VII: The British purchase system</p><p>Appendix VIII: Wellington’s Waterloo Dispatch to Earl Bathurst</p><p>Appendix IX The Battles of Waterloo and Quatre-Bras, as reported by The Times</p><p>Bibliography</p><p>Index</p>