Robert Taylor (general)
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General Robert Taylor was a general officer of the British Army during the late eighteenth century.
In 1783, he was appointed a Cornet in the 5th Dragoon Guards, purchasing his lieutenantcy in 1784 and captaincy in 1785. In June 1790 he purchased his commission as a Major, and as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1792. In 1793 he moved with the regiment from Ireland to Flanders and Germany, where he saw service over the next two years.
He was appointed a brevet Colonel in 1796, and from February 1798 to July 1799 served as a brigadier-general in Ireland, throughout the whole of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. At the Battle of Ballinamuck in September 1798 he was second-in-command under Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake, and was mentioned in despatches for his assistance.
He served again in Ireland from 1803 to 1808, being appointed a Lieutenant-General, and was made a full General, by brevet, in August 1819.
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- The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, ed. John Philippart. p.85-86, Vol II of V, 3rd edition, London, 1820. Online edition at Google Books
