Joseph Walton (British Army officer)

Major-General Joseph Walton (died 1808) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign.

Joseph Walton
Died1808
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Military career

Walton was commissioned into the Royal Artillery and was sent to North America where he was serving under General Thomas Gage in 1764.[1]

He held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1783[2] and of Colonel of the Invalid Battalion from 1793.[3] He was promoted to Major-General in 1802[4] and died in 1808.[5]

References

  1. Pursuit of profit and preferment in colonial North America: John Bradstreet's Quest By William G. Godfrey, Page 215 Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1983, ISBN 978-0-88920-108-8
  2. "Royal Artillery at Regiments.org". Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2010.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "No. 13599". The London Gazette. 3 December 1793. p. 1081.
  4. "No. 15478". The London Gazette. 8 May 1802. p. 466.
  5. Military Memoir of Lieutenant General Sir John Macleod, Page 19
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Held by an NCO
Master Gunner, St James's Park
1783–1808
Succeeded by
Sir John Macleod


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