Sir R. H. Kennedy, Sir J. Bisset, and the Commissariat in the Peninsula

Records of the Commissariat in the Peninsula and of its two principal Commissary Generals, Sir R.H. Kennedy and Sir J. Bisset. Sir Robert Hugh Kennedy (1772-1840) was the second son of Hugh Alexander Kennedy, MD. From 1809 until 1814, he served as Commissary General of the forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula. He was knighted for his services in 1812 and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Guelph in 1834. Sir John Bisset (1777-1854) acted as Commissary General in the Peninsula during the absence of Kennedy in 1812.