Caradoc, John Francis, 1759-1839, 1st Baron Howden, army officer
Biographical notes:
1774 cornet in the 4th regiment of horse; 1779 ensign in the 2nd (Coldstream) guards; 1781 lieutenant, captain; 1785 major in the 12th light dragoons; 1785-1790 MP for Clogher (co. Tyrone); 1786 exchanged into 13th regiment; 1789 lieutenant-colonel; 1790 commander of the 13th regiment in the West Indies; 1790-1797 MP for Castlebar (co. Mayo); 1791-1792 acting quartermaster-general in Ireland; 1792-1793 quartermaster-general in Ireland; 1793-1794 aide-de-camp to Sir Charles Grey, served in the West Indies, including capture of Martinique; 1795 assistant quartermaster-general; 1798 major-general; 1798 served in Ireland; 1799-1800 MP for Midleton (co. Cork); 1800 MP for Thomastown (co. Kilkenny); 1801-1802 colonel of the 2nd battalion 54th foot, serving in the Mediterranean (including Egypt); 1803 KB; 1803-1809 colonel of the 71st Highland light infantry; 1803-1807 commander-in-chief at Madras; 1805 lieutenant-colonel; 1808 served in Portugal; 1809 colonel of the 43rd regiment; 1811-1814 governor of the Cape of Good Hope; 1814 general; 1815 GCB; 1819 Baron in the peerage of Ireland; 1831 peer of the United Kingdom
Epithet: army officer
Title: 1st Baron Howden
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- Channel Islands, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Norwich, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Poland, Kingdom of, Europe (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Almonacid, Spain (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Charlton and Kidbrooke, Kent (as recorded)
- Malabar, India (as recorded)
- Surinam, South America (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Arcot State, India (as recorded)
- Down, county of, Ireland (as recorded)
- Helston, Cornwall (as recorded)
- Flushing, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Kilmainham, Dublin (as recorded)
- Mauritius, Indian Ocean (as recorded)
- Ephesus, Asia Minor (as recorded)
- Bombay, India (as recorded)
- Spain, Europe (as recorded)
- Carnatic Region, India (as recorded)
- Madras, India (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Cadiz, Spain (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Freshwell Hundred, Essex (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Switzerland, Europe (as recorded)
- Switzerland, Europe (as recorded)
- Medellin, Estremadura (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Portugal, Europe (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Walcheren, Zealand (as recorded)
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Ionian Islands, Greece (as recorded)
- Caithness-shire, Scotland (as recorded)
- Norwich, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Corunna, Spain (as recorded)
- Madrid, Spain (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- Spain, Europe (as recorded)
- Mysore State, India (as recorded)
- Worcester, Worcestershire (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Leeward Islands, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Ridge, Hertfordshire (as recorded)
- Leeds, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
- Raphoe, Donegal (as recorded)
- Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Oudh, India (as recorded)
