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Description:Excerpt from Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 The grandfather of General Colby was Mr. Colby of Rhosy Gilwin, Newcastle Emylin, South Wales, a gentleman of considerable landed property. His father, Thomas Colby, was an only son, and an officer of Royal Marines. For many years he appears to have been attached to the Chatham Division of Marines, and at that station most, if not all, of his children were born, the births of four being recorded in the registry of St. Margaret's next Rochester; a curious circumstance, as his family had already been connected with that locality through Sir Thomas Colby, Kut., who in 1724 was one of the representatives in Parliament of the city of Rochester, and contributed 200l. Towards the repair of the Poor-house of this very parish, St. Margaret's. After this time Captain Colby again went to sea, and was severely wounded at the glorious battle of the lst of June when the Queen, the ship to which he belonged, commanded by Sir Allen Gardner, assisted in breaking the enemy's array, and leading along the line and receiving successive broadsides, finally engaged the Jemmapes in a desperate con ict which, though successful, left her too crippled to be able to take possession of her vanquished opponent. Captain Colby then attained the rank of major in the army. The grand uncle of General Colby was Captain Colby of the Royal Navy, who lost an eye in the service {he was also a gentleman of con siderable property, and his estate, including the beautiful demesne of Fynone, is now in possession of John Colby, his lineal descendant and nephew of General Colby, whose sister married her cousin Mr. Colby of Fynone. On the mother's side General Colby was descended from Captain Hadden, who served at the celebrated siege of Belleisle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 The grandfather of General Colby was Mr. Colby of Rhosy Gilwin, Newcastle Emylin, South Wales, a gentleman of considerable landed property. His father, Thomas Colby, was an only son, and an officer of Royal Marines. For many years he appears to have been attached to the Chatham Division of Marines, and at that station most, if not all, of his children were born, the births of four being recorded in the registry of St. Margaret's next Rochester; a curious circumstance, as his family had already been connected with that locality through Sir Thomas Colby, Kut., who in 1724 was one of the representatives in Parliament of the city of Rochester, and contributed 200l. Towards the repair of the Poor-house of this very parish, St. Margaret's. After this time Captain Colby again went to sea, and was severely wounded at the glorious battle of the lst of June when the Queen, the ship to which he belonged, commanded by Sir Allen Gardner, assisted in breaking the enemy's array, and leading along the line and receiving successive broadsides, finally engaged the Jemmapes in a desperate con ict which, though successful, left her too crippled to be able to take possession of her vanquished opponent. Captain Colby then attained the rank of major in the army. The grand uncle of General Colby was Captain Colby of the Royal Navy, who lost an eye in the service {he was also a gentleman of con siderable property, and his estate, including the beautiful demesne of Fynone, is now in possession of John Colby, his lineal descendant and nephew of General Colby, whose sister married her cousin Mr. Colby of Fynone. On the mother's side General Colby was descended from Captain Hadden, who served at the celebrated siege of Belleisle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Papers on Subjects Connected With the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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