Charles Hagart

Colonel Charles Hagart CB (23 June 1814 – 30 July 1879) was a British Army officer.

Charles Hagart
Born23 June 1814
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died30 July 1879 (aged 65)[1]
Eastbury Manor, Compton, Guildford
Buried
Eastbury Manor Family Burial Ground
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankColonel
Unit7th Hussars
Battles/warsIndian Rebellion
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Career

Hagart was commissioned as an ensign in the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) on 15 June 1832.[2] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 31 October 1851 on appointment as commanding officer of the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), he commanded the regiment until August 1857.[3]

His brother James McCaul Hagart was also Lieutenant Colonel at the time (having been commissioned as ensign on 26 May 1837[4]), and took over command of the regiment following Charles.[5]

He then commanded the 1st Cavalry Brigade in the operations beyond the River Goomtee, at the siege of Alleegunge, and the captures of Ruyaghur, Snabjebanpore, Bareilly, and Mohumdee. In the autumn of the same year was attached to the Oude field force, and commanded the Cavalry of that Division at the occupation of Fyzabad, passage of the Gogrs, and during the whole Trans-Gogra campaign until the end of the war in 1859.[6]

He became regimental colonel of the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) in 1873.[7]

References
  1. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876–1936
  2. A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines. William Clowes. 1833. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  3. "7th Hussars". Britishempire.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  4. "(191) - Army lists > Hart's Army Lists > New annual army list, and militia list > 1858 - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. "7th Hussars". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  6. Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. 1841. p. 133.
  7. Mills, T.F. "7th Queen's Own Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
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