David Tinling-Widdrington

Lieutenant-General Sir David Latimer Tinling-Widdrington KCH (1757 – 30 July 1839) was a senior officer in the British Army.[1] His surname was originally Tinling, but he adopted Tinling-Widdrington on marrying his wife Sarah Teasdale in 1784,[2] who was a co-heiress to the estates of her uncles John and Nathaniel Widdrington. However, in 1809 he was granted permission to have his children styled as simply Widdrington.[3]

Portrait of Sir David Latimer Tinling-Wriddington by John Bridges, 1838

He joined the Army in 1777, serving at Gibraltar, in the West Indies, Flanders and at Menorca; he commanded a battalion of the 17th Foot. He finished his active service in Gibraltar.[4] He was promoted Lieutenant General 27 May 1825.[5] He was awarded KCH and in 1833 and knighted.[6] He died on 30 July 1839[7][8] in his son's house in Bexley, Kent and was buried in the graveyard at St Mary's Church, Bexley.[9] His eldest son was Major George John Widdrington who died of wounds received at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, in northern Spain, aged 26.[10][11]

References
  1. Tinling-Widdrington, David Latimer. "Will of Sir David Latimer Tinling Widdrington, Lieutenant General of Bexley, Kent". The National Archives, Kew.
  2. Pallot's Marriage Index, England, 1780-1837, dated 1784
  3. The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. p. 199.
  4. The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. pp. 197–200.
  5. "The London Gazette". War Office. 18141: 925. 28 May 1825.
  6. The Times, dated 26 Feb 1833, Page 4
  7. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
  8. "The Belfast Newsletter". (Birth, Marriage and Death Notices), 1738-1925. 1839.
  9. "Billion Graves". Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  10. Hall, John A. (1998). The biographical dictionary of British officers killed and wounded, 1808-1814. London: Greenhill Books [u.a.] ISBN 9781853673153.
  11. The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book, Volume 3. London: A J Valpy. 1820. p. 200.


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