Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet
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General Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet (18 June 1729 – 25 January 1794) was a British Army officer and
He was the eldest son of Sir Beaumont Hotham, 7th Bt., of
He served with the regiment in Flanders, where he took part in the Battle of Lauffeld in 1747 and was appointed aide-de-camp to the Earl of Albemarle, commander of the British forces in the Low Countries. During the Seven Years' War (1754–63) he was firstly aide-de-camp to Lord Ligonier and then adjutant to the British forces fighting on the continent. He was promoted to colonel in 1762 and given the colonelcy of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot in 1765.[2]
From 1761 to 1768 he was also the Member of Parliament for
In 1768 he transferred as colonel to the
Promoted Major-General in 1772, he retired from the Army in 1775, was gazetted full general (as Sir Charles Thompson, Bt) in 1793 [3] and died at Dalton Hall in 1794. He had married Lady Dorothy Hobart, the daughter of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, and had one daughter. He was succeeded as baronet by his brother Sir John Hotham, 9th Baronet.
References
- ^ "HOTHAM, Charles (1729–94), of Dalton Hall, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ a b Gruber, Ira. Books and the British Army in the Age of the American Revolution. p. 94.
- ^ "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15 October 1793. p. 913.
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