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British Army general

General
Sir James Reynett
Sir James Reynett
Born1786
Ireland
Died9 August 1864
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles / warsWar of the Second Coalition
Peninsular War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order

General Sir James Henry Reynett KCB KCH (1786 – 9 August 1864) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Reynett was born in Ireland in 1786, the son of Rev. James Henry Reynett, who was twice Mayor of Waterford. His family were descended from Henri de Renêt, a Huguenot from Languedoc who found exile in Ireland in 1688, on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

Military career

Reynett took part in the Ferrol Expedition in 1800 during the War of the Second Coalition and was appointed Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in 1808 during the Peninsular War. He went on to become Assistant Quartermaster-General in Germany in 1813 and military secretary to the Duke of Cambridge in 1820 before being made Inspector of Foreign outpatients at Chelsea Hospital later in 1820.

He was appointed a Groom of the Bedchamber to William IV in 1831, serving in the royal household until the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.

Reynett served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1847 to 1852. He was also Colonel of the 48th Regiment of Foot from 1850 to his death.

He was promoted General on 5 May 1860.

Family

In 1837 he married Eliza Campbell at Hampton Court Palace. He died at the Banqueting House, Hampton Court Palace in 1864.

References

  1. ^ "General Sir James Henry Reynett, K.C.B., K.C.H ". Illustrated London News. 20 August 1864. p. 22. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. Agnew, David Carnegie Andrew (1871). Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV, Or, the Huguenot Refugees and Their Descendants in Great Britain and Ireland. Reeves & Turner. p. 240. Retrieved 23 May 2019. Rev. James Henry Reynett DD Waterford.
  3. Smiles, Samuel (1895). The Huguenots: Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries in England and Ireland. J. Murray. p. 423.
  4. The Peerage, Baronetage, And Knightage, Of Great Britain And Ireland For ... Including All the Titled Classes. Whittaker And Company. 1863. p. 484.
  5. ^ British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 52nd Regiment of Foot
  6. "Court officers" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. World Leaders
  8. Jersey Heritage Trust
  9. "No. 22384". The London Gazette. 11 May 1860. p. 1792.
  10. "Married". Norfolk Chronicle. 7 October 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
Government offices
Preceded bySir Edward Gibbs Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
1847–1852 		Succeeded bySir Frederick Love
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