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Colonel Coote Manningham (c.1765 - 26 August 1809) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the creation and early development of the 95th Rifles. ==Military career== Born the second son of Charles Manningham of Surrey, Manningham began his career as a subaltern in the 39th Foot serving under his uncle, Sir Robert Boyd, at the Siege of Gibraltar. On the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, he was appointed as Major to the light infantry battalion where he fought in the Caribbean. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 81st Foot and then adjutant-general in Santo Domingo, under the command of Lieutenant-General Forbes.〔Taylor, C. (1810). ''The Literary Panorama''.Cox, Son and Baylis.〕 In early 1800, Colonel Manningham and Lieutenant-Colonel William Stewart proposed, and were given the assignment, to use what they had learned while leading light infantry to train the Experimental Corps of Riflemen, later to become the 95th Rifles and then the Rifle Brigade. That summer the new corps was trained in exercises developed by Manningham and were quickly deployed to provide covering fire to the amphibious landings at Ferrol.〔Fosten, B. (2002). ''Wellington's Infantry''. Osprey Publishing.〕 Manningham died 26 August, 1809 in Maidstone from illness contracted during the Retreat to Corunna in the opening stage of the Peninsular War in which the 95th Rifles were to demonstrate the tactical value of the approach developed by Manningham and Stewart.〔Urban, M. (2003). ''Rifles: Six years with Wellington's sharpshooters''. Faber and Faber.〕 An inscription under a monument honoring Manningham in Westminster Abbey conveys the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries:
After his death he was replaced as colonel of the 95th Rifles by Sir David Dundas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coote Manningham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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