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General Sir Robert Gardiner KCB GCH (2 May 1781 – 26 June 1864) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign. ==Military career== Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Gardiner was commissioned into the Royal Artillery 0n 7April 1797 and that October was sent to Gibraltar, which was under partial blockade by the French fleet.〔(Robert Gardiner at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 In November 1798 he was present at the Capture of Minorca then served under Lord Cathcart in North Germany in 1805.〔 He joined the Marquis of Wellington's Army in 1812 and commanded a Field Battery at the Battle of Salamanca, the Capture of Madrid and the Siege of Burgos where with several of his men he volunteered for the trenches.〔〔 In 1813 he took command of ''E Troop'' Royal Horse Artillery and fought at the Battle of Vitoria, the Battle of Orthez and the Battle of Toulouse.〔 During the 1815 Corn Law Riots in London his troop helped to restore order then later that year he went to the Southern Netherlands.〔 At Quatre Bras "His troop was most severely pressed in covering the left of the army on the retreat" then on the 18th he commanded his troop at the Battle of Waterloo.〔 He became Principal Equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in 1816 and remained in that role until 1831.〔 He was also ''aide-de-camp'' to the successive monarchs George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria.〔 He held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park from 1840. He was then appointed Governor of Gibraltar in 1848.〔 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「Robert Gardiner (British Army officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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