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William Tatton (1659-1736) was a career soldier in the British Army who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General. ==Career== As a trusted associate of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough throughout the War of the Spanish Succession, in April 1704 the Duke appointed him Colonel of the Horse Guards. In August 1704 he led the advance party for the Duke's bold dash to the River Danube, which led to the crushing defeat of the French and Bavarian forces at the Battle of Blenheim.〔Lindsay, Colin. 1793. « Extracts from Colonel Tempelhoffe's History of the seven years war: his remarks on General Lloyd: on the subsistence of armies; and on the march of convoys. Also a treatise on winter posts (K. F. Lindenau ) To which is added a narrative of events at St. Lucie and Gibraltar, and of John duke of Marlborough's march to the Danube, with the causes and consequences of the measure » London, T. Cadell, 1793 https://books.google.co.uk/books Retrieved 9 October 2015〕 After this victory, Tatton was made Colonel of the 24th Regiment of Foot, the South Wales Borderers, a post he held until 1708.〔Wilkinson-Latham, Christopher. 1975 «The South Wales Borderers » Osprey Publishing https://books.google.co.uk/books Retrieved 9 October 2015〕 After the war, the Army was involved in suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715, when Tatton was responsible for bringing convicted rebels to London to be imprisoned.〔Charles, George 1816 « History of the Transactions in Scotland » https://books.google.co.uk/books Retrieved 7 October 2015〕 He finally reached the rank of Lieutenant-General.〔http://www.thepeerage.com/p1712.htm citing G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, »The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant », new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 269. Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 From 24 November 1729 until his death, he was Colonel of The Buffs, the 3rd Regiment of Foot.〔http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/buffscolonels.htm Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 He died in June 1736 and was buried at Hillingdon in Middlesex.〔http://www.thepeerage.com/p1712.htm citing G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, »The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant », new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 269. Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 His will was proved in London on 19 June 1736.〔PROB 11/677/386 Will of William Tatton, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, of Saint Margaret Westminster, Middlesex http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D658045 Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 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「William Tatton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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