14 November 1813 (1813-11-15) (aged 74) Bath, Somerset, England
Allegiance
Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1756–1813
Rank
General
Unit
50th Regiment of Foot 5th Regiment of Foot 12th Light Dragoons 55th Regiment of Foot 89th Regiment of Foot
Commands held
Commander-in-Chief of Ireland Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army
Battles/wars
Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine Battle of St. Lucia Battle of Porto Praya Battle of Monmouth Third Anglo-Mysore War Siege of Coimbatore Siege of Seringapatam
Awards
KB
Other work
Governor of Bombay
General Sir William Medows KB (31 December 1738 – 14 November 1813) was British Army officer. He entered the army in 1756 and saw action in North America, the Cape, and India. In 1788 he was appointed Governor of Bombay, transferring to become Governor of Madras in 1790.
That year, at the head of 15,000 men, he attacked Tipu Sultan of Mysore. In a see-saw campaign he was slightly wounded, mishandled a crucial assault and attempted suicide before the war ended in Britain's favour. In 1801 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Ireland as a full general.
General Sir WilliamMedows KB (31 December 1738 – 14 November 1813) was British Army officer. He entered the army in 1756 and saw action in North America...
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for Charles Medows Pierrepont, 1st Viscount Newark. He had already been created Baron Pierrepont...
Lady Louisa fell in love with her second cousin, WilliamMedows (1738–1813), the son of Philip Medows of Nottinghamshire, Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park...
Bombay Army Brigadier-General Lawrence Nilson (1785–1788) Major-General WilliamMedows (1788–1790) Major-General Robert Abercromby (1790–1793) Major-General...
1793, was also unsuccessful; he was pursued by British forces led by WilliamMedows, who thwarted the attack. The Carnatic kingdom was annexed by the British...
forces in Charleston at the time of Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown. WilliamMedows distinguished himself in the Philadelphia campaign and the Battle of...
attempted negotiation with Tipu. He was replaced in early 1790 by General WilliamMedows, to whom Cornwallis gave the authority for a military campaign against...
Meath, 4th Guards Brigade Brigadier Edgar Julius Medley General Sir WilliamMedows Brigadier Helen Guild Meechie CBE (1938–2000), Women's Royal Army Corps...
Index of the Statutes: 11 Geo. 4.& 1 Will. 4. (1830.) 11 George IV and 1 William IV - 1830 – via Internet Archive. also – via Internet Archive. Journal...
Regiment 1787–1827 Succeeded by James Dunlop of Dunlop Preceded by WilliamMedows C-in-C, Bombay Army 1790–1793 Succeeded by James Stuart Preceded by...
against mixed-race colonists, a move that drew criticism from abolitionists William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson. That same month he had been made a Knight...
1766–1768: John Mompesson 1768–1795: William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe 1795–1798: Sir Ralph Abercrombie 1798–1808: Sir WilliamMedows 1808–1812: Francis Edward Gwyn...
February 1790 Edward J.Holland (acting) 13 February 1790 20 February 1790 WilliamMedows 20 February 1790 1 August 1792 Sir Charles Oakeley 1 August 1792 7 September...
until 1708. During the Governorships of John Gayer, Nicholas Waite, and William Aislabie (1694–1715), the Bombay Governors also held the title of "General"...
General Mathew Horne and Colonel John Floyd (1789–1790) Major General WilliamMedows (1790–1792, while Governor of Madras) Colonel John Braithwaite (1792–1796)...
1786 he married Marianne Clayton, daughter of William Clayton, MP, of Harleyford Manor, and sister of William Clayton, 4th Baronet and Catherine, Lady Howard...
British East India company takes Coimbatore. The company led by General WilliamMedows take control of Coimbatore (which was evacuated by Tipu) and a significant...
Good Hope under the command of Commodore George Johnstone and General WilliamMedows. This plan also came to nothing, owing to the arrival of the French...
Regiments. Grenadiers: (1,400) 1st Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel WilliamMedows Grenadier companies of (from left to right in formation) 5th, 15th,...
(1736–1820) Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford (1772–1826) Sir WilliamMedows (1738–1813) Sir Michael Smith, Bt (1740–1808) Charles Abbot (1757–1829)...
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