Lieutenant Nicholas Brown

Nicholas Brown became a cornet in the10th Hussars on 12 Sep 1805, a lieutenant on 25 July 1806. He last appears in the list of 10th Hussars officers as a lieutenant in 1810. He became a captain in the army on 3 May 1810, and transferred to the 11th Regiment of Foot on 6 Dec 1810. On 25 Nov 1816 he went on half pay as a captain in the 69th Foot. He returned to active service as a captain in the 41st Foot on 26 May 1825 who were at that time fighting in the First Burmese War of 1825-26. The regiment had been posted to Madras since 1822 so Captain Brown sailed out to join them in 1825. However he died near Madras on 17 Feb 1827, apparently of cholera.
The painting is by Peter Edward Stroeling c1809. It shows Lieutenant Brown in the uniform of the 10th Hussars. The blue jacket has yellow facings which were changed to red in 1811. The lace and cords are silver but the cords and tassels attached to his busby, and flowing across his chest, are gold and crimson. He is in dress uniform apart from the grey overalls which are an indication of his service in the Peninsula during the Corunna Campaign. Hussars were ordered to grow moustaches when they converted from light dragoons c1805 but Brown may have been too young for facial hair, which suggests that his date of birth may have been c1790.

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