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Marcus John Slade (22 January 1801 – 7 March 1872) was a

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officer who became

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Early life

Slade was the fourth son of General

Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet General Sir John "Black Jack" Slade, 1st Baronet, (31 December 1762 – 13 August 1859) served as a general officer in the British Army during the Peninsular War. Slade was praised in official reports, including by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke ...

(1762–1853) and the younger twin brother of Sir Frederic Slade, 2nd Baronet, who succeeded their father in the baronetcy. His youngest brother by his father's first wife was Admiral Sir

Adolphus Slade Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of t ...

Military career

Slade was commissioned into the

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in 1819. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the

90th Light Infantry The 90th Perthshire Light Infantry was a Scottish light infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 188 ...

and commanded that Regiment throughout the 7th Xhosa War in 1846 and 1847. He was appointed

in 1859 and was also

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of the

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from 1862 to his death in 1872. He lived at Elvington House in

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on the

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and is buried in the Old Cemetery at Ryde.Grave Records
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Family

In 1842, he married Charlotte Ramsay, granddaughter of

George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie (1730 – 15 November 1787) was a Scottish peer. He served as a Lord of Police (1775–82) and the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and was a representative Scottish pee ...

. They had two daughters and four sons: *Sir

John Ramsay Slade Major-General Sir John Ramsay Slade (16 March 1843 – 4 September 1913) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding the British Troops in Egypt. Early life and education Slade was born at Berwick House in Berwick St Leona ...

(16 March 1843 – 4 September 1913) *Arthur Maitland Slade (27 November 1846 – 1847) died in childhood *Maj. Montagu Maule Slade (16 January 1849 – 29 February 1884), killed in action in the Second Battle of Teb while serving with the

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. *Lt.-Gen. Frederick George Slade (15 December 1851 – 16 August 1910), Inspector-General of the

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA ...

headquarters 1902–1906. *Fanny Maule Slade (1845 – 28 April 1875), married George Sackville Lane-Fox *Helen Grace Slade (1854 – 7 April 1932), married Francis Robert Gregson

References

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