Charles Ashworth
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Sir Charles Ashworth was an English major-general, prominent in the Peninsular War
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, Nive, and St. Pierre, where he was badly wounded.
He took part in the combat of Buenza and succeeding engagements, for which he was honoured with a cross, and allowed, 14 November 1814, to accept the order of the Tower and Sword
from the Prince Regent of Portugal. He attained the rank of colonel in 1814, and major-general in 1825; was nominated a companion of the Bath in 1815; and a knight commander on the occasion of the coronation of William IV in September 1831.
He died at Hall Place
, St. John's Wood, on 13 August 1832.
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
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Life
He was appointed ensign in the 68th foot in 1798 and lieutenant in 1799/ He captain 55th foot in 1801, major 6th West India Regiment in 1808, and major 62nd foot in 1808. He was a lieutenant-colonel with the Portuguese army in 1810, and served as brigadier-general at the battles of Vittoria, PyreneesBattle of the Pyrenees
The Battle of the Pyrenees was a large-scale offensive launched on 25 July 1813 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult from the Pyrénées region on Emperor Napoleon’s order, in the hope of relieving French garrisons under siege at Pamplona and San Sebastián...
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Battle of Nivelle
The Battle of Nivelle took place in front of the River Nivelle near the end of the Peninsular War . After the Allied siege of San Sebastian, Wellington's 80,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish troops were in hot pursuit of Marshal Soult who only had 60,000 men to place in a 20-mile perimeter...
, Nive, and St. Pierre, where he was badly wounded.
He took part in the combat of Buenza and succeeding engagements, for which he was honoured with a cross, and allowed, 14 November 1814, to accept the order of the Tower and Sword
Order of the Tower and Sword
The Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit is a Portuguese order of knighthood and the pinnacle of the Portuguese honours system. It was created by King Afonso V in 1459....
from the Prince Regent of Portugal. He attained the rank of colonel in 1814, and major-general in 1825; was nominated a companion of the Bath in 1815; and a knight commander on the occasion of the coronation of William IV in September 1831.
He died at Hall Place
Hall Place
Hall Place is a former stately home, today a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, beside the River Cray on the outskirts of Crayford, west of Bexleyheath and north-east of Old Bexley...
, St. John's Wood, on 13 August 1832.