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VIVIAN, See also:RICHARD HUSSEY VIVIAN, 1ST See also:BARON (1775—1842) , See also:British See also:cavalry See also:leader, came of a Cornish See also:family. Educated at See also:Harrow and See also:Exeter See also:College, See also:Oxford, Vivian entered the See also:army in 1793, and less than a See also:year later became a See also:captain in the 28th See also:foot. Under See also:Lord Moira he served in the See also:campaign of 1794 in See also:Flanders and See also:Holland. At the end of the expedition, the 28th See also:bore a distinguished See also:part in Lord See also:Cathcart's See also:action of Gueldermalsen. In 1798 Vivian was transferred to the 7th See also:Light Dragoons (now Hussars), and in See also:Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby's See also:division was See also:present at the battles of See also:Bergen and See also:Alkmaar (19th See also:September to 6th See also:October 1799). In 1800 he received his See also:majority, and in 1804 he became lieut.-See also:colonel of the 7th. In command of this See also:regiment he sailed to join See also:Baird at See also:Corunna in 1808, and took part in Lord See also:Paget's cavalry fights at Sahagun and Benavente. During the See also:retreat of See also:Moore's army the 7th were constantly employed with the rearguard. Vivian was present at Corunna, and returned with the See also:remainder of the army to See also:England. It was not until See also:late in 1813 that the 7th returned to the See also:Peninsula, and Vivian (now colonel and A.D.C. to the See also:prince See also:regent) was soon taken away to command a cavalry See also:brigade under See also:Hill. With this See also:corps he served throughout the fighting on the Nive (9th—13th See also:December). At the beginning of 1814 he bas transferred to a cavalry brigade of Beres-See also:ford's corps, and took a marked part in the action of Gave de See also:Pau and the See also:battle of Orthes.

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Toulouse Vivian fought a brilliant action at Crois d'Orade on the Ers (8th See also:April), when he was very severely wounded. At the beginning of 1815 he was made K.C.B.; he had been a See also:major-See also:general for several months. In April Sir Hussey Vivian was appointed to command a brigade of See also:Uxbridge's cavalry, and at See also:Waterloo his regiments, with those of Vandeleur's brigade, made the final See also:charge of the See also:day between Hougoumont and La Ilaye Sainte, sweeping everything before them. This service was rewarded by the thanks of both houses of See also:parliament, the K.C.H. and the orders of Maria See also:Theresa and St See also:Vladimir from the emperors of See also:Austria and See also:Russia. He sat in the See also:House of See also:Commons as member for See also:Truro from 1821 to 1831; he was then made See also:commander of the forces in See also:Ireland, and given the G.C.H. In 1835 he became See also:master-general of the See also:ordnance. In 1837 he received the G.C.B., and in 1841, being then M.P. for See also:East See also:Cornwall, was created Baron Vivian in the See also:English See also:peerage. A year later he died at See also:Baden-Baden. He was twice married (first in 1804), and the See also:title descended in the See also:direct See also:line. His natural son, Sir See also:Robert See also:John Hussey Vivian (1802-1887), was a famous soldier in See also:India, who in 1857 was made K.C.B. and in 1871 G.C.B., having previously attained the See also:rank of general.

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