Third Generation

10. James Arnott HOWARD was born on 18 Jun 1793 in St Stephens. He was christened on 18 Jul 1793 in St Stephens. He died in Alive In 1851 Census. Source: St Stephens parish register

Baptised 18 July 1793

1851 Census: Howard, James/Head/Married/Age 63/Ag Lab/Bor n in Wildhill,

Hertford Cnty /UKCFILE=GLS5106 2% HRT UK census transcrip ts.



Born 18 Jun 1793, at St. Julian's in the town of St. Alban s, Hertfordshire,
England to Arnott and Elizabeth (12 children), christened 1 8 July 1793. Brother
to Charles Henry, he was a Lieutenant in the Battle of Wate rloo and marched
into Paris after the campaign. (see A Letter from James A rnott Howard below)

This letter is also quoted on: http://www.napoleon-series.o rg/research/eyewitness/c_howard.html


A Letter from James Arnott Howard

to Charles Henry Howard, His Brother

1815



The letter was written four years before Charles Henry cam e to Canada.
Published in 'The Empire, Toronto', 28 April 1888, as follo ws:



Relics of Waterloo



The subjoined is an extract from a letter written by a brot her of CH Howard, of
St. Julian's, Georgina. The letter with the cap and sword w orn by Lieut. Howard
at Waterloo, with other relics, came into the possession, r ecently of the
Howard family, who thought it might be interesting to the r eaders of The Empire:

"IN THE BIVOUAC CLOSE TO THE GATES OF PARIS, JULY 8, 1815."



We have been so actively engaged that we have not had eve n time to write,
supposing that we could procure utensils, which was impossi ble. Most likely my
name by this time appeared in the Gazette among the wounde d on the 16th ; this,
I am happy to say, was but slight. It would be ridiculous i n nie to think of
entering into any detail of the business of that day at al l events, for the
newspapers have given such a correct account of everything , but on the evening
of the 16th June, while in our bivouac, and not far from th e village of Quatre
Bras, we heard the most terrible thundering of cannon an d our division was but
in motion. This foretold sport. True enough in about two ho urs after that, six
o'clock, the balls were buzzing about our ears in the mos t delightful manner.
All the lights were formed on the left--the battalions fo r skirmishing. Upon
the whole we got off very well, some seven or eight men wou nded, until near
dark in the evening when I got a clink on the outside of m y left thigh which
knocked me down and obliged me to quit the field. This wa s 9 o'clock. Although
very seriously bruised, finding nothing more than a littl e flesh disconcerted I
got the blood washed off and joined my company the same nig ht in advance of the
whole. We kept our ground in the morning. Four picquets com menced a little
skirmishing but our position they would not attempt to wres t from us. We were
now relieved, and went to join our regiments, but I am ver y sorry to add I
found they had suffered most severely --- three officers ki lled and seven
wounded, and about 100 men, and my poor friend Farlong wa s one of the number
wounded, and dangerously. He sent for me repeatedly, but n o one could find me,
being too far in advance. He said he must die and therefor e sent his watch to
me. In the morning I went to see if I could find him, but t hey had sent him to
Brussels. I therefore could not see the poor fellow, bu t I have heard from
several people, who say that they think he will do well. Th e ball entered his
right side, and remaining either in his lungs or shoulder b lade; it never can
be extracted. On the 17th June we retired in the best possi ble order to the
heights of Mount St. Jean or Waterloo. He we took up our go od and
never-to-be-forgotten position and fought our battle. Our r egiment was placed
on the first hill of our position, where we could see the F rench Buffers
maneuver before us. I rather think they would have attacke d us the same
evening, but we saluted them so prettily when they made the ir appearance on the
hill opposite the next morning, the 18th, and my birthday , the French began
their movements by daylight, we, of course, being ordered b y the noble
Wellington to move accordingly. About ten o'clock the spor t began by an attack
on our right, but here they were repulsed with immense loss . This they repeated
several times and as often failed, they then tried the lef t and were very
warmly received, and did not gain much ground. Our brigad e and regiment was in
the center and during some time was exposed to nothing mor e than cannon shot,
but which frequently milled us. Towards the latter part o f the day the enemy
made a most desperate and furious attack on our center, he re we had our share
of bloody work. I never shall forget the scene and the carn age. Really the
French cavalry, who behaved admirably, charged so repeatedl y and so
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wounded officers to the rear and much less men. Just at thi s moment was
pointed out to me the meaning of being warmly engaged. Ou r brigade and a
brigade of guards were the only soldiers that we could see , and we were so
________that I thought that things were going badly, and w e made up our minds
to send all our colors to the rear, still determined to sta y while we had a man
left. There we were --- could just maintain our ground, whe n to our delight
came up lots of reinforcements. Indeed Lord Wellington ha d been with us in very
hot fire. I said that we should be immediately supported. J ust at this moment
he brought up all the cavalry, artillery and infantry fro m the reserve and
advanced. The French gave way in every quarter, and in fac t were so panic
struck that they could not form them again. Our brigade hal ted, having had a
sufficiency, for the general and every field-officer, but t wo, of the brigade,
were either killed or wounded, and the whole strength reduc ed to about 300 out
of 1500.

The 73rd regiment was commanded by a young lieutenant. Thin gs were so bad that
I was acting brigade-major for some time, but Captain Harty , of the Light
company being only slightly wounded, he took it and I did t he adjutants' duty.
When telling the men off after the action there were only 7 2 men on the
parade., 15 officers having been lost 4 killed and 10 wound ed, together with
1500 men. In the two days we had in casualties 24 officer s and 250 men. I have
often expressed a wish to see a general engagement. I hav e and am perfectly
satisfied. I should never have forgiven myself if I had no t been in this action
of the 18th in consequence of my wound. Thank God I am safe , I had a very
narrow escape that day, a bullet passed through my cap an d must have been
within the eighth of an inch of my head. I intend bringin g the cap to England.
I can scarcely fancy myself alive and writing to you afte r what I have seen. We
may almost say England conquered France in one battle and e ntered her capital.
Now for the most melancholy part of my tale. So great was t he confusion and so
certain were they in Brussels that the battle was lost, tha t they fled to
Antwerp in thousands; the consequence was that our barrag e which had been sent
there for safety was plundered and destroyed, they say by B elgic troops, but so
it was in our regiment. We had not a second shirt or blanke t to cover us from
very wet weather. Think of a man being wet and dry in the s ame clothes for ten
days; no halting days. We had but one halting day between B russels and Paris,
and, therefore we had no time to write or change our linen . We took position of
the Heights of Montmartre on the 5th of July and Paris th e 6th. Montmartre is a
tremendous place, and from that you have the most magnifice nt view of Paris,
perhaps, that ever was seen anywhere. To-day the Parisian s have hoisted the
white flag, but not in any way unanimously. We have guns pl anted in every
street to give them a brush if they attempt to stir. It' s a great shame they
did not march us through Paris. I certainly think the Frenc h account of the
battle is very good. Excuse all things -- writing on the gr ound -- driven mad
with the business in my department.

James Arnott HOWARD and Elizabeth DOLLING were married on 24 Nov 1815 in Saint Stephens, Saint Albans, Hertford, England. James Howard and James Arnott Howard assumed to be same. Un confirmmed Her reference number is P413. Her reference number is @N531@. James Arnott HOWARD and Elizabeth DOLLING had the following children:

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James HOWARD.