Catalogue description Robert Henry Dick Collection

This record is held by Black Watch Regimental Museum

Details of BW7
Reference: BW7
Title: Robert Henry Dick Collection
Description:

Commissions and orders of chivalry, Correspondence, Records relating to prize money, Records relating to the death of R.H. Dick, Legal records, Records relating to military, discipline, Financial records, Service records, 42nd Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick MacLeod papers, Enlistment records, 78th Regiment, Maps, Records relating to Highland or Scottish organisations, Service records, R.H. Dick, Army orders, Burgh records, Invitation to the Interment of King George IV, Army regulations, Newspapers, Personal testimonies, Ancestry
Date: c.1800 – 1988, predominant 1802 - 1847
Arrangement:

Catalogue prepared to International Standard of Archival Description (General), 2nd edition.
Held by: Black Watch Regimental Museum, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: A3933, 2012.252, 2014.269, 2014.310-311, 2014.326, 2015.117-119, NRA(S) 267, 276, 361
Creator:

Dick, Sir Robert Henry (1786 – 1846) KCB, KCH
Physical description: 2 boxes
Access conditions:

Open access, by appointment.
Publication note:

Reproduction or publication of records is subject to the written permission of The Black Watch Castle & Museum.
Unpublished finding aids:

Catalogue available on request

Administrative / biographical background:

Robert Henry Dick was born c.1786 in Calcutta, India. His parents were Dr William Dick and Charlotte MacLaren, both from Perthshire, Scotland. In 1818, he married Elizabeth Anne MacNab and they had three children, William, James and Rose.
Dick served in the Peninsular War, distinguishing himself at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. His service is summarised below: Dec 1800 Ensign, 75th Regiment. Apr 1802 Purchased Lieutenancy, 62nd Regiment. Feb 1804 Lieutenant, 42nd Regiment. Apr 1804 Captain, 78th Regiment. Jul 1808 Major, 42nd Regiment. Jun 1815 Lieutenant Colonel, 42nd Regiment. Jan 1837 Major General, 42nd Regiment. Jun 1845 Colonel, 73rd Regiment.
In 1846 he took command of the 3rd Infantry Division in India and was killed in action on 10 Feb 1846 at Sobraon, Punjab. Dick was buried at Ferozepore and is commemorated in a memorial at Dunkeld Cathedral, Tayside.

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