Hildebrand Oakes
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Sir Hildebrand Oakes
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Sir Hildebrand Oakes
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| Born | 19 January 1754 Exeter, Devon |
| Died | 9 September 1822 (aged 68) London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 British Army |
| Years of service | 1767–1822 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Malta garrison |
| Battles/wars | American War of Independence Egyptian Campaign |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Oakes was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1767 and served in the American War of Independence under Lord Cornwallis.[1] He became deputy quartermaster-general in Corsica in May 1794, quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in June 1794 and quartermaster-general in Portugal in December 1796.[1] He served in the Egyptian Campaign in 1800 as second-in-command under Sir John Moore.[1] He went on to be brigadier-general at Malta in October 1802, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in November 1804[2] and a commissioner of military inquiry in June 1805.[1] After that he became quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in July 1806, commander of the Malta garrison in March 1808 and Civil Commissioner of Malta in May 1810.[1] He was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance in January 1814 and died in office in that post.[1]
Oakes was also colonel of the 52nd Regiment of Foot.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15752. p. 1367. 6 November 1804.
- ↑ Debrett's Baronetage of England
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Civil Commissioner of Malta 1810–1813 |
Succeeded by Sir Thomas Maitland (Governor) |
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| Preceded by | GOC South-West District 1804–1805 |
Succeeded by John Hope |
| Preceded by | Colonel of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1809–1822 |
Succeeded by Sir George Walker |
| Preceded by | Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance 1814–1822 |
Succeeded by The Lord Beresford |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Hereford) 1813–1822 |
Succeeded by Henry Oakes |
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- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1754 births
- 1822 deaths
- 33rd Regiment of Foot officers
- 52nd Regiment of Foot officers
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- British Army generals
- British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War
- British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- British colonial governors and administrators
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
- Governors and Governors-General of Malta
