Lyuedoch

Lyuedoch, THOMAS GRAHAM, LORD, British general, was the son of the laird of Balgowan in Perthshire, and was born on 19th October 1748. He raised in 1793 the 90th regiment of foot, and with it served at Quibéron and Isle Dieu. He distinguished himself at the capture of Minorca (1798), conducted the siege of Valetta (Malta), which capitulated (1800) just after he was superseded in the command, took part in the retreat to Corunna and in the Walcheren expedition (1809), at Barrosa, near Cadiz, gained a splendid victory over the French (1811), and then under Wellington distinguished himself at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), was present at Badajoz and Salamanca, commanded the left wing at Vittoria (1813), captured Tolosa and St Sebastian, and, lastly, commanded a body of troops in Holland, with which he defeated the enemy at Merxem, but failed in an ill-advised attempt to storm Bergen-op-Zoom (1814). Three months later he was created Baron Lyuedoch of Balgowan, and in 1821 was promoted to the rank of general. He was the founder of the Senior United Service Club in 1817. He died in London, 18th December 1843. See Lives by J. M. Graham (2d ed. 1877) and A. M. Delavoye (1880).