Gustavus Brown - The Napoleon Series

Peninsular Gold Cross for Salamaca,Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive commanding his batallion
Portuguese Military Order St.Bento D'Aviz Portugal
Military Order of the Tower and Sword
Portugal
Companion of the Bath, 16 September 1815 UK
Imperial Ordem do Cruzeiro, 1828
Brazil
Order of the Southern Cross
Brazil
Date
Whereabouts
Age Remarks
25-12-1775
Arneburg
Superior
Immediate
0 Birth; Mother: Johanna Christiana Großmann (unmarried)
01-01-1776 Arneburg, St. GeorgEmployer
Commander
Superviser
Unit
Function
Rank
0 luth. christening, name: Gustav Heinrich Gottlieb Braun
01-01-1786
Dresden?
SaxonianArmy
?
?
Kadettenkorps Sachsen ? Student
Kadett
10 to be confirmed by specific archive
01-11-1794
Flanders
British Army Prince Frederick, DukeLewis
of York
MosheimLowenstein's
and Albany
chasseurs
Officer
Fähnrich/Ensign
19 Entry British Army service; Name: Gustavus Brown or Braun
01-06-1795
St. Lucia
British Army Sir Ralph AbercrombyLewis MosheimLowenstein's chasseurs
Officer
2nd Lieutenant?
19 Battle of Rabot
01-11-1796
Grenada
British Army Sir Ralph AbercrombyLewis MosheimLowenstein's chasseurs
Officer
Lieutenant ?
21 Fedon's Rebellion
02-05-1797
Puerto Rico
British Army Sir Ralph AbercrombyLewis MosheimLowenstein's chasseurs
Officer
Lieutenant ?
21 Battle of San Juan
30-12-1797 Cowes, Isle of Wight,
British
UK Army Prince Frederick, Duke Francis
of Yorkdeand
Rottenburg60th
Albany
Foot
Officer
Captain
22 Promotion
20-08-1799
Surinam
British Army Sir Ralph Abercromby Francis de Rottenburg60th Foot
Officer
Captain
24 Colonial Expeditions - West Indies - Surinam
01-06-1802 Kingston, Jamaica British Army Prince Frederick, Duke Robert
of YorkBrownrigg
and Albany 60th Foot
Officer
Captain
26
with Janet Smellie *1782, a freed quadroon
01-06-1803 Kingston, Up Park Camp
British Army Prince Frederick, Duke Robert
of YorkBrownrigg
and Albany 60th Foot
Officer
Captain
27 * Henry Brown
08-10-1804 Kingston, Up Park Camp
British Army Prince Frederick, Duke Robert
of YorkBrownrigg
and Albany 60th Foot
Officer
Captain
29 * Lewis Brown
03-02-1809 Kingston, Up Park Camp
British Army Prince Frederick, Duke Napier
of YorkChistie
and Albany
Burton60th Foot
Officer
Major
33 * William Gustavus Brown
21-04-1810 Porto, Portugal Brit/Port Army Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke
George
of Wellington
Henry Zuhlcke,
2nd Caçadores
Lt.Colonel
Officer
Major
34 Portuguese Army
25-07-1810
Portugal
Brit/Port Army William Beresford, 1st Viscount
Francis deBeresford
Rottenburg60th Foot
Officer
bt. Major
35 Promotion
27-09-1810
Buçaco
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford
?
60th Foot
BattalionCom
bt. Major
35 Battle of Buçaco
03-11-1810 Torres Vedras PortuguiseArmy Wellington/Beresford Francis Colman
7th Line
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
35 Promotion
06-06-1811
Portugal
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford Luiz de Castro, Conde
9th de
Caçadores
Rezende, Brigadier
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
35 Portuguese Army
27-06-1812
Salamanca
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford Francis de Rottenburg60th Foot
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
37 Siege of Salamanca
22-07-1812
Salamanca
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford Luiz de Castro, Conde
9th de
Caçadores
Rezende, Brigadier
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
37 Battle of Salamaca
17-08-1812
Spain
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford Luiz de Castro, Conde
9th de
Caçadores
Rezende, Brigadier
BattalionCom
bt.Lt.Colonel
37 Promotion
29-11-1812
Burgos
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford Luiz de Castro, Conde
9th de
Caçadores
Rezende, Brigadier
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
37 Battle of Burgos
01-09-1813
Pyrenees
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford George Madden, Brigadier
9th Caçadores
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
38 Battle of the Pyrenees
01-11-1813
Nivelle
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford James Douglas, Brigadier
9th Caçadores
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
38 Battle of Nivelle
09-12-1813 Nive/Bayonne
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford James Douglas, Brigadier
9th Caçadores
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
38 Battles of Nive/Bayonne
13-12-1813
Nive
Brit/Port Army Wellington/Beresford James Douglas, Brigadier
9th Caçadores
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
38 Severely Wounded; Mentioned in Despaches of Beresford
03-08-1816 Kingston,Jamaica Brit/Port Army
?
?
?
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
41 * Maria Yates Brown
25-12-1816
London
Brit/Port Army
?
?
?
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
41 Half Pay on birthday
10-11-1818 Aachen, GermanyBrit/Port Army
?
?
?
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
43 nobility patent 'von'; Name:Gustav Heinrich Gottlieb von Braun
06-09-1823 London, Old Church,
PortugueseArmy
Saint Pancras
?
?
?
BattalionCom Marechal de Campo 48
Jane Charlotte, née Cuff-Gore, * Cowes, UK, 15 Sep. 1802
23-12-1823
Derbyshire
British Army
?
?
95th Foot
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
48 newly raised regiment
11-04-1824
Gosport
PortugueseArmy
?
?
?
BattalionCom Marechal de Campo 48 * Arthur Gustav Brown
07-07-1825
UK
PortugueseArmy
?
?
95th Foot
BattalionCom
Lt.Colonel
50 sale of BritishArmy commission; retained rank as Lt.Colonel in army lists
06-12-1825
Feltham
PortugueseArmy
?
?
?
BattalionCom Marechal de Campo 50 * Eugene Charles Christopher Brown
12-05-1826
London
Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Felisberto Caldeira Brant, Marquêz de Barbacena
Adviser
Marechal de Campo 50 contract equiv. Brigadier-General; Name: Gustavo Henrique Brown
01-06-1826 London, St. James, Brazil.Army
Westminster Pedro I of.Brazil
Brant
Southern Army
Southern ArmyMarechal de Campo 50 christening Eugene Charles Christopher Brown
14-06-1826 London, Departure Brazil.Army
for Rio de Janeiro
Pedro I of.Brazil
Brant
Southern Army
Marechal de Campo 50 with wife & 3 children: Maria Yates, Arthur Gustav and Eugene
08-09-1826 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Brant
Southern Army
Marechal de Campo 51 † Eugene Charles Christopher Brown
25-11-1826 Rio de Janeiro, departure
Brazil.Army
for PortoPedro
Alegre,
I of.Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul Brant
Southern Army
Chefe do Estado
Marechal de Campo 51 travel to Rio Grande do Sul on the ship 'Duquesa de Goiás'
20-02-1827 Passo do Rosário (Ituzaingó)
Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Brant
Southern Army
Maior
Marechal de Campo 51 Battle betw. Imperial Brazil and Republican Argentina
26-06-1827 São José do Norte Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Brant
Southern Army
Interim Command
Marechal
of Southern
de Campo
Army 52 Brant entrusting G.H.Brown interim command of the Southern Army
22-01-1828 Vila do Rio GrandeBrazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Frederico Lecor, Visconde
SoutherndeArmy
Laguna Chefe do Estado
Marechal de Campo 52 end of interim command
15-04-1828 Arroio das Canhas Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Lecor
Southern Army
Maior
Marechal de Campo 52 Battle frustrating Lavalleja's plan to occupy parts of Rio Grande do Sul
25-08-1828 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Lecor
Southern Army
on leave preparing
Marechal
for Court
de Campo
Martial 53 Court Martial
12-08-1829 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Lecor
Southern Army
Marechal de Campo 54 Discharge from Accusations
20-01-1830 Porto Alegre RS Brazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Lecor
Southern Army
Governador das Armas
54para
Lieutenant-General
o Rio Grande do Sul
19-06-1830 Vila do Rio GrandeBrazil.Army Pedro I of.Brazil
Lecor
Southern Army
Governador das Armas
54para
* Leopold
o Rio Grande
Adolf do
Brown
Sul
11-01-1831 Rio de Janeiro
forced to retire Governador das Armas
55para
Separation
o Rio Grande
from do
Imp.Brazil.Army
Sul
without pay for being a foreigner
02-04-1832 Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
56 * Alfred Charles Brown
15-12-1834 Groß Beuchow
59 * Ralph Abercrombie v. Braun (Brown)
07-01-1836 Groß Beuchow
60 * Maximilian Albert v. Braun (Brown)
18-10-1837 Lübbenau Spreewald
62 * Adolf Octavius v. Braun (Brown)
03-10-1843
Dresden
68 * Konstantin James Ernest Albert v. Braun
08-09-1851
Dresden
Pedro II of Brazil
reinstated Marechal de Campo
76 Braz.Govt: Restitution as Marechal de Campo
28-05-1859
Dresden
Marechal de Campo 83 Death, Burial, Archive of Documents
31-05-1859 Dresden, Trinitatis-Friedhof
Braz.Govt.: Half Pension for the widow Jane Charlotte v. Braun
08-05-1865
Dresden
Military Career and Family Events of
file prepared by
Christian Strutz
(one of Gustav's great-great grandsons)
Names:
Gustav Heinrich Gottlieb Braun
1775 - 1793
Gustavus Brown(e) or Braun
1794 - 1826
Gustavo Henrique Brown
1826 - 1831
Gustav Heinrich Gottlieb von Braun1818 - 1859
UK