Note 1 — REGIMENTAL LISTS.

Youngest son of Capt. John Gardiner (3rd Buffs), and brother of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, Col.-in-Chf. 61st Regt. Bn. 2nd May, 1781. Joined the R.A. 7th April, 1797. In Oct. of same year was sent to Gibraltar, then partially blockaded by the French fleet. In Nov., 1798, was present at the capture of Minorca. Served under Lord Cathcart, in North Germany, in 1805, and in the Pa., and was made bt. maj. for his services in the trenches before Badajoz. Commanded a field battery at Salamanca, and at the capture of Madrid. At the siege of Burgos he volunteered with several of his men for the trenches. Was soon after appointed to the command of a troop of Horse Artillery, with which he served until the conclusion of the war. K.C.B. “His troop was most severely pressed in covering the left of the army on the retreat from Quatre Bras on the 17th, and took part in the great battle of the 18th June.” Appointed principal equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, on the latter’s marriage with Princess Charlotte. A.D.C. to George IV., William IV., and her late Majesty Queen Victoria. In 1848 was appointed Gov. and Col.-in-Chf. of Gibraltar. G.C.B. K.St.A. and Grand Cross of Charles III. of Spain. D. as gen. and col.-comdt. R.A. at Claremont, 26th June, 1864. He m., in 1816, Caroline, eldest dau. of Lt.-Gen. Sir John MacLeod, and had issue.