Family and Education
b. 13 Apr. 1768, o.s. of John Bloomfield of Newport, co. Tipperary by Charlotte, da. of Samuel Waller of Newport.CP gives date of birth as 13 Apr. 1762 and mother’s name as Anne Waller. But see Mem. of Lord Bloomfield ed. Lady Bloomfield, i. 1, 17, Gent. Mag. (1846), ii. 422 and Burke PB (1930) (Waller of Newport). educ. R.M.A. Woolwich 1779. m. 7 Sept. 1797, Harriott, da. of John Douglas of Grantham, Lincs., 1s. 3da. KCH 1815; Kntd. 11 Dec. 1815; GCH 1819; GCB 1 Apr. 1822; cr. Baron Bloomfield [I] 14 May 1825.
Offices Held
2nd lt. RA 1781, 1st lt. 1787, capt.-lt. and capt. 1794, capt. 1799, brevet maj. 1805; maj. RA 1806, lt.-col. 1806 – 14; a.d.c. to the Prince Regent Feb. 1811–14; brevet col. 1812, maj.-gen. 1814; col. commdt. RA 1823 – d., lt.-gen. 1830.
Gent. attendant to the Prince of Wales 1808 – 12; clerk marshal and chief equerry 1812 – 17; auditor and sec., duchy of Cornwall 1816 – 17; keeper of the privy purse and private sec. to the Prince Regent 1817 – 22; PC 15 July 1817; ranger, Hampton Court Park 1820 – 22; gov. Fort Charles, Jamaica 1822; envoy to Sweden 1823–33.
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Commons 1790-1820
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BLOOMFIELD, Benjamin (1768-1846)
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