Hildebrand Oakes

Sir Hildebrand Oakes

Sir Hildebrand Oakes
Born 19 January 1754
Exeter, Devon
Died 9 September 1822 (1822-09-10) (aged 68)
London
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15752. p. 1367. 6 November 1804.
  3. ↑ Debrett's Baronetage of England
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Alexander Ball		 Civil Commissioner of Malta
1810–1813 		Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Maitland
(Governor)
Military offices
Preceded by
John Whitelocke		 GOC South-West District
1804–1805 		Succeeded by
John Hope
Preceded by
Sir John Moore		 Colonel of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1809–1822 		Succeeded by
Sir George Walker
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Trigge		 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
Sir Henry Oakes
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