Francis D'Oyly (senior)

Lieutenant-General Francis D'Oyly (c.1750–1803) was a British Army officer.

He was a younger son of Thomas D'Oyly.

He purchased a lieutenancy on 10 April 1775.^[1] He received a commission as captain (regimental rank) and lieutenant colonel (army rank) in the First Regiment of Foot Guards on 27 April 1780^[2] and received command of a company on 9 May.^[3] On 22 November 1790, he was promoted to colonel (army rank).^[4]

D'Oyly was lightly wounded at the Battle of Lincelles, and served with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in Flanders from 1794 to 1795. He was promoted to major general on 3 October 1794.^[5][6] Promoted from second to first major of the regiment on 3 October 1797,^[7] he was then appointed the regimental lieutenant colonel on 11 October.^[8] He served as a brigade commander in the 1799 Anglo-Russian expedition to the Netherlands.^[9] He became colonel commandant of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Regiment of Foot on 18 November 1799.^[10] D'Oyly was promoted to lieutenant general on 1 January 1801.^[11] He went on half-pay in 1802, when the 2nd Battalion was disbanded, and was appointed colonel of the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot on 25 February 1803.^[12]

References

1. The London Gazette: no. 11552. p. 2. 11 April 1775.
2. List of Officers of the Army and Marines, War Office, 1 January 1791
3. The London Gazette: no. 12081. p. 1. 6 May 1780.
4. The London Gazette: no. 13258. p. 705. 20 November 1790.
5. List of Officers of the Army and Marines, War Office, 1 January 1798
6. The London Gazette: no. 13710. p. 1011. 4 October 1794.
7. The London Gazette: no. 14050. p. 948. 30 September 1797.
8. The London Gazette: no. 14059. p. 1023. 24 October 1797.
9. British Minor Expeditions, 1746 to 1814. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1884
10. List of Officers of the Army and Marines, War Office, February 1800
11. The London Gazette: no. 15326. p. 37. 6 January 1801.
12. The London Gazette: no. 15562. p. 218. 26 February 1803.