James Dunlop of Dunlop
| Lieutenant General James Wallace Dunlop 21st of that ilk |
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| Born |
19 June 1759 East Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 30 March 1832 (aged 72) Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit |
82nd Foot 80th Foot 77th Foot 59th Foot |
| Battles/wars |
American Revolutionary War Third Anglo-Mysore War Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Peninsular War |
Lieutenant General James Wallace Dunlop 21st of that ilk (19 June 1759 – 30 March 1832) was a Scottish Laird and British military officer who distinguished himself in India and the Napoleonic Wars. Dunlop led the left column at the Battle of Seringapatam and commanded the 5th Division at Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro. The Duke of Wellington regarded his retirement from the military as "...a real loss" though Dunlop subsequently went on to have a successful career in politics.
James Wallace Dunlop was born on 19 June 1759, the fifth son of John Dunlop of Dunlop, Ayrshire and Frances Anna Dunlop (née Wallace), the daughter of Sir Thomas Wallace of Cragie. In 1784 he became the 21st Dunlop when his father transferred the estates to him. He married Julia Baille, the daughter of a Monkton landowner, on 20 July 1802. They had five children, three sons and two daughters. Dunlop died at his family home Newfield, Southwick, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 30 March 1832.
On 16 December 1777, James Dunlop enlisted as an Ensign in the newly established 82nd Foot, a regiment raised from the Duke of Hamilton’s estates in the Lowlands, for service in the American Revolutionary Wars. He was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1778 and was immediately dispatched to Nova Scotia.
Dunlop and his regiment were sent to reinforce the British garrison in New York in the beginning of 1779, but their transport vessel was wrecked off the coast of New Jersey and the few survivors, of which Dunlop was one, were all captured. He was later released in exchange for American prisoners, and joined the 80th Regiment of Foot which was then sent to Virginia. In April 1781 Dunlop was dispatched to Charleston with news of the seizure of Chesapeake Estuary, before joining a detachment charged with holding Cape Fear. Following the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Dunlop commanded mounted troops, covering the garrison's withdrawal from Wilmington. Thereafter he rejoined the 82nd and served on the Halifax Station, where he was promoted to captain on 6 May 1782.
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