Charles Dyer Smith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Turner_Smith - mother's wikipedia entry

Baptised on 21 Feb 1773 at All Hallows, Tottenham, Middlesex, England.

https://books.google.com.mt/books?id=CvahAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&... - Charles Dyer Smith, an ensign in the 14th infantry regiment with the Duke of York’s army, lost his leg at the Battle of Dunkirk on 6 September 1793.

https://books.google.com.mt/books?id=GT_IEjzj_44C&pg=PA776&lpg=PA77... (p. 776):

Charles Dyer Smith (chr. 27 Feb 1773 - d. after June 1801), the seventh child born to CS and BS and perhaps the most unfortunate, was baptised at All Hallow’s Church, Tottenham. Enrolled for a short time at Winchester, he left in 1788 for unspecified reasons; CS was to lament that she never had enough money to enrol him at Oxford and spare him the dangers of a military life. She first describes him as a grown man, waiting idly at one for the trustees to provide him with enough money to join the army. He gained the rank of ensign with the 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment by April 1793, in time to join the |European campaign. He probably stormed Famars in May and participated in other fierce fighting throughout the summer. On 6 Sept, at the Siege of Dunkirk, he was one of fifty-six casualties. Only hours after his right leg was amputated, his regiment risked his life to move him to safety. In Oct CS sent his younger brother Lionel to bring him back to England. There CS protested the government’s failure to provide an adequate income for its wounded heroes. She supported his recuperation and lent him her house at Storrington during his early months as a recruiting officer; they quarrelled when his stay cost her money she could ill afford. By Sept 1795 Charles had returned to active duty as a lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Battalionunder General Thomas Trigge in Gibraltar. In 1798 he served as lieutenant of invalids at Berwick near his father in Hamilton, Scotland. His oldest brother William, home from India, visited him; they put BS to great expense entertaining them and Charles’s military friends. In quieter times, Charles’s oldest sister Charlotte Mary visited him too. In Oct 1800 he became paymaster of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot. The position gave him a chance to salt Barbados where he tried to settle some debts on the plantations belonging to his grandfather’s estate. Charles wrote several letters to the earl of Egremont - including what was probably his last …..