Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler, FRSE

From Wikipedia - Patrick Tytler (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Duff Tytler FRSE Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1760–1849) was an 18th-century Scottish soldier who oversaw Stirling Castle.

Life

He was born in the spring of 1760 in or near Edinburgh the son of William Tytler and his wife, Anne Craig of Costerton.

Trained as a career soldier he joined as an Ensign in the 57th Regiment of Foot and was dispatched to fight in the American War of Independence in 1776 under Lord Cornwallis. He was stationed on Long Island under Sir William Howe. He saw action at the Battle of Brooklyn Wikipedia - Battle of Long Island Tuesday, 27 August 1776 40.666, -73.966. He purchased a lieutenancy and led troops in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse Wikipedia - Battle of Monmouth Sunday, 28 June 1778 40.256341, -74.320899 against Washington in June 1778. His battalion was then placed under overall command of Sir Charles Grey and attacked the village of Topan. During this attack he personally captured Washington's aide-de-camp Captain Randolph. Randolph was later released, and Tytler later encountered him when he, himself, was captured. This led to him having breakfast with George Washington, whom he greatly admired. He also took place in the Battle of Jamestown and at Fort Montgomery.

After the peace of 1782 he transferred to the 56th Regiment at the rank of Major. In 1793 he became aide-de-camp to Sir Ralph Abercrombie and fought with him in the Netherlands campaign. In Flanders he fought in the Battle of Cambray and Battle of Famars Wikipedia - Battle of Famars Thursday, 23 May 1793 50.3161, 3.5200 in May 1793. He was soon after promoted to Colonel in Lord Elgin's Fencibles.

He was Fort Major of Stirling Castle 56.12389, -3.94889 during the Napoleonic Wars until around 1805. In the early 19th century he became Assistant Quarter Master General for Scotland and relocated to Edinburgh. Although his official duties were at Edinburgh Castle he lived off-site with his family firstly at 3 Charlotte Street (off Princes Street, [probably 55.950771 -3.205763]), then at 11 Melville Street [55.9508989 -3.2118021] in Edinburgh's West End.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1814 and resigned in 1836. He was still living at 11 Melville Street.

He died at his son-in-law's estate, Ardona in Clackmannanshire (near Alva) on Wednesday, 14 March 1849 aged 89. He is buried in the grave of his father-in-law, Lord Alva, in St Cuthbert's churchyard at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.

His will is held by the National Archive in Kew.

Family

He was married to Isabella Erskine, daughter of James Erskine, Lord Alva (one of his father's legal colleagues). Their children included Anne, William and Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler. The latter married Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet. Anne married Berkeley Buckingham Stafford (1797–1847) (High Sheriff of Louth in 1828), the father of Sir Edward Stafford (1819–1901), who served three terms as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

He was the younger brother of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee and consequently uncle to Patrick Fraser Tytler and James Fraser Tytler.

Biographical Summary

Tytler, Patrick. Ref: 1532. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: Colonel.
• Profession: Soldier.
• Appointments Held: Fort-Major, Stirling Castle, Assistant Quartermaster General for Scotland.
• Mother: Anne Craig.
• Father: William Tytler of Woodhouselee, FRSE 1711-1792.
• Siblings: Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE 1747-1813.
• Other Family: Father-in-law of Archibald Alison FRSE 1792-1867 and Uncle of William Fraser Tytler FRSE 1777-1853, James Tytler FRSE 1780-1862 and Patrick Fraser Tytler FRSE 1791-1849.
• References: Shapin 460, see under William Tytler of Woodhouselee, Trans Roy Soc Edinb, IV Appendix 17-34.
• Date of Election: 24 January 1814.
• Proposers: Proposers not recorded in minute (Minute 6 December 1813 NLS Acc10,000/4).
• Resigned/Removed/Election Cancelled/Not Admitted: Resigned.
• Date of Resignation: Resigned 1836.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 949 NOTE: link no longer valid

From A Genealogical And Heraldic Dictionary Of The Peerage And Baronetage Of The British Empire by Sir Bernard Burke Published 1869 Page 23

Archibald Alison. D.C.L., F.R.S., an eminent lawyer and historian, author of a standard book on the Criminal Law, and of a very celebrated History of Europe, and other works; was born at Kinley, Salop, Saturday, 29 December 1792. He was created a baronet, Friday, 25 June 1852; he was sheriff of Lanarkshire; he married Monday, 21 March 1825, Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler, youngest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler. late assistant quartermaster-general in Scotland, by his wife, Isabella Erskine, daughter of the Hon. James Erskine, Lord Alva, one of the senators of the College of Justice, a lineal descendant of the families of the Duke of Lennox, a branch of the royal Stuart family and Earls of March and had issue...

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler was second son of William Tytler, Esq. of Woodhouselee, younger brother of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, a senator of the college of justice, and uncle of Patrick Fraser Tytler, the historian of Scotland.

From Scotland's People - Census 1841

6 June 1841 census: 2 people living in Clackmannan, Clackmannan

• Patrick Tytler, male, aged 80 [born about 1761]
• Margaret Tytler, female, aged 50 [born about 1791]

From Monumental Inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh by John Smith Published 1915 Page 12

55. Large Monument divided into three Tablets, centre one of marble.

Shield of Arms with Crest in Arch on Top. ...

Lower Panel in Centre.

Here also lies buried Isabella Clementina Tytler, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Tytler and granddaughter of Lord Alva, who died 16 November 1815, aged 19 years.

Right Tablet.

Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler, third son of William Tytler of Woodhouselee, died Wednesday, 14 March 1849, aged 89 years; Jane Tytler, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel P. Tytler, and spouse of James Erskine of Aberdona, died Wednesday, 10 November 1852, aged 64 years; Margaret Tytler, eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel P. Tytler, born Thursday, 15 December 1785, died Sunday, 1 June 1873.

Left Tablet.

Isabella Erskine, daughter of the Honourable James Erskine, Lord Alva, and spouse of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Tytler, died Wednesday, 19 September 1827, aged 66 years; James Erskine of Aberdona, grandson of Lord Alva, died in Jersey, Wednesday, 21 February 1849, aged 61 years, and is buried in St. Saviour's Churchyard, St. Heliers, Jersey.

From Will of Patrick Tytler, Lieutenant Colonel Assistant Quarter Master General on the North British Staff The National Archives