Talk:Duchess of Richmond's ball

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[edit] Dumaresq

I have reverted the change for this line:

Capt. Dumaresq., A.D.C. to Gen. Sir John Byng (Wounded in the chest by a musket ball, delivering a despatch to Wellington. d. 1836)

back to

Capt. Dumaresq., A.D.C. to Gen. Sir John Byng (Died of Wounds)

The reason for this was a Google around the internet. I found this page "Dumaresq, Henry (1792 - 1838)" which is the person who is being referred to in the edit I reversed. But how do we know he was a captain and ADC in 1815 if in 1818 he had jumped several ranks to lieutenant-colonel in 1818. It may be the same person but I think it needs a third party source if we are going to change the information in the list which is based on a source. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 14:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

One other point this is the only name in the source I used that has ".," so it is possible that this is a mistype and should be "Capt. Dumar Esq.," probably not it is more likely that the dot is superfluous or has some other significance, but I think we need a third party source to change this line. --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 14:41, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

OK I've found a source that confirms Henry as ADC to John Byng (The Gentleman's Magazine July 1838 page 443). Philip Baird Shearer (talk 14:49, 26 November 2007 (UTC)