Robert Wesley

Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley KCB (c. 1791 – 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Wesley KCB
Born	c. 1791 Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland[1]
Died	5 January 1877 Woolwich, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Marines
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands	Royal Marines
Battles / wars	First Carlist War Crimean War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Early life

Wesley was the son Robert Wesley and Ellen Butt of Lismoat or Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, where he was born around 1791.^[2]

Military career

Wesley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery.^[3] He saw action in Spain during the First Carlist War^[3] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces.^[4] He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in December 1854^[5] and directed the involvement of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War before retiring in January 1862.^[6]