Thomas Fortye
Major Thomas Fortye (b. c. 1783, Toronto, Ontario – 22 November, Halifax, Nova Scotia) fought in the French Revolutionary War and was injured in the Battle of Mandora. He led various Veteran Battalions, was the Lieuntant Governor of Shetland and eventually settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He married the niece of Sir Colin Campbell.[1] He was a Barrack Master.[2][3][4] He retired to Halifax in April 1834.
Career[edit]
Major Fortye joined the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot during French Revolutionary War. Major Fortye served in Holland (1794),[5] Africa and America; also in Egypt, 1801. He lost his arm in the Battle of Mandora, for which he received a pension.[6]
He then led various Veteran Battalions: 1st Royal Veteran Battalion (by 1805);[7] 6th Royal Veteran Battalion (by April 1807);[8][9] 3rd Royal Veteran Battalion;[10] 7th Royal Veteran Battalion (by 1 Nov. 1819)[11][12][13]
He married Jane Athole Gordon Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, of Melfort, niece of Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)) at Fort George (1808)[99]
He then held the appointments of Barrack-master in Dublin, Guernsey (1820-1835),[14] and Halifax (March 1835 - 1837), Nova Scotia.[15][16][17][18] He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
References[edit]
- ^ The Scots Magazine, Volume 71
- ^ "Belcher's farmer's almanack for the year of Our Lord 1837 [microform] : Being the first after bissextile, or leap year, calculated for the meridian of Halifax, but will serve for any part of the province, containing every thing necessary for an almanack, and a great variety of other matters". Halifax, N.S.? : s.n. 1837.
- ^ "Major Thomas FORTYE b. Abt 1783 Toronto, ON, CAN d. 1837 Halifax, NS, CAN: Shetland Family History".
- ^ Britain, Great (1834). "The London Gazette".
- ^ p. 73
- ^ p. 77
- ^ British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: Royal Veteran, Reserve, and Garrison Battalions By Steve Brown
- ^ RIMI, p. 382
- ^ RCMI Test, p. 36
- ^ London Gazette, p. 2086
- ^ Acadian Recorder
- ^ "A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines". 1821.
- ^ Before 1806, enlistment was for life: it was ended only by being killed or by being so broken and worn out that the soldier became a Chelsea Pensioner, either at the Royal Hospital or as an out-pensioner living at home. Between 1804 and 1820, 13 royal garrison battalions were raised, taking into service army pensioners and invalids. They enabled the more able-bodied soldiers to do the fighting.
- ^ "Estimate and Accounts". 1821.
- ^ The United Service Journal, Part 1, March 1835, p. 424
- ^ "A Memorial history of the Campbells of Melfort, Argyllshire : Which includes records of the different highland and other families with whom they have intermarried". 1882.
- ^ Family Tree
- ^ "The Quebec almanack, and British American royal kalendar". Quebec, Printed and sold by S. Neilson. 1780.