Capt. Maurice St Leger Farmer + 1817
Capt. Maurice St Leger Farmer , eldest son. of Poplar Hall, co. Kildare, Ireland. Entered the army in Feb 1795; on half pay in1802, obtained his company on 9th July 1803. Capt. of the 47th Regmt. His name is not in the Army list in 1806 in that Regiment. Lord Caledon was his Colonel. "Captain Farmer fell into a dispute with his colonel, Lord Caledon, and in the course of it he drew his sword on his commanding officer. The court-martial which was convened to try him would probably have had him shot were it not for the very general belief that he was insane. So he was simply cashiered and obliged to leave the service and betake himself elsewhere."
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