Samuel Robert Wesley
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Robert Wesley
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| birth_date ={{circa|1791}}
| birth_place =Lismote Castle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland1871 England Census
| death_date =5 January 1877
| death_place =Woolwich, London
| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = 23px Royal Marines
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| rank = Lieutenant-General
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| commands = Royal Marines
| battles =First Carlist War
Crimean War
| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Robert Wesley {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB}} ({{circa|1791}} – 5 January 1877) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
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.{{cite book |last1=Walford |first1=Edward |title=The County Families of the United Kingdom |date=1871 |publisher=Robert Hardwicke |page=[https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof06walf/page/1015 1015] |url=https://archive.org/details/countyfamiliesof06walf |quote=Lis Mote Castle. |accessdate=8 June 2019 |language=en}}
Military career
Wesley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery.{{cite web|url= http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Annual_Register_1878_1000443258/529|title=Annual Register|year=1878|access-date=20 May 2016}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}} He saw action in Spain during the First Carlist War before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces.{{London Gazette|issue=21262|page=2970|date=11 November 1851}} He became Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in December 1854{{London Gazette|issue=21643|page=4183|date=13 December 1854}} and directed the involvement of the Royal Marines during the Crimean War before retiring in January 1862.{{London Gazette|issue=22587|page=92|date=7 January 1862}}
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Category:Military personnel from County Limerick
Category:Royal Marines lieutenant generals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Military personnel of the First Carlist War