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Colonel Richard Greaves (for some twenty years assistant military secretary to the commander of the forces in Ireland, and afterwards colonel of the
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on 1 November 1803, Vandeleur turned the enemy's left flank and took two thousand prisoners, receiving the thanks of Lord Lake. He was similarly distinguished in
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and Dundas. On 1 January 1798 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the
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Vandeleurs of Kilrush, County Clare: Lineage of the Vandeleurs
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in 1803. Two of his uncle Crofton's sons died during the
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