Luitenant-generaal Hendrik George de Perponcher-Sedlnitsky (1771~1856) Commander of the 2e Nederlandsche Divisie in June 1815
Curriculum Vitae*
In Dutch service:
11 February
1788 - Vaandrig in the Regiment Waalsche Dragonders of Generaal majoor van
Bijlandt
23 March 1792 - Kapitein, commanding a compagnie
1793 - Aide de Camp to Prins Willem George Frederik van Oranje-Nassau (1799)
in the campaign against the French
In Austrian service:
April
1798 - Rittmeister, still as Aide de camp to Prins Willem George Frederik
19
September 1799 - Major
In British
service:
28 January
1800 - Major in the Regiment Jäger of General von Löwenstein
26 January 1804 - Lieutenant-colonel and commander of the Dillon Regiment
at Malta
13 December 1808 - Colonel and commander of the Lusitanian Legion in Portugal
28 June 1809 - Chief of the General Staff of the Corps of Light Infantry
in Zeeland
31 December 1813 - Colonel-adjudant to the sovereign Prins van Oranje (Later
Koning Willem I)
In Netherlands
service:
27 March 1814 - Generaal-majoor
11 April 1814 - Commander of the 1e Brigade of the 1e Divisie of the Mobiele
Corps d'Armée
1 August 1814 - Commander of the 2e Mobiele Brigade of the Corps d'Armée
for the occupation of Belgium
August 1814 - Asked and received his dismission to enter diplomatic service,
appointed as plenipotentiary minister at the Prussian court
4 April 1815 - Recalled into service after Napoleon's return from Elba;
appointed commander of the 2e Divisie of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Mobiele
Armée
21 April 1815 - Luitenant-generaal
Campaigns:
1793 and 1794 - in Flandres (Wervinq)
1800 - in Germany
1801 - in Egypt
1808 - in Portugal
1809 - in Zeeland
1814 - in the Netherlands
1815 - in the Netherlands and France
* up to and including 18 June 1815
Sources:
F. de Bas: Prins Frederik der Nederlanden en zijn tijd, Vol. IV; Schiedam 1904
F. de Bas and J. de T'Serclaes de Wommersom: La Campagne de 1815 aux Pays-Bas, d'après les rapports officiels Néerlandais; Bruxelles 1908
P.C. Molhuysen, P.J. Blok, L. Knappert: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, Vol. V; Leiden 1921