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The General Officers’ large gold medal and other insignia awarded to Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Nightingall, K.C.B., later Colonel of the 49th Foot and Commander-in-Chief successively in both Java and Bombay, who fought under Lord Lake at Laswaree in 1803 and was wounded at Fuentes D’Onor in 1811 when in command of the 1st Division (a) General Officer’s Gold Medal 1808-14, for Roleia & Vimiera 1808 (Brigr. General Miles Nightingall) complete with original large suspension ring and length of original ribbon (b) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, a most unusual K.C.B. (Military) metal and sequin star, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse with silver pin for wearing (c) The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, K.C.B. Stall Plate (Sir Miles Nightingall, Lieutenant General in the Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the 69th (or South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. Nominated a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath 2nd January 1815) (d) Pitt Club badge, silver-gilt, the obverse cameo bust of Pitt polished off (Lieutt. Genl. Sir Miles Nightingale (sic), K.C.B., M.P.) generally good very fine (4) £20000-25000 Footnote Miles Nightingall was born on Christmas Day in 1768, and entered the Army as an Ensign in the 52nd Foot on 4 April 1787. He joined the regiment at Madras in July 1788, and served with the Grenadier Company at the capture of Dindigul, and the siege of Palicatcherry in 1790. He was afterwards Brigade Major of the 1st Brigade of Lord Cornwallis’s army, composed of the 36th, 52nd, and 76th regiments, during the whole of the Mysore War, including the siege of Bangalore, the capture of the hill-forts of Severndroog and Ostradroog, and the operations before Seringapatam which ended with peace being signed the following March. In August 1793, he was present at the siege and capture of Pondicherry, where his knowledge of French led to his appointment once again as Brigade Major to the same Brigade, and, after the siege, as Town Major. Having been promoted to a Company in the 125th Foot in September 1794, he returned home, where he was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Cornwallis, then commanding the eastern district. He soon obtained a Majority in the 121st Foot, was appointed Brigade Major in the eastern district, and purchased a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 119th Foot. Not wishing to remain on home service, Nightingall volunteered for the West Indies, and was placed in command of the old 92nd, with which he was present at the capture of Trinidad in 1797. He was extra aide-de-camp to Sir Ralph Abercromby at Porto Rico, and was afterwards made inspector of foreign corps, which appointment he resigned on account of ill-health.He returned home in October 1797, was transferred as Lieutenant-Colonel to the 38th Foot, and went to San Domingo in December as Adjutant-General with Brigadier-General Maitland. He arranged the evacuation of Port-au-Prince with Mons. Herier, the agent of Toussaint l’Ouverture, and was sent home with despatches. Cornwallis, then Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, asked that Nightingall be sent over to command one of the battalions of light companies under Major-General (afterwards Sir) John Moore In Ireland he became aide-de-camp to Cornwallis and commanded the 4th Battalion of Light Infantry. Early in 1799 he was again employed on a particular service with Major-General Maitland, and sailed with him in the Camilla, man of war, on a mission to America, Jamaica, and St Domingo, and returning to England in July, having successfully accomplished the objective of H.M. Government’s business, was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General of the forces encamped on Barham Down, near Canterbury, which he accompanied in the expedition to the Helser in September 1799. He was present in the actions of the 19th September and 2nd October, but had to return home through ill-health. In January 1800 he was Deputy Adjutant-General to General Maitland in the expedition to Quiberon Bay, and subsequently brought ho