MACK WORTH

Sir Digby , 4 Baronet (eld. son of sir Digby Mack worth, 3 bart. 1766–1838). b. Oxford 13 June 1789; ed. at Westminster; lieut. 7 fusiliers 9 July 1807; carried the colours at Talavera 27 and 28 July 1809; one of lord Hill’s aides de camp; captain 13 light dragoons 31 Dec. 1818 to 23 Oct. 1823 when placed on h.p.; brevet colonel 11 Nov. 1851; K.H. 1832 for his a istance in suppre ing riots in forest of Dean 1830 and at Bristol 1831; succeeded his father as 4 bart. 2 May 1838; sheriff of Mon mouths hire 1843; chief founder of National club, London 1845; contested Derby 1846 and Liverpool 1847. d. Glen Uske, Mon mouths hire 23 Sep. 1852. G.M. xxxviii 524–26 (1852); I.L.N. xxi 282 (1852). Note. —He was in that charge at Albuera 16 May 1811 in which out of the 1500 men composing the 7 and 23 regiments only 150 escaped; the brigade going into action under three colonels and coming out under only one captain and with 3 battalions each commanded by a lieutenant. There was no parallel slaughter of British officers and soldiers during the war.