BECK WITH

John Charles ( eld. child of John Beck with of Halifax, Nova Scotia ). b. Halifax 2 Oct. 1789; ensign 50 Foot 1803, exchanged into 95 Foot 1804, captain 1808 to 20 Jany. 1820 when placed on h.p.; served in Hanover, Denmark and Sweden, and in the Peninsula 1809–14; lost his left leg at Waterloo where 4 horses were killed under him 18 June 1815; C.B. 22 June 1815, M.G. 9 Nov. 1846; visited the Vaudois valleys Piedmont Oct. 1827 and 5 succeeding years, lived at St. Jean 1834–39 and at La Tour 1841–51, established 120 schools in the Vaudois valleys all of which he frequently inspected; knight of Sard in i an order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus 15 Dec. 1848. ( m. 20 June 1850 Caroline Volle of the Vaudois). d. La Tour 19 July 1862. bur. in the cemetery of Tour Pellice. General Beck with, his life and labours among the Waldenses of Piedmont by J. P. Meille 1873.