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Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Unett CB

Thomas Unett's Military Promotions
Ensign 27 Sept 1821
Lieut. 22 July 1824
Capt. 6 July 1826
Brev. Major 23 Nov. 1841
Brev. Lieut.-Col.11 Nov. 1851
Major 15 Feb. 1853
Lieut.-Col. 9 Mar. 1855

London Gazette Entries 1821-1855

13 November 1821 Issue:17764 p.2233
Thomas Unett, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Copland. Dated 27th September 1821.

16 March 1822 Issue:17799 p.442
7th [Regiment of Dragoon Guards], Cornet Thomas Unett, from half-pay 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Peter Wright, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dated 7th March 1822.

30 June 1829 Issue:18589 p.1213
7th Dragoon Guards, Captain Archibald Wyndham Bishop, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Thomas Unett, who retires upon half-pay, receiving the difference. Dated 14th May 1829.

25 January 1831 Issue:18770 p.146
67th Foot, Captain Thomas Unett, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice Herbert Henry Vaughan, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dated 25th January 1831.

17 August 1841 Issue:20008 p.2103
67th Foot, Captain Charles Birch Vane from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Thomas Unett, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dated 17th August 1841.

14 February 1845 Issue:20443 p.453
19th Foot, Captain Thomas Unett, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice William Bernard, who exchanges, receiving the difference. Dated 14th February 1845.

14 February 1845 Issue:20443 p.454
BREVET.
Captain Thomas Unett, of 19th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Dated 23d November 1841.

11 November 1851 Issue:21262 p.2968
To be LIEUTENANT-COLONEL in the Army
Thomas Unett, 19th Foot

15 February 1853 Issue:21411 p.408
19th Foot, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Unett to be Major, by purchase, vice Calley, who retires. Dated 15th February, 1853.

9 March 1855 Issue:21674 p.1005
19th Foot, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Unett to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Dated 9th March, 1855.

10 July 1855 Issue:21743 p.2654
To be COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Unett, 19th Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Sanders, 19th Regiment

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Family History

Thomas Unett's father John Wilkes Unett was born in The Woodlands, Harborne, Staffordshire, England. He was christened on 11 Jun 1770 in Saint Mary, Stafford, Staffordshire,England. He died on 12 Nov 1856 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England.
John married Elizabeth Unett daughter of Thomas Unett on 6 Apr 1795 in Stone, Staffordshire, England. Elizabeth was christened on 18 Nov 1770 in Stone, Staffordshire, England.
They had the following children:

  1. F Mary Unett was born on 18 Jan 1796. She died on 18 Jan 1796.
  2. M William Unett was born on 17 Nov 1797. He died on 25 May 1798. He was buried in Stone, Staffordshire, England.
  3. M John Unett was born on 2 Apr 1799 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.
  4. M Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Unett. [see below]
  5. M Richard Unett was born on 30 Jan 1803 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.
  6. F Elizabeth Unett was born on 9 Apr 1805 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. She died about Jun 1805 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. She was buried in Stone, Staffordshire, England.
  7. M James Robinson Unett was born on 23 Apr 1806 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.
  8. M George Unett Esq. was born on 21 Jun 1809 in The Woodlands, Harborne, Staffordshire, England.
  9. M Walter Unett Capt. Lt Dragoon was born in 1811 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England.
  10. F Letitia Unett was born in 1813 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. Letitia married Lodge Morres Murray Prior Esq of 12th lancr.

Thomas Unett was born on 12 Nov 1800 in The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England. He was christened on 10 Aug 1801 in Saint Phillips, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. He died on 8 Sep 1855 in Siege of Sebastopol, Crimea. He is buried at St Oswalds Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England.
Thomas married Mary Anne Ditmas daughter of Ditmas Capt. on 21 Dec 1830 in Saint John and Saint Martin, Beverley, Yorkshire, England.
They had the following children:

  1. M Alexander Fraser Unett was born on 16 Dec 1831 in Saint John and Saint Martin, Beverley, Yorkshire, England. He was christened on 28 Jan 1832 in Saint John and Saint Martin, Beverley, Yorkshire, England.

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