I have compiled a set of notes for Napoleon on St Helena. This list comprises historical figures, subjects and events that I found useful in developing my understanding of The Atlantic World of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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There are currently 5 names in this directory beginning with the letter L.
Lascelles
Major, Edmund, 66th Foot. Commanded the Regiment 1817-1818. Left St Helena in 1818. Died 1851.
Liniers
Santiago (1753-1810). A French officer who was appointed to the Spanish forces in South America. Liniers was responsible for the troops defending Buenos Aires during the two attacks by the British in 1806 and 1807. He rallied the local forces and defeated the invasions. Afterwards he participated in the up-risings against Spanish rule that occurred after the Spanish King had allied himself with the French and was appointed Viceroy but resisted the rule of the Cabildo in the revolution of the 10th May 1810. He was accused of being a French sympathiser and executed by the ruling Junta.
London Corresponding Society
Founded 1792 as a radical society to promote universal suffrage in the era of the European Enlightenment and the American and French revolutions. Outlawed by Parliament in 1799 which feared a ‘Jacobin Uprising’ its members were put on trial using the provisions of the Aliens Act. Members were small tradesmen, for example, shoemakers, weavers and tailors with branches in Manchester, Sheffield and Stockport.
Lowe
Sir Hudson. 1769-1844. Governor of St Helena August 1815 - July 1821. Served with the 50th Regiment in the capture of Corsica and raised a regiment of irregulars, the Royal Corsican rangers who fought on the side of the Allies. Present at the Battle of Leipzig in 1814 and with Blucher at Waterloo in 1815. He met with Napoleon on St Helena six times in five years while they co-habited the island. Wellington thought him ‘a stupid man, suspicious ands jealous.’ After Napoleon’s death he was recalled to England before being appointed to Antigua and Ceylon. He died at Chelsea.
