In the hold

Hello, my name is..

Sometimes people wonder what names were used in the past. Perhaps their reason is writing a book, creating a historical character, naming the one that they have drawn or mere curiousity. There are the usual lists of: John, Jack, William, Patrick, James... but then there are also those that are almost never used because they are strange or unusual or in modern times used for the females.

Here below I have gathered a list of some, I have found that belong to existing historical figures, although rarely well known, officers of the time when Napoleon had lived and Europe was changing. The list comes from the list of officers of the army and the royal marines. Some of the names, where there are two, may be the ordinary Richard and John, while there must be atleast one, not quite as ordinary to be included in this list. And yes, there were men named Hercules, Ulysses, Octavius, Gustavus, Adolphus and others.

Napier Christie Burton
Mervyn Archdall
John Gustavus Crosbie
John Manners Kerr
Richard Northey Hopkins
Lewis Bayly Wallis
John Sulivan Wood
Gore Browne
Theophilus Lewis
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
Sir Augustine Fitzgerald
Henry Raleigh Knight
Sir Samuel Venables Hinde
Berkenhead Glegg
Sir Colquhuon Grant
Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton
Thomas Birch Reynardson
Godfrey Basil Mundy
William Goodday Strutt
Henry Green Barry
Henry Sheehy Keating
Sebright Mawby
John Montagu Mainwaring
Sir George Pownoll Adams
Overington Blunden
John Nugent Smith
Wiltshire Wilson
Sir Loftus William Otway
Alexander Mark Kerr Hamilton
Brooke Young
Spencer Claudius Perry
Augustus De Butts
Henry Mordaunt Clavering
Launcelot Holland
John Goulston Price Tucker
Benjamin Wynne Ottley
Cavendish Sturt
Bohun Shore
John Drigue Morgan
Leslie Grove Jones
Hon. Edward Pyndar Lygon
Elias Walker Durnford
John Millet Hamerton
Alexander Whalley Light
William Bridges Naynoe
James Kyrle Money
Sackville Hamilton Berkeley
Helier Touzel
Cornelius Mann
Charles Cox Bingham
Ponsonby Watts
Molyneux Marston
John Fox Burgoyne
Thomas Kirwan Burke
Francis Skelly Tidy
Sir Guy Campbell
Sir Charles Felix Smith
Francis Miles Milman
Harry Percival Lewis
Alured Dodsworth Faunce
George Prescott Wingrove
Hon. S. Digby Strangways
Wentworth Serle
John Bacon Harrison
Sir Julius Hartmann
Meyrick Shawe
Henry Adolphus Proctor
Carlo Joseph Doyle
George Home Murray
John Bolcler Parker
Chatham Horace Churchill
Fielding Browne
De Lacy Evans
Leslie Walker
Foster Lechmere Coore
Arthur Helsham Gordon
Kenneth Snodgrass
Sempronius Stretton
Donald MacDonald (only because...it appears the parents had a sense of humour)
Harry Bulteel Harris
Robert Burd Gabriel
Gideon Gorrequer
Thomas Phipps Howard
Richard Seeker Brough
Rober Bryee Fearon
William Lovelace Walton
Mildmay Fane
Henry Hely Hutchinson
John Baskervyll Glegg
James Pattison Cockburn
George Judd Harding
John Ross Wright
Sampson Stawell
Henry Christmas Cash
Barkeley Drummond
William Leader Maberly
Valentine Jones Groeme
John Alcock Clement
John Pasley Dirom
Dugald Campbell
Lovell Benjamin Badcock
Henry Ellis Boats
Hon. Standish O'Grady
James Dunbar Tovey
Thomas Alston Brandreth
Alexander Hope Pattison
Rice Jones
Fountain Elwin
Wm. Mansfield Morrison
Mark Anthony Bozon
Hector Cameron
Loftus Gray
Hamlet Obins
Arthur Hill Dickson
Lonsdale Boldero
Brabazon Disney
Courteney Chambers
Gervas Turbervill
Humphrey Robert Hartley
Howell Harris Prichard
Hamelin Trelawney
Andrew Leith Hay
Hugh Seymour Blane
Lennox Lascelles
Brickman Broadhead
Charley Murray Hay
Edmund Maysay Wigley Greswolde
Everard William Bouverie
James Sholto Douglas
Thomas Bulkley Campbell
George Esdaile Elrington
John Marjoram Close
Ambrose Lane
John Lockhart Gallie
George Jackman Rogers
Eyre Evans Kenny
William Brewse Kersteman
John Falconer Briggs
Cassius Matthew Clanchy
Adam Giffard Downing
Peregrine Francis Thorne
William Medows Hamerton
Digby Mackworth
Stopford Cane
Brook Firman
Carlisle Spedding
Dunlop Digby
Thomas Cox Kirby
Alexander Cavalie Mercer
James Ballard Gardiner
Abiathar Hawkes
Guy Carleton Coffin
James Stokes Bastard
Hardress Rob. Saunderson
Melville Glenie
Pringle Taylor
Henry Dundas Campbell
Nathaniel Day Chrichton
Forbes Champagne
John Whitehill Parsons
James Price Hely
William Hassall Eden
James Price Gwynne Holford
Roger Pomeroy Gilbert
Orlando Felix
Arthur Hill Trevor
Richard Lothian Dickson
Robert Carlile Pollock
Richard Rich Wilford Brett
John Vincy Evans
Sydney John Cotton
Plomer Young
Lachlan MacLaine
Wemyss Thomas Cockburne
George Gustavus Tuite
Sir Francis Bond Head Kt.
Edward French Boys
Pansonby Kelly
Edward Lane Parry
John Napper Jackson
Botel Trydell
Lord George Augustus Hill
Monson Molesworth Madden
Fade Heatly
Augustus Keppel Colley
Sir Francis Geary Gardner
Peter Shadwell Norman
Adam Fife Crawford
James Rvyes Hore
James Winniet Nunn
Patric Doull Calder
Piearce Lowen
Courtenay Cruttenden
Zachary Clutterbuck Bayly
Peter Desprisay Stewart
Robert Franck Romer
Richard Carr Molesworth
Francis Rawdon Chesney
George Brodie Fraser
Poole Vallancey England
Basil Robinson Heron
Provo William Lawlor
Amherst Wright