Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Gardiner, General Sir Robert William
Gardiner, General Sir Robert William, g.c.b., created D.C.L. 29 Oct., 1819, chief equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg (after King of the Belgians), colonel-commandant royal artillery; joined royal artillery 1797, at the capture of Minorca, captain 1804, aide-de-camp to Sir John Moore in Portugal 1807, where he was brigade-major in 1808; silver war medal for Roleia, Vimiera and Corunna; brigade-major also with the army of the Scheldt; at the capture of Flushing; at battles of Barossa, Badajoz, Salamanca, and capture of Madrid, at the battle of Vittoria, etc.; gold cross and 2 clasps, K.C.B. 1814; at Quartre Bras, Waterloo, and the occupation of Paris; medal and clasp; military aide-de-camp to George IV., William IV., and to the Queen; governor and commander-in-chief Gibraltar 1848-55, G.C.B. 1855, K.C.H. etc. (2nd son Capt. John Gardiner, 3rd buffs), died 26 June, 1864, aged 83.