Army Career
After Howe’s retirement in 1805, Lieutenant Halifax was transferred to the staff of Francis, Lord Rawdon, in Scotland. Rawdon immediately assigned Halifax to a garrisoned company of the 92nd regiment. Considering Halifax’s unusual strain of loyalty to his commanders (it is fair to say that Halifax was loyal to a fault to a number of his superiors), it is odd that he remained very hostile to Rawdon. Part of this may have been due to Rawdon’s liberalism clashing with Halifax’s essentially Tory views. But this animosity ensured that Halifax would be kept out of the Napoleonic Wars, despite numerous letters that Halifax apparently sent demanding transfers to the Continent.
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