1. Frederick Adam was the fourth son of William Adam of Blair Adam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone.
13 Facts About Frederick Adam
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Frederick Adam was later a Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, who built Mon Repos, Corfu and other important landmarks in that Protectorate.
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Frederick Adam was born at the family home of Blairadam House, just north of Kelty in Fife.
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At the age of fourteen in 1795, Frederick Adam entered the British Army.
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Frederick Adam trained at the artillery school at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
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Frederick Adam took part in the campaigns in the Netherlands and Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby, he was promoted to the rank of major in 1803 and a lieutenant colonel in 1804.
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On 12 April 1813, while commanding the Light Brigade in John Murray's expeditionary force, Adam led a brilliant rearguard action against the corps of Marshal Louis-Gabriel Suchet at Biar.
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Frederick Adam was wounded again in an action at Ordal on 13 September 1813.
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On 18 June 1815, Frederick Adam commanded the 3rd British Brigade in Henry Clinton's 2nd Division at the Battle of Waterloo.
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General Frederick Adam's Brigade charged the square which was formed on rising ground to the right of La Belle Alliance and again threw them into a state of confusion.
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From 1817 to 1824, Frederick Adam continued his career in the army.
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Frederick Adam's commissioning of the construction of public buildings on Corfu was appreciated by the local population.
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Frederick Adam was sworn of the Privy Council in 1831.