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Major General Sir Robert Henry Dick (1787-1846) was a member of the Dick family of Tulliemet House south of Pitlochry, in Perthshire. Sir Robert's father, William Dick, had been born in India in 1785, and rose to prominence from humbler origins. As the popular story goes, politician Henry Dundas had been staying in Dunkeld with the Duke of Atholl and when out walking encountered a farmer’s daughter who petitioned him to help her fiancé, a doctor who was too poor to marry her. Dundas got him the post of assistant surgeon in the East India Company, enabling the the couple to marry and go to India in 1781, where he made a fortune. Retiring in 1802, he bought an estate at Tullymet (now Tulliemet near Pitlochry). In his capacity as a physician, William Dick was credited with having saved the life of Sir Walter Scott. He used his political pull to advance the career of his son Robert Dick in the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment. Robert became a hero of the Peninsular War, and at Quatre Bras assumed command when his commanding Officer, Sir Robert Macara, was killed, though later in the same battle Robert was wounded. He recovered from his wound to fight at Waterloo, and rose to command the 42nd Battalion from 1815 to 1828, becoming Colonel of the 73rd Battallion. He died a hero’s death at the battle of Sobraon in 1846 in the First Sikh War, leading and giving encouragement to the 80th Regiment. Hence this also dates Peter Hardie's composition.

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+Major General Sir Robert Henry Dick (1787-1846) was a member of the Dick family of Tulliemet House south of Pitlochry, in Perthshire.  Sir Robert's father, William Dick, had been born in India in 1785, and rose to prominence from humbler origins.  As the popular story goes, politician Henry Dundas had been staying in Dunkeld with the Duke of Atholl and when out walking encountered a farmer’s daughter who petitioned him to help her fiancé, a doctor who was too poor to marry her. Dundas got him the post of assistant surgeon in the East India Company, enabling the the couple to marry and go to India in 1781, where he made a fortune. Retiring in 1802, he bought an estate at Tullymet (now Tulliemet near Pitlochry).  In his capacity as a physician, William Dick was credited with having saved the life of Sir Walter Scott.  He used his political pull to advance the career of his son Robert Dick in the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment. Robert became a hero of the Peninsular War, and at Quatre Bras assumed command when his commanding Officer, Sir Robert Macara, was killed, though later in the same battle Robert was wounded.  He recovered from his wound to fight at Waterloo, and rose to command the 42nd Battalion from 1815 to 1828, becoming Colonel of the 73rd Battallion. He died a hero’s death at the battle of Sobraon in 1846 in the First Sikh War, leading and giving encouragement to the 80th Regiment. Hence this also dates Peter Hardie's composition.
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