Lieutenant General James Wallace Dunlop 21st of that ilk (19 June 1759 – 30 March 1832) was a Scottish Laird and British military officer who distinguished himself in India and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Duke of Wellington regarded his retirement from the military as "...a real loss" though Dunlop subsequently went on to have a successful career in politics.
[3] On 16 December 1777, James Dunlop enlisted as an Ensign in the newly established 82nd Foot, a regiment raised from the Duke of Hamilton's estates in the Lowlands, for service in the American Revolutionary Wars.
[1] In April 1781 Dunlop was dispatched to Charleston with news of the seizure of Chesapeake Estuary, before joining a detachment charged with holding Cape Fear.
Tipu Sultan, who was killed during the battle, had his lands redistributed and Dunlop played a role in securing British control of Kanara before returning home in 1800.
On 25 September 1803, Dunlop was appointed Colonel in the Army of Reserve, which had been raised specifically for the purpose of home defence, and was given command of a garrison battalion.
[2] Having been promoted to Major-General on 25 July 1810, Dunlop played a short but important role with Wellington's army during the Peninsular War.
[3] In 1813, when its charter was due for renewal, Dunlop argued passionately against new requirements being imposed on the East India Company to allow missionaries to enter its territories.