Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Macara KCB (1759 – 16 June 1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and was killed at the Battle of Quatre Bras during the Waterloo Campaign.
Although the 2nd Battalion of his regiment were part of the 1808 Walcheren Campaign in Holland, he remained in Ireland and did not see active service until April 1812 at the age of 53.
[1] During the Peninsular War, Macara was present at the battles of Salamanca, Burgos, the Pyrenees, the Nivelle, the Nive, Orthes and Toulouse where he was severely wounded.
[1] On the 16 June 1815 at the Battle of Quatre Bras, Macara was wounded during an engagement and as he was carried from the field he was taken prisoner by a party of French soldiers.
The last three verses of a contemporary poem commemorate his death: "Here the Goddess ceased her lay ; Weak, her wings refused to fly ; - Faint, her voice forbore to say How Macara dared to die.