Iberian Peninsula for almost a year. In 1808 he was appointed to command the forces in Portugal, handing over command to Arthur Wellesley on 22April 1809. From there moved to the command of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in January 1809, briefly serving as the Governor of Gibraltar later that year. In 1811 he was appointed Governor of the Cape Colony and commander of the forces on that station, resigning in 1814 and being succeeded by Lord Charles Somerset. He was promoted full general in 1814, elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Howden in 1819, and to the Peerage of the United Kingdom under the same title in 1831. The town of Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa, is named after him. On 17 November 1798 Cradock married Lady Theodosia Sarah Frances Meade (b. c. 1773; d. 13 Dec 1853), Lady Theodosia was the daughter of John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, Cradock named the town of Clanwilliam, Western Cape after his father-in-law. Notes References |- |- 1759 births 1839 deaths 3rd Dragoon Guards officers 12th Royal Lancers officers 71st Highlanders officers Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George III Peers of the United Kingdom created by William IV British Army commanders of the Napoleonic Wars British Army generals British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars British East India Company people Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Kilkenny constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Mayo constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tyrone constituencies People of the Irish Rebellion of 1798