and in reward was appointed GCB in June 1849 and a Baronet in 1850. Becoming known as a sportsman as well as a soldier in India, on his death a memorial obelisk was erected on the Bodmin Beacon, though his baronetcy became extinct on his son Francis's death. Sir Walter is buried on the west side of the southern section of the central north-south path in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. References External links www.cornwall-calling.co.uk 1785 births 1853 deaths British East India Company Army generals British military personnel of the First Anglo-Sikh War British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War People from Bodmin Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Maratha War Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery