Queen's son, HRH Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. In 1873 the 1st London AVC became part of the 1st Administrative Brigade of Middlesex Artillery Volunteers under the command of Walmisley, now promoted to lieutenant-colonel. AVCs proved expensive to maintain, and the Secretary of State for War, Edward Cardwell refused to pay for the upkeep of horses, harness and field-guns from the annual capitation grant. As a result, many Volunteer artillery units were wound up in the 1870s, but the 1st Londons continued strongly and absorbed the 1st Middlesex (Hanover Square) AVC. Walmisley retired in January 1875. His brother Walter served in the 1st London AVC for 27 years, retiring with the rank of major. Family life Walmisley married Maria Augustine Graff (née Girault) on 15 August 1841 at St Paul's, Covent Garden. She had been born in Paris about 1807 and had married a copper plate engraver Charles Louis Auguste Graff and had three children who were given up as orphans. After her first husband died she moved to England and registered the birth of a son John Charles Girault Walmisley the year before she married Walmisley. They also had a daughter named Augustine Anna Maria, born about 1847. Walmisley married a second time in 1883. Walmisley died on 17 December 1890 in the Lambeth district at the age of 74. Notes References Ian F.W. Beckett, Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, . Maj W.E. Grey, 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War 1914–19, Westminster: RHQ, 1929/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, . External sources London Gazette 1816 births People educated at Westminster School, London British male rowers Honourable Artillery Company officers Volunteer Force officers 1890 deaths