action at Sankelmark. Halkett held many foreign orders, including the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, the Pour le Mérite and the Russian Order of St. Anna. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1815 and promoted to Knight Grand Cross in 1851. In 1862, he was ennobled (heritable) to a Freiherr (Baron) by King George V of Hanover. Family Halkett married Emilia Charlotte, daughter of Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet on 25 May 1810. References Louis Heinrich Friedrich von Sichart von Sichartshoff: Tagebuch des zehnten Deutschen Bundes-Armee-Corps unter dem Befehle des Königlich Hannoverschen Generals Halkett während des Feldzuges in Schleswig-Holstein im Jahre 1848. Hannover: Hahn, 1851. Ernst Julius Georg von dem Knesebeck: Leben des Freiherrn Hugh von Halkett, K. hannover'scher General der Infanterie: nach dessen hinterlassenen Papieren und anderen Quellen entworfen von E. von dem Knesebeck. Stuttgart: Hallberger, 1865. Digby Smith: The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill, 1998. External links http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organisation/c_hanlight.html The Guard dies, it does not surrender. Cambronne surrenders, he does not die 1783 births 1863 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Barons of Germany British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars British Army generals King's German Legion People from Musselburgh German commanders of the Napoleonic Wars