Excerpt from Recollections of a Life in the British Army: During the Latter Half of the 19th Century My grandfather, Matthew, tenth child of Benjamin, was born in 1773. He married Maria, daughter of Colonel Alexander Patterson, of Montreal, Canada, who was killed by the poisoned arrow of an Indian in the American War of Independence, whilst defending the frontier close to his own property at Montreal. Matthew Harrison joined the London and Westminster Light Horse in 1794 and be came a captain in 1799. He was one of the Lieutenancy of the City of London, J. P. For the county of Surrey, Governor of the South Sea House, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, and Chairman of the Albion Life Insurance Office. For many years he lived at Croydon, but towards the end of his life he moved to London, where I used to see him on my way to and from school. He died in December 1850, aged 77, and my grandmother died seven years afterwards, aged 88. My father, Benjamin John, sixth child of Matthew and Maria Harrison, was born in 1808. He was educated at Westminster, and from there obtained a Studentship at Christ Church, Oxford. Among his friends at that College were his cousin Benjamin, who became Arch deacon of Maidstone, and William Ewart Gladstone, who became Prime Minister of England. Not many years ago - I think it was in 1888 - that distinguished statesman was opening a new Medical College at Guy's Hospital, and while luncheon was proceeding he asked the Treasurer, Mr. Lushington, who was sitting next him, who I was. When told he bent forward and asked me my father's Christian name and what happened to him. On hearing that it was Benjamin, and that he had taken orders, he said But there were two Benjamin Harrisons, ' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.