Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon
Du Pré Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon KP, styled The Honourable Du Pré Alexander from 1790 to 1800 and Viscount Alexander from 1800 to 1802, was an Irish peer, landlord and colonial administrator, and was the second child and only son of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon.
The 2nd Earl of Caledon, engraved by Charles Turner from a portrait by Richard Rothwell
The Royal Tyrone Militia, later the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers, was an Irish militia regiment raised in 1793 for home defence and internal security during the French Revolutionary War, seeing action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It was later embodied during all of the UK's major wars. In 1881 it became a battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and during World War I, as part of the Special Reserve, it trained thousands of reinforcements for battalions of that regiment serving overseas. Postwar it retained a shadowy existence until it was formally disbanded in 1953.
The Battle of Vinegar Hill depicted by George Cruikshank in 1845.
Royal Tyrone Militia button; with the 'VR' cypher it must date between 1837 and 1855 when the Fusiliers title was granted. Excavated in Surrey (Portable Antiquities Scheme, FindID 202506).
The officers mess of St Lucia Barracks, built ca 1881.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers' cap badge used until 1916.