William Maynard Gomm

Sir William Maynard Gomm GCB (* 1784, † March 15, 1875 in Brighton ) was a British field marshal.

Gomm occurred already in 1794 in the Army, took part in the expeditions to Den Helder (1799 ), France and Spain under Sir James Pulteney ( 1801) to Hanover ( 1803), to Stralsund and Copenhagen ( 1807).

In the years 1808 and 1809 he lived the battles of Roleja, Vimeiro and A Coruña in, then the expedition to Walcheren ( known by the British expedition of 1809 and the bombardment of Flushing), and went out again to Spain, where he served as assistant to the Quartermaster General, was used.

In 1815 he fought in the battle of Waterloo, was after the peace Deputy Governor of Jamaica in 1842 and governor of Mauritius and led 1851-53 as a successor of General Sir Charles Napier in command of the Anglo-Indian army in the war against the Burmese. In 1855 he returned to Europe in 1868 he became field marshal and was followed in 1872 George Pollock as Constable of the Tower of the Tower of London. He died, 90 years old, on March 15, 1875 in Brighton.

He was married twice. His first wife was Sophia Penn, who died in 1827 and his second wife was Elizabeth Ann Kerr, he married 1830. From two marriages there were no descendants.