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Ensign Horatio De Quincey was a junior infantry officer in the British Army, who died at Stanley during the period of the First Opium War.

On 30 April 1841 Horace De Quincey received his commission to serve as an ensign in the 26^th Regiment of Foot, a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army, which was more popularly known as the 26^th Cameronians.

In October 1841, Ensign De Quincey left Scotland, bound for China, to serve under Sir Hugh Gough in the First Opium War.