Rodney was commissioned into the
Royal Marine Light Infantry. After serving as a junior officer in the
First Carlist War, he saw action as a brigade major at the
Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, at the
Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 and at the
Battle of Kinburn in October 1855 during the
Crimean War. Rodney became Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces on 28 May 1863, colonel second commandant of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and commander of the
Royal Marine Depot, Deal in November 1867 and colonel-commandant of the Chatham Division on 18 September 1873. Rodney went on to be
Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in August 1875 before retiring in September 1878. ==Family==