of which corps he was appointed lieut.-colonel, and he served three
campaigns under the great Duke of Marlborough. His meritorious
conduct on all occasions was rewarded, in 1705, with the colonelcy
of the Thirty-fourth regiment, which corps he accompanied to Spain,
and served as quartermaster-general under the Earl of Peterborough
at the capture of Barcelona, &c. He was promoted to the rank of
brigadier-general in 1710, and commanded a brigade in Flanders at
the forcing of the French lines at Arleux, and at the siege of
Bouchain in 1711. In 1713 he was removed to the SIXTEENTH regiment,
but he withdrew from the service in 1715, selling his commission.
He died in 1721.
RICHARD VISCOUNT IRWIN,
_Appointed 11th July, 1715_.
RICHARD INGRAM, Baron Ingram, and VISCOUNT IRWIN, commenced his
military service in the life guards, in which corps he rose to
the rank of lieutenant and lieut.-colonel, and was afterwards
lieut.-colonel of the SIXTEENTH regiment, of which corps he was
appointed colonel in 1715; at the same time he was nominated
Governor of Hull. In 1717 he was removed to the second horse, now
first dragoon guards, and three years afterwards he was nominated
Governor of Barbadoes; but previous to his embarkation he was taken
ill of the small-pox, of which he died on the 10th of April, 1721.
JAMES CHOLMELEY,
_Appointed 13th December, 1717_.
JAMES CHOLMELEY was many years an officer of reputation in the
SIXTEENTH regiment, to the lieut.-colonelcy of which corps he was
promoted by King George I., in consideration of his service in
Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough, and his excellent conduct
on all occasions. In 1717 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the
regiment. He died in 1724.
HENRY, EARL OF DELORAINE, K.B.,
_Appointed 7th April, 1724_.
LORD HENRY SCOTT, third son of James Duke of Monmouth and Anne
Duchess of Buccleuch, obtained a commission in the army in the
reign of William III.; he served with reputation in the reign
of Queen Anne, obtained the command of one of the newly-raised
regiments of foot in 1704; and on the 29th of March, 1706, he was
created Baron Scott of Goldielands, Viscount Hermitage, and EARL
OF DELORAINE. He supported the treaty of union between England and
Scotland and other measures of the court; in 1715 he was chosen
one of the sixteen representatives of the Scottish peerage; and
was re-chosen in 1722, and again in 1727. His regiment having
been disbanded at the peace of Utrecht, he was appointed, on the
1st of June, 1715, colonel of the second, or Scots troop of horse
grenadier guards, which he held two years. In 1724 he obtained the
colonelcy of the SIXTEENTH foot; he was invested with the order
of the Bath on its revival in 1725; and promoted to the rank of
major-general in 1726. He was removed to the seventh horse, now
sixth dragoon guards, or carabineers, in July, 1730. He died on the
25th of December following.
ROGER HANDASYD,
_Appointed 9th July, 1730_.
This Officer obtained a commission in a regiment of foot in 1694,
and served two campaigns under King William III. He also served
with reputation in the wars of Queen Anne, and succeeded his father
in the colonelcy of the Twenty-second regiment in 1712; in 1730 he
was removed to the SIXTEENTH regiment. He was promoted to the rank
of major-general in 1739, and to that of lieut.-general in 1743. He
died in 1763.
THE HONORABLE ROBERT BRUDENELL,
_Appointed 14th June, 1763_.
THE HONORABLE ROBERT BRUDENELL, third son of George Earl of
Cardigan, was many years a member of Parliament for Marlborough,
also groom of the bed-chamber to His Royal Highness the Duke of
York, whose train he bore at the coronation of King George III. He
was appointed captain and lieut.-colonel in the third foot guards,
in 1758; promoted to the colonelcy of the SIXTEENTH in 1763, and
removed to the fourth, or King's Own regiment, in 1765. He died at
Windsor, in October, 1768.
SIR WILLIAM DRAPER, K.B.,
_Appointed 25th June, 1765_.
WILLIAM DRAPER was educated at Eton, and at King's College,
Cambridge, for the Church: but preferring the profession of arms,
he went to the East Indies, and was employed in the service of
the Honorable the East India Company. He subsequently obtained a
commission from the King, and on the 2nd of November, 1757, he
was promoted to lieut.-colonel commandant of the seventy-ninth
regiment, then raised, with which corps he served in India, and
acquired the reputation of a brave and meritorious officer. He
returned to England in 1760, and in 1761 he commanded a brigade
at the capture of Belleisle. He again proceeded to India, and
commanded the land forces of the expedition which captured Manilla
in 1763. His regiment was disbanded soon afterwards; and in
1765 King George III. conferred upon him the colonelcy of the
SIXTEENTH regiment, from which he exchanged, in 1766, to the late
121st regiment. In 1769 he appeared in a literary character, and
answered some of Junius's letters; and in the autumn of the same
year he proceeded to South Carolina. He was promoted to the rank of
major-general in 1772; to that of lieut.-general in 1777; he was
honoured with the dignity of a Knight of the Bath, and nominated
Governor of Yarmouth. He died in 1787.
JAMES GISBORNE,
_Appointed 4th March, 1766_.
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this
officer was appointed lieut.-colonel of the tenth regiment in
1755, and he was afterwards employed many years on the staff of
Ireland, as quartermaster-general in that country. In 1762 he was
promoted to the colonelcy of the 121st regiment; and in 1766 he was
removed to the SIXTEENTH regiment. He was promoted to the rank of
major-general in 1770, and to that of lieut.-general in 1777. He
died in 1778.
JAMES ROBERTSON,
_Appointed 14th May, 1778_.
This Officer entered the army in the reign of King George II.;
he served in America during the seven years' war, and held the
appointment of deputy-Quartermaster-general, with the rank of
lieut.-colonel, under Lieut.-General Sir Jeffrey (afterwards Lord)
Amherst, who completed the conquest of Canada in 1760. In the
same year Lieut.-Colonel Robertson was appointed to the fifteenth
regiment, and in 1768 he was removed to the SIXTEENTH, which corps
he commanded in Florida several years. On the breaking out of the
American war, he was again called into active service in that
country, and in January, 1776, he was appointed colonel commandant
of the second battalion of the sixtieth regiment, and promoted to
the local rank of major-general in America: in 1777 he obtained the
rank of major-general, and in 1778 the colonelcy of the SIXTEENTH
regiment. His services in the American war were rewarded with the
appointment of Governor of New York; and in 1782 he was promoted to
the rank of Lieut.-General. He died on the 4th of March, 1788.
THE HONORABLE THOMAS BRUCE,
_Appointed 6th March, 1788_.
THE HONORABLE THOMAS BRUCE, son of William Earl of Kincardine,
choosing the profession of arms, rose to the commission of major
in the sixtieth regiment in 1768, and in 1770 he was promoted to
the lieut.-colonelcy of the sixty-fifth regiment, which corps he
commanded in North America during the early part of the American
war. In 1781 he was appointed lieut.-colonel commandant of the
100th regiment, with which corps he served in the East Indies,
and obtained the local rank of major-general in that country in
March, 1782: in November following he was promoted to the rank of
major-general. After the termination of the war with Tippoo Saib,
the ruler of the Mysore, the 100th regiment was disbanded, and in
1788 Major-General the Honorable Thomas Bruce was appointed colonel
of the SIXTEENTH regiment: in 1796 he was promoted to the rank of
lieut.-general. He died in 1797.
HENRY BOWYER,
_Appointed 15th December, 1797_.
This officer entered the army in 1771, and after serving five
years in the sixty-eighth regiment, he was promoted captain in
the nineteenth, and in 1778 he was removed to the sixty-sixth:
his distinguished services during the American war were rewarded
with the rank of lieut.-colonel in November 1782. In 1787 he was
appointed major, and in 1787 lieut.-colonel of the sixty-sixth
regiment. He served in the West Indies, was promoted to the rank
of major-general in 1795, and to that of lieut.-general, 1802. In
March, 1797, he was appointed colonel of the eighty-ninth regiment,
and was removed, in December following, to the SIXTEENTH. He held
the appointment of commander of the forces in the Windward and
Leeward Islands. His decease occurred in 1808.
SIR CHARLES GREEN, BART.,
_Appointed 29th August, 1808_.
CHARLES GREEN entered the army as gentleman cadet in the Royal
Artillery in 1760; in 1765 he was appointed ensign in the
thirty-first regiment, which corps he joined at Pensacola in 1766.
In 1768 he was employed on a particular service at New Orleans
and on the Mississippi river; and in 1771 he served as engineer
at the Bahama Islands. He joined his regiment at St. Vincent in
1772, and served against the Caribs; but returned to England in
1773, and was promoted to a lieutenancy; and in 1774 to captain in
the thirty-first regiment. Proceeding to America in 1776, he was
nominated aide-de-camp to Major-General Phillips, and served the
campaign of 1777 in that capacity. He was wounded at Freeman's Farm
in September of that year, and returning to England in 1778, he
was appointed aide-de-camp to Lieut.-General Sir Adolphus Oughton,
commander-in-chief in North Britain. Having joined the thirty-first
in Canada, in May, 1780, he was soon afterwards nominated major
of brigade to the Montreal district. In 1783 he obtained the rank
of major in the army, and the majority of his regiment in 1788.
On the breaking out of the war in 1793, he was promoted to the
lieut.-colonelcy of a battalion formed of independent companies,
and in 1794 he exchanged to the thirtieth regiment. After serving
two years at Corsica, he was nominated civil governor of Grenada,
and was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1797. His eye-sight
having been injured by the climate of Grenada, he returned to
England in 1801: in 1803 he was appointed brigadier-general on
the Staff of Ireland, and was afterwards removed to England; he
was knighted in May of this year, and promoted to the rank of
major-general in September. In 1804 he was nominated colonel of
the York Light Infantry Volunteers; and afterwards proceeding to
the West Indies, he assembled an armament and captured the Dutch
Settlements of Surinam in South America. He remained at Surinam
a year, and returned to England in 1805: in 1807 he was advanced
to the dignity of a BARONET, and in 1808 appointed colonel of the
SIXTEENTH regiment. He commanded the garrison of Malta some time;
was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in 1809; removed to
the thirty-seventh regiment in 1814; and advanced to the rank of
general in 1819. He died in 1831.
SIR GEORGE PREVOST, BART.,
_Appointed 17th February, 1814_.
GEORGE PREVOST was appointed ensign in the sixtieth regiment in
1779, lieutenant in the forty-seventh in 1782, and captain in
the sixtieth in 1783; in 1784 he was removed to the twenty-fifth
regiment, with which corps he served at Gibraltar, and in 1790
he was promoted to a majority in the sixtieth. Early in 1794 he
took command of the third battalion of the sixtieth at Antigua;
he was promoted to a lieut.-colonelcy in his regiment in March,
and in 1795 he was employed at St. Vincent's in suppressing the
insurrection of the Caribs, and in resisting the French invasion:
he commanded a column at the reduction of La Vigie. In October
he was directed to assume the command of the troops at Dominica;
but he returned to the third battalion of the sixtieth at St.
Vincent's, in January, 1796, and was twice severely wounded in
opposing the progress of the enemy towards the capital. Returning
to England in consequence of his wounds, he was employed a short
time as an inspecting field-officer; having been promoted to the
rank of colonel on the 1st of January, 1796. He was subsequently
nominated brigadier-general in the West Indies; he commanded
the troops at Barbadoes, afterwards at St. Lucia, where he was
appointed lieut.-governor; but returned to England after the
peace of Amiens in 1802. Four months afterwards he was nominated
Governor of Dominica; and in 1803 he served as second in command
at the reduction of St. Lucia and Tobago: for a short time he
commanded the troops in the Windward and Leeward Islands. In 1804
he successfully defended Dominica against a French armament; and
was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1805, when he returned
to England and was appointed lieut.-governor of Portsmouth.
He proceeded to Nova Scotia in 1808, with the local rank of
lieut.-general; and in 1809 he distinguished himself as second in
command at the reduction of Martinique. Returning afterwards to
Nova Scotia, he obtained the appointment of commander in-chief
in Canada. He was advanced to the dignity of a BARONET for his
distinguished services in the West Indies. In 1811 he was promoted
to the rank of lieut.-general; and he was nominated captain-general
and governor-in-chief in North America. War having commenced with
the United States, he defended the Canadas successfully nearly
three years, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. In
February, 1814, he was appointed colonel of the SIXTEENTH regiment.
After an unsuccessful attack on the American post at Plattsburg, he
was recalled to England; where he died in January, 1816.
HUGH MACKAY GORDON,
_Appointed 8th January, 1816_.
HUGH MACKAY GORDON entered the army during the American war, and
was many years an officer of the SIXTEENTH regiment, with which
corps he served in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia, also in
Nova Scotia and the West Indies. He was promoted captain in the
SIXTEENTH in 1788, major in the army in 1796; lieut.-colonel in the
army in 1798; and obtained a majority in his regiment in 1799; at
the peace of Amiens he was placed on half-pay. He was promoted to
the rank of major-general in 1811, and was nominated colonel of the
York Chasseurs in 1814; in 1816 he was removed to the SIXTEENTH,
with which regiment he had previously performed much service. In
1821 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. He died in 1823.
WILLIAM CARR, VISCOUNT BERESFORD, G.C.B., G.C.H.,
_Appointed 15th March, 1823_.
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FOOTNOTES:
[6] The date when the facings were changed from white to yellow has
not been ascertained.
[7] Beatson's Naval and Military Memoirs.
[8] Lieutenant-General John Skinner entered the army as an Ensign
in the SIXTEENTH regiment of foot on the 4th of September, 1772,
and rose to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel of that regiment on the
11th of April, 1805: he was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the
army on the 25th of April, 1808: after performing the duties of
a regimental officer, in the various situations of service, from
1772, to 1811, he was advanced to the rank of Major-General on the
4th of June, 1811, and was appointed to the staff of the army in
the West Indies, on which he continued to serve until the 24th of
March, 1816: he was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-General on the
19th of July, 1821: he died in 1827, after a continued and faithful
service of forty-four years.
[9] Francis Godfrey was the son of Charles Godfrey, Esq., who
married Miss Arabella Churchill, mistress of King James II., and
mother of James Duke of Berwick. Miss Arabella Churchill was the
sister of John Lord Churchill, afterwards Duke of Marlborough.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
foot-guards, foot guards; hand-grenades, hand grenades; piquets.
Pg 23, '[Sidenote: 1783]' inserted.
Pg 26, 'and assume the' replaced by 'and assumed the'.
Pg 32, 'at Chinsurha' replaced by 'at Chinsurah'.