composed of men who evinced an example of valour, constancy, and
devotion to the interests of civil and religious liberty, as
established by law, at a period of peculiar difficulty and danger,
such as seldom has been witnessed in the United Kingdom; and
their heroic gallantry ensured to their country the blessings of
constitutional monarchy. Loyalty, courage and obedience, have been
evinced by the officers and soldiers of the regiment from that
period to the present time; and whether in the war of the Austrian
succession,--in the seven years' war in Germany,--the early
campaigns of the war of the French revolution,--or on the memorable
field of WATERLOO, the same valour and constancy have been
displayed, which shone so brilliantly in the first members of the
corps. Being equally conspicuous for good conduct on home service,
the regiment has always possessed the confidence, and ranked high
in the estimation, of the sovereign and of the country.
1846.
FOOTNOTES:
[7] The second battalion of the Irish foot guards came to England
at the Revolution, in 1688, and was disbanded by the Prince of
Orange: the first battalion remained in Ireland until the treaty of
Limerick, in 1691, when it followed King James to France, and was
for many years in the service of Louis XIV. and his successsors.
[8] The regiment of horse was disbanded after the treaty of
Ryswick, in 1697.
The two regiments of dragoons were retained on the establishment of
the army, and were subsequently numbered as--
The V. Royal Irish Dragoons, and
The VI., or the Inniskilling Dragoons.
The three regiments of foot were consolidated into one, which is
now the _Twenty-seventh_, or the Inniskilling regiment of foot.
The Londonderry regiments were disbanded.
[9] _London Gazette._
[10] _Narrative of the Battle of the Boyne_, by Captain RICHARDSON.
[11] STORY'S _Continuation_, p. 25.
[12] HARRIS'S _Life of King William_. This author states, that
Colonel Sir Albert Cunningham was the father of General Henry
Cunningham, of the Eighth Dragoons, who was killed in Spain. _Vide
the Record of the Eighth Hussars._
[13] A memoir of this distinguished officer is given in the Record
of the Thirteenth Light Dragoons.
[14] Four other standards were also captured, and several pairs of
kettle drums; but the regiments which captured them are not known.
[15] 'By yesterday's mail we have advice that Prince Ferdinand has
continued his pursuit as far as Wetter; that Colonel Harvey, at the
head of a body of about five hundred English dragoons, fell in with
a large body of Frischer's corps, under the command of Frischer's
brother; that Colonel Harvey attacked them sword in hand, killed
a great number, and took between four and five hundred prisoners.
It is said, that Colonel Harvey, upon coming up to the troops, and
being saluted in a haughty manner by Frischer, drew his sword and
killed him on the spot.'--_Dublin Gazette._
'Colonels Harvey and Beckwith, at the head of some British
cavalry and grenadiers, distinguished themselves in a particular
manner.'--_History of the Campaigns of Prince Ferdinand of
Brunswick._
N.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey was appointed to the
lieutenant-colonelcy of the INNISKILLING dragoons, 29th May, 1754.
[16] List of Officers who obtained _Waterloo_ medals.
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Muter--_Brevet-Colonel_.
Major Fiennes Miller--_Lieutenant-Colonel_.
_Captains._
Henry Madox.
Wm. F. Browne.
Thomas Macky.
Wm. F. Hadden.
Edward Holbech.
Hon. S. Douglas.
_Lieutenants._
Theo. Biddulph.
Aug. S. Willett.
John Linton.
Henry Petre.
Alex. Hassard.
Samuel Black.
Richard Brown.
_Cornets._
Paul Ruffo.
John D. Allingham.
_Paym._ Wm. Armstrong.
_Surgeon_, John Bolton.
_A.-Sur._ W. H. Ricketts.
_Vet. Sur._ R. Vincent.
_Qu. Ma._ James Kerr.
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| SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS |
| |
| OF |
| |
| THE SIXTH, OR THE INNISKILLING REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS. |
+-----------------------+---------------+------------------------------+
| NAMES. | Date of | REMARKS. |
| | Appointment. | |
+-----------------------+---------------+------------------------------+
|Robert Echlin | Dec. 31, 1689 | { Promoted Colonel of the |
| | | { Regiment in 1691 |
| | | |
|Henry Cunningham | Dec. 30, 1691 | { Promoted Colonel of the |
| | | { 8th Dragoons in 1693 |
| | | |
|Sir Richard Vernon | | |
| | | |
|John Upton | | |
| | | |
|Alexander Montgomery | March 30, 1711| |
| | | |
|James Gardiner | Jan. 24, 1730 | { Promoted Colonel of the |
| | | { 13th Dragoons in 1743 |
| | | |
|Cuthbert Ellison | April 19, 1743| |
| | | |
|Sir John Whitefoord, | March 19, 1745| { Promoted Colonel of the |
| Bart. | | { 12th Dragoons in 1750 |
| | | |
|Charles William Tonyn | Jan. 3, 1750 | Died May, 1754 |
| | | |
|Edward Harvey | May 29, 1754 | { Promoted Colonel of the |
| | | { 12th Dragoons in 1763 |
| | | |
|Robert Rickart Hepburn | March 18, 1763| Retired in 1768 |
| | | |
|John Whitemore | June 24, 1768 | |
| | | |
|Lord Robert Kerr | July 23, 1773 | Died in 1781 |
| | | |
|Francis Augustus } | | { Promoted Colonel of the |
| Eliott, afterwards } | March 23, 1781| { 29th Dragoons in 1795 |
| second Lord } | | |
| Heathfield } | | |
| | | |
|William Gunn | March 1, 1794 | Augmentation--Retired in |
| | | 1796 |
| | | |
|John Prince | March 25, 1795| Promoted Major-General in |
| | | 1809 |
| | | |
|Ralph Bates | Oct. 26, 1796 | Retired in 1799 |
| | | |
|George Richard Martin | June 12, 1799 | Retired in 1800 |
| | | |
|Richard O'Donovan | May 2, 1800 | Promoted Major-General in |
| | | 1813 |
| | | |
|Joseph Muter, after- } | | { Promoted Major-General in |
| wards Sir Joseph } | June 4, 1813 | { 1825, afterwards Colonel |
| Straton, K.C.H. } | | { of the Regt. |
| | | |
|Edward Keane | June 2, 1825 | Appointed to the 7th Hussars |
| | | in 1830 |
| | | |
|Lord George Lennox | June 15, 1830 | Retired in 1832 |
| | | |
|Edmund Meysey Wigley } | July 27, 1832 | Died in 1833 |
| Greswolde } | | |
| | | |
|Henry Madox, K.H. | Jan. 18, 1833 | Exchanged to half-pay in 1838|
| | | |
|Jeremiah Ratcliffe, | June 9, 1838 | Exchanged to half-pay in 1840|
| K.H. | | |
| | | |
|Raymond White | July 17, 1840 | Exchanged to half-pay in 1843|
| | | |
|Willoughby Moore | July 28, 1843 | |
+-----------------------+---------------+------------------------------+
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF THE
SIXTH, OR INNISKILLING REGIMENT
OF
DRAGOONS.
SIR ALBERT CUNNINGHAM.
_Appointed 31st December, 1689._
SIR ALBERT CUNNINGHAM is represented by historians as a gentleman
of great personal merit. He held a commission in the army in
Ireland, and was appointed lieutenant-general of the Ordnance in
that country; but he was removed from his appointment by King James
II., for his stedfast adherence to the established institutions of
his country. His cordial co-operation with the INNISKILLING men in
the defence of their civil and religious liberties, occasioned him
to be commissioned by King William III. to raise from among their
numbers a corps of dragoons, now the SIXTH, or the INNISKILLING
Regiment. He evinced distinguished courage and ability at the head
of his regiment in several battles and skirmishes in Ireland; and
was killed by an Irish serjeant in King James's service, after
having been taken prisoner at Coloony, near Sligo, in September,
1691, as narrated at page 30, in the Record of the SIXTH Dragoons.
ROBERT ECHLIN.
_Appointed 30th December, 1691._
This officer held the commission of lieutenant-colonel in the
INNISKILLING dragoons, and was so conspicuous for personal bravery,
attention to duty, and devotion to the principles of the Revolution
of 1688, that after the death of Sir Albert Cunningham, King
William III. promoted him to the colonelcy of the regiment. He
was advanced to the rank of brigadier-general in 1703; to that of
major-general in 1704; and of lieutenant-general in 1707. A change
in the political sentiments of Lieutenant-General Echlin appears to
have taken place towards the close of Queen Anne's reign, and soon
after the accession of King George I. he was required to dispose of
his commission of colonel of the INNISKILLING dragoons.
JOHN EARL OF STAIR, K.T.
_Appointed 4th March, 1715._
LORD JOHN DALRYMPLE served as a volunteer under King William III.,
in Flanders, and was with the Cameronian regiment (twenty-sixth
foot) at the battle of Steinkirk, in 1692. Immediately before the
decease of His Majesty, he was nominated lieutenant-colonel of the
Scots foot-guards, and his commission was one of the first signed
by Queen Anne after her accession. He served as aide-de-camp to
the Earl of Marlborough during the campaign of 1702, and in the
following year he obtained the colonelcy of a Dutch regiment, which
he exchanged, on the 1st of January, 1706, with Colonel James
Borthwick, of the Cameronian regiment. In the same year he obtained
the rank of brigadier-general; served in that capacity at the
battle of Ramilies; and in August he was promoted to the colonelcy
of the Scots Greys. On the decease of his father, in January, 1707,
he succeeded to the title of EARL OF STAIR. He commanded a brigade
at the battle of Oudenarde, in 1708; and was sent to England with
the news of that victory.
Having been appointed major-general on the 1st of January, 1709,
he served in that capacity at the battle of Malplaquet; and
was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general on the 1st of
January, 1710. He passed the winter of 1709-10 in Poland, as envoy
extraordinary to that court; but returning to the army in the
spring, he served at the siege of Douay, and was honoured in the
same year with the order of the Thistle. He was promoted to the
rank of general on the 5th of April, 1712, and afterwards served in
Flanders under the Duke of Ormond; but having subsequently opposed
the ministry, he was ordered to sell the colonelcy of his regiment
to the Earl of Portmore.
Shortly after his accession to the throne, King George I. appointed
the Earl of Stair, one of the lords of the bedchamber, a member
of the privy council, and commander-in-chief in Scotland in
the absence of the Duke of Argyle; and in the following spring
conferred upon his Lordship the colonelcy of the INNISKILLING
dragoons. In the same year he was sent to France in a diplomatic
character, and afterwards displayed great abilities as ambassador
extraordinary at that court, from which he was recalled in 1720. In
1729 he had the appointment of vice-admiral of Scotland; but having
joined the opposition against Sir Robert Walpole, his lordship was
removed in 1733 from that post, and in the following year from the
colonelcy of the INNISKILLING dragoons.
After his return from France, in 1720, the active mind of the Earl
of Stair was turned to agricultural improvements; but on the
dissolution of the Walpole administration, in 1742, his lordship
was called from his retirement, appointed governor of Minorca,
field-marshal of the forces, and commander-in-chief of the troops
sent to Flanders; also ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
to the States General of Holland. In April, 1743, he was restored
to the colonelcy of the INNISKILLING dragoons; and he commanded
the British troops on the continent during the early part of the
campaign of that year. He also commanded, under King George II.,
at the battle of Dettingen; but, observing that His Majesty gave
preference to the advice of the Hanoverian generals, he shortly
afterwards obtained permission to resign.
In 1744 the Earl of Stair was appointed commander-in-chief in Great
Britain. After the death of his gallant brother-in-law, Sir James
Campbell, who fell at Fontenoy, the colonelcy of the Scots Greys
was again conferred upon his lordship, and he was appointed general
of the marine forces in 1746. He died in 1747.
CHARLES LORD CADOGAN.
_Appointed 19th June, 1734._
CHARLES CADOGAN entered the army in 1706, and served in Flanders
under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough. He was a member
of parliament for the borough of Reading, also for Newport, in
Hampshire. In 1715 he was appointed captain and lieutenant-colonel
in the second foot-guards; and in 1719 he purchased the colonelcy
of the King's own regiment of foot. He succeeded, on the decease
of his brother, the celebrated William Earl Cadogan, in 1726, to
the dignity of LORD CADOGAN, Baron of Oakley; and in 1734 he was
removed to the INNISKILLING dragoons. In 1739 he was promoted to
the rank of major-general; in 1742 he was appointed colonel of
the second troop of life guards, which gave him the privilege of
taking the court duty of Gold Stick; and in 1745 he was promoted
to the rank of lieutenant-general. The government of Sheerness was
conferred upon his lordship in 1749, that of Gravesend and Tilbury
in 1752, and in 1761 he was promoted to the rank of general. His
lordship was a fellow of the Royal Society, and one of the trustees
of the British Museum. He died in 1776.
JOHN EARL OF STAIR, K.T.
_Re-appointed 25th April, 1743.--Removed to the Scots Greys in
1745._
JOHN EARL OF ROTHES.
_Appointed 29th May, 1745._
LORD JOHN LESLIE was appointed to the captaincy of a troop of
dragoons in 1715, and in 1717 he obtained the command of a company
in the foot guards. Two years afterwards he was appointed to the
lieut.-colonelcy of the Royal North British Fusiliers. On the
decease of his father, in 1722, he succeeded to the title of EARL
OF ROTHES, and was appointed governor of Stirling castle. He
obtained the colonelcy of the twenty-fifth regiment in May, 1732,
and the rank of brigadier-general in 1739. In 1742 he proceeded
with the forces under the Earl of Stair to Flanders; was appointed
major-general on the 1st of January, 1743, and served in that
capacity at the head of the second line of infantry at the battle
of Dettingen. In April, 1745, he was removed to the colonelcy of
the Scots horse grenadier guards, and in the following month to the
INNISKILLING dragoons. His lordship distinguished himself at the
head of a brigade of cavalry at the battle of Roucoux in 1746; was
advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1747; and, in 1750,
obtained the colonelcy of the Scots Greys. In the succeeding year
he was appointed governor of Duncannon fort, and lieutenant-general
on the staff of Ireland; and in April, 1752, he was removed to the
colonelcy of the third, or Scots, foot guards. He was constituted a
Knight of the Thistle in 1753; and obtained the rank of general in
1765. He died on the 10th of December, 1767.
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CHOLMONDELEY.
_Appointed 16th January, 1750._
THE HONOURABLE JAMES CHOLMONDELEY, third son of George, second
Earl of Cholmondeley, was appointed guidon and major in the
first troop (now first regiment) of life guards on the 12th of
May, 1725; in 1731 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and
lieutenant-colonel in the third troop of life guards; and in
January, 1741, King George II. conferred upon him the colonelcy
of a newly-raised regiment, then numbered the fifty-ninth, and
now the forty-eighth foot; from which he was removed in December,
1742, to the colonelcy of the thirty-fourth regiment. In 1744 he
proceeded with his regiment to Flanders, and served the campaign
of that year with the allied army under Field-Marshal Wade. He was
at the battle of Fontenoy on the 11th of May, 1745, and on the
8th of the following month he was appointed brigadier-general, in
which capacity he served the remainder of that campaign. On the
breaking out of the rebellion in Scotland, in the winter of the
same year, he was ordered to England, with a brigade of infantry,
and after his arrival he was sent to Chester to take command of
two battalions which had recently arrived from Ireland, with which
he joined the army commanded by Field-Marshal Wade, in Yorkshire.
After the flight of the rebels from Derby, he was detached to
Scotland, where he served under Lieutenant-General Hawley, and
signalized himself in a most conspicuous manner at the battle of
Falkirk, on the 17th of January, 1746; but the excessive fatigue he
underwent, with continued exposure to severe weather, deprived him
of the use of his limbs for some time. On the 23rd of September,
1747, he was promoted to the rank of major-general; on the 24th of
July, 1749, he was removed to the twelfth dragoons; and in November
of the same year to the third Irish horse, now sixth dragoon
guards. He was again removed on the 16th of January, 1750, to the
SIXTH dragoons; and on the 2nd of May, 1754, he was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant-general. He was many years lieutenant-governor
of Chester; and died on the 13th of October, 1775.
EDWARD HARVEY.
_Appointed 18th October, 1775._
EDWARD HARVEY was many years an officer of the SIXTH, or
INNISKILLING regiment of dragoons, with which corps he served at
the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, Roucoux, and Val. On the 29th
of May, 1754, he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the
regiment; and under his care and attention to all the duties of
commanding officer, the INNISKILLING dragoons became celebrated as
a corps of heavy cavalry. Proceeding with his regiment to Germany,
in the summer of 1758, he was present at nearly every action during
the remainder of the seven years' war, and was twice wounded,
viz., at Wetter, in August, 1759, where he highly distinguished
himself, and at Campen, in October, 1760. He commanded a brigade of
cavalry during the summer of 1762, and was highly commended for his
signal gallantry and ability at the dislodging of a French corps
from Homburg in August of that year, when he led the Blues to the
charge in gallant style, and overthrew all opposition. On the 17th
of March, 1763, King George III. promoted him to the colonelcy of
the twelfth dragoons, and in the following year he was removed
to the third Irish horse, or carabineers. He was promoted to the
rank of major-general in 1762, and to that of lieutenant-general
in 1772. He performed the duties of adjutant-general of the forces
several years, to which appointment he was nominated by King George
III. soon after the termination of the seven years' war. On the
decease of General Cholmondeley, His Majesty gave him the colonelcy
of the INNISKILLING dragoons, with which corps his early services
were connected. He died in 1778.
JAMES JOHNSTON.
_Appointed 2nd April, 1778._
This officer obtained the commission of cornet in the thirteenth
dragoons on the 5th of October, 1736, and was removed to the royal
dragoons in 1739, in which corps he rose to the rank of major,
and was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the thirteenth
dragoons on the 2nd of December, 1754. In April, 1759, he was
re-appointed to the first royal dragoons, and proceeding in command
of the regiment to Germany, served in the battles and skirmishes
of that and the two succeeding campaigns under Prince Ferdinand
of Brunswick. He particularly distinguished himself at the battle
of Warbourg, and was wounded at the battle of Campen. In 1762 he
was promoted to the local rank of major-general in Germany, and he
commanded a brigade of cavalry during the campaign of that year.
He was distinguished alike for the sterner military virtues,--for
a gentlemanly deportment,--and an amiable disposition, which
procured him the esteem of all ranks; and on the breaking up of
the army on the continent he received a flattering mark of the
approbation of the hereditary Prince of Brunswick,[17]--namely, a
valuable gold snuff-box embellished with highly-chased military
trophies, accompanied by an autograph letter from the prince. His
services were rewarded with the appointment of lieutenant-governor
of the island of Minorca in 1763, and he was promoted to the rank
of major-general in 1770. In the following year this meritorious
officer was rewarded with the colonelcy of the ninth dragoons;
in 1774 he was constituted governor of Quebec; and in 1775 he
obtained the colonelcy of the first Irish horse (now fourth dragoon
guards). Two years afterwards he was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant-general; in 1778 he was removed from the first Irish
horse to the SIXTH INNISKILLING dragoons; and was further promoted
to the rank of general in 1793: he is stated to have been one of
the most celebrated swordsmen of his time. The decease of this
distinguished veteran occurred on the 13th of December, 1797, at
Hampton, from whence he was removed with great state for interment
in Westminster Abbey on the 21st of that month.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS EARL OF PEMBROKE, K.G.
_Appointed 15th December, 1797._
GEORGE AUGUSTUS LORD HERBERT entered the army on the 10th of
September, 1775, as ensign in the twelfth foot, then stationed at
Gibraltar, and obtained the rank of lieutenant in 1777. In January,
1778, he obtained a company in the seventy-fifth, or Prince of
Wales's regiment of foot, then being raised, and in December
following he was removed to the royal regiment of dragoons. In 1781
he was appointed major of the twenty-second light dragoons, and in
the following year he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of
the second dragoon guards.
In 1793 he proceeded with his regiment to Flanders, and soon after
his arrival, he was detached by the Duke of York, with the second
and third dragoon guards, to join the Prussians. Having united the
two regiments with Lieutenant-General Count Hohenzollern's corps,
he was employed in covering the left flank of the Prussian army
during the siege of Valenciennes, in which service he was several
times engaged in skirmishes with the French, and evinced signal
ardour and gallantry. He subsequently rejoined the Duke of York's
army, and was employed in covering the siege of Dunkirk; having
under his command four British and Hanoverian squadrons and four
pieces of flying artillery, he dislodged a body of French from
Hundschuyt. His lordship was principally employed in the out-post
duty during the remainder of the campaign.
On the decease of his father, in January, 1794, he succeeded to the
dignity of EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY. In 1795 he was promoted
to the rank of major-general, and was employed, in 1797, on the
staff under General Sir Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, and in the
same year he was nominated to the colonelcy of the INNISKILLING
dragoons. He commanded the south-west district in 1779, was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1802, and was
invested with the order of the Garter in 1805. In 1807 he was sent
on a special embassy to Vienna. His lordship was also appointed
governor of Guernsey in the same year; and in 1812 he was promoted
to the rank of general. He died on the 26th of October, 1827.
THE HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM LUMLEY, G.C.B.
_Appointed 3rd November, 1827.--Removed to the First, or King's
Dragoon Guards, 30th April, 1840._
SIR JOSEPH STRATON, K.C.H.
_Appointed 30th April, 1840._