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FOOTNOTES:
[18] Vide King James's own account of this circumstance, in Doctor
Clarke's life of that monarch.
[19] Vide the Record of the Eleventh Foot.
[20] On the 26th of May, 1718, he fought a duel in Hyde Park with
sword and pistol, with Colonel Waller.
[21] _London Gazette._
By Royal Authority.
Historical Records of the British Army;
A SERIES OF
Narratives of the Services of Regiments from their Formation to the
present Time.
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ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.
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Eleventh (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 6_s._
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