the regiment with New Colours at Jamaica, he remarked, in reference
to the conduct of the regiment,--"I had myself the means of
knowing upon the many times I have been at Falmouth, whilst your
head-quarters were there, that the regiment was universally popular,
and their departure generally regretted. During the few pleasant days
I passed at Shuttlewood, in the camp of which the flank companies of
the TWENTY-SECOND regiment formed a part, I remember upon remarking
to the Major-General there commanding, the perfect good conduct of
all there, he said, 'Yes, I never knew better men.'"
[9] Lieutenant Thomas Chute succeeded to the vacancy caused by
the death of Captain Tew; Ensign Richard Pennefather was promoted
Lieutenant; and Serjeant-Major Thomas Stack was appointed ensign
in the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, the commissions being dated 18th
February, 1843, the day following the battle of Meeanee.
[10] The following interesting circumstance is recorded by
Major-General Napier, in his history of the conquest of Scinde,
respecting the march into the desert in pursuit of Meer Shere
Mahomed:--
"On one of those long marches, which were almost continual, the
Twenty-fifth Sepoys, being nearly maddened by thirst and heat,
saw one of their water-carriers approaching with full skins of
water; they rushed towards him in crowds, tearing away the skins
and struggling together, with loud cries of Water! Water! At that
moment, some half-dozen straggling soldiers of the TWENTY-SECOND
came up, apparently exhausted, and asked for some. At once the
generous Indians withheld their hands from the skins, forgot their
own sufferings, and gave the fainting Europeans to drink; then they
all moved on, the Sepoys carrying the TWENTY-SECOND men's muskets for
them, patting them on the shoulders, and encouraging them to hold
out. It was in vain; they did so for a short time, but soon fell.
It was then discovered that these noble fellows were all wounded,
some deeply, but thinking there was to be another fight, they had
concealed their hurts, and forced nature to sustain the loss of
blood, the pain of wounds, the burning sun, the long marches, and the
sandy desert, that their last moments might be given to their country
on another field of battle!"
_Names of men of the_ TWENTY-SECOND _regiment who concealed their
wounds, received in the Battle of Hyderabad, and marched with their
regiment the next day, thinking another battle was at hand._
Serjeant Haney, John Durr, John Muldowney, Robert Young, Henry Lines,
Patrick Gill, James Andrews, Thomas Middleton, James Mulvey, and
Silvester Day.
[11] Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather was appointed Aide-de-Camp to
the Queen, with the rank of Colonel, in 1846, the honor having been
deferred until this period in consequence of his short standing as
a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1843, the year in which the victories of
Meeanee and Hyderabad were gained.
Colonel Pennefather exchanged to the Twenty-eighth Regiment, with
Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Cotton, on the 2nd December, 1847, and becoming
supernumerary on the arrival of the Twenty-eighth regiment from India
in 1848, was placed on half-pay. In August, 1848, Colonel Pennefather
was appointed to serve on the Staff of the army in Ireland.
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF
THE TWENTY-SECOND,
OR
THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
HENRY, DUKE OF NORFOLK, K.G.
_Appointed 16th March, 1689._
LORD HENRY HOWARD, son of Henry, Earl of Norwich, afterwards Duke of
Norfolk, was summoned to parliament in 1678, by the title of Lord
Mowbray: and on the death of Prince Rupert, in 1682, his lordship
was nominated governor and constable of Windsor Castle, and warden
of the forest of Windsor; also lord lieutenant of Berkshire and
Surrey. On the decease of his father, in 1684, he succeeded to the
dignity of DUKE OF NORFOLK, and of Earl Marshal of England; and in
May, 1685, he was elected a Knight of the most noble order of the
Garter. On the breaking out of the rebellion of the DUKE OF MONMOUTH,
the DUKE OF NORFOLK took great interest in raising a regiment of
foot for the service of King James II., now the twelfth regiment of
foot, of which he was appointed colonel. His Grace did not approve
of the measures of the court, and evinced a strong attachment to the
protestant religion. One day (says Bishop Burnet) the King gave the
DUKE OF NORFOLK the sword of state to carry with him to the Popish
chapel, which he carried as far as the door and then stopped, not
being willing to enter the chapel. The King said, "My Lord, your
father would have gone farther;" to which the Duke answered,--"Your
Majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so
far." His Grace resigned his regiment, and joined in the invitation
to the PRINCE OF ORANGE. When the Prince landed, the DUKE OF NORFOLK
was in London, and was one of the Peers who petitioned the King for
a free parliament. He afterwards proceeded to his seat in Norfolk,
declared for the Prince of Orange, and brought that and some of the
neighbouring counties into the Prince's interest. On the elevation
of the Prince of Orange to the throne, his Graced was sworn a member
of the privy council; and afterwards used his interest and influence
in raising a corps of infantry, now the TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, of
which he was appointed colonel in March, 1689; but he resigned his
commission in the same year. He died on the 2nd of April 1701.
SIR HENRY BELLASIS, KT.
_Appointed 28th September, 1689._
SIR HENRY BELLASIS was educated in strict principles of loyalty and
attachment to monarchical government, and when a youth he suffered
in the royal cause during the usurpation of Cromwell. Soon after the
restoration he was nominated captain of an independent company in
garrison at Hull, of which fortress the Lord Bellasis (or Belasyse)
was appointed governor; but he resigned, in 1673, in consequence of
the Test Act, he being a Roman Catholic. In the summer of 1674, Sir
Henry Bellasis raised a company of musketeers and pikemen for the
service of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and was engaged
at the siege of Grave in the autumn of that year. He also served
at the siege of Maestricht in 1676; at the battle of Mont-Cassel
in 1677; and in the following spring he succeeded Colonel Ashley
in the command of a regiment which is now the sixth foot. At the
battle of St. Denis, in 1678, he evinced signal valour and ability,
vying in feats of gallantry with his commanders the Prince of
Orange and the celebrated Earl of Ossory, and was wounded. During
the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, in 1685, he accompanied
his regiment to England; and in 1687 circumstances occurred which
occasioned him to withdraw from the Dutch service; but he preserved
his attachment to the Protestant interest and to the Prince of
Orange. In 1689 he succeeded the Duke of Norfolk in the colonelcy of
the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, with which corps he served in Ireland
under the veteran Duke Schomberg. He served as brigadier-general
under King William in 1690; was at the battle of the Boyne; and at
the siege of Limerick, where he again distinguished himself. In 1691
he acquired new honours at the siege of Athlone; he also displayed
bravery and judgment at the battle of Aghrim; and on the reduction
of Galway he was appointed governor of that fortress, and took
possession of the town on the 26th of July, with his own and two
other regiments of foot. The rank of major-general was conferred
on this distinguished officer in April, 1692, and he commanded a
brigade under King William in Flanders, in the autumn of that year.
He acquired additional reputation at the battle of Landen, in 1693;
also in the command of a brigade under King William during the
following campaign; and in October, 1694, his Majesty rewarded him
with the rank of lieut.-general. His meritorious conduct procured him
the favour and confidence of his Sovereign, by whom he was employed
on important services. He commanded the camp on the Bruges canal,
in May, 1695; and a division of the covering army was placed under
his orders during the siege of Namur. At the close of the campaign
he was appointed president of the general court-martial which tried
the officers who surrendered Dixmude and Deinse to the enemy, and
sentenced Major-General Ellemberg to be shot. He continued to serve
in the Netherlands until the peace of Ryswick. In 1701 he obtained
the colonelcy of the Queen Dowager's regiment (now second foot) in
exchange with Colonel Selwyn. In 1702 he was second in command of the
British troops in the expedition to Cadiz; and having been charged
with participating in the plunder of Port St. Mary, he was tried by
a court-martial and dismissed the service. His reputation was thus
unfortunately tarnished; but his crime does not appear to have been
considered of a heinous nature, as he was subsequently elected a
member of parliament for the city of Durham; was appointed by Queen
Anne, in 1711, one of the commissioners to inquire into several
particulars respecting the accounts of the army in Spain; and in
June, 1713, he was appointed governor of Berwick. He died on the 14th
of December, 1717.
WILLIAM SELWYN.
_Appointed 28th June, 1701._
WILLIAM SELWYN served in the army of the United Provinces of the
Netherlands, in the time of King Charles II., and afterwards held a
commission under the British crown. In 1688 he was nominated captain
and lieut.-colonel in the second foot guards, with which corps he
served in Flanders, and in 1691 King William gave him the colonelcy
of the second foot, vacant by the decease of Lieut.-General Kirke.
He served at the head of his regiment at the battle of Landen on
the 29th of July, 1693, and distinguished himself under the eye of
his sovereign; he also served at the siege of Namur, in the summer
of 1695, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general during
the siege. He subsequently commanded a brigade of infantry in the
Netherlands, under King William III., who nominated him governor of
the island of Jamaica. He exchanged to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in
1701; and was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 10th June,
1702. He died in June, 1702.
THOMAS HANDASYD.
_Appointed 20th June, 1702._
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, THOMAS
HANDASYD was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND
regiment, with which corps he proceeded to the island of Jamaica;
and in June, 1702, Queen Anne promoted him to the colonelcy of the
regiment. He served in the West Indies; was advanced to the rank of
brigadier-general in 1705, and to that of major-general in 1710. In
1712, he resigned the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in
favour of his non.
ROGER HANDASYD.
_Appointed 3rd April, 1712._
This Officer served many years in the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, and was
promoted by Queen Anne to the lieut.-colonelcy of that corps, which
he commanded some time at the island of Jamaica. He succeeded his
father in the colonelcy of the regiment in 1712; was removed to the
sixteenth foot in 1730,--promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in
1735,--to that of major-general in 1739,--and to lieut.-general in
1743. He died in 1763.
WILLIAM BARRELL.
_Appointed 25th August, 1730._
This officer entered the army in the reign of William III.; he
obtained the rank of captain in 1698, and his distinguished conduct
in the wars of Queen Anne was rewarded with the brevet rank of
colonel on the 1st of January, 1707. In 1715 he was promoted to
the colonelcy of the Twenty-eighth foot; in 1727 he was appointed
brigadier-general; in 1730 he was removed to the TWENTY-SECOND
regiment, and in 1734 to the King's Own. In the following year
he was promoted to the rank of major-general; in 1739 to that of
lieut.-general; and he was also appointed governor of Pendennis
Castle. He died on the 9th of August, 1749.
THE HONORABLE JAMES ST. CLAIR.
_Appointed 30th October, 1734._
THE HONORABLE JAMES ST. CLAIR entered the army in the reign of Queen
Anne, and served under the celebrated JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. He
was several years an officer in the third foot guards, in which
corps he rose to the commission of major, with the rank of colonel,
and in 1734 King George II. nominated him to the colonelcy of the
TWENTY-SECOND regiment, from which he was removed, in 1737, to the
first, the royal regiment. In 1739 he was promoted to the rank of
brigadier-general; in 1741 to that of major-general; and to that of
lieut.-general in 1745, at which time he was performing the duty of
quartermaster-general in the Netherlands, to the army commanded by
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. In the following year
he commanded an expedition which was originally designed for the
attack of the French settlements in Canada; but was countermanded,
and afterwards proceeded against the French seaport L'Orient and the
peninsula of Quiberon; no important results were, however, achieved.
He was subsequently employed on an embassy to the courts of Vienna
and Turin.[12] On the decease of his brother, in 1750, he became
entitled to the dignity of Lord Sinclair, a Scottish peerage; but he
preferred a seat in the House of Commons, of which he had been many
years a member, and therefore did not assume the title. In 1761 he
was promoted to the rank of general. He died at Dysart, in November,
1762.
JOHN MOYLE.
_Appointed 27th June, 1737._
JOHN MOYLE entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and served
with reputation under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough; he
rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of a newly raised regiment of foot,
and in 1708 was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army. At the
peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded. In 1723 King George
I. conferred the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment on Colonel
Moyle, who was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1727,
and to that of major-general in 1735; in 1737 he was removed to the
TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He died on the 3rd of November, 1738.
THOMAS PAGET.
_Appointed 13th December, 1738._
This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III.,
and was many years an officer of the eighth horse, now seventh
dragoon guards, with which corps he served under the celebrated John
Duke of Marlborough. On the 1st of August, 1710, he was promoted
to the lieut.-colonelcy of the eighth horse; he was afterwards
lieut.-colonel of the first troop of horse grenadier guards; and in
July, 1732, was nominated colonel of the Thirty-second regiment, from
which he was removed, in 1738, to the TWENTY-SECOND. In 1739 he was
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died on the 28th of
May, 1741.
RICHARD O'FARRELL.
_Appointed 12th August, 1741._
RICHARD O'FARRELL was nominated ensign in a regiment of foot on
the 1st of May, 1692; and he served with reputation in the wars of
King William III. and of Queen Anne. On the 20th of December, 1722,
he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the ninth foot, and he
performed the duties of commanding officer to that corps many years,
with credit to himself and advantage to the service. On the decease
of Brigadier-General Paget, in 1741, King George II. rewarded the
long and faithful services of Lieut.-Colonel O'Farrell with the
colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. In 1746 Colonel O'Farrell
was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, and in 1754 to that of
major-general. His decease occurred in 1757.
EDWARD WHITMORE.
_Appointed 11th July, 1757._
EDWARD WHITMORE entered the army in the reign of King George II., and
serving with distinction in the wars of the Austrian succession,
was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment
on the 17th of July, 1747. He performed the duty of commanding
officer of the Thirty-sixth regiment with reputation ten years;
and in July, 1757, King George II. rewarded him with the colonelcy
of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He was nominated brigadier-general
in America in December, 1757; in 1758 he commanded a brigade under
Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord) Amherst, in the descent on Cape
Breton, and at the siege and capture of Louisburg, of which fortress
he was afterwards nominated governor. On the 19th of February, 1761,
he was promoted to the rank of major-general. During the following
winter he left Louisburg for Boston; during the voyage the ship
was driven, by severe weather, into the harbour of Plymouth, and
Major-General Whitmore, being on deck, in the night, fell overboard
and was drowned.
THE HONORABLE THOMAS GAGE.
_Appointed 29th March, 1762._
THE HONORABLE THOMAS GAGE, second son of Thomas, first Viscount
Gage, of Castle Island, in Ireland, having served some time in the
subordinate commissions, was appointed major of the Forty-fourth
foot in February, 1747; and he was further promoted to the
lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment on the 2nd of March, 1751. He
was serving with his regiment in America, when a dispute occurred
between Great Britain and France respecting the territory on the
banks of the Ohio, and he commanded the advance-guard of the
forces sent against Fort Du Quesne, which the French had built to
command the entrance into the country on the Ohio and Mississippi.
In the disastrous action on the 9th of July, 1755, Major-General
Braddock was killed, and Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Thomas Gage
was wounded. He continued to serve in America, where he raised a
provincial regiment, which was numbered the eightieth, light-armed
foot, of which he was appointed colonel in May, 1758; he was also
appointed brigadier-general in North America, and the efforts of the
army effected the conquest of Canada, which has continued to form
part of the British dominions from that period. He was promoted
to the rank of major-general in 1761, and in the same year he
performed the duty of Commander-in-Chief in North America, and also
succeeded Sir Jeffrey Amherst as Colonel-in-Chief of the sixtieth
regiment, which he held two months, when Lieut.-General Amherst
was re-appointed. In March, 1762, he was appointed colonel of the
TWENTY-SECOND foot; and in April, 1770, he was promoted to the rank
of lieut.-general. When the misunderstanding between Great Britain
and her North American colonies began to assume a serious aspect, he
was appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Massachusetts
Bay, and he arrived at Boston in May, 1774. Hostilities commenced
in the following year, and his active exertions to suppress the
rebellion were rewarded in August, 1775, with the appointment of
Commander-in-Chief in North America, which he resigned in a few
months afterwards. In April, 1782, he was appointed colonel of the
seventeenth light dragoons; he was promoted to the rank of general
in November following, and in 1785 he was removed to the eleventh
dragoons. He died in 1787.
CHARLES O'HARA.
_Appointed 18th April, 1782._
CHARLES O'HARA was appointed cornet in the third dragoons in
December, 1752, and in 1756 he was promoted to lieutenant and
captain in the second foot guards. He served in Portugal in 1762,
and performed the duties of quartermaster-general to the army under
Lieut.-General the Earl of Loudoun. In 1769 he was promoted to the
rank of captain and lieut.-colonel; and he served with his regiment
in North America. In the autumn of 1781 he was promoted to the rank
of major-general. He commanded the brigade of foot guards under
Lieut.-General Earl Cornwallis, in Virginia; distinguished himself at
the passage of the Catawba river on the 1st of February, 1781; and
was wounded at the battle of Guildford on the 15th of March. In 1782
he was nominated to the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment; was
removed to the Seventy-fourth highlanders in 1791, and was advanced
to the rank of lieut.-general in 1793. He commanded the British
troops at Toulon, and was wounded and taken prisoner in an action
with the French republican troops on the 30th of November, 1793. His
services were rewarded with the appointment of governor of Gibraltar,
and in 1798 he was promoted to the rank of general. It is recorded
that he possessed a happy combination of talents; was a brave and
enterprising soldier, a strict disciplinarian, and a polite and
accomplished gentleman. He died at Gibraltar on the 21st of February,
1802.
DAVID DUNDAS.
_Appointed 2nd April, 1791._
DAVID DUNDAS was one of the most distinguished officers of the age
in which he lived, for his perfect knowledge of the principles of
military tactics. He commenced his military education at the age
of thirteen in the academy at Woolwich, and at fifteen he assisted
in a survey of Scotland; in 1756 he obtained a commission in the
Fifty-sixth regiment. In 1758 he proceeded with the expedition to
the coast of France as an assistant quartermaster-general; and in
the following year obtained the command of a troop in a newly raised
regiment of light dragoons (Eliott's light horse), now the fifteenth,
or King's hussars. He served with his regiment in Germany in 1760 and
1761; in the following summer he accompanied an expedition to Cuba,
as aide-de-camp to Major-General Eliott, and was actively employed in
the reduction of the Havannah. After the peace he resumed his post in
his regiment, in which he rose to the rank of major; and, urged by an
ardent desire to acquire a perfect knowledge of every branch of his
profession, he obtained permission to proceed to the Continent, to
observe the practice of the French and Austrian armies. In 1775 he
obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of the twelfth light dragoons, joined
the regiment in Ireland shortly afterwards, and in 1778 received the
appointment of quartermaster-general in that country. In 1782 he was
removed to the lieut.-colonelcy of the second Irish horse, now the
fifth dragoon guards. In 1785 he again proceeded to the Continent,
attended the exercises of the Prussian troops during three summers,
and after his return he presented His Majesty with a detailed account
of their evolutions.