of foot, with which corps he served in the Peninsula in the war
of the Spanish succession, and in Scotland during the Earl of
Mar's rebellion. On the 10th of July, 1718, he was promoted to
the lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment; and his zealous attention
to all the duties of his situation was rewarded, in November,
1739, with the colonelcy of the fourth regiment of marines, which
was then newly raised, from which he was removed, in 1742, to the
SEVENTEENTH regiment, which corps he had commanded many years with
reputation. He died in 1752.
EDWARD RICHBELL.
_Appointed 14th March, 1752._
This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne,
and served with reputation under the celebrated John Duke of
Marlborough. He evinced a constant attention to the duties of his
profession, and was promoted, on the 18th of May 1722, to the
lieut.-colonelcy of the thirty-seventh regiment. He distinguished
himself in the war of the Austrian succession, and was promoted to
the colonelcy of the thirty-ninth regiment on the 14th of June,
1743. In 1746 he commanded a brigade under Lieut.-general St.
Clair, in the expedition against Port L'Orient; and in 1752 he was
removed to the SEVENTEENTH regiment. He died in 1757.
JOHN FORBES.
_Appointed 25th February, 1757._
JOHN FORBES obtained a commission in the army on the 10th of April,
1710; after a progressive service in the subordinate commissions,
and distinguishing himself in the war of the Austrian succession,
he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Scots Greys on the
29th of November, 1750: in 1757 he was advanced to the colonelcy
of the SEVENTEENTH regiment. He was nominated Adjutant-general to
the expedition against Louisburg in 1757; and afterwards appointed
Commander-in-chief of the troops in the southern provinces of North
America, with the rank of Brigadier-general. He died on the 11th of
April, 1759.
THE HONORABLE ROBERT MONCKTON.
_Appointed 24th October, 1759._
THE HONORABLE ROBERT MONCKTON, son of John, first Viscount Galway,
served in the army in the war of the Austrian succession; and in
February, 1751, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the
forty-seventh regiment: in 1757 he was nominated Colonel-commandant
of the second battalion of the sixtieth regiment. He commanded
a brigade, under Major-general James Wolfe, in the expedition
against Quebec, and evinced great gallantry and ability on several
occasions; he was shot through the lungs at the battle on the
heights of Abraham, on the 13th of September; but recovered of
his wound, and was nominated Lieut.-governor of Annapolis Royal,
and Colonel of the SEVENTEENTH regiment. In 1761 he was appointed
Governor and Commander-in-chief of the province of New York; and
promoted to the rank of Major-general. Soon afterwards he was
selected to command the land-forces of an expedition against the
French island of Martinique, which he captured, after overcoming
numerous difficulties, early in 1762. He was nominated Governor of
Berwick and Holy Island, and afterwards of Portsmouth, which place
he represented in Parliament several years. He was promoted to the
rank of Lieut.-general in 1770. His decease occurred on the 21st of
May, 1782.
GEORGE MORRISON.
_Appointed 29th May, 1782._
This officer served many years on the staff of the army; he was
advanced to the rank of Lieut.-colonel in 1761, at which period he
held the appointment of Deputy-quartermaster-general; and in 1763
he was placed at the head of that department. He was promoted to
the rank of Colonel in 1772, and to that of Major-general in 1777;
in 1779 he was appointed Colonel of the seventy-fifth regiment
(afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed, in 1782, to the
SEVENTEENTH, and also promoted to the rank of Lieut.-general. He
was appointed to the fourth regiment of foot in 1792; and promoted
to the rank of General in 1796. He died in 1799.
GEORGE GARTH.
_Appointed 8th August, 1792._
This officer served thirty-seven years in the first regiment of
foot-guards, in which corps he was appointed Ensign and Lieutenant
at the commencement of hostilities with France in 1755. In 1758
he obtained the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, and he afterwards
served in Germany under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick: on the 6th
of February, 1772, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and
Lieut.-colonel. When the American war commenced, his services were
extended to that country, where the foot-guards had opportunities
of distinguishing themselves. He was promoted to the rank of
Colonel in 1779; was nominated Major in his regiment in March,
1782, and advanced to the rank of Major-general in November
following: in 1789 he was appointed Lieut.-colonel in his regiment.
King George III. was pleased to confer on Major-general Garth the
colonelcy of the SEVENTEENTH regiment in 1792; also to promote him
to the rank of Lieut.-general in 1796, and to that of General in
1801. General Garth was subsequently appointed Lieut.-governor of
Placentia. He died in 1819.
JOSIAH CHAMPAGNÉ, G.C.H.
_Appointed 14th June, 1819._
On the 28th of January, 1775, JOSIAH CHAMPAGNÉ was appointed
Ensign in the thirty-first foot, and embarking with his regiment,
in March, 1776, for the relief of Quebec, then besieged by the
Americans, he arrived in Canada in May, and took part in the
operations by which the troops of the United States were forced
to quit the British provinces. He remained on active service in
Canada during the remainder of the American war, was promoted
to a lieutenancy in his regiment in July, 1777, and, returning
to England at the peace in 1782, was nominated captain in the
ninety-ninth foot (afterwards disbanded) in 1783, and removed to
the third foot in March, 1784. He joined the Buffs at Jamaica
in May of the same year; and in 1789, when the Nootka Sound
question threatened to involve Great Britain and Spain in war, he
embarked with a detachment of his regiment on board the fleet: he
returned to England soon afterwards. He again embarked for the
West Indies, with his regiment, in 1793--the Buffs forming part of
the expedition under Lieut.-general Sir Charles Grey; but their
destination was afterwards changed to Ostend; and they subsequently
joined the armament under Major-general the Earl of Moira, prepared
to aid the French loyalists. In the same year Captain Champagné was
promoted to the majority of the eightieth foot, and afterwards to a
lieut.-colonelcy in the same corps. In 1794 he again proceeded to
the Continent, and, after serving in the retreat through Holland,
returned to England. He embarked for the coast of France in 1795,
and served with the expedition under Major-general Doyle which took
possession of Isle de Dieu. In 1796 he proceeded with his regiment
to the Cape of Good Hope, and towards the close of the same year
sailed to the East Indies. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel
in 1797; and in 1800 he was nominated to command an expedition
against Batavia, with the rank of Brigadier-general, but this
enterprise was countermanded; and he was afterwards named second in
command of the army which proceeded from India to Egypt in 1801.
He returned to England in 1803; and in September of that year he
was promoted to the rank of Major-general. On the 22nd of February,
1810, he was rewarded with the colonelcy of the forty-first foot;
and in July following promoted to the rank of Lieut.-general. In
1819 he was removed to the SEVENTEENTH regiment. He was honored
with the dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian
Guelphic Order; and was advanced to the rank of General in 1821. He
died on the 31st of January, 1840.
SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WETHERALL, G.C.H.
_Appointed 17th February, 1840._
This officer entered the service in August, 1775, as Ensign in
the SEVENTEENTH foot. He embarked at Cork with the regiment in
September following for Boston, North America, where he remained
during the siege, and accompanied his corps at the evacuation
to Halifax in March, 1776. In June following he proceeded
with the army under the command of Sir William Howe to Staten
Island, preparatory to the attack of New York. In August, 1776,
he received a lieutenancy; in which rank he served five years,
and was constantly employed in North America and Europe. He was
present at the battles of Brooklyn, Whiteplains, Fort Washington,
Princetown, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, exclusive of
several affairs of posts, in North America. He was embarked and did
duty as a Captain of marines on board His Majesty's ship Alfred,
and was in the battles of Cape Finisterre and St. Vincent, under
Sir George Rodney, previous to the relief of Gibraltar. On 17th
May, 1781, he raised an independent company, which was embodied in
the hundred and fourth regiment, and was employed on the island
of Guernsey. On 16th April, 1783, he exchanged into the eleventh
regiment, and proceeded to Gibraltar, where he did duty six years.
In 1790 he attended the Duke of Kent to Quebec, and accompanied
his Royal Highness as aide-de-camp to the West Indies in 1794; he
was at the taking of Martinique, where he received two wounds.
On 1st March, 1794, he was appointed Major in the eleventh foot,
and employed as Deputy-adjutant-general to the forces in Nova
Scotia, under the command of the Duke of Kent, to which situation
he was appointed on 23rd August, 1794. On 20th May, 1795 he was
appointed Lieut.-colonel in Keppel's regiment, and employed at St.
Domingo under the command of Lieut.-general Sir Adam Williamson
and Major-general Forbes; he was intrusted by the latter officer
with despatches for Sir Ralph Abercromby at Barbadoes, and on the
passage was taken by a French frigate, and wounded in action; he
remained at Guadaloupe a prisoner of war upwards of nine months,
and when exchanged was appointed Adjutant-general to the forces
under the command of the Duke of Kent in North America. On 3rd
August, 1796, he was removed to the lieut.-colonelcy of the
eighty-second regiment, and on 29th April, 1802, received the
brevet of Colonel. He afterwards raised the Nova Scotia fencible
regiment in North America, of which he was appointed colonel on 9th
July, 1803, and Adjutant-general and Brigadier to the forces on
the Caribbee Island station in May, 1806. On the 25th of October
following he was removed to the Cape of Good Hope, when he served
as Brigadier to the forces in that colony until 1809; he obtained
the rank of Major-general on 25th October of that year, and was
appointed to the Staff in India. On his passage from the Cape to
India he was again taken prisoner in the Company's ship Wyndham,
after a severe action, by a French squadron, in the Mozambique
Channel, and carried to the Isle of France, when, after being
confined two months, he was exchanged, and sailed for Calcutta. He
served there as second in command, under Sir Samuel Auchmuty, on
the expedition against Java, which terminated in its conquest. For
his services on that occasion he had the honour to receive a medal,
and the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. His next appointment
was to the command in Mysore and its dependencies, which he held
until June, 1815, when he returned to England. He received the rank
of Lieut.-general on 4th June, 1814. On 10th January, 1837, he was
advanced to the rank of General, and His Majesty King William IV.
conferred upon him the colonelcy of the sixty-second regiment. On
17th February, 1840, the Queen bestowed upon him the colonelcy
of the SEVENTEENTH regiment, in which he commenced his military
career. He died at Ealing, in Middlesex, on the 18th of December,
1842, having attained the advanced age of eighty-eight years.
GENERAL SIR PEREGRINE MAITLAND, K.C.B.
_Appointed from the seventy-sixth regiment, on 2nd January, 1843._
LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, For
Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
FOOTNOTES:
[6] The regiments raised in 1688, by King James II., were commanded
by the following officers:--HORSE.--The Earl of Salisbury, Marquis
de Miremont, Viscount Brandon, Henry Slingsby, and George Holman.
FOOT.--John Hales, Roger McEligot, Archibald Douglas, Solomon
Richards, the Duke of Newcastle, Colonel Gage, and Colonel Skelton.
[7] D'Auvergne's History.
[8] This letter was published in the State of Europe for June
1708; the writer was not aware of Brigadier-General Wightman's
appointment to the SEVENTEENTH regiment.
[9] Beatson's Naval and Military Memoirs.
[10] Boyer's Annals of Queen Anne.
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