Foot Guards, in which corps he was appointed captain and
lieutenant-colonel, in 1748, and was advanced to the majority,
with the rank of colonel, in 1753. He obtained the rank of
major-general, in 1759, and the lieutenant-colonelcy of the First
Foot Guards in 1760. In the following year he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general; and, in 1765, King George III.
conferred on him the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment. He died
in 1766.
HUNT WALSH.
_Appointed 22nd May, 1766._
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this
officer was appointed major in the Twenty-eighth Foot, in August,
1753, and promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment on
the 2nd of February, 1757. He commanded the 28th in America during
the Seven years’ war, when that corps had the honor to serve at
the capture of Louisburg, in 1758; at the reduction of Quebec, in
1759, under Major-General Wolfe; and at the conquest of Canada, in
1760. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1762, and in 1766
his services were rewarded with the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SIXTH
Regiment. He attained the rank of major-general in 1772; that of
lieutenant-general in 1777; and of general in 1793. He died in 1795.
SAMUEL HULSE.
_Appointed 7th March, 1795._
This officer was appointed ensign in the First Foot Guards in
1761, and rose to the commission of captain and lieutenant-colonel
in 1776. In 1780 he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of
his regiment, and was employed in suppressing the riots in London
in that year. At the commencement of the French revolutionary
war he was called into active service, and commanded the first
battalion of his regiment in Flanders, in 1793. He served at the
siege of Valenciennes; and distinguished himself on the 18th of
August, in the action at Lincelles, for which he was thanked in
orders by the Duke of York. He shared in the operations before
Dunkirk, and in the subsequent movements until October, when he was
promoted to the rank of major-general, and returned to England.
In May of the following year he again proceeded to Flanders, and
commanded a brigade in several partial actions near Tournay, and
in the retreat to Holland. Returning to England early in 1795, he
was appointed colonel of the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment, and placed on
the home staff, where he continued three years; in 1797 he was
removed to the Nineteenth Foot. On the 1st of January, 1798, he
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general; and during the
troubles in Ireland, in the summer of that year, his services were
extended to that part of the kingdom; but he returned to England
in November, and resumed his command on the staff. He served in
Holland under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, in 1799, and was
at the several engagements from the 19th of September to the 6th of
October. On returning to England he was appointed to the command
of the southern district, in which he continued until the peace in
1802. He was advanced to the rank of general in 1803; appointed
lieutenant-governor of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, in 1806, and
removed to the Sixty-second Foot in 1810.
He was one of the earliest servants placed by King George III. on
the establishment of the Prince of Wales; was many years His Royal
Highness’s treasurer and receiver-general; and on the accession of
the Prince to the throne, General Hulse was nominated treasurer of
the household, and governor of Chelsea Hospital. In 1821 he was
knighted. He was also appointed ranger of Windsor Home Park; a
privy councillor; and knight grand cross of the royal Hanoverian
Guelphic Order. On the accession of King William IV., General Hulse
was promoted to the rank of field-marshal by commission, dated the
22nd of July, 1830. He died at his apartments in Chelsea Hospital,
in 1837, at the advanced age of ninety years.
THE HONORABLE CHAPPLE NORTON.
_Appointed 24th January, 1797._
CHAPPLE NORTON, third son of Sir Fletcher Norton, who was many
years Speaker of the House of Commons, and afterwards created
Lord Grantley, entered the army in the reign of King George II.,
and was appointed captain in the Nineteenth Foot in June, 1763.
He served with his regiment at Gibraltar; and, in 1769, purchased
a majority in the First, the Royal Regiment of Foot, from which
he was promoted to captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Second
Foot Guards in 1774. He served with the brigade of Foot Guards in
North America, and took part in most of the principal occurrences.
He particularly distinguished himself in February, 1780, and
was thanked in orders in the following terms:--“His Excellency
Lieutenant-General Knyphausen desires his thanks may be given in
public orders to Lieutenant-Colonel Norton of the Guards, for
his good conduct and gallant behaviour in attacking and forcing
a considerable body of rebels, advantageously posted at Young’s
house, in the neighbourhood of White Plains.” In November following
he was promoted to the rank of colonel; and, in 1786, he obtained
a majority in his regiment; in 1787 he was advanced to the rank of
major-general; in 1797 to that of lieutenant-general, and at the
same time he received the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment;
in 1802 he was promoted to the rank of general, and he was
afterwards appointed governor of Charlemont. He took great interest
in everything connected with his regiment: having considerable
influence in the county of Surrey, where the estates of his family
were situated, his corps received many recruits from that part of
the country; he represented Guildford in Parliament many years. He
was a generous and good man, and was honored with the favor of the
Duke of York. He died on the 19th of March, 1818, at Wonersh in
Surrey, the seat of Lord Grantley.
SIR JOHN MURRAY, BARONET.
_Appointed 31st March, 1818._
SIR JOHN MURRAY, a baronet of Nova Scotia, entered the army as
ensign in the Third Foot Guards in 1788, and rose to the rank
of lieutenant and captain in 1793. He served in Flanders as
aide-de-camp to Field-Marshal Freytag, and afterwards to His Royal
Highness the Duke of York; and was at the actions of St. Amand
and Famars, and the siege of Valenciennes; also at the siege of
Dunkirk, and the engagements at Maubege and near Cambresis. In the
spring of 1794 he was promoted to the rank of major, and a few
weeks afterwards to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Eighty-fourth
Regiment. He was present at the various actions near Tournay, in
the same year, and in the retreat to Holland. He afterwards served
under General Sir Alured Clarke, and was at the capture of the Cape
of Good Hope in September, 1795. In 1799 he commanded a body of
troops on the Red Sea; and, in 1800, he was promoted to the rank
of colonel. He performed the duties of quarter-master-general to
the troops which proceeded from India to Egypt under Major-General
Sir David Baird; and afterwards, returning to India, commanded
the Bombay division of the army which joined Major-General the
Honorable Arthur Wellesley, at Poonah, during the Mahratta war,
in 1803. He also commanded a body of troops during the subsequent
hostilities with Scindeah and Holkar. Having been promoted to the
rank of major-general in 1805, and returned to Europe, he served
on the staff of the eastern district, from December of that year
to April, 1808; and he subsequently commanded the King’s German
Legion in the expedition to the Baltic, &c., under Sir John Moore,
whom he accompanied to Portugal. Remaining in that country, he
served under Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the
operations against the French under Marshal Soult, and took a
conspicuous part in the expulsion of the French from Oporto. On
the 27th of May, 1809, he was appointed colonel of the Third West
India Regiment; and on the 1st of January, 1812, he was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant-general. Early in 1813 he took the command
of the Anglo-Sicilian army in the south of Spain, and was engaged
in operations to create a diversion in favour of the grand allied
army under Lord Wellington, and to prevent Marshal Suchet detaching
troops to Castille. His proceedings on this occasion did not
realize the expectations which had been entertained, and a general
court-martial, assembled after his return to England, found him
guilty of error of judgment. In 1818 he was appointed colonel of
the FIFTY-SIXTH Regiment; and, in 1825, promoted to the rank of
general. His honorary distinctions were those of knight grand cross
of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic order, and the first class of the
order of St. Januarius of Naples. He died in 1827.
MATTHEW, LORD AYLMER, K.C.B.
_Appointed 29th October, 1827._
Removed to the Eighteenth or the Royal Irish Regiment, in 1832.
SIR HUDSON LOWE, K.C.B.
_Appointed 23rd July, 1832._
Removed to the Fiftieth Regiment in 1842.
THE EARL OF WESTMORLAND, K.C.B. & G.C.H
_Appointed 17th November, 1842._
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS
OF THE
FIFTY-SIXTH, OR WEST ESSEX, REGIMENT OF FOOT.
+-----------------------+--------------+-------------------------------+
| Names. | Dates of | Date of Removal, &c. |
| | Appointment. | |
+-----------------------+--------------+-------------------------------+
|Peter Parr |Dec. 26, 1755|{Removed to Fourth Foot, |
| | |{ June 30, 1760. |
|John Doyne |June 30, 1760|Retired February 20, 1762. |
|James Stewart. |Feb. 20, 1762|Died September 1, 1762. |
|Alexander Monypenny |Sep. 1, 1762|Retired October 3, 1776. |
|John Caulfield |Oct. 3, 1776|Retired November 6, 1778. |
|Henry Johnson |Nov. 6, 1778|{Removed to Seventeenth Foot |
| | |{ in 1778. |
|Peter Craig |Jan. 9, 1779|{Removed to Sixty-second Foot, |
| | |{ November 25, 1799. |
|William Earle Bulwer |Sep. 1, 1795|{Placed on half-pay, November |
| | |{ 18, 1795. |
|John Whitwell |Nov. 18, 1795|Died in 1796. |
|Thomas Picton |May 1, 1796|{Promoted to the colonelcy of |
| | |{ Seventy-seventh Foot, |
| | |{ October 15, 1811. |
|P. K. Skinner |Dec. 11, 1799|Removed July 25, 1814. |
|Samuel Keating |Aug. 1, 1804|{Promoted to Bourbon regiment, |
| | |{ March 5, 1812. |
|Fletcher Barclay |June 27, 1811|Retired April 26, 1831. |
|Boyle Travers |Jan. 2, 1812|Removed July 25, 1814. |
|Nigel Kingscote |Oct 17, 1811|{Placed on half-pay, December |
| | |{ 25, 1818. |
|J. Frederick Brown |March 5, 1812|{Exchanged to Twenty-eighth |
| | |{ Foot, May 9, 1816, with |
| | |{ Sir Charles Belson. |
|Henry Sullivan |July 1, 1813|{Placed on half-pay, on the |
| | |{ reduction of second |
| | |{ battalion, on September |
| | |{ 6, 1817. |
|John William Mallet |Nov. 6, 1813|{Placed on half-pay, December |
| | |{ 25, 1814, on the reduction. |
|Sir Charles P. Belson,}|May 9, 1816|{Placed on half-pay, on |
| K.C.B. }| |{ September 6, 1817, on the |
| | |{ reduction of second |
| | |{ battalion. |
|H. H. Prichard |April 26, 1831|Retired May 20, 1836. |
|G. M. Eden |May 20, 1836|{Removed to Scots Fusilier |
| | |{ Guards, on July 5, 1839. |
|Robert O’Hara |July 5, 1839|{Exchanged to the Eighty-eighth|
| | |{ on August 16, 1839, with |
| | |{ Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Eden. |
|William Hassel Eden |Aug. 16, 1839|At present in command. |
+-----------------------+--------------+-------------------------------+
SUCCESSION OF MAJORS
OF THE
FIFTY-SIXTH, OR WEST ESSEX, REGIMENT OF FOOT.
+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+
| NAMES. | Dates of | REMARKS. |
| | Appointment. | |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+
|John Doyne |Dec. 26, 1755|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, |
| | |{ June 30, 1760. |
|James Stewart |June 30, 1760|{Promoted to Lieut.-Col., |
| | |{ February 20, 1762. |
|John Heighington |Feb. 20, 1762|Resigned September 9, 1762. |
|Alexander Milbanke |Sep. 9, 1762|Died November 4, 1762. |
|William Forbes |Nov. 4, 1762|{Removed to Thirty-fifth Foot, |
| | |{ October 31, 1762. |
|Thomas Johnston |Oct. 31, 1762|Resigned September 11, 1765. |
|Henry Pringle |Sep. 11, 1765|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel |
| | |{ Fifty-first Foot, August |
| | |{ 16, 1770. |
|John Caulfield |Aug. 16, 1770|{Promoted to Lieut.-Col., |
| | |{ October 3, 1776. |
|Bulleine Fancourt |Oct 3, 1776|Retired August 6, 1783. |
|Hon. Vere Poulett |Aug. 6, 1783|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel |
| | |{ Sixtieth Regiment, August |
| | |{ 31, 1793. |
|Patrick Tytler |Aug. 31, 1793|Retired October 8, 1794. |
|John Alexander |Oct. 8, 1794|Retired March 10, 1797. |
|James Barrington |Sep. 1, 1795|Resigned September 3, 1800. |
|Robert Douglas |March 10, 1797|{Promoted Lieut.-Colonel |
| | |{ Eighteenth Foot, July |
| | |{ 9, 1803. |
|Henry S. Keating |Sep. 3, 1800|{Promoted August 1, 1804, |
| | |{ by Augmentation. |
|Robert Owen |Aug. 27, 1803|{Placed upon half-pay, |
| | |{ February 21, 1805. |
|George Andrew |Aug. 1, 1804|{Exchanged to half-pay, |
| Armstrong | |{ January 5, 1805. |
|Robert O’Neill } |Aug. 2, 1804|{Exchanged to half-pay, |
| {Augmen- } | |{ June 23, 1808, with |
| {tation. } | |{ Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Walsh. |
|Fletcher Barclay } |Aug. 27, 1804|Promoted June 27, 1811. |
|William Brooke |Jan. 5, 1805|{Exchanged to Fifth Dragoon |
| | |{ Guards, July 25, 1805. |
|John McLeod |Feb. 21, 1805|{Promoted Lieut.-Colonel Ninth |
| | |{ Garrison Battalion, May |
| | |{ 5, 1808. |
|Henry R. Knight |July 25, 1805|Exchanged to half-pay, July |
| | |{ 17, 1806. |
|Boyle Travers |July 17, 1806|Promoted January 2, 1812. |
|Samuel Bayley |June 9, 1808|Died in 1810. |
|Thomas Walsh |June 23, 1808|Died in 1810. |
|John William Mallett |Aug. 29, 1810|Promoted November 6, 1813. |
|Sir Charles Wyndham }|Nov. 29, 1810|Retired July 26, 1821. |
| Burdett, Bart. }| | |
|Robert Grant |June 27, 1811|{Exchanged to Eighty-second |
| | |{ Foot, April 12, 1821. |
|Joseph Hanna |Jan. 2, 1812|Died in 1816. |
|William S. Forbes |Nov. 6, 1813|}Placed on half-pay on September|
|Henry Capadose |Oct. 17, 1816|} 6, 1817, on the disbandment |
| | |} of second battalion. |
|George Wroughton |April 12, 1821|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel |
| Montagu | |{ unattached, May 19, 1825. |
|John Gualey |July 26, 1821|Cancelled. |
|Howell Harris |July 26, 1821|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, |
| Prichard | |{ April 26, 1831. |
|John Elliot Cairnes |May 26, 1825|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel |
| | |{ unattached, March 29, 1827. |
|John Peddie |March 29, 1827|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel |
| | |{ unattached, August 28, 1827. |
|William Gun |Aug. 28, 1827|Retired October 11, 1831. |
|William Mitchell |April 26, 1831|{Exchanged to half-pay, |
| | |{ June 13, 1834. |
|George Morton Eden |Oct. 11, 1831|{Promoted to Lt.-Colonelcy, |
| | |{ May 20, 1836. |
|John Wilson |June 13, 1834|Died at Jamaica, July 14, 1837. |
|Forrester Owen |May 20, 1836|Retired September 12, 1843. |
| Leighton | | |
|Peter Shadwell |July 15, 1837|} |
| Norman | |} Now serving. |
|Edmund Wm. Wilton |Sep. 12, 1843|} |
| Passy | |} |
+---------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+
LONDON:
HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS,
ST. MARTIN’S LANE.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Afterwards General SIR DAVID DUNDAS, K.B., author of a valuable
work on the principles of military movements, which became the
basis of regulations for the field exercises of the British army.
[2] Strength of the garrison of Gibraltar, at the commencement of
the blockade, 21st June, 1779.
+----------------------------+--------+------+-------+-------+-------+
| BRITISH. |Officers|Staff.| Ser- | Drum- | Rank &|
| | | |jeants.| mers. | File.|
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-------+
|Royal Artillery | 25 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 428 |
|Royal Engineers | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 106 |
|12th Regiment | 26 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 519 |
|39th ” | 25 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 506 |
|56th ” | 23 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 506 |
|58th ” | 25 | 3 | 29 | 22 | 526 |
|72nd, or, Royal Manchester |} | | | | |
| Volunteers (disbanded 1783)|} 29 | 4 | 47 | 22 | 944 |
| | | | | | |
| HANOVERIANS. | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
|Hardenberg’s Regiment | 16 | 13 | 42 | 14 | 367 |
|Reden’s ” | 15 | 12 | 42 | 14 | 361 |
|De la Motte’s ” | 17 | 16 | 42 | 14 | 367 |
| +--------+------+-------+-------+-------+
| Total | 209 | 59 | 313 | 169 | 4,632 |
+----------------------------+--------+------+-------+-------+-------+
_Governor_, General GEORGE A. ELIOTT, afterwards LORD HEATHFIELD.
_Lieut.-Governor_, Lieut.-General R. Boyd.
_Commanding the Hanoverian Brigade_, Major-General De la Motte.
[3] The Duke of York’s despatch.
[4] These orders are printed in the Record of the Second or Queen’s
Royal Regiment of Foot, page 81.
[5] Lieut.-Colonel Keating’s despatch.
[6] Serjeant HASTY was afterwards discharged and appointed to
a situation in the service of the governor. He proved a man of
talent, and was selected to take charge of, and educate in the
English language, two of the princes of Ova, in Madagascar, where
Radam was king. He was afterwards nominated British Resident at
Madagascar; and on a visit to the Mauritius, he was received by a
guard of honour of his old corps, commanded by his former captain.
He died at Madagascar.
[7] Colonel Fletcher Barclay was appointed Ensign in the
FIFTY-SIXTH on the 30th of June, 1791, and served in the West
Indies, in Holland, and in the East Indies. In 1804, he was
promoted to the rank of Major, and in 1811, to Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1831, he retired, after a diligent and faithful service of forty
years, having passed through the several grades, and attained the
rank of Colonel in the Army.
[8] While detachments of the regiment were in the disputed
territory, several desertions occurred, and in the beginning of
March, 1841, Lieutenant T. Johnes Smith evinced signal energy and
discretion in the apprehension of a deserter from the party under
his orders, who had taken refuge in the American Block Houses at
Fish River, for which he received the thanks of Major-General Sir
James Macdonell, commanding at Quebec.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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then from v to viii again; this has not been changed.
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.
Pg v: ‘1700 Returns to’ replaced by ‘1760 Returns to’.
Pg v: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 24: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 35: ‘tend to recal’ replaced by ‘tend to recall’.
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