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NOTES AND QUERIES. [is s. n. OCT. 21,
AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.
(See ante, pp. 3, 43, 84, 122, 163, 204, 243, 282.)
THE regiment next following (p. 28) was raised in Nottinghamshire in June, 1685, Sir William Clifton being its first Colonel. It was later known as the 15th Foot, and in 1782 received the additional territorial title " Yorkshire, East Riding." It is now " The East Yorkshire Regiment " :
"Major General . .
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
-Captains
Captain Lieutenant
'Lieutenants
tl Harrison's Dates of their
Dates of their first
of Foot. present commissions.
commissions.
Henry Harrison, Colonel (1).. 8 Feb. 1714-15
Ensign, 22 Feb. 1695.
Samuel Daniel (2) . . . . 2 July 1737
Ensign, 27 Oct. 1704.
Simon Loftus (3) . . . . 10 Dec. 1739
Ensign, Sept. 1708.
"Robert Thompson
25 Dec. 1726
Lieutenant, 16 Mar. 1710.
Henry De Laune (4)
26 ditto
Captain, 1 Dec. 1705.
Charles Campbell
5 April 1733.
George Dawson
9 July 1733
Ensiqn, 1 Mar. 1703-4.
John Dennet . .
23 April 1736
Lieutenant, 28 Jan. 1733-4
Arthur Mainwaring
25 June 1736
Cornet, 16 Dec. 1724.
L William Selbie
12 Jan. 1739-40
Ensign, 21 Mar. 1712-13.
George Sharpless (5) .
ditto
Ensign, 24 Feb. 1709-10.
f William Strachey (2)
21 May 1720
Ensign, 19 Aug. 1715.
John Bell
26 Dec. 1726
Ensign, 13 Aug. 1718.
Gabriel Sedieres
24 Feb. 1738-9
Ensign, 25 Oct. 1713.
John Grant
6 June 1733
Ensign, 1 Jan. 1718.
John Maitland (5)
1 Jan. 1735-6
Ensign, 25 Dec. 1726.
Andrew Pringle (2)
23 April 1736
Ensign, ditto.
Thomas Gregson
25 Oct. 1739
Ensign, 1712.
John Morris
12 Jan. 1739-40
Ensign, 2 Oct. 1712.
LTheophilus Johnson
19 ditto
From Half Pay.
(Robert Bell ..
20 April 1732.
Musgrave Briscow
6 June 1733.
1 Jan. 1735-6.
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Daniel Richardson
17 July 1739.
Job Walker
25 Oct. 1739.
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Robert Hooley
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12 Jan. 1739-40.
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3 Feb. 1739-40.
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I Thomas Davenport Da vies
4 ditto.
.Ensigns
This regiment suffered severe losses in the expedition against Carthagena, South
America, in 1741. R. Bell and M. Briscoe, who were ensigns in 1740, were captains in
.April, 1741, with two captains below them who were not in the regiment at all in 1740.
(1) Died in 1749, then being Lieut.-General.
(2) Died at Carthagena, South America, April 24, 1741, when on active service.
(3) Died, 1741, from wounds received at Carthagena.
(4) Became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Marines on May 14, 1741. Died in 1746.
(5) Killed at Carthagena, 1741.
Handasyd's Regiment of Foot (p. 29) was raised in the southern counties of England
in October, 1688, and in due course became the 16th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 it
received the additional title " Buckinghamshire," which in 1809 was changed to
" Bedfordshire." It is now " The Bedfordshire Regiment " :
Major General Handasyd's Dates of their
Regiment of Foot. present commissions. Major General .. Roger Handasyd, Colonel (1). . 9 July 1730 Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Peachell (2) . . . . 26 Nov. 1739 Major . . . . John Adams 2 Nov. 1739
Dates of their first
commissions. Ensign, 1694.
Ensign, 1701.
Lieutenant, 1706.
(1) Was Colonel of the 22nd Regiment from 1712 to 1730. Died in 1763, then being Lieut.-
Oeneral.
(2) Died in 1750. He belonged to the old family of de Pechels, and was father of Sir Paul Peachell, the 1st Baronet, created in 1797. The name is now spelt Pechell.
