12 s. ii. JULY is, i9i6.] NOTES AND QUERIES.
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Tliis is followed by two regiments of horse
(p. 7), each having the following establish-
ment of officers :
Colonel,
Lieutenant Colonel, Major,
1
1
1
3 Captains,
1 Captain Lieutenant,
5 Lieutenants,
6 Cornets.
The officers in 1740 were :
The first, " The Queen's own Regiment of
Horse," was formed in 1685, and is now
designated the " 2nd Dragoon Guards
(Queen's Bays)."
Cannon's ' Historical Records of the British Army ' says that in 1727 the title of the regiment was changed to " The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Horse," but in this list the word " Royal " does not appear.
The Queen's own Regiment of Horse.
Dates of their
present commissions.
(1)
Richard Whitworth . 1 Jan. 1717-8..
Peter Naizon ... 21 May 1733.
( Charles Otway ... 1 July 1721.
-{Anthony Rankins . 21 May 1733.
(.Philip Anstruthers (2) . 12 July 1739.
Francis Hull ... 21 May 1733.
( Robert Stringer . 2 Jan. 1722-3-
I Wadham Wyndham . 5 April 1732.
{William Chaworth . 21 May 1733
I Solomon Stevenson . 13 May 1735.
I Somerville . 23 July 1737.
/Chambers Dashwood (3) 5 April 1732.
Joseph Ash ... 21 May 1733.
I James Campbell . 14 May 1735.
1 Earl of Hume (4) . 13 May 1735.
John Cope ... 23 July 1737.
^ Charles Henry Lee . 29 Oct. 1739.
(1) John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, K.G., K.B., was appointed to the Colonelcy on 6 May, 1740.. From 1740 until the time of his death in 1749, he was Master-General of the Ordnance. At his death Uie Dukedom became extinct.
(2) Probably a misprint for Anstruther.
(3) The Christian name is probably Chamberlayne. In a MS. note on the interleaf Chamberlayn* Dashwood is shown as Lieutenant of 16 April, 1741. Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Bart., of Northbrook, Oxfordshire, married in 1682 Penelope, daughter of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, Bart. Their eldest son was named Chamberlayne. He died in 1743. This is probably the man.
(4) William, 8th Earl of Home, otherwise Hume (' D.N.B.').
J. H. LESLIE, Major, R.A. (Retired List)- (To be continued.)
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Major
Captains . . . . Captain Lieutenant
Lieutenants
Cornets
STATUES AND MEMORIALS IN THE BRITISH ISLES.
(See 10 S. xi., xii. ; 11 S. i.-xii., passim ; 12 S. i. 65, 243, 406.)
PIONEERS AND PHILANTHBOPISTS (continued).
G. J. HOLYOAKE.
Brighton. A tablet placed by the Co- operative Union on Eastern Lodge, Camel- ford Road, was dedicated by Mr. E. O. Greening on July 17, 1915. It is thus
inscribed :
George
Jacob Holyoake
Social Reformer
and Co-operator
lived here from
1881 to his death
hi 1906.
Miss M. E. HAYES.
Raheny, co. Dublin. A granite wheel 1 cross of Celtic design has been erected to her memory in her native place. It is thus inscribed : (On shaft.) Heal the sick, say unto them,
the Kingdom of God is come unto you.
(On base.) Marie Elizabeth Hayes, Doctor and Missionary. Born at Raheny nectory. 17 May, 1874. Died at Delhi, 4 January, 11 Friends have given this cress in memory oi bet work in India.
