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NOTES AND QUERIES. i2s.vn.Nov .27,1920.
It should be noted, that in the 1740 list it is the only infantry regiment, except the
Toot Guards, which is designated by a title, and not by the name of its Colonel.
His Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot,
commanded by Brigadier St. Clair.
'Colonel
James St. Clair (1)
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Captains
' Captain L leidcnant
Colonels',
Rycaut (5)
George Innes . . James Forrester (6) Walter Innes . . Patrick Stuart . . Richard Talbott Keneth McKenzie John Shaw Andrew Skene James Abercombie(7) James Roddam Robert Gawne William Cockburn Patrick Wood Alexander Grant (8)
John Gordon (9)
'Claud. Frazer (10) ..
Wheeler Barrington (11)
George Davidson
John Hamilton
William Brown (12)
Archibald Cockburn . .
William Crawfurd
John Mayo
William Hodder
Arch. Hepburn -<; William Forster (13)
John Cunningham
Donald Clark
Patrick Hamilton I James Fayier (14) I Alexander Reid I Henry St. Clair
Sir John Abercrombie
George Weir
Robert Scott . . VRobert Moland
(1) Second son of Henry, 8th Baron Sinclair. Major- General, Aug. 15, 1741; Lieut.-General, June 4, 1745 ; General, Mar. 10, 1761. Died at Dysart, Nov. 30, 1762. See * D.N.B.,' under " Sinclair."
(2) Died in 1742 after 53 years' service in the regiment.
(3) Died at Kingston, Jamaica, Mar. 11, 1742.
(4) Lieut.-Colonel, Mar. 12, 1742.
(5) Died in the West Indies, 1742.
(6) Major, April 20, 1742. To the 3rd Foot Guards, Dec. 23, 1752.
(7) Lieut.-Colonel, July 1, 1742. Major-General, Jan. 31, 1756 ; Lieut.-General, Mar. 31, 176*1 ; General, May 25, 1772. Died in 1781.
(8) Adjutant, 1742.
(9) Captain, Nov. 4, 1741.
(10) Captain, Sept. 7, 1741.
(11) Captain-Lieutenant, Sept. 7, 1741. Died in 1754.
(12) Captain, Mar. 23, 1742.
(13) Captain, July 19, 1740 ; Major, Mar. 4, 1752 ; Lieut.-Colonel, Dec. 24, 1765.
(14) Captain, April 5, 1742 ; Major, Sept. 4, 1754.
-lieutenants
Dates of their
Dates of their first
present commissions.
commissions.
. . 27 June 1737
1 July 1737
Ensign, 1 Oct. 1689
. . 22 Nov. 1723
ditto 6 Mar. 1707
. . 10 July 1737
. . 14 Aug. 1738
Ensign 14 Feb. 1710-11
2 Mar. 1718-19
Lieutenant, 1 Oct. 1715
. . 20 Nov. 1720
Ensign, 1 June 1696.
. . 22 Nov. 1723
. . 30 Jan. 1725
Ensign, 2 Aug. 1695.
. . 25 Oct. 1727
ditto 2 April 1704.
. . 15 Nov. 1729
ditto 1705.
4 April 1734
Lieutenant, 1 Sept. 1706.
. . 11 July 1734
Ensign, 23 June 1704.
8 Feb. 1735-6
Lieutenant, 5 Mar. 1709.
, . 18 June 1736
, . 14 Aug. 1738
Ensign, 5 June 1706.
. . 14 Aug. 1738
ditto 4 April 1707.
,. 14 Aug. 1738
ditto 6 Dec. 1722.
3 May 1739
. . 20 June 1739
ditto 29 Aug. 1735.
3 May 1739
ditto 2 May 1712.
. 11 July 1722
ditto 11 Nov. 1717.
, . 26 Nov. 1722
ditto 2 Mar. 1718.
. 23 Oct. 1724
ditto 21 Mar. 1705.
1 Aug. 1727
Lieutenant, 1 May, 1714.
. 25 Oct. 1727
Ensign, 2 Mar. 1709
. 23 Mav 1732
ditto 1 Oct. 1711.
4 April 1734
ditto 22 Oct. 1714.
. 22 April 1734
ditto 28 Nov. 1715.
. 11 Jiilv 1734
ditto 9 July 1719
. 15 Feb. 1734-5
Ensign, 11 July 1722.
. 29 Aug. 1735
ditto 11 July 1722.
3 Aug. 1736
ditto 30 Jan. 1725
8 Sept. 1736
ditto 42 Oct. 1712
. 10 July 1737
ditto 1 Nov. 1726.
. 14 Aug. 1738
ditto 24 Dec. 1726.
. 14 Aug. 1738
ditto 17 June 1731.
. 14 Aug. 1738
ditto 23 May 1732.
. 15 Dec. 1738
ditto 2 Feb. 1732-3.
3 Mav 1739
ditto 28 May 1733.
. 30 April 1739
ditto 20 Mav 1732
1 May 1739
ditto 1 July 1734.
