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186 NOTES AND QUERIES. Colonel Bragg's Regiment of Foot (continued). Thomas Buck (8) Francis Nesbett (9) Roger Holt Richard Gibson . . ^Ensigns .: .. {Essex Edgworth (10) Richard Hutch eson Robert Dalrvmple Loftus Cliffc* . . Robert Cope Dates of their present commissions. 9 Aug. 1722. 5 Jan. 1723-4. . . 11 May 1727. .. 12 Sept. 1729. .. 13 Mar. 1732. . . 10 April 1736. 1 May 1737. 8 July 1737. .. 27 Feb. 1737-S. The names here following are entered in ink on the interleaf : ILieut.- Colonel 'Captains -lieutenant . . -Ensigns Lord Geo. Sackville (11) f Richard Fitzgerald I Geoffrey Jocelyne (12) Henry Wright (13) /Thomas Span (14) 19 July 1740. 13 Mar. 1740/1. 13 Mar. 1740/1. 10 Feb. 1740/1. 10 Feb. 1740/1. (Charles Abraham Graydon (15) 23 Apr. 1740. . . { Ralph Corry (16) .. .. 24 Apr. 1740. Hunt Walsh (17) .. .. 7 June 1741. vMoryne Harman . . . . 1 Aug. 1741. (8) Lieutenant, Feb. 10, 1740/1 ; Lieut.-Colonel of the 53rd Foot, Dec. 20,1755. (9) Lieutenant, Feb. 10, 1740/1. (10) Lieutenant, Aug. 1, 1741. (11) See ' D.N.B.' (12) Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment, May 5, 1746. Left in 1757. (13) Captain, May 8, 1746. Still serving in 1755, but not in 1756. (14) Captain, Aug. 28, 1753. Still serving in 1760, but not in 1763. (15) Captain-Lieutenant, Oct. 12, 1747. Still serving in 1755, but not in 1756. (16) Captain, May 2, 1751 ; Major, Feb. 27, 1760. Still serving in 1763, but not in 1766. (17) Major in the regiment, Aug. 28, 1753 ; Lieutenant- Colonel, Feb. 2, 1757 ; Colonel in the .army, Feb. 19, 1762. Served in the regiment until 1767. J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Colonel (Retired List). (To be continued.) WILLIAM GHALLINOB : BIRTH CENTENARY OF A DICKENS' LINK. As there is no men- tion of William Challinor in the 'D.N.B.' it may be of permanent interest to preserve the. chief facts of his life in the pages of '1ST. & Q.' Some of these are to be found in Simms's ' Bibliotheca Staff ordiensis,' where they are stated as follows : " b. Leek, 10th March, 1821 ; s. of William Challinor and Mary, his wife ; educated Leek Gr. Sch. ; King William's Coll., Isle of Man; Trin. Coll., Dublin; B.A. ; M.A. ; Solicitor practising in Leek ; m. Mary Elizabeth Pemberton, of Birmingham." ! This entry is followed by a list of his publications and appeared in his lifetime, 1894. His chief writings are contained in his book entitled ' Lectures, Verses, Speeches, Reminiscences, &c.' (Leek : H. M. Miller, Times Office, 1891). From this volume and private information a few fuller particulars . alre to be gleaned. His lectures show a wide knowledge of Staffordshire, and the series of five dealing with Leek contains valuable information, including much that is his- torical, dialectal and legendary; other addresses deal with matters of public futility, such as 'Waste and its Prevention,' and the railways in Staffordshire. His output of verse, though he began writing early, was not large, but only selections were published. To turn to his reminis- j cences, he tells us that at the age of 13 he went to King William's College, Isle of Man, ! and among the lasting friendships then | formed was one with the well-known Manx I character, John Howard, afterwards vicar 1 of Onchan, near Douglas. He often visited Howard, who in turn visited him at his home at Pickwoocl. Under the elate, I "Tuesday, June 7th, 1842," is the first intimation of his legal studies: "Went to the Hall, Chancery Lane, to pass my ex- amination as a solicitor there I rather liked it than otherwise as I had read hard during my clerkship, and especially the last six months with Mr. Baylis " (Thomas I Henry Baylis, Q.C., 1817-1908 (see 'D.N.B.' Sec. Sup. ) to whom he dedicated his book of ! lectures, &c., together with the Rev. William Beresford). His notes contain much per- sonal information intermingled with fancies and observations. In 1849 Challinor issued a pamphlet on 'The Court of Chancery: its Inherent