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fill the hiatus between George II.'s coming to the throne in 1727 (where Dal ton ends) and 1755, when the. complete regular series of printed Army Lists really commenced (for the Army List, 1754, gave only the regiments on the English and Scotch estab- lishments, and omitted those on the Irish establishment until 1755). Perhaps also some one can say something of the enter- prising publisher " J. Millan, opposite the Admiralty Office, Whitehall," who issued the same until about 1780, and who, from his sarcastic advertisements, must have been something of a character. The Gradation MS. Army Lists, -1742, 1745, and 1752, with the earlier MS. Army Lists, 1730 and 1736, in the Record Office, would, if printed, be of the keenest interest.

Many of the officers joined the army, especially the Guards, for a short time only, as part of their education, and afterwards served at Court, in Parliament, or in the Government. Most of the seniors are found and identified in Dalton's Lists.

Of others, curiously enough, many cannot be traced in the ' Landed Gentry,' but their deaths appear in ' Musgrave's Obituary,' and they are found in the pages of The Gent. Mag. and other contemporary periodicals, where their names so frequently appear in the "Promotions" that a fair idea of their various steps in commissions may be obtained, though naturally incom- plete and sometimes erroneous. I think that Tlie Gent. Mag., 1745 (or 1742, 1743, or 1744), gives a list of the field officers of the various regiments, which, if consulted, would prove a useful addition to the 1740 List. I append some notes :

First Troop of Horse Guards (ante, p. 4).

John Blathwayt (the younger son of Wm. B., the famous Secretary at War, 1683- 1704), b. about 1690 ; m. Miss Penfield ; and d. April 21, 1752.

He was succeeded as first lieutenant-colonel of the regt., April 15, 1742, by Lord Carpenter (see ' Parl. Hist, of Herefordshire, 1213 1896'), who commanded it until he d. July 12, 1749.

Jonathan Driver was lieutenant-colonel llth Dragoons, May 15, 1744, to June 26 1754.

Thomas Eaton d. Aug. 15, 1743 (? son of Edw. Eaton, captain and lieutenant-colone" Coldstream Guards, April 3, 1733, till he d. Jan. 4, 1737; and father of Thos. Dufour Eaton, sub-brigadier and cornet 1st Horse

Guards, Nov. 13, 1756 ; brigadier and ieutenant, 176- ; exempt and captain, Jan. 21, 1768).

John Elves ( ? Elwes, son of John Ehves, ieutenant Royal Regt. of Horse Guards, Jan. 8, 1711 ; captain do., May 15, 1712) appears as John Elways, second major 1st Troop of Horse Guards, April 9, 1748, to June 5, 1754.

Hon. Robert Fairfax, M.P. Maidstone, 1740-41, 1747-54; and Kent, 1754-68. B. 1707 ; cornet Royal Regt. of Horse Guards, Aug. 19, 1726 ; lieutenant do., Aug. 12, 1737 ; exempt and captain 1st Troop Horse Guards, July 9, 1739 ; second major, May 15 ,1742 ; first major do., Sept. 1, 1742, resigned Nov., 1745 ; lieutenant- colonel West Kent Militia, June (? 22), 1759 ; so in 1762. Succeeded his brother Thomas as 7th Viscount Fairfax, December, 1781 ; d. s.p. at Leeds Castle, Kent, July 15, 1793, aged 86.

Peter Hawker (? son of Peter Hawker, lieutenant-colonel of the Earl of Peter- borough's Dragoons in Spain, July 18, 1710; and father of Peter Hawker, adjutant and lieutenant 1st Troop Horse Guards, 175- ; brigadier and lieutenant, Nov. 7, 1759 ; exempt and captain, Nov. 21, 1763 ; guidon and major, Dec. 31, 1770).

Just an McCarty (? son, of Justin Maccarty, second liexitenant of Col. Edw. Jones's [new] Rgt. of Foot in Ireland, Aug. 28, 1708, till disbanded, 1712 ; placed on half-pay, 1714 ; of the same family as Charles M'Carthy of Carrignavar, co. Cork, who d. 1761) became lieutenant -colonel, April 9, 1748 ; on half-pay of first lieutenant and lieutenant -colonel 3rd Troop of Horse Guards from 1746 till he d., 1775.

Thomas Twysden (brother to Wm. T. p. 43) was second son of Sir Wm. T., 5th Bart. ; became cornet in the army, Sept. 1, 1730 ; brigadier 1st Troop of Horse Guards, June 24, 1740 ; exempt and captain ditto, May 27, 1745 ; guidon and major, Nov. 7, 1759 ; cornet and major, April 15, 1761 ; second lieutenant and lieutenant -colonel thereof, Nov. 21, 1763 ; retired Jan. 21, 1768 ; d. July 19, 1784, aged 74.

James Rolt was made brigadier and lieutenant 1st Horse Guards, June, 1749 ; vice Wm. Ryder made exempt and captain same date.

Peter Shepherd (? son of Peter Shepheard, captain in Col. Thos. Allnut's [36th] Regt. of Foot, Dec. 20, 1709 ; out before 1715).

Elliot Lawrence (? son of Elliot Law- ranee, ensign in Lord Mohun's Regt. of Foot, July 8, 1707).