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Henry Cornewall, M.P. Hereford, 1747-54, defeated 1741 (see ' Parl. Hist, of Hereford- shire, 1213-1896 '), was colonel of the newly raised 7th Marines, Dec. 25, 1740, till dis- banded, Oct. 27, 1748 ; brigadier-general, Nov. 8, 1735 ; major-general, July 2, 1739 ; lieutenant-general, Feb. 4, 1743 ; Governor of Londonderry and Culmore Fort, Nov. 4, 1749, till he d., April 4, 1756. He was succeeded by Tomkyns Wardour of Whitney Court, co. Hereford, as first lieutenant-colonel of the regt., Jan. 25, 1741, on which date Capt. James Madan, or Madden, from the Horse Guards Blue (p. 43), was made first major of this regt. in room of Philip Roberts, made second lieutenant-colonel, vice War- dour. Arthur Edwards, lieutenant 15th Foot, Oct. 24, 1708, may have been passed over or retired at this date, dying June 22, 1743.

Philip Roberts m. Anne, daughter of Edw. Coke, and second and only surviving sister of Thomas, Earl of Leicester, who at his death, April 20, 1759, left his extensive estates to their eldest son, Wenman Coke (which name he assumed), many years M.P., who d. v.p. 1776, father of Thos. Wm., 1st Earl of Leicester, 1837. Philip Roberts probably became first lieutenant-colonel of the regt., vice Wardour, April 1, 1743, and The Gent. Mag. for that year might also say if his successor as second lieutenant- colonel then was Thomas, Earl of Effingham {p. 43), who on July 24, 1749, again suc- ceeded him as first lieutenant-colonel of the regt.

Thomas Levett, ensign 15th Foot, Sept. 17, 1713 ; lieutenant, 1716 ; captain- lieutenant (and brevet captain), Aug. 30, 1720, to 1729 ; left the 2nd Horse Guards, and became before 1750 an Army Agent as " Capt. Thos. Levett, Warwick - street, Golden-square," being in that year Agent for the Royal Regt. of Horse Guards, and the 13th, 49th, and 45th " Marching Regts. of Foot."

Mark Anthony Saurin was lieutenant- colonel 1st Royal Dragoons, Aug. 24, 1746, to Dec. 2, 1754.

'Charles Clarke was lieutenant and captain 1st Foot Guards, Jan. 17, 1730, to 1734 ; C6met and (first) major 2nd Horse Guards, 174- ; and second lieutenant-colonel thereof, July 24, 1749, to Jan. 18, 1757.

Thomas Johnson, lieutenant 15th Foot, Sept. 17, 1713, to 1728.

John Brattle resigned as exempt and captain in May, 1746, when he was suc- ceeded by Brigadier Josiah Scudder.

Francis Desmarette, guidon and major, Dec. 2, 1754 ; cornet and major, Jan. 18, 1757 ; second (lieutenant and) lieutenant- colonel, July 15, 1757, to Feb. 8, 1765.

Benjamin Carpenter, brigadier 2nd Troop of Horse Guards, March 10, 1742 ; exempt and captain, 174- ; guidon and major, July 24, 1749 ; cornet and major, April 1 1, 1750 ; second (lieutenant and) lieutenant- colonel, Jan. 18, 1757 ; first (lieutenant and) lieutenant-colonel, July 15, 1757, to 1764 ; brevet - colonel, Nov. 10, 1760; major- general, July 10, 1762; lieutenant-general, May 25, 1772 ; general, Feb. 19, 1783 ; colonel 12th Light Dragoons, Sept. 20, 1764, of 4th Light Dragoons, Oct. 24, 1770, to 1788 ; equerry to George, Prince of Wales, 1751-60, and to him as King George III., December, 1760, to 1771 ; chief equerry and clerk marshal, April, 1771, till he d., March 8, 1788, having drowned himself in the Serpentine through depression. Son of Col. Robert Carpenter, 3rd Foot Guards, killed at Fontenoy ; b. 1713 ; he m. Miss Kerr, and was a particular favourite with George III.

Third Troop of Horse Guards (ante, p. 5).

Hon. James Cholmondeley, M.P., had one of the new regts., Jan. 13, 1741 (see ' Parl. Hist, of Wales, 1541-1895').

Francis Otway was lieutenant-colonel of Wade's Horse (the 3rd Dragoon Guards) from March 9, 1745, to May 31, 1751.

Charles Bradshaigh would be the Capt. Bradshaigh who was one of the two equerries (100Z.), 1750-57, and also one of the five gentlemen ushers (100/.) to the Princesses Amelia and Caroline from 1750 to 1760, styled major the latter year.

Wm. Meyrick may have been the son of Major - General Wm. Meyrick, 1st Foot Guards, who d. in Flanders, 1747.

John Burgoyne retired as sub-brigadier 3rd Troop Horse Guards, Nov. 13, 1741, He was not "Saratoga" Burgoyne, who entered the army as cornet 13th Dragaons in 1740. But was he his father, Capt. John Burgoyne of Sutton, Beds, second son of Sir John B., 3rd Bart. ?