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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 B. H. AUG. 12. we.

Fourth Troop of Horse Guards.

Francis Burton, captain 15th Foot, March 1, 1705; major thereof, 1711-19; first lieutenant-colonel 4th Horse Guards, Feb. 25, 1719, till reduced, Dec. 24, 1746; d. at Knightsbridge, May 22, 1753 ; of St. George's, Westminster ; father of Francis Burton, M.P. (1744-1832), of Edworth, Beds. Second Justice of Chester, 1788-1817 (see 'Hist, of the Great Sessions in Wales, 1542-1830,' p. 68).

Thomas Hatton, cornet 1st Regt. of Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), Feb. 25, 1712.

Isaac Ashe, ensign 15th Foot, March 26, 1711 ; second major 4th Troop Horse Guards, Sept. 19, 1743, till reduced, 1746 ; living in 1747.

Clement Hilgrove, Francis Martin, and Robert Austen were exempts and captains when the regt. was reduced, 1746, and the officers placed on half-pay ; and Hilgrove and Martin were still drawing half - pay thereof in 1772, but died before 1777, while Austen died between 1761 and 1770, the three having received an allowance of 118Z. 12s. 6d. each, exclusive of their half -pay.

Edward Fletcher was guidon and captain 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, Sept. 13, 1754 ; lieutenant and captain do., March 25, 1756, to Jan. 8, 1764.

W. R. WILLIAMS.

Talybont, Brecon.

James Dormer, the first colonel of 14th Regt. of Light Dragoons, July 22, 1715, to April 9, 1720 ; colonel of 6th Regt. of Foot, March 9, 1728, to Nov. 1, 1735 ; lieutenant- general, Nov. 2, 1735 ; d. Dec. 24, 1741.

Lewis Dejean, colonel of 37th Regt. of Foot, April 3, 1746, to Nov. 17, 1752; colonel of 14th Regt. of Light Dragoons, Nov. 27, 1752, to April 5, 1757 ; lieutenant- general, March 28, 1759 ; d. Sept. 29, 1764, aged 85.

Thomas Forth, probably Col. Forth, who d. Jan. 14, 1757.

John Duvernet, lieutenant-colonel Grena- dier Guards, d. March 21, 1756.

Wm. Twysden, probably Sir Wm. Twysden, 6th Baronet, who d. July 8, 1767, aged' 60.

Courthorpe Clayton, lieutenant-colonel and equerry to the King, d. March 22, 1762.

Thomas, Lord Howard, b. about 1714, succeeded as 2nd Earl of Effingham, Feb. 12, 1743 ; lieutenant-colonel 2nd Troop of Horse Guards, April 11, 1743 ; colonel of 34th Regfc

of Foot, Dec. 2, 1754, to Oct. 30, 1760 ; lieutenant-general, Feb. 22, 1760 ; colonel 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, Oct. 30.

1760 ; d. Nov. 19, 1763.

John Randall of the Horse Guards, d. Jan. 27, 1769.

John Keate a man so called d. Aug. 19, 1756.

John Wyville a Lieut.-Col. Wyville d. May 7, 1740.

Gregory Beake (second son of Charles Beake of Golden Square, London), Lieutenant- Governor of Jersey, d. June 19, 1749.

Charles Jenkinson was buried June 23, 1750.

Sir James Chamberlayne succeeded as 4th Baronet, October, 1694 ; he d. Dec. 23, 1767.

John Gilbert of the Horse Guards, d. May, 1768.

James Russel Madan, major 2nd Dragoons, d. January, 1788.

Theodore Hoste (second son of James Hoste of Sandringham, Norfolk), baptized Jan. 28, 1708, d. 1788.

Henry Miget, captain Horse Guards, d. April 20, 1755.

Robert Ramsden, baptized June 24, 1708 ; served at battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy ; d. Feb. 9, 1769.

John Powlett, a major, d. July 2, 1740.

John Fitzwilliams, a colonel, d. about July 2'/, 1757.

O' Carroll was probably Sir Daniel

O' Carroll, 2nd Baronet, b. about 1717 ; ap- pointed captain in Ligonier's Horse, May, 1752 ; d. Dublin, Jan. 30, 1758.

John Brown, colonel of 4th Dragoon Guards, April 1, 1743, to Aug. 3, 1762; lieutenant-general, January, 1758.

Martin Madan, colonel, d. 1756.

George Furnese, captain in the Horse, d. Jan. 15, 1741.

Timothy Carr of Ennisldllen and Twicken- ham, Equerry to the King and colonel, d. April 4, 1771.

Nathaniel Smith, Lieutenant-Governor of Chelsea Hospital, Nov. 6, 1765, to his death, Jan. 14, 1773.

Thomas Strudwick, captain of Horse, d. May 10, 1743.

John Boscawen (4th son of 1st Viscount Falmouth), M.P. for Truro, 1747, till his death, June 11, 1767 ; major-general, March,

1761 ; colonel of 45th Foot, Nov. 11, 1761, to death.

Lightfoot, captain of Dragoons, d.

Sept. 24, 1762.

Philip Anstruther, a captain in the army, d. Oct. 5, 1758. FKEDERIC BOASE.