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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. IL AUG. 26, ww.

First Regiment of Foot Guards (continued). Dates of their present commissions.

Richard Lord Coote (6)

17 Xov. 1731.

John Scott

24 Jan. 1731-2.

Edward Strutton

25 Dec. 1733.

James Durand

30 Oct. 1734.

James Baker

5 Xov. 1735.

Thomas Bruce

27 Feb. 1735-6.

Lieutenants

Robert Urry

13 April 1736.

(continued).

John Parslow. .

10 May 1736.

Richard Brewer

25 June 1736.

Charles Gordon

21 Jan. 1737-8.

Robert Waller

1 Feb. 1737-8.

George Boscawin

ditto.

John Waldegrave

8 Jan. 1738-9.

^ Robert Rich

9 July 1739.

John Worley

3 Dec. 1718.

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John Windus

10 Feb. 1725-6.

John Meade

29 Mar. 1726.

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William Browne

22 Feb. 1727.

Studh me. Hodgson

22 Jan. 1727-8.

Leniet Baugh (7)

20 Feb. 1729-30.

Thomas Newton

14 Feb. 1725-6.

Mark Anthony Jones

8 Jan. 1731-2.

Gilbert Vane

24 ditto.

Edward W 7 ynne

1 Nov. 1733.

George Gray

13 June 1734.

Ensigns

Lord George Bentick (8)

3 Nov. 1735.

John Colleton

10 May 1736.

Borlace W T allop

25 June 1736.

Michael Stephens

ditto.

1 Francis Boynton

2 July 1737.

Richard Wills

6 ditto.

Hon. Pawlet

11 Aug. 1737.

Richard Bradshaigh

20 Dec. 1737.

William Ekins Piers

1 Feb. 1737-8.

Maurice Johnson

ditto.

Mathew Aylmer

ditto.

James W T illiams

17 July 1739.

(6) Eldest son of Richard, fourth Baron Coote of Coloony, and

third Earl of Bellamont. Died 1740.

(7) "Leniet" is a misprint for Lancelot. He became Lieutenant- General in 1779, Colonel

I 6th Foot, 1787, and died in 1792.

(8) Proper spelling Bentinck. Second son of the first Duke of Portland. Died in 1759.

The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was raised by Lieut. -Col. George Monk {afterwards Duke of Albemarle) in 1650, and is the only regiment of Cromwell's Parlia- mentary Army which survives to-day. In 1740 it consisted of fourteen companies; it is now called the " Coldstream Guards " :

Coldstreame Regiment of Foot Guards. Dates of their present commissions.

Colonel (1)

Lieutenant Colonel John Folliot. . . . . . . . 30 Oct.

First Major Second Major

Captains

John Huske (2) George Churchill ( William Hanmer I W T illiam Douglass (3) j John Parsons (4) j Richard Legg ..
 * Edward Braddock (5)

5 July

ditto 22 Dec. 3 May

6 Oct. 30 Oct. 10 Feb. 30 June 25 Aug. 15 Dec.

1734. 1739.

1717.

1720.

1729.

1734.

1735-6.

1737.

1737.

1738.

Samuel Needham { John Hodges
 * William Southby

(1) The Colonelcy of {the regiment was vacant, Richard, second Earl of Scarborough, who had held the appointment since June, 1722, having died on Jan. 29, 1740. H.R.H. the Duke of Cumber- land was appointed on April 30, 1740.

(2) Became Colonel of 32nd Foot, Dec., 1740, and of 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, 1743. Governor of Jersey, 1760. Died 1761. See ' D.N.B.'

(3) Colonel of 32nd Foot in 1745.

(4) Colonel of 41st Foot, 1752.

(5) Colonel of 14th Foot, 1753. Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1755. Died 13 July, 1755, from wounds received on July 9, in expedition against Fort Duquesne.