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William Strickland, lieutenant 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, July 18, 1732; promoted to captain in the 2nd Troop there- of, April 25, 1743 ; so in 1745. Not, I think, the M.P. Beverley, 1741-7, erroneously said in Gent. Mag. to he.ve been appointed a Commissioner of Excise in Ireland, June, 1740 ; of co. Gloucester and Boynton, Yorks ; 2nd son of Walter S. (b. 1667, 2nd son of Sir Thomas S., 2nd Bart.) ; m. twice, and d. 1788.

Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards (ante, p. 43).

Wm. Duckett (M.P. Calne, 1727-41 ; colonel Wilts Militia in June, 1721 ; d. Dec. 12, 1749 M.I. Petersham ; 3rd son of Lionel Duckett, M.P., of Hartham, Wilts) ; retired from the army, and was succ. as lieutenant-colonel of the regt., Jan. 28, 1741, to 1745, when he retired, by William Elliot, who was also his successor as M.P. Calne, 1741-54 ; was an equerry to the King, April, 1743, to November, 1760, and d. 1764.

William Brereton succ. Elliot as major of the regt., Jan. 29, 1741, and as lieutenant- colonel, 1745, to May 18, 1747.

Thomas, Lord Howard, succ. his father Francis (the colonel of the regt. till his death) as 2nd Earl of Effingham, Feb. 12, 1743; was, like him, Deputy Earl Marshal of England, 1743, till he d. Nov. 19, 1763; brevet -colonel, June 6, 1747 ; A.D.C. to the King, Aug. 20, 1749 ; second lieutenant- colonel 2nd Troop Horse Guards, April 11, 1743 ; first lieutenant and lieutenant- colonel do., July 24, 1749, to 1754 ; colonel 34th Foot, Dec. 2, 1754 ; and (captain and) colonel 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards, Oct. 30, 1760, to 1764; major-general, Jan. 15, 1758.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (ante, p. 43).

Gregory Beake, who succ. Wyville as lieutenant-colonel of the regt., Nov. 26, 1739, till he retired May 27. 1745 : " a brave old officer" (Gent. Mag.); fought at Malplaquet, 1709 ; at Dettingen, 1743 ; and at Fontenoy, where he was wounded, 1745 ; A.D.C. Extraordinary to the Commander-in-Chief of Britain on the Continent, and brevet- colonel, Aug. 11, 1742; M.P. St. Ives, 1741-7 ; Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey till he d. June 19, 1749 ; will dated Nov. 3, 1745 ; pr. Sept. 6, 1749 ; was second son of C'has. B. of Golden Square, Middlesex.

Charles Jenkinson succ. Beake as major of the regt., Nov. 26, 1739, and as lieutenant- colonel thereof, May 27. 1745, till his death

in 1750, and commanded it at Dettingen and Fontenoy. He d. at Burford Lawn. Lodge in the Forest of Whichwood, June, 1750, aged 57 ; bur. Shipton-under- Which- wood, June 23 ; and was father of Charles 1st Earl of Liverpool (see the ' Parl. Hist, of Oxfordshire, 1213-1899,' pp. 69-74).

Sir James Chamberlayne, 4th bart. of Wick- ham, co. Oxford, 1699; succ. Jenkinson as major of the regt., May 27, 1745 ; and as lieutenant - colonel thereof, Nov. 29, 1750, to Dec. 17, 1754, and d. 1767.

James Madan became 2nd major 2nd Troop of Horse Guards, Jan. 13, 1741 (see ante, pp.4, 131); ret. 1744 or 1745 ; and was Yeoman of the Robes to the King in 1748, and until 1783.

Charles Shipman was major of the regt., Dec. 17, 1754, to Dec. 29, 1758.

Theodore Hoste, second and younger son of Jas. H. of Sandringham, Norfolk, where baptized Jan. 28, 1708 ; ensign Coldstream Foot Guards (as Theodoras Hoste), Oct. 2,. 1731, to 1734 ; m. Mary Helmore of Clench- warton, Norfolk, and d. 1788.

Robert Ramsden of Osberton, Notts,, baptized June 24, 1708 ; served in Flanders, fought at Dettingen and Fontenoy; d Feb. 9, 1769 (brother to Lieut-Col. Freche- ville Ramsden, 1715-1804, lieutenant-colonel 1st Horse Grenadier Guards, Feb. 8, 1762).

John Powlett, lieutenant in the Blues,. Dec. 10, 1739.

Hon. John Fit zwilliam, cornet Royal Regt. of Horse Guards, April 20, 1732 ; lieutenant do., Dec. 11, 1739; captain do., 174- ; captain and lieutenant-colonel 1st Foot Guards, July 23, 1745, to 1755 ; colonel 2nd Regt. of Foot, Nov. 12, 1755 ; of 2nd Horse (5th Dragoon Guards), Nov. 27, 1760, till he d., Aug. 31, 1789 ; major-general, June 25, 1759 ; lieutenant-general, Jan. 19, 1761 ; general, March 19, 1778 ; Page of Honour to the King in 1731 and 1734 ; Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Cumber- land, 1747, till H.R.H. d. Oct. 31, 1765 ; M.P. Windsor, 1754-61 ; of Langley, Bucks ; third and youngest son of Richard, 5th Vis- count Fitzwilliam ; b. about 1715.

Hon. John Needham, fourth and youngest son of Robert, 7th Viscount Kilmorey ;. b. January, 1710 ; succ. his brother Thomas as 10th Viscount, Feb. 3, 1768 ; d. at Shavington, Salop, May 27, 1791, having attained the rank of colonel.

Thomas Swettenham of Swettenham Hall,. Cheshire, took the additional surname and arms of Willis on inheriting the estates of his cousin Daniel Willis. He m. 1751, Eliz., daughter of John Upton of Putney,