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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 B. H. SEPT. w, wie.

Richard Pierson, colonel Foot Guards, d. Jan. 3, 1743.

Imvood, colonel Foot Guards, d. March 25, 1747.

Daniel Houghton, colonel of 45th Foot, Jan. 11, 174L, to 1745, and of 24th Foot, Jan. 22, 1745, to Dec. 5, 1747 ; brigadier- general, 1745.

James Long, colonel of 44th Foot, Jan. 7, 1741, to March, 1743 ; d. July, 1744.

Col. Brackley, d. Church, Cobham, Surrey, Jan. 3, 1758.

Alexander Dury, major-general, d. 1757.

Wm. Herbert, fifth son of 8th Earl of Pembroke; he was M.P. for Wilton 1734 to his death ; colonel of 14th Foot, Dec. 1, 1747, to Jan. 27, 1753 ; and of 2nd Dragoon Guards, Jan. 27, 1753, to his death, March 31, 1757 ; major-general, Feb. 21, 1755.

Littler, colonel in the Guards, d. Feb. 13, 1742.

Rambouillet, colonel Foot Guards, d. November, 1747.

Sir Edward Bettenson succeeded his cousin Oct. 17, 1733 ; and d. Nov. 24, 1762.

Edward Carr, lieutenant-general, Feb. 22, 1760 ; colonel of 50th Foot, May 5, 1760, to his death about August, 1764.

A Wm. Daffy d. Weald, Essex, Aug. 3, 1771, aged 77.

John Parker, colonel of 41st Foot, Sept. 6, 1765, to death ; lieutenant-general, April 30, 1770 ; d. Twickenham, Dec. 10, 1770.

James Durand, colonel of 56th Foot, June 12, 1765, to May 22, 1766 ; lieutenant- general, Feb. 22, 1760.

James Baker, captain in the Guards, d. April 21, 1744.

John Parslow, colonel of 70th Foot, April 28, 1758, to July 10, 1760 ; colonel of 54th Foot, Sept. 11, 1767, to April 30, 1770 ; and of 30th Foot, April 30, 1770, to death ; Commandant of Gibraltar, 1761-2 ; general, Nov. 20, 1782 ; d. Nov. 15, 1786.

George Boscawen, third son of 1st Viscount Falmouth, b. Dec. 1, 1712 ; M.P. for Penryn, 1743-61, and for Truro, 1761-4 ; colonel of 29th Foot, March 4, 1752, to Jan. 16, 176], and of 23rd Foot, Jan. 16, 1761, to death ; lieutenant-general, Feb. 22, 1760 ; served at Dettingen and Fontenoy ; d. May 3, 1775.

John Waldegrave, b. April 28, 1718 ; ensign 1st Foot Guards, May 13, 1735 ; lieutenant, Jan. 8, 1739 ; captain- lieutenant 3rd Foot Guards, April 11, 1743 ; first major, May 9, 1749 ; M.P. for Oxford, 1747-54, and forNewcastle-under-Lyme, 1754 and 1761-3 ; colonel of 9th Foot, Jan. 26, 1751, to Jan. 22, 1755 ; of 8th Dragoons, Jan. 22, 1755, to Oct. 23, 1758; of 5th Dragoon Guards,

Oct. 23, 1758, to Sept. 10, 1759 ; of 2nd Dragoon Guards, Sept. 10, 1759, to July 15, 1773 ; and of Coldstream Guards, July 15, 1773, to death ; succeeded his brother as 3rd Earl Waldegrave, April 28, 1763 ; general, May 26, 1772 ; d. of apoplexy in his carriage near Reading, Oct. 15, 1784 ; greatly dis- tinguished himself at battle of Minden, Aug. 1, 1759.

Robert Rich, b. 1714 ; ensign Grenadier Guards, July 5, 1735 ; lieutenant, July 9, 1739 ; sold out, June, 1744 ; lieutenant- colonel 4th Foot, 1745, and colonel of it, Aug. 22, 1749, to May 12, 1756; severely wounded at battle of Culloden, April 16, 1746 ; Governor of Londonderry, April 24, 1756, to 1774 ; lieutenant-general, Dec. 10, 1760 ; succeeded his father as 5th Bart., Feb. 1, 1768 ; involved in a dispute with the Government, 1768, which resulted in his dismissal from the army, Oct. 3, 1774 ; d. Bath, May 19, 1785.

Studholm Hodgson, lieutenant 1st Foot Guards, Feb. 3, 1741, and captain, 1747 ; served at battles of Fontenoy and Culloden ; raised the 50th Foot, December, 1755 ; colonel of it, May 20, 1756, to Oct. 23, 1759 ; colonel of 5th Foot, Oct. 24, 1759, to Nov. 7, 1768 ; colonel of 4th Foot, Nov. 7, 1768, to June 7, 1782 ; colonel of 4th Irish or Black Horse (which became 7th Dragoon Guards), June 7, 1782, to March 12, 1789 ; colonel of llth Dragoons, March 12, 1789, to his death, Oct. 20, 1798, aged 90, at his residence in Old Burlington Street, London ; created field-marshal, July 30, 1796.

George Gray, b. about 1710 ; colonel of 61st Foot, July 19, 1759, to May 9, 1768 ; and of 37th Foot, May 9, 1768, to death ; lieu- tenant-general, April 30, 1770 ; succeeded his brother as 3rd Bart., Jan. 9, 1773 ; d. Feb. 14, 1773.

Maurice Johnson, colonel 1st Guards, d. Dec. 4, 1793, aged 80.

Mathew Aylmer, b. April 10, 1724 ; succeeded his cousin as 6th Bart., July 12, 1745 ; d. London, April, 1776.

Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards (ante, p. 164).

John Folliot, lieutenant-general, June, 1745 ; d. November, 1748.

John Folliott, colonel of 18th Foot, Dec. 22, 1747, to death ; lieutenant-general, January, 1758 ; d. Feb. 26, 1762.

George Churchill, lieutenant-general, September, 1747 ; d. Aug. 19, 1753.

John Parsons, colonel of 41st Foot, March 4, 1752, to death, May 10, 1764, aged 90; lieutenant-general, 1759.