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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 8 . n. OCT. u,

Brigadier Read's Regiment of Foot (ante, p. 244).

George Bead, colonel of 29th Foot, June 3, 1733, to Aug. 28, 1739 ; of 9th Foot, Aug. 28, 1739, to Nov. 1, 1749; and of 9th Dragoons, Xov. 1, 1749, to death ; lieutenant-general, August, 1747 ; d. March 28, 1756.

Richard O'Farrel, colonel of 22nd Foot, Aug. 12, 1741, to death ; major-general, March, 1754 ; d. July 6, 1757.

Michael Doyne, lieutenant-colonel, d. December, 1748.

Dumas, major in army, d. 1765.

Thomas Rainsford, lieutenant-colonel, d. Sept. 7, 1754.

George Friend, d. Lower Grosvenor Street, London, Jan. 6, 1772.

Col. Onsloufs Regiment of Foot.

(ante, p. 245).

Richard Onslow, M.P. for Guildford, 1720 to his death ; colonel of 39th Foot, Nov. 1,

1738, to June 6, 1739 ; of 8th Foot, June 6,

1739, to April 25, 1745 ; lieutenant-general, August, 1747 ; d. March 17, 1760.

Edmund Martin, lieutenant-colonel, d. April 18, 1749.

John Grey, colonel of 54th Foot, April 5, 1757, to his* death, March 10, 1760 ; major- general, June 25, 1759.

Edward Cornwallis, fifth son of 4th Baron Cornwallis and twin brother of Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1768- 1783 ; b. Feb. 22, 1713 ; colonel of 40th Foot, March 13, 1750, to Feb. 8, 1752 ; and of 24th Foot, Feb. 8, 1752, to death, Jan. 14, 1776; Lieut enant- Governor of Nova Scotia, 1749-52 ; lieutenant-general, Feb. 22, 1760 ; Governor of Gibraltar, 1762-70.

John White, captain Horse Guards, d. November, 1738.

John La Fausille or Faussile, colonel of 66th Foot, Aug. 24, 1758, to his death, Dec. 30, 1762 ; major-general, March, 1761.

Nehemiah Donnellan, lieutenant-colonel 38th Foot, d. June 19, 1789.

Maynard Guerin, regimental agent, d. Feb. 14, 1749.

Maynard Guerin, regimental agent, d. May 7, 1760.

Wm. Rickson, lieutenant-colonel, d. July 19, 1770.

Lieut. -General Columbine's Regiment of Foot, (ante, p. 246).

John Preston, captain and town major of Gibraltar, d. Feb. 27, 1759.

Henry Boisragon, major 8th Regiment, d. Feb. 20, 1785. FBEDEEIC BOASE.

Fourth Troop of Horse Guards (ante, p. 5). Thomas Goddard was of Swindon, first son of Ambrose Goddard of same (d. 1755), baptized March 6, 1722 ; captain Wilts Militia in 1762 (? appointed June 20, 1759) ; M.P. Wilts, March, 1767, till he d. unmarried, Aug. 12, 1770.

Wade's Horse (ante, p. 84).

Hon. Wm. Bellenden was afterwards second lieutenant and lieutenant -colonel 3rd Troop of Horse Guards till reduced, Dec. 25, 1746, and on half -pay thereof from then until his death after 176L

Wm. Wade (? nephew of Field -Marshal Sir Geo. Wade, his colonel, and son of Jerome Wade of Killavalley, co. Westmeath, and m. the daughter of Wm. Osbrey of Dublin).

Hon. Roger Townshend, fourth and youngest son (by second wife) of the 2nd Viscount Townshend, b. 1708 ; cornet in Evans's Dragoons (4th Hussars), Dec. 25, 1726 ; captain of Wade's Horse, Feb. 14, 1729 ;-. captain and lieutenant-colonel 1st Foot Guards, Feb. 8, 1741 ; retired February, 1748 ; A.D.C. to Geo. II. (and rank of colonel), June 3, 1745, having been his A.D.C. at Dettingen, 1743 ; governor of North Yarmouth Fort, February, 1745, to 1760; M.P. Great Yarmouth, February, 1738, to 1747 ; Eye, 1747-8 ; Receiver-General and Cashier of the Customs, February, 1748, till he d. unm. Aug. 7, 1760.

Michael Armstrong (see Dalton, vol. vi. p. 309).

Certainly it is Ruishe Hassell, after- wards major of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, son of John Hassell (by Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas St. Quintin, son of Sir Wm. St. Quintin, Bart,). He m., 1737, Jane, only daughter of Sir John Tynte, 2nd Bart, ; and their only child Jane suc- ceeded her uncle, Sir Chas. Kemeys Tynte, 5th Bart,, M.P., of Halsewell, Somerset, in his estates, 1785, and having m. Col. John- stone of the 1st Foot Guards, who took the name of Kemeys-Tynte, was ancestor of Lord Wharton.

Wm. FitzThomas was major of the regiment, May 31, 1751, to Jan. 20, 1759.

Hon. Richard Cornwallis, cornet in the regiment, Dec. 25, 1726 ; lieutenant, Aug. 13, 1736, till he d. unm. at Rotterdam (before 10) January, 1741 ; gentleman usher and daily waiter to the Queen Consort till her Majesty's death, Nov. 20, 1737 ; and equerry to H.R".H. the Duke of Cumberland, 1737-41.

Ralph Peanyman of Beverley, Yorks,