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NOTES AND QUERIES. [is s. n. OCT. 21,

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See ante, pp. 3, 43, 84, 122, 163, 204, 243, 282.)

THE regiment next following (p. 28) was raised in Nottinghamshire in June, 1685, Sir William Clifton being its first Colonel. It was later known as the 15th Foot, and in 1782 received the additional territorial title " Yorkshire, East Riding." It is now " The East Yorkshire Regiment " :

"Major General . . Lieutenant Colonel Major

-Captains

Captain Lieutenant

'Lieutenants

tl Harrison's Dates of their

Dates of their first

of Foot. present commissions.

commissions.

Henry Harrison, Colonel (1).. 8 Feb. 1714-15

Ensign, 22 Feb. 1695.

Samuel Daniel (2). . . . 2 July 1737

Ensign, 27 Oct. 1704.

Simon Loftus (3). . . . 10 Dec. 1739

Ensign, Sept. 1708.

"Robert Thompson

25 Dec. 1726

Lieutenant, 16 Mar. 1710.

Henry De Laune (4)

26 ditto

Captain, 1 Dec. 1705.

Charles Campbell

5 April 1733.

George Dawson

9 July 1733

Ensiqn, 1 Mar. 1703-4.

John Dennet. .

23 April 1736

Lieutenant, 28 Jan. 1733-4

Arthur Mainwaring

25 June 1736

Cornet, 16 Dec. 1724.

L William Selbie

12 Jan. 1739-40

Ensign, 21 Mar. 1712-13.

George Sharpless (5).

ditto

Ensign, 24 Feb. 1709-10.

f William Strachey (2)

21 May 1720

Ensign, 19 Aug. 1715.

John Bell

26 Dec. 1726

Ensign, 13 Aug. 1718.

Gabriel Sedieres

24 Feb. 1738-9

Ensign, 25 Oct. 1713.

John Grant

6 June 1733

Ensign, 1 Jan. 1718.

John Maitland (5)

1 Jan. 1735-6

Ensign, 25 Dec. 1726.

Andrew Pringle (2)

23 April 1736

Ensign, ditto.

Thomas Gregson

25 Oct. 1739

Ensign, 1712.

John Morris

12 Jan. 1739-40

Ensign, 2 Oct. 1712.

LTheophilus Johnson

19 ditto

From Half Pay.

(Robert Bell ..

20 April 1732.

Musgrave Briscow

6 June 1733.

1 Jan. 1735-6.

j onn xxiensou. . Daniel Richardson

17 July 1739.

Job Walker

25 Oct. 1739.

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.\ii;ui jj-Oroe Robert Hooley

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12 Jan. 1739-40.

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3 Feb. 1739-40.

J llSLlG y W ii coOIl

I Thomas Davenport Da vies

4 ditto.

.Ensigns

This regiment suffered severe losses in the expedition against Carthagena, South America, in 1741. R. Bell and M. Briscoe, who were ensigns in 1740, were captains in .April, 1741, with two captains below them who were not in the regiment at all in 1740.

(1) Died in 1749, then being Lieut.-General.

(2) Died at Carthagena, South America, April 24, 1741, when on active service.

(3) Died, 1741, from wounds received at Carthagena.

(4) Became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Marines on May 14, 1741. Died in 1746.

(5) Killed at Carthagena, 1741.

Handasyd's Regiment of Foot (p. 29) was raised in the southern counties of England in October, 1688, and in due course became the 16th Regiment of Foot. In 1782 it received the additional title " Buckinghamshire," which in 1809 was changed to " Bedfordshire." It is now " The Bedfordshire Regiment " :

Major General Handasyd's Dates of their

Regiment of Foot. present commissions. Major General .. Roger Handasyd, Colonel (1). . 9 July 1730 Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Peachell (2). . . . 26 Nov. 1739 Major. . . . John Adams 2 Nov. 1739

Dates of their first

commissions. Ensign, 1694.

Ensign, 1701.

Lieutenant, 1706.

(1) Was Colonel of the 22nd Regiment from 1712 to 1730. Died in 1763, then being Lieut.- Oeneral.

(2) Died in 1750. He belonged to the old family of de Pechels, and was father of Sir Paul Peachell, the 1st Baronet, created in 1797. The name is now spelt Pechell.