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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. n. NOV. 4, 1916.

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740. (See ante, pp. 3, 43, 84, 122, 163, 204, 243, 282, 324.)

THE next regiment, later known as the 17th Regiment of Foot, in 1688. In 1782 orders were issued for it to assume the additional shire Regiment," and this title it retains at the present day :

Lieutenant General Tyrrell's Regiment of Foot.

Lieutenant General Lieutenant Colonel Major

Captains

Captain Lieutenant

Lieutenants

j Ensigns

James Tyrrell, Colonel (1) Henry Dabsac Edward Tyrrell Aman. Du Perron (2) John Leighton John Browne. . ( 'harles Scot . . J ohn Dumaresq Joseph Dussaux I Richard Radley

Roger Pedley

James Marquis Thomas Morris Andrew Booth Arthur Morris (3) Peter Fleury Christopher Russell (4) Sir Robert Innis (5) William Hunter Edward Forster I Hugh Craig

William O'Farrell William Howard George Fullwood John Beaghan Alexander Murray Robert Campbell Thomas Symons Lydall Peyton Thomas Pemberton. .

Dates of their present commissions. . -2r, Oct. 1722 . 20 Nov. 1739 . 31 Aug. 1739 . 16 April 1718 . 15 Jan. 1725-6

8 April 1727

9 July 1733 5 July 1735

. 13 Aug. 1739 7 Nov. 1739

ditto

1 Nov. 1718 . 23 May 1720 . 20 Nov. 1722 . 27 May 1732

5 July 1735 . 25 Jan. 1737-8

7 Feb. 1738-9 . 13 Aug. 1739 . 14 ditto . 7 Nov. 1739

. 24 Feb. 1733-4.

5 July 1735. . 25 Jan. 1737-8.

ditto.

. 17 July 1739. . 13 Aug. 1739. . 14 ditto.

7 Nov. 1739.

4 Feb. 1739-40.

was raised in London title of " The Leicester- Dates of their first

commissions. Ensign, 16 Feb. 1693-4. Lieutenant, Jan. 1704-5.

Ensign, Ensign, Ensign, Ensign, Ensign, Ensign, Ensign, Ensign,

Ensign,

Ensign, Ensign, Ensign,

Ensign, Ensign, Ensign,

1 Aug. 1703. 1 Aug. 1715.

28 Nov. 1705. 24 May 1702. 21 July 1721. 12 June 1705.

23 Feb. 1711. 1 Aug. 1704.

1 May 1705.

24 June 1703. 20 Mar. 1709. 31 Oct. 1711.

Ensign, 23 May 1720.

Ensign, 29 Feb. 1723-4.

25 Dec. 1727. 25 Jan. 1730-1.

29 July 1731. Ensign, 27 May 1732. Ensign, 24 May 1733.

(1) Died in August, 1742, then being Lieut.-General. Son of James Tyrrell, historical writer (see ' Dictionary of National Biography '), and grandson of Sir Timothy Tyrrell, Knt., of Oakley in Buckinghamshire. He was M.P. for Boroughbridge from 1722 until his death.

(2) Christian name Armand. Died in 1749.

(3) Major in the regiment, Aug. 20, 1751.

(4) Captain in the regiment, June 1, 1750.

(5) Fourth Baronet, of Balveny and Edengight, co. Banff. Died in 1758.

The regiment next following " existed," says Cannon, " many years, as independent companies of pikemen and musketeers on the establishment of Ireland, previous to the formation of the regiment in 1684." These independent companies were, in 1684, formed into seven regiments of infantry, of which this was one, Arthur, Earl of Granard, being its first Colonel. It is the only one of the seven regiments which survives to-day.

In 1695 it received a new title, " The Royal Regiment of Foot of Ireland," which was afterwards changed to " The Royal Irish Regiment of Foot."

In 1713 it was ordered to take rank as the 18th Regiment of Foot, as from the time of its first arrival in England in 1688.

To-day its designation is " The Royal Irish Regiment " :

Major General Armstrong's Dates of their

Regiment of Foot. present commissions.

Major General .. John Armstrong, Colonel (1) 13 May 1735 Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pujolas (2). . . . 4 Sept. 1734 -Major .. .. Stephen Gillman .. .. ditto

Dates of their first

commissions.

Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1704. Ensign, 1 May 1693. Ensign, 1 Aug. 1702.

(1) Died in 1742.

(2) Died in 1741.