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(v. Whiteford), March 19, 1745 ; and suc- - ceeded him as its lieutenant-colonel, Jan. 24, 1750, to Jan. 5, 1754. Presumably son of Charles Tonyn, who was lieutenant 10th Foot in 1717.

George Brodie, who was made captain- lieutenant, October, 1743, was a kinsman of Brigadier-General Alex. Grant through Grant's mother (who was a Brodie), and was made ensign in Grant's Regiment of Foot, April 11, 1711; on half -pay, 1713; again ensign in Grant's new Regiment of Foot, July 22, 1715 ; and again on half -pay, 1718 to 1726. (Query, third and youngest son of George Brodie of Brodie, co. Moray, and brother to Alex. Brodie, who was b. Aug. 17, 1697, and was Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland, 1727, till his death, 1754.)

David Chapeau became lieutenant in the regiment, October, 1743 ; captain in Pulteney's (13th) Foot, July, 1744 ; major, April 5, 1757 ; lieutenant-colonel thereof, Aug. 1, 1759, to March 17, 1761.

Li"Mt. -General Kerr's Regiment of Dragoons (ante, p. 123).

Col. Fowke raised a new regiment, the 43rd, and was made its first colonel, Jan. 3, 1741 ; and died a lieutenant-general at Bath, 1765 (see Dalton, vi. 243). Only son of Thomas Fowke, 4th son of Roger Fowke of Gunston Hall, Stafford

He was succeeded as lieutenant-colonel of the regiment by Major William Erskine (from the 2nd Dragoons, ante, p. 85), from Jan. 21, 1741, till he resigned, March 3, 1751, probably by purchase, over the head of James Agnew, who remained major till July 23, 1748, and d. 1770. William Erskine of Torry, co. Aberdeen, M.P., Perth Burghs, 1722 to 1727, was the son of Col. William Erskine, M.P., of the same place (who d. 1697), and wasb. May 19, 1691 ; captain 2nd Royal North British Dragoons till made its major, March 21, 1723 ; was wounded in command of the 7th Dragoons at Fontenoy, 1745 ; and m. Henrietta, relict of Robert Watson of Muirhouse, co. Edinburgh, second and youngest daughter of William Baillie of Lamingtoii, and had an only son, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Erskine, created a Baronet, 1791.

Mathew Swiney of Swillington, Yorks, major Oct. 4, 1745, was made major of the Duke of Montagu's new Regiment of Carabiniers, the 9th Horse, which was raised Oct. 22, 1745, and reduced June 21, 1746 ; and d. at Pontefract, 1766.

John Owen of Bath, second son of Sir Arthur Owen, 3rd Bart., M.P., of Oriel ton

co. Pembroke (see ' Parl. Hist, of Wales, 1536-1895'), became ensign 3rd Foot Guards,. Jan. 10, 1725 ; lieutenant of an additional troop in Gore's 1st Royal Dragoons, Dec. 25, 1726; captain in Whetham's (afterwards. 12th) Foot, Aug. 25, 1730 ; captain in Kerr's 7th Dragoons, Dec. 15, 1738, till made lieutenant-colonel of Rose's 12th Dragoons Feb. 18, 1748, to 1760; major-general, July 10, 1762 lieutenant-general, May 26, 1772; colonel of the 59th Foot, Nov. 27, 1760, till he d. Dec. 29, 1775 ; M.P. for West Looe, February, 1735, to 1741 ; m. his cousin Anne, daughter of Charles Owen of Nash, co. Pembroke, and was father of Sir Arthur Owen, 7th Bart., and of Corbetta, who m. Joseph Lord of Pembroke, and had a son, Sir John Owen, 1st Bart., M.P.

James Legard ( ? tenth son, third son by second wife, of Sir John Legard, 2nd Bart., of Ganton, Yorks).

Bernard Granville, the elder son of Lieut.-Col. Bernard Granville of Buckland, co. Gloucester ( Lieutenant-Go vernor of Hull, July 20, 1711 ; M.P. for Camelford, 1710 to 1713, and Fowey, 1713 ; one of her Majesty's Carvers ; d. 1723 ; younger brother to George, 1st Lord Lansdowne), was ensign in Christopher Fleming's, late Lord Slane's, Regiment of Foot in Ireland, March 22, 1711, till disbanded in 1712, when he was placed on half-pay. He bought the Calwich Abbey estate, co. Stafford, from the Fleetwoods, and d. unm. 1775, the last male heir of his- family.

James Shipley became lieutenant in the regiment, August, 1743, and afterwards captain.

John Guerin became captain, August, 1744 ; major of the regiment (vice Agnew), July 23, 1748 ; and was its lieutenant-colonel March 3, 1751, to May 14, 1757. His pro- motion must have been exceptionally rapid. He was kinsman (? son) of the Ensign Menard Guerin who, on July 8, 1709, was absent from Brigadier Sybourg's^ Regiment of Foot in Spain and Portugal, " by leaver from the Colonel. Perhaps a child " (Dalton). He was the Maynard Guerin of Crown Court, St. James's Park, army agent, who was agent to the 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4th and 7th Dragoons, and 10th Foot, till he d. Feb. 14, 1749 (Gent. Mag.), and whose- son Maynard Guerin, also an army agent, appointed agent to Rich's Foot, March, 1751, d. May 7, 1760 (ante, pp. 245, 312).

Lieut. Falconer and Cornet Hoby were- killed at Dettingen, 1743.

W. R. WILLIAMS.

(To be continued.)