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NOTES AND QUERIES. [is s. in. FEB. 17. 1917.

AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.

(12 S. ii. 3, 43, 75, 84, 122, 129, 151, 163, 191, 204, 229, 243, 272, 282, 311, 324, 353, 364, 391, 402, 431, 443, 473, 482, 512, 524 ; iii. 11, 46, 71, 103.)

AT 12 S. ii. 482 the last name among the ensigns in Col. Blakeney's Regiment of Foot (the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) is that of Edmund Fielding, the date of his first com- mission being given as Nov. 27, 1733. The novelist's younger brother, Edmund, was baptized in 1716 (see Miss G. M. Godden's ' Henry Fielding,' p. 7), so that, as far as the dates are concerned, there is no difficulty in identifying the ensign in Blakeney's with Henry Fielding's brother. What evi- dence can be produced to support or refute this suggestion ? May we not appeal to MB. J. PAUL DE CASTRO, who has already brought fresh light to bear on more than one passage in Fielding's biography ?

One would like to have at the same time some further information on the military career of Fielding's father. According to Miss Godden's book, p. 6 : " about 1709, he appears as purchasing the colonelcy of an Irish Regiment." As MAJOR LESLIE points out (p. 482), Blakeney's Regiment of Foot was formed in Ireland in 1689. If Edmund Fielding was the general's son, was he serving in the regiment that his father had at one time commanded ? The re- ference in ' Tom Jones ' to the battle of Malplaquet (Tannieres), book vii.,chap. xii., was noticed at 11 S. x. 372. Can it be as- certained whether Fielding's father, or the regiment of which he became colonel, was present at this battle ? EDWARD BENSLY.

(12 S. ii. 513.)

I should like to ask MR. W. R. WILLIAMS what was the distinction in uniform between Wade's Horse and the Horse Guards Blue, for in the portrait of Major Ruisshe Hassell at Halswell, Somerset, the seat of his de- scendant Lord Wharton, he is depicted in a blue uniform and wearing a three-cornered black hat, which is very suggestive of the uniform of the Blues of that period. He is also invariably styled of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) in the family records.

I should also like to ask if it is known where in London " Hassell's Buildings " were situate, and why so called. I should think it probable that they were in the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields ; for, curi- ously enough, both Ruisshe Hassell's mar- riages were celebrated at Gray's Inn Chapel, and in the entries in the marriage register

he is described as of "St. Giles in the Fields." The entry of his second marriage seems to have been sadly blundered, for, as MR. WILLIAMS says, his second wife was (Charlotte) daughter and heiress of William, 3rd Lord Stawell, and how her name came to be entered as " Mackeerly " it is difficult to say. The entries are as follows :

" 1737, April 23, Ruisshe Hassell, of St. Giles in the Fields, & Jane Tynte, of St. James', West- minster."

" 1743-4, March 17, Ruisshe Hassell, of St. Giles in the Fields, & Charlotte Mackeerly, of St. Mary le bone."

It is possible that Lord Stawell's daughter may have been previously married, but is. there any record of it ?

ST. D. M. KEMEYS-TYNTE.

The Beeches, Claverton Down, Bath.

(12 S. iii. 71.)

William Campbell, brother of the 4th Duke of Argyll, m. secondly, on April 7,. 1762, Bridget, daughter of Philip Bacon of Ipswich, and widow of Sir Cordell Firebrace, the last baronet of that name, to whom she brought on her marriage, in 1737, 25,OOOL She had been previously married to Philip Evers of Ipswich, and was the lady who inspired Samuel Johnson to perpetrate the following lines :

To Lady Firelrrace at Bury Assizes.

At length must Suffolk beauties shine in vain, So long renowned in B n's deathless strain ? Thy charms at least, fair Firebrace, might inspire Some zealous Bard to wake the sleeping lyre, For such thy beauteous mind and lovely face Thou seem'st at once, bright nymph, a Muse and

Grace.

William Campbell died 1787 at Lyston Hall, which he built. It is in Essex, near Sudbury, on the borders of Suffolk.

By his first wife, Miss Barnard, he had two sons, one of whom, John Campbell r was Master of Chancery and M.P. for Ayr ; and his daughter married Richard Lambert of Castle Lambert, who became the owner of Lyston Hall, and left many descendants. CONSTANCE RTJSSELL.

Swallowfield, Beading.

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA.

1st Foot Guards (12 S. ii. 163, 229 ; iii. 11, 72). (Continued.)

Robert Rich, see ' D.N.B.'

John Windus exchanged tc another regiment, April 28, 1749.

A James Windus was captain 90th Regi- ment, Dec. 8, 1759, till he d. on active service, 1762.