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 12 s. in. JAN. e, WIT.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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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.)

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA (continued). '

1st Foot Guards (12 S. ii. 163, 229). THE regimental promotions will be found in Sir F. W. Hamilton's ' Origin and History of the First Grenadier Guards,' 3 vols., 1874.

Richard Ingoldsby commanded a brigade -at Fontenoy, where he was wounded, but was dismissed the service for refusing to obey orders during the battle (Dalton). Query, brother to Thomas Ingoldsby, who was M.P. Aylesbury, February, 1730, to 1734 ; and grandson to Sir Richard In- goldsby, K.B., who was M.P. for the same, 1661 to 1681.

John Buncombe, colonel 8th Marines, March 11, 1743, till Dec. 1, 1747.

John Buncombe retired April 22, 1742.

John Pitt, third son of the celebrated 'Governor Thomas Pitt, M.P., retired after 1743, and d. June 23, 1750, having been M.P. ior Hindon, May, 1720, to 1722 ; Old Sarum, January, 1724, to 1727; Camelford, 1727 to 1734 ; Governor of Bermudas, 1727 to 1737; A.D.C. to the King (and brevet- colonel) in 1723 and 1741 (200J.).

Thomas Inwood, d. March 25, 1747, on the full-pay list of the regiment, having also been Deputy Ranger of Enfield Chase for some years.

Benjamin Huff am retired after 1743.

John Jeffreys, brigadier-general, May 31, 1745 ; colonel of the newly raised 10th Marines, Dec. 31, 1740, till cashiered for making false musters, August, 1746.

Daniel Houghton, brigadier - general, June 5, 1 745 ; Lieutenant - Governor of Pendennis Castle till he d. Sept. 12, 1747 ; " probably father of Daniel Houghton, the well-known African explorer" (Dalton). Was Major-Gen. Daniel Houghton, who fell at Albuera, his grandson ?

John Price, colonel of the new 57th Foot, Jan. 13, 1741 ; of the 14th Foot, June 22, 1743. He d. just before Dec. 1, 1747; Deputy. Governor of Berwick and Holy Island in 1737, till death/

James Browne d. April 8, 1743.

John Laforey, brevet-colonel, Nov. 20, 1745 ; colonel 6th Marines, Dec. 1, 1747, till broke, Nov. 10, 1748 ; Governor of Pendennis

Castle, August, 1749, till he d. October, 1753. There was a Laforey of Antigua baronetcy, 1789 to 1835.

Hon. Thomas Herbert, fourth son of 8th Earl of Pembroke, was elected Mayor of Wilton, September, 1732 ; M.P. for New- port (Cornwall), February, 1726 ; Equerry to the King, March, 1735 ; Paymaster of Gibraltar, all till his death, unmarried, Dec. 26, 1739. 1

Peregrine Lascelles, major - general, March 27, 1754 ; lieutenant-general, Jan. 16, 1754 ; colonel (58th, afterwards renum- bered) 47th Foot, March 13, 1743, till he d. March, 1772, aged 88.

James Long, colonel (new) 55th (after- wards 44th) Foot, Jan. 7, 1741 ; colonel 4th Marines, Jan. 5, 1743, till he d. June, 1744. Lord Henry Beauclerk, lieutenant of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners (500/.), February, 1727, to April, 1740 ; colonel 59th (afterwards -48th) Foot, March 14, 1743 ; of 31st Foot, April 22, 1745, till he retired, May 8, 1749. Of Wingfield, Windsor Forest. Born Aug. 11, 1701 ; M.P. Plymouth, November, 1740, to 1741 ; Thetford, Decem- ber, 1741, till he d. Jan. 5, 1761 ; defeated candidate for Mario w, April, 1732.

John Lee, third son of Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bart., M.P., of Hart well, Bucks, married, July, 1739, a daughter of Sir Thomas Hardy, Kt. ; was M.P. Malmesbury, 1747 to 1754 ; Newport (Cornwall), 1754, till he d. 1761 ; seated at Risely, Beds. Can any one give the exact date of his death ?

Charles Russell became second major of the Coldstream Guards (and brevet-colonel), Nov. 21, 1745 ; first major thereof, Dec. 1, 1747; colonel 34th Foot, Dec. 17, 1751, till he d. shortly before Dec. 2, 1754. Query, son of Major-Gen. Richard Russell, who was lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Foot Guards, Nov. 24, 1729, to 1735 ?

Lord George Beauclerk, b. Dec. 26, 1704 ; A.D.C. to the King and brevet - colonel, May 30, 1745 ; colonel of 8th Marines, Dec. 1, 1747; of 19th Foot, March 15, 1748, till death ; major-general, March 18, 1755 ; lieutenant-general, Jan. 25, 1758 ; temporary commandant at Gibraltar, 1749 ; Lieutenant- Governor there, 1751 ; Governor of Land- guard Fort, Dec. 25, 1753, till death ; Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, January, 1758, to March, 1767 ; pension of 400Z. *a year from September, 1756 ; m. Margaret Bainbridge ; and was M.P. Windsor, Decem- ber, 1744, to 1754, and March, 1768, till he d., s.p., May 11, 1768.

Alexander Dury was the lieutenant- colonel of the Guards who m., July 23,