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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 B. m. MAY. 1917.

Cumberland basin to the Feeder, at the bottom of Avon-street, was one continued sheet of ice ; and for the first time in the memory of man, the skater made his appearance under Bristol- bridge. The Severn was frozen over at various points, so as to bear the weight of passengers." R. J. FYNMOBE.

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, 132, 190, 217, 234,267.)

Coldstream Foot Guards (12 S. ii. 164, 230; iii. 190).

John Twisleton left April, 1744 ; d. at Brought on, near Banbury, Dec. 22, 1763. Son and heir of Fiennes Twisleton ; m. Anne, daughter of William Gardner of Little Bourton, co. Oxford ; presented his petition to George II., claiming the Barony of Saye and Sele, which was favourably reported on by the then Attorney-General, and after- wards referred to the House of Lords, but does not appear to have been prosecuted any further. His son Thomas's claim to the barony was allowed as 10th Lord Saye and Sele, 1781.

Thomas Hapgood d. February, 1742.

Francis Townshend d. of wounds at Fontenoy, May 11, 1745.

William A'Court, lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, Aug. 20, 1762, till superseded Dec. 23, 1763 ; second son of Pierce A'Court, M.P., of Ivy Church, Hatchbury, Wilts, by Elizabeth, only daughter of William Ash'e of Heytesbury ; was M.P. Heytesbury, January, 1751, till he d. Aug. 2, 1781, aged 72. Major-general, June 25, 1759 ; lieu- tenant-general, Jan. 19, 1761 ; general, March 19, 1778 ; took the prefix surname of Ashe, September, 1768 ; m. Feb. 22, 1746, Annabella, daughter and coheir of Thomas Vernon of Twickenham Park. His only son was made a baronet, 1795, and was father of 1st Lord Heytesbury.

Duncan Urquhart of Burdsyards, Scot- land, Provost of Forres, M.P. Inverness Burghs, June, 1737, to 1741 ; d. Jan. 11, 1742.

Charles Perry, colonel 57th (afterwards renumbered 55th) Foot, Dec. 25, 1755, till he d. at Halifax, N. America, July, 1757.

Henry Newton, placed on half-pay, Oc- tober, 1751.

Charles Churchill resigned June, 1745 ; of Farleigh, Bucks, elder brother of above George Churchill ; was admitted scholar of Westminster School, 1723, aged 14 ; M.P.

Stockbridge, 1741 to 1747 ; Milborne Port, 1747 to 1754 ; Marlow, 1754 to 1761 ; Deputy Ranger of St. James's and Hyde Parks, June, 1745 ; a Gentleman of the King's Privy Chamber, 1761 ; m. Feb. 12, 1746, Anna Maria, daughter of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, the Prime Minister. Can any one give the date of his death ?

Julius Csesar, wounded at Fontenoy ; brevet - colonel, May 12, 1753 ; major- general, June 24, 1759 ; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, April 12, 1762, till he fell from his horse and d. Aug. 7, 1762, whilst serving with the allied army in Germany.

John Lambton, colonel (new) 68th Foot, April 22, 1758, to March, 1796 ; major- general, Feb. 26, 1761 ; lieutenant-general, April 30, 1770 ; general, Nov. 26, 1782; fourth and youngest son of Ralph Lambton, and brother to Hedworth (v. s.), b. July 26, 1710 ; succeeded his brother William in the estates, 1774 ; M.P. Durham (defeated 1761, seated) May, 1762, till he resigned February, 1787 ; Mayor of Hartlepool, 1762. His grandson was created Lord Durham, 1828.

John Thomas, second son of Sir Edward Thomas, 2nd Bart, of Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan, b. before 1718 ; m. Lady Sophia Keppel, daughter of 1st Earl of Albemarle^ and sister to Lord Bury (see under) ; was captain of 10th Foot till 1739 ; lieutenant- colonel of the Coldstream, Dec. 23, 1763, till appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Fort St. Philip, Minorca, Nov. 21, 1777 ; brevet- colonel, Feb. 19, 1762 ; major-general, April 30, 1770 ; lieutenant-general, Aug. 29, 1777 ; general, Oct. 25, 1793 ; d. that year.

Charles Craig d. on service in Germany, March 30, 1761 ; a captain and lieutenant- colonel from Jan. 30, 1751. Query brother to Francis and James, both afterwards of the same regiment ?

Lord Robert Manners had a companv in the 1st Foot Guards, April 22, 1742, to 1751 ; A.D.C. to the King (and brevet-colonel), Dec. 2, 1747 ; major-general, Feb. 7, 1757 ; lieutenant-general, April 7, 1759 ; Lieut.- Governor of Hull in 1750 till death ; m. January, 1756, Mary Digges of Roehampton, Surrey ; was M.P. Hull, 1747 till he d. May 31, 1782, aged 64 ; a Gentleman Usher to the King, July, 1735 ; a Commissioner for paving Westminster in 1764 ; seated at Bloxham, Lines ; 6th son of 2nd Duke of Rutland.

John Robinson retired January, 1759. Query son of John Robinson who was lieutenant-colonel of the Coldstream, Aug. 3, 1733, till he d. Oct. 21, 1734 ?