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NOTES AMD QUEKLtilS.

[12 8. V. OCT., 1919.

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, 304.)

MORE than a year ago I corrected proofs of the matter which follows, but the Editor could not find room for its insertion. I am now enabled to give a part of what is in type.

3rd Foot Guards (12 S. ii. 165, 231).

Unfortunately the history- of this regi- ment has not yet been written.

James Scott of Logie and Comiestoun, second son of Hercules Scott of Brotherton, m. Margaret Wallace of Ingliston ; was M.P. co. Kincardine, 1713 to 1734 ; brigadier- general, Nov. 16, 1735; major-general, July 2, 1739 ; lieutenant-general, March 26, 1743 ; Envoy to Poland.

Charles Legge d. December, 1740 (Gent' Mag.), and not June 7, 1753, as stated on p. 231, where he is wrongly placed in the Coldstream.

Henry Skelton of Braitjiwaite Hall, Cum- berland, 1st major (vice Legge dec.), 5 Jan., 1741 ; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment (vice Scott), March 12, 1743; colonel 32iid Foot, Aug. 27, 1743; colonel 12th Foot, May 28, 1745, till he d. April 10, 1757; brevet-colonel, Aug. 21, 1739; brigadier- general, Feb. 25, 1744; major-general, June 1, 1745; lieutenant-general, Sept. 18, 1747.

Hon. George Byng, 2nd major (and brevet-colonel), Jan. 5, 1741 ; 1st major, March 12, 1743 ; lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, Aug. 28, 1743 ; colonel 4th Ma- rines, June 28, 1744, till broke Nov. 8, 1748 ; brigadier-general, June 3, 1745 ; major- general, Sept. 19, 1747. B. 1701, succeeded his brother as 3rd Viscount Torrington January, 1747 ; d. April 17, 1750.

James Steuart senior, of Torrence, eldest son of Alexander Stuart of same, was A.D.C. to John, Duke of Argyll, 1715, when commanding in Scotland ; was present at Sheriffmuir ; served in Spain and Flanders M.P. Ayr Burghs, 1734 to 1741 ; one o the two Gentlemen Ushers to the Prince o Wales in 1727 ; Gentleman Usher, Dairv Waiter (150Z.) to George II., 1727 till h d. unmarried, April 3, 1743.

Rowland Reynolds, 2nd major (and brevet-colonel), March 12, 1743 ; 1st major

Aug. 28, 1743 ; lieutenant-colonel of the egiment, July 18, 1744, till he d. in or before Vlarch, 1748. Presumably son of the

Rowland Reynolds of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Vfiddlesex, gent., bachelor, aged 29, who was icensed 9 April, 1685, to m. Elizabeth Fendall, >f same, spinster, aged 21, with consent of her nother, Mrs. Fendall, of Tonhall, co. Surrey, at >t. Martin-in-the-Fields, St. Paul, Covont Garden, r St. Clement Danes, Middlesex " (Chester's

London Marriage Licences ').

Hon. Thomas Murray, colonel (57th, after- wards) 46th Foot, June 23, 1743, till he d. unm., Nov. 14, 1764 ; major-general, April 1,. 1754; lieutenant-general, Jan. 19, 1758; Brother to the colonel of the regiment, and fifth and youngest son of 1st Earl of Dun- more ; was appointed a Page of Honour to George I., 1714.

John Mordaunt of Freefolk, Hants, only son of Hon. Harry Mordaunt, M.P., b. 1698 ; Page of Honour (156?.) to Queen Anne in. 1711, and to George I. from 1714 ; Equerry to the young princesses in 1720 ; Equerry to he King, June, 1737, to December, 1760 ; M.P. Pontefract, February, 1730, to 1734 ; Whit church, April, 1735, to 1741 ; Cocker- mouth, 1741 to 1768 ; installed K.B. r June 23 or 26, 1749 ; a Governor of tho Foundling Hospital, November, 1739; colonel (new) 58th (afterwards 47th) Foot,, Jan. 15, 1741 ; of 18th Foot, Dec. 18, 1742 ; of 12th Dragoons, Dec. 22, 1747 ; of 7th Dragoon Guards, July 14, 1749 ; of 10th Dragoons, Nov. 1, 1749, till he d. unm. at Bevis Mount, Southampton, Oct. 23, 1780, aged 82 ; brigadier-general, May 17, 1745 ; served in Holland ; commanded an infantry brigade at Falkirk, January, 1746 ; fought at Culloden and at Val, July, 1747 ; major- general, Sept. 22, 1747 ; lieutenant-general, May 1, 1754; general, April 13, 1770; served on staff in South Britain (one of three to review the forces), June, 1749 ; com- manded the futile expedition against Roche- fort, 1757 ; Governor of Sheerness Fort and the Isle of Sheppey, June, 1752, to 1778 ; and of Berwick, 1778 till death.

Hon. Robert Carpenter, second major and brevet -colonel, Aug. 28, 1743 ; first major, July 18, 1744, till killed at Fontenoy, 1745, James Russell Stapleton, d. Aug. 16, 1743, the younger son of Sir Wm. Stapleton, 3rd Bart., and only brother to Sir Wm. Stapleton, 4th Bart., M.P. (see ' Oxfordshire Members, 1213 to 1899,' privately printed), "is a Colonel in the Guards " (Wotton's ' Baronet- age,' 1741), and m. Penelope, daughter of Sir John Conway, last Bart., M.P., of Bodelwyddan, co. Flint. She d. May, 1739, leaving "five daughters.