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NOTES AND QUERIES.
11. BKR. 9, me.
AN ENGLISH ARMY LIST OF 1740.
(See ante, pp. 3, 43, 84, 122, 163.)
PAGES 16 to 48 contain the lists of 33 regiments of infantry on the British establish- ment, each regiment designated as " 's Regiment of Foot," except one
'*' Colonel Peers's Regiment of Welsh Fusiliers," known later as the "23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers."
Lieut.-General Kirke's Regiment of Foot comes first (p. 16), now designated "The -Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)." It was raised in 1661, and later became the " Second Regiment of Foot." In 1755 only two officers remained who were in the regiment in 1740 :
Dates of their present commissions. , . 19 Sept. 1710 ,. 25 Mar. 1723 . 10 July 1737
. 10 Aug. 1710
. 13 May 1735
ditto
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Major
Lieutenant General Kirke's
Regiment of Foot.
Piercy Kirke (1) William Graham (2) Isaac Hamon . .
Captains
Captain Lieutenant
Lieutenants
Ensigns
r Benjamin Rudyerd
I Dimock Lyster (3)
I William Whitmore
< John Howe
I Robert Napier
I Benjamin Theaker
\ Henry Vachell . .
^ John Arnot
William Wightman
William Remington . .
Robert Barton
Edward Windus
Charles Jackson
Ralph Compton
Gilfred Lawson
Joseph Hyland
William Taylor
George Alexander
William Arnot. .
Cleiland
Hans Fowler Jonathan Forbes
Sir William Boothbey (4) Samuel Collet James Johnson John Ridge
Blake
Dates of their first
commissions. Ensign, 1 Jan. 1686-7. Ensign, 1 Sept. 1706. Lieutenant, 1 May 1708.
Lieutenant, 31 Aug. 1700.
Ensign,
1708-9.
5 Nov. 1735
Ensign.
21 Jan. 1737-8
Ensign,
22 ditto
Ensign,
7 Nov. 1739
Ensign,
ditto
Ensign,
24 May 1733
Ensign ,
14 Mar. 1733-4
Ensign,
13 Mav 1735
Ensign,
5 Nov. 1735
Ensign,
10 Dec. 1735
Ensign,
23 Jan. 1737-8
Ensign,
24 ditto
Ensign ,
ditto
Ensign,
1 Jan. 1738-9
Ensign,
7 Nov. 1739
Ensign,
5 Nov. 1735.
10 Dec. 1735.
8 Jan. 1735-6.
23 ditto.
7 Feb. 1737-8.
1 Jan. 1738-9.
17 July 1739.
7 Nov. 1739.
4 Feb. 1739-40.
6 April 1714.
9 May 172:.'.
1 May 1705.
1 Dec. 1710.
26 April 1715.
24 April 1717.
3 July 172).
10 Dec. 1726. 17 April 172!>.
7 July 1730. 2-1 May 1733. 12 Oct. 1732. 14 Mar. 1733-4.
11 July 173o. 20 June 1735.
(1) Lieut.-General. He had served in the regiment since 1684. He was the son of the better-
known Piercy Kirke, who had been Colonel of the regiment from 1682 to 1691. He died in 1741.
See 'D.N.B.'
(2) Of Balliheridon, co. Armagh. He became Colonel of the 54th Regiment in 1741, and of the llth in 1746, dying in the following year.
(3) Of the family of Lister of Burwell Park, Lincolnshire.
(4) Of Broadlow Ash, Derbyshire. He was the 5th Baronet, and in 1773 was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 6th Regiment. He died in 1787.
Major-General Howard's Regiment of Foot follows (p. 17). Originally formed (as a
"Maritime" regiment) in 1665, and then called the "Holland Regiment," it was brought
upon the strength of the standing army in September, 1667. It was later designated
"Third Regiment of Foot, or The Buffs," and is r now styled "The Buffs (East Kent
Regiment)."
Major General Howard's Dates of their
Regiment of Foot. present commissions.
Colonel .. .. Thomas Howard (1) .. ..27 June 1737 Lieutenant Colonel James Bescheser . . . . 24 Nov. 1739 Major . . . . John Horseman . . . . 2 Sept. 1739
(1) Major-General. He had been Colonel of the 24th Foot from 1717 to 1737, when he was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 3rd Regiment, which he resigned in 1749, 1 (ing succeeded by his son George Howard. See note (3).
Dates of their first
commissions. Ensign, 4 Feb. 1702-3. Captain, 1706.
Ensign, 25 Aug. 1715.
