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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. IL AUG. 26, ww.
First Regiment of Foot Guards (continued). Dates of their present commissions.
Richard Lord Coote (6)
17 Xov. 1731.
John Scott
24 Jan. 1731-2.
Edward Strutton
25 Dec. 1733.
James Durand
30 Oct. 1734.
James Baker
5 Xov. 1735.
Thomas Bruce
27 Feb. 1735-6.
Lieutenants
Robert Urry
13 April 1736.
(continued).
John Parslow . .
10 May 1736.
Richard Brewer
25 June 1736.
Charles Gordon
21 Jan. 1737-8.
Robert Waller
1 Feb. 1737-8.
George Boscawin
ditto.
John Waldegrave
8 Jan. 1738-9.
^ Robert Rich
9 July 1739.
John Worley
3 Dec. 1718.
.
John Windus
10 Feb. 1725-6.
John Meade
29 Mar. 1726.
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William Browne
22 Feb. 1727.
Studh me . Hodgson
22 Jan. 1727-8.
Leniet Baugh (7)
20 Feb. 1729-30.
Thomas Newton
14 Feb. 1725-6.
Mark Anthony Jones
8 Jan. 1731-2.
Gilbert Vane
24 ditto.
Edward W 7 ynne
1 Nov. 1733.
George Gray
13 June 1734.
Ensigns
Lord George Bentick (8)
3 Nov. 1735.
John Colleton
10 May 1736.
Borlace W T allop
25 June 1736.
Michael Stephens
ditto.
1 Francis Boynton
2 July 1737.
Richard Wills
6 ditto.
Hon. Pawlet
11 Aug. 1737.
Richard Bradshaigh
20 Dec. 1737.
William Ekins Piers
1 Feb. 1737-8.
Maurice Johnson
ditto.
Mathew Aylmer
ditto.
James W T illiams
17 July 1739.
(6) Eldest son of Richard, fourth Baron Coote of Coloony, and
third Earl of Bellamont. Died 1740.
(7) "Leniet" is a misprint for Lancelot. He became Lieutenant- General in 1779, Colonel
I 6th Foot, 1787, and died in 1792.
(8) Proper spelling Bentinck. Second son of the first Duke of Portland. Died in 1759.
The Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was raised by Lieut. -Col. George Monk
{afterwards Duke of Albemarle) in 1650, and is the only regiment of Cromwell's Parlia-
mentary Army which survives to-day. In 1740 it consisted of fourteen companies; it is
now called the " Coldstream Guards " :
Coldstreame Regiment of Foot Guards. Dates of their present commissions.
Colonel (1)
Lieutenant Colonel John Folliot . . . . . . . . 30 Oct.
First Major
Second Major
Captains
John Huske (2)
George Churchill
( William Hanmer
I W T illiam Douglass (3)
j John Parsons (4)
j Richard Legg . .
| Edward Braddock (5)
5 July
ditto 22 Dec. 3 May
6 Oct. 30 Oct. 10 Feb. 30 June 25 Aug. 15 Dec.
1734.
1739.
1717.
1720.
1729.
1734.
1735-6.
1737.
1737.
1738.
Samuel Needham
| William Southby
{ John Hodges
(1) The Colonelcy of {the regiment was vacant, Richard, second Earl of Scarborough, who had held the appointment since June, 1722, having died on Jan. 29, 1740. H.R.H. the Duke of Cumber- land was appointed on April 30, 1740.
(2) Became Colonel of 32nd Foot, Dec., 1740, and of 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, 1743. Governor of Jersey, 1760. Died 1761. See ' D.N.B.'
(3) Colonel of 32nd Foot in 1745.
(4) Colonel of 41st Foot, 1752.
(5) Colonel of 14th Foot, 1753. Commander-in-Chief, North America, 1755. Died 13 July, 1755, from wounds received on July 9, in expedition against Fort Duquesne.
