Historical Record of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1674, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1837Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1674, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1837
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Northumberland Fusiliers
In 1678 Sir John Fenwick was promoted to the rank of
Brigadier-General, and appointed Colonel of a newly-raised
regiment of foot, which was disbanded after the peace of
Nimeguen. He was subsequently governor of Holy Island, one of the
Inspecting-Generals of cavalry, and a member of Parliament for
the county of Northumberland: and in 1687 he was promoted from
the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the Queen's troop of Life Guards, to
the Colonelcy of the Fourth regiment of Horse, now Third Dragoon
Guards, from which he was removed by the Prince of Orange at the
Revolution in 1688. In 1695 he engaged in a conspiracy to raise an
insurrection in behalf of King James, for which he was apprehended
and brought to trial before the Parliament. No direct proof of his
guilt could be produced, yet a bill of attainder for high treason
was passed against him; and he was beheaded on Tower Hill on the
28th of January, 1697.
HENRY WISELY,
_Appointed 11th September, 1676_.
Henry Wisely was an Officer of repute in the Dutch service, and
his meritorious conduct was rewarded with the Lieutenant-Colonelcy
of the FIFTH. After the resignation of Colonel (afterwards Sir
John) Fenwick, he was promoted, at the recommendation of the Prince
of Orange, to the Colonelcy of the regiment, by commission from
the States-General of Holland dated the 11th of September, 1676.
He served with his regiment against the French until the peace of
Nimeguen, acquiring, by his zealous exertions on all occasions,
the character of a good officer. He was drowned on his passage to
England in the winter of 1680.
THOMAS MONK,
_Appointed 10th December, 1680_.
This Officer also served with distinction under the Prince of
Orange, and was advanced to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of Sir Henry
Bellasis' regiment (now Sixth Foot), from which he was promoted to
the Colonelcy of the FIFTH in December, 1680; but his death appears
to have occurred before he acquired any higher rank.
THOMAS TOLLEMACHE,
_Appointed 9th October, 1688_.
Thomas Tollemache (or Talmash), son of Lionel third Earl of Dysart,
was an officer in the English army in the reign of King Charles
II., and in January, 1678, he obtained the rank of Captain in the
Second Foot Guards. In March of the same year he was appointed
Lieutenant-Colonel of Lord Arlington's newly-raised regiment,
which was disbanded after the peace of Nimeguen. He was afterwards
Lieutenant-Colonel of the First Foot Guards; but subsequently
entering the Dutch service, he was promoted to the Colonelcy of the
FIFTH in October, 1688; from which he was removed to the Colonelcy
of the Second Foot Guards in May following. He was advanced to
the rank of Major-General in December, 1690; and to that of
Lieutenant-General in January, 1692. He commanded an expedition to
the coast of France in the summer of 1694, was wounded at Cameret
Bay on the 8th of June, and died on the 12th at Plymouth.
EDWARD LLOYD,
_Appointed 1st May, 1689_.
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