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
Edward Lloyd became proficient in the duties of his profession in
active service under the Prince of Orange, who promoted him to
the Colonelcy of the FIFTH FOOT in May, 1689. While serving with
his regiment in Ireland, and in the Netherlands, he acquired the
confidence and esteem of his superior officers, and he had every
prospect of rising to high military rank; but his mortal career was
terminated by death on the 26th of August, 1694.
THOMAS FAIRFAX,
_Appointed 6th November, 1694_.
This Officer, after a progressive service in the subordinate ranks,
obtained, on the 8th of March, 1689, the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of
Lord Castleton's regiment, from which he was promoted by King
William III., in November, 1694, to the Colonelcy of the FIFTH
FOOT. He served with his regiment in Flanders, was promoted to
the rank of Brigadier-General in 1696, and commanded a brigade of
infantry during the campaign of the following year. He was removed
from the FIFTH in 1703, was afterwards promoted to the rank of
Major-General; and died on the 6th of January, 1710.
THOMAS PEARCE,
_Appointed 5th February, 1704_.
Thomas Pearce obtained the commission of Ensign in a regiment of
Foot on the 28th of February, 1689; and in October, 1694, he was
appointed Captain of the Grenadier Company in the Second Foot
Guards. He served at the siege of Namur in 1695, and, being engaged
in storming the covered-way on the night of the 8th of July, he
advanced, in the heat of the conflict, too far in front of his
men, and was wounded and taken prisoner.
In 1702 he served under the Duke of Ormond in the expedition to
Cadiz; and, commanding a brigade of Grenadiers at the storming of
the forts of Vigo, he was wounded in the thigh by a cannon-ball.
His gallantry was rewarded on the 10th of April in the following
year with the Colonelcy of a newly-raised Irish regiment of
Foot;[47] from which he was removed to the FIFTH, on the 5th of
February, 1704. He was promoted on the 1st of January, 1707, to
the rank of Brigadier-General, and, proceeding with his regiment
to Portugal, he highly distinguished himself at the head of
a brigade of infantry at the battle of Caya in 1709, and was
taken prisoner. He was shortly afterwards exchanged for a French
Brigadier-General, and on his return to England he was promoted to
the rank of Major-General. He was further promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant-General on the 5th of March, 1727; and in 1732 he was
removed to the Colonelcy of the Fifth Horse, now Fourth Dragoon
Guards. He was several years a member of Parliament for Melcomb
Regis, and died in 1739.
JOHN COPE,
_Appointed 15th December, 1732_.
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