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Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.

Name: Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 56th (West Essex) -- History

|  K.C.B.              }|              |{  September 6, 1817, on the   |
  |                       |              |{  reduction of second         |
  |                       |              |{  battalion.                  |
  |H. H. Prichard         |April 26, 1831|Retired May 20, 1836.          |
  |G. M. Eden             |May   20, 1836|{Removed to Scots Fusilier     |
  |                       |              |{  Guards, on July 5, 1839.    |
  |Robert O’Hara          |July   5, 1839|{Exchanged to the Eighty-eighth|
  |                       |              |{  on August 16, 1839, with    |
  |                       |              |{  Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Eden.  |
  |William Hassel Eden    |Aug.  16, 1839|At present in command.         |
  +-----------------------+--------------+-------------------------------+




SUCCESSION OF MAJORS

OF THE

FIFTY-SIXTH, OR WEST ESSEX, REGIMENT OF FOOT.


  +---------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+
  |         NAMES.      |   Dates of   |               REMARKS.         |
  |                     | Appointment. |                                |
  +---------------------+--------------+--------------------------------+
  |John Doyne           |Dec.  26, 1755|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel,    |
  |                     |              |{  June 30, 1760.               |
  |James Stewart        |June  30, 1760|{Promoted to Lieut.-Col.,       |
  |                     |              |{  February 20, 1762.           |
  |John Heighington     |Feb.  20, 1762|Resigned September 9, 1762.     |
  |Alexander Milbanke   |Sep.   9, 1762|Died November 4, 1762.          |
  |William Forbes       |Nov.   4, 1762|{Removed to Thirty-fifth Foot,  |
  |                     |              |{  October 31, 1762.            |
  |Thomas Johnston      |Oct.  31, 1762|Resigned September 11, 1765.    |
  |Henry Pringle        |Sep.  11, 1765|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel     |
  |                     |              |{  Fifty-first Foot, August     |
  |                     |              |{  16, 1770.                    |
  |John Caulfield       |Aug.  16, 1770|{Promoted to Lieut.-Col.,       |
  |                     |              |{  October 3, 1776.             |
  |Bulleine Fancourt    |Oct    3, 1776|Retired August 6, 1783.         |
  |Hon. Vere Poulett    |Aug.   6, 1783|{Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel     |
  |                     |              |{  Sixtieth Regiment, August    |
  |                     |              |{  31, 1793.                    |
  |Patrick Tytler       |Aug.  31, 1793|Retired October 8, 1794.        |
  |John Alexander       |Oct.   8, 1794|Retired March 10, 1797.         |
  |James Barrington     |Sep.   1, 1795|Resigned September 3, 1800.     |
  |Robert Douglas       |March 10, 1797|{Promoted Lieut.-Colonel        |
  |                     |              |{  Eighteenth Foot, July        |
  |                     |              |{  9, 1803.                     |
  |Henry S.

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Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844.

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