1839 Appointment of Lieut.-General John Ross to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Keane 60 ---- Depôt companies embarked at Plymouth for Jersey -- 1841 Depôt companies proceeded to Ireland -- 1842 Service companies embarked at Gibraltar for Barbadoes -- 1843 Appointment of General the Earl of Stair to the colonelcy in succession to Lieut.-General Ross, deceased 61 1845 The service companies collected at Barbadoes, and embarked for Nova Scotia -- ---- Embarked for Canada -- 1847 Proceeded from Quebec to Nova Scotia 62 1848 Embarked for England -- ---- Arrived at Dover, and joined by the depôt companies from Guernsey -- 1850 Proceeded from Liverpool to Hull -- 1851 The Conclusion 63 SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE FORTY-SIXTH, OR THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT: ORIGINALLY NUMBERED THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. Year Page 1741 John Price 67 1743 Honorable Thomas Murray 68 1764 William Viscount Howe, K.B. -- 1775 Honorable Sir John Vaughan, K.B. 69 1795 Sir James Henry Craig, K.B. 70 1804 John Whyte 71 1816 Henry Wynyard -- 1838 Sir John (afterwards Lord) Keane, G.C.B. & G.C.H. 73 1839 John Ross, C.B. 75 1843 John, Earl of Stair, K.T. 76 PLATES. Costume of the Regiment _to face_ 1 Colours of the Regiment 66 [Illustration: FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. _For Cannons Military Records_ _Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t Strand_] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FORTY-SIXTH, OR THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT; ORIGINALLY NUMBERED THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. [Sidenote: 1739]