Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or, the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1845
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 14th (Buckinghamshire)
At the peace of Utrecht, in 1713, his regiment was disbanded;
and in June of the same year, he was appointed colonel of the
FOURTEENTH Foot. He served in Scotland under the Duke of Argyle,
during the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, and commanded a brigade
at the battle of Dumblain, on the 13th of November, 1715. He
was subsequently appointed lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar; he
commanded the troops in that fortress when it was besieged by the
Spaniards, in 1727, and his conduct in the successful defence
of that important place, called forth the approbation of his
sovereign and country. The rank of major-general was conferred on
this excellent officer, on the 2nd of November, 1735; and that of
lieutenant-general, on the 2nd of July, 1739. In 1743, he served
under King George II. in Germany; and highly distinguished himself
at the battle of Dettingen, on the 16th of June in that year.
He was killed as he was giving orders for the artillery to play
upon the bridge as the French retreated, and his fall was equally
regretted by his sovereign, the officers, and soldiers of the army.
He was interred with military honors in the chapel of Prince George
of Hesse, at Hanau.
JOSEPH PRICE.
_Appointed 22nd June, 1743._
JOSEPH PRICE obtained a commission of ensign in a regiment of
foot in 1706; and subsequently rose to the rank of captain and
lieutenant-colonel in the First Foot Guards. In January, 1741,
he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Fifty-seventh (now
Forty-sixth) regiment, which was then first raised; and in 1743 he
was removed to the FOURTEENTH Foot. He was promoted to the rank of
brigadier-general on the 6th of June, 1745. During the campaign of
1747, he commanded a brigade of infantry in the Netherlands, under
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. At the battle of Val,
on the 2nd of July of that year, he highly distinguished himself.
His brigade was posted in the village of Val, and his gallantry
during the action was commended by the Duke of Cumberland in his
public despatch. He died in November of the same year, at Breda, in
Holland.
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM HERBERT.
_Appointed 1st December, 1747._
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM HERBERT, fifth son of Thomas, eighth Earl
of Pembroke, and father of Henry, first Earl of Caernarvon, was
appointed to a commission in the army on the 1st of May, 1722.
He was promoted on the 15th December, 1738, to the commission
of captain and lieutenant-colonel in the First Foot Guards; and
in December, 1747, to the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot. In
January, 1753, he was removed to the Second Dragoon Guards. He was
subsequently advanced to the rank of major-general: he was groom of
the bedchamber to King George II., and a member of parliament for
Wilton, in Wiltshire. He died on the 31st of March, 1757.
EDWARD BRADDOCK.
_Appointed 17th February, 1753._
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