THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER HOPE entered the army as ensign in the Sixty-third Regiment, on the 6th of March, 1786, and after a service of upwards of thirteen years he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Foot, on the 27th of August, 1794. He commanded the regiment during its retreat through Holland, and in the attack of the French post at Gueldermalsen, on the 8th of January, 1795, he received a wound in the shoulder which deprived him of the use of his right arm. He was appointed governor of Tynemouth and Clifford's fort, in 1797; lieutenant-governor of Edinburgh Castle, in 1798; and deputy adjutant-general to the expedition to Holland, in 1799. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army, on the 1st of January, 1800; and to the colonelcy of the Fifth West India Regiment, on the 30th of October, 1806. In April, 1808, he was further promoted to the rank of major-general. In April, 1813, he was removed to the colonelcy of the Forty-seventh Regiment; and in June of the same year, he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general. He obtained the rank of general, on the 22nd of July, 1830; and the colonelcy of the FOURTEENTH Regiment, in 1835. He was constituted a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath: he was lieutenant-governor of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea: he died on the 19th of May, 1837. SIR JAMES WATSON, K.C.B. _Appointed 24th May, 1837._ LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE. FOOTNOTES: [18] Vide King James's own account of this circumstance, in Doctor Clarke's life of that monarch. [19] Vide the Record of the Eleventh Foot. [20] On the 26th of May, 1718, he fought a duel in Hyde Park with sword and pistol, with Colonel Waller. [21] _London Gazette._ By Royal Authority. Historical Records of the British Army; A SERIES OF Narratives of the Services of Regiments from their Formation to the present Time. PREPARED BY Richard Cannon, Esq., ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes, who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood "firm as the rocks of their native shore;" and when half the world has been arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained by our countrymen, our brothers, our fellow-citizens in arms,--a record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to the public.--_Extract from the General Preface._ THE HISTORIES OF THE FOLLOWING REGIMENTS ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED: CAVALRY.