Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Nineteenth, or the First Yorkshire North Riding Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688, and of its subsequent services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Green Howards
RICHARD SUTTON was appointed Ensign in a regiment of foot, on the 1st
of April, 1690, and he served in Ireland, and also in Flanders, under
King William III. He was afterwards promoted to the majority of the
Eighth regiment, with which he served at the battles of Schellenberg
and Blenheim in 1704; at the forcing of the French lines at Helixem
in 1705; and at the battle of Ramilies, in 1706. Being afterwards
promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy, he commanded the regiment at the
battle of Oudenarde in 1708. On the 23rd of March, 1709, he was
promoted to the colonelcy of a newly-raised regiment, and in 1710 he
was nominated a Brigadier-General. He commanded a brigade in Flanders
during the campaign of 1711; served at the forcing of the French
lines at Arleux, and at the siege and capture of Bouchain. In 1712,
he was removed to the NINETEENTH regiment, was nominated Governor of
Hull, and commanded a brigade in Flanders under the Duke of Ormond:
he was afterwards promoted to the rank of Major-General; but in 1715,
he retired from active service. He was restored to the colonelcy
of the NINETEENTH regiment in 1729, and promoted to the rank of
Lieut.-General in 1735. He died in 1738.
GEORGE GROVE.
_Appointed 5th August, 1715._
GEORGE GROVE served in the foot guards, in which corps he rose to the
rank of Captain and Lieut.-Colonel. Being a very zealous and loyal
officer, at a period when Jacobite principles had become prevalent in
the kingdom, he was nominated Colonel of the NINETEENTH regiment,
his commission being dated the 5th of August, 1715: he did not attain
any higher rank than that of Colonel. His death occurred on the 13th
of October, 1729.
RICHARD SUTTON.
_Re-appointed 27th October, 1729._
_Died in 1738._
THE HONORABLE CHARLES HOWARD.
_Appointed 1st November, 1738._
THE HONORABLE CHARLES HOWARD, second son of Charles third Earl
of Carlisle, was appointed Ensign and Lieutenant in the Second
foot guards on the 10th of August, 1715; in 1717 he was promoted
to Captain in the sixteenth foot, from which he exchanged to the
ninth dragoons; and in April, 1719, he was nominated Captain and
Lieut.-Colonel in the Second foot guards. He was appointed deputy
governor of Carlisle in 1725, Aide-de-camp to the King with the rank
of Colonel in 1734, and Colonel of the NINETEENTH regiment in 1738.
He proceeded with the army to Flanders, in 1742, with the rank of
Brigadier-General; in 1743 he obtained the rank of Major-General,
and in 1747 that of Lieut.-General; in 1748 he was removed to the
third dragoon guards. He was advanced to the dignity of a Knight of
the Bath in 1749, and promoted to the rank of General in 1765. He
was governor of Forts George and Augustus in Scotland; one of the
grooms of the bed-chamber to King George II.; and many years member
of parliament for Carlisle. He died in 1765.
LORD GEORGE BEAUCLERK.
_Appointed 15th March, 1748._
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