Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire 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 Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire 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. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
THE HONORABLE ROBERT MONCKTON, son of John, first Viscount Galway,
served in the army in the war of the Austrian succession; and in
February, 1751, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the
forty-seventh regiment: in 1757 he was nominated Colonel-commandant
of the second battalion of the sixtieth regiment. He commanded
a brigade, under Major-general James Wolfe, in the expedition
against Quebec, and evinced great gallantry and ability on several
occasions; he was shot through the lungs at the battle on the
heights of Abraham, on the 13th of September; but recovered of
his wound, and was nominated Lieut.-governor of Annapolis Royal,
and Colonel of the SEVENTEENTH regiment. In 1761 he was appointed
Governor and Commander-in-chief of the province of New York; and
promoted to the rank of Major-general. Soon afterwards he was
selected to command the land-forces of an expedition against the
French island of Martinique, which he captured, after overcoming
numerous difficulties, early in 1762. He was nominated Governor of
Berwick and Holy Island, and afterwards of Portsmouth, which place
he represented in Parliament several years. He was promoted to the
rank of Lieut.-general in 1770. His decease occurred on the 21st of
May, 1782.
GEORGE MORRISON.
_Appointed 29th May, 1782._
This officer served many years on the staff of the army; he was
advanced to the rank of Lieut.-colonel in 1761, at which period he
held the appointment of Deputy-quartermaster-general; and in 1763
he was placed at the head of that department. He was promoted to
the rank of Colonel in 1772, and to that of Major-general in 1777;
in 1779 he was appointed Colonel of the seventy-fifth regiment
(afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed, in 1782, to the
SEVENTEENTH, and also promoted to the rank of Lieut.-general. He
was appointed to the fourth regiment of foot in 1792; and promoted
to the rank of General in 1796. He died in 1799.
GEORGE GARTH.
_Appointed 8th August, 1792._
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