1778 William Tryon 16 1783 John Earl of Suffolk 17 1814 Honorable Sir G. Lowry Cole, K.B. -- 1816 Forbes Champagné 18 ---- Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, G.C.B., afterwards the Earl of Effingham 19 1832 Gage John Hall 21 PLATE. Colours and Costume of the Regiment _to face Page_ 14 HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTIETH, OR THE SURREY REGIMENT OF FOOT. [Sidenote: 1756] The repose granted to Europe by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was interrupted by the aggressions, made by the French, on the British territory in America. War between the two kingdoms speedily followed; and a considerable augmentation was made to the strength of the British army in the winter of 1755, and in the spring of 1756. On that occasion a second battalion was added to the THIRTY-FIRST regiment, then commanded by Major-General Henry Holmes, and stationed in Great Britain. [Sidenote: 1758] In 1758 the second battalion of the THIRTY-FIRST foot was constituted a regiment, which was numbered the “SEVENTIETH” in the British line. It was stationed in North Britain; its facings were light grey; it contained in its ranks many men who were natives of Scotland, particularly of Glasgow, and they were commonly called the “GLASGOW GREYS.” The colonelcy of the SEVENTIETH regiment was conferred on Colonel John Parslow, from captain and lieut.-colonel in the first foot guards; the lieut.-colonelcy on Charles Vignoles, from major in the thirty-first regiment; and the majority on Robert Pigot, senior captain of the thirty-first. The officers appointed to the SEVENTIETH regiment were:-- _Colonel_ John Parslow. _Lieut.-Colonel_ Charles Vignoles. _Major_ Robert Pigot. _Captains._ William Piers. Hector Munro. Hon. Spencer Compton. D. Hamilton. George Grant. T. Grueber. William Nesbit. _Captain Lieut._ Jno. Fowle. _Lieutenants._ John Crofton. Rob. Clements. J. Dumarsque. A. Thompson. Anthony Morgan. William Tullock. John Stevens. M. Johnston. A. Lysaght. R. Bristow. H. Norman. Jas. Cusack. William Smith. Edward Hicks. Geo. Whichcot. Cha. Sutherland. U. Pendergrast. W. L. Hooker. _Ensigns._ Geo. Williamson. Cha. Gordon. Robert Wilson. Geo. Kinlock. Rob. Orrock. J. Rosenhagen. Rob. Jephson. Wm. Talbot. _Chaplain_, Tho. Parslow. _Surgeon_, Sam. Bright. _Adjutant_, W. L. Hooker. _Quarter-Master_, Geo. Williamson. [Sidenote: 1759] [Sidenote: 1760]