Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Sixty-Seventh, or the South Hampshire Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 67th (South Hampshire)
General Peter Craig commenced his military career as ensign in the
Thirtieth foot, on the 28th of May, 1762; and on the 1st of June,
of the following year, obtained his lieutenancy. He was promoted
to a company in the Fifty-seventh regiment, on the 25th of March,
1768; and was advanced to the rank of major in that corps, on the
14th of December, 1774. On the 9th of January, 1779, he became
lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-sixth regiment, then stationed at
Gibraltar, which had the honour of forming part of the garrison
in the successful and gallant defence of Gibraltar against the
combined power of France and Spain, from 1779 to 1783. On the 20th
of November, 1782, he obtained the brevet rank of colonel; and on
the 12th of October, 1793, Colonel Craig was promoted to the rank
of major-general; on the 1st of January, 1798, he was advanced to
that of lieutenant-general. His Majesty King George III. appointed
Lieut.-General Craig colonel-commandant of the Sixty-second regiment,
on the 25th of November, 1799; and on the 9th of March, 1803, he
was nominated colonel of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment. On the 25th
of September, 1803, he obtained the rank of general. His decease
occurred in the year 1810.
SIR WILLIAM KEPPEL, G.C.B.
_Appointed 7th February, 1811._
This officer served fifty-six years in the army, having entered the
service in the year 1778. He served in North America and the West
Indies, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in the
year 1803; and colonel-commandant of the Sixtieth regiment, on
the 24th of April, 1806; he was appointed by the Prince Regent, in
the name and on the behalf of His Majesty King George III., to the
colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, on the 7th of February,
1811, on the decease of General Peter Craig. His Majesty King George
IV. removed General the Right Honorable Sir William Keppel to the
colonelcy of the Second, or Queen's Royal regiment, in the year
1828, on the decease of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens. In 1813 Sir
William Keppel was raised to the rank of general in the army; and was
for many years Groom of the Bedchamber and Equerry to His Majesty
King George IV., who bestowed on him the appointment of Governor of
Guernsey, when it became vacant by the death of the Earl of Pembroke,
in 1827. The Right Honorable General Sir William Keppel, G.C.B., died
at Paris, on the 11th of December, 1834.
SIR JOHN MACDONALD, G.C.B.
_Appointed 25th August, 1828._
Removed to the FORTY-SECOND, ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT, on the 15th of
January, 1844.
JOHN CLITHEROW.
_Appointed 15th January, 1844._
FOOTNOTES:
[20] Twelfth, twentieth, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, thirty-seventh,
and fifty-first regiments.
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