Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Tenth, or the North Lincolnshire, Regiment of Foot,: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its Subsequent Services to 1847
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot
Earl of Bath, (col.) Maurice Roch. James Mohun.
Sir Cha. Carney, (lt.-col.) John Prideaux. Richd. Nagle.
Sir Bev. Granville, (major) D. Bradshaw. Jas. Granville.
Sir Thomas Windham. Cha. Harbine. Jacob Breams.
Edward Scott. Richard Scott. James Steukly.
Sydney Godolphin. Wm. Morgan. Jno. Granville.
John, Lord Arundel. Thos. Trevanion. Edw. Chard.
Bernard Strode. Thos. Lamb. Thos. Cary.
Ranald Graham. John Long. Hercules Low.
John Sydenham. Hy. Hook. John Jacob.
John Granville. { Roger Elliott } Grenadier Co.
{ Roger Evans }
_Chaplain_, Thos. Nixon. _Adjutant_, R. Elliott.
_Chirurgeon_, James Yong. _Quarter-Master_, Jno. Freeman.
The regiment left Portsmouth, in April, 1687, for Winchester and
Taunton; in June, it once more pitched its tents on Hounslow-heath,
and in August marched into quarters in London. It did not remain
long in the metropolis: and after several changes of quarters it
was placed in garrison at Plymouth.
[Sidenote: 1688]
When King James II., who was a zealous Roman Catholic, pursued the
interests of papacy so far as to occasion much alarm among his
Protestant subjects, the EARL OF BATH stood aloof from the measures
of the Court, and he was one of the noblemen who communicated
privately with the PRINCE OF ORANGE, to whom the nation looked for
aid to oppose the arbitrary proceedings of the King. In November,
1688, when the Prince of Orange arrived with a Dutch armament, the
TENTH and Thirteenth regiments were in garrison at Plymouth,--the
TENTH occupying the citadel, and the two colonels were with their
regiments. The Earl of Bath was in the interest of the Prince of
Orange; but the Earl of Huntingdon adhered to King James: the
lieut.-colonel of the TENTH, Sir Charles Carney, was a steadfast
supporter of the Court, and the lieut.-colonel of the Thirteenth,
Ferdinando Hastings, was a warm advocate for the Prince of Orange;
thus the interest of the superior officers of the two regiments
was equally divided. It appeared doubtful, for some time, to which
party the garrison of Plymouth would devote itself; but eventually,
the Earl of Bath, being the senior officer and governor of the
fortress, ordered the Earl of Huntingdon to be arrested: he also
ordered four Roman Catholic officers of the Thirteenth,--viz.,
Captain Owen Macarty, Lieutenants William Rhodesby, Talbot
Lascelles, and Ensign Ambrose Jones, to be arrested; he then
declared for the Prince of Orange, and induced the two regiments to
engage in the same interest. The garrison having been settled in
the name of the Prince of Orange, the Earl of Huntingdon and the
Roman Catholic officers of his regiment were released.
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