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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.Cannon, Richard

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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Name: Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Somerset Light Infantry

THEOPHILUS seventh EARL OF HUNTINGDON succeeded to that dignity on
the decease of his father in 1655. In the reign of King Charles
II. he was attached to the principles entertained by James Duke
of Monmouth, who was at the head of a political party in the
kingdom; but when he suspected the views of those with whom he
was connected to be destructive of the constitution, he quitted
their party; and in 1683 he was appointed a member of the Privy
Council. He held several appointments in the reign of King James
II.; was captain of the band of gentleman pensioners, now the
honorable corps of gentlemen-at-arms; and on the breaking out
of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, in June, 1685, he
exerted himself in raising men for the king’s service, and was
appointed colonel of one of the regiments of foot embodied on that
occasion, now the THIRTEENTH Light Infantry. At the Revolution in
1688, he adhered to King James II., and being with his regiment
in garrison at Plymouth, he was arrested by Colonel the Earl of
Bath, Lieut.-Colonel Hastings, and other officers, who declared
for the Prince of Orange. Continuing firm in his adherence to the
Roman Catholic cause, he was removed from his appointments by King
William, was excluded from the benefit of the Act of Indemnity
passed on the 23rd of May, 1690, and upon the receipt of advice of
the intended descent, in favour of King James, from La Hogue, in
1692, he was sent a prisoner to the Tower of London; but he was not
long detained in confinement. The Earl of Huntingdon was one of the
peers who protested against the Act of Settlement in 1701. He died
suddenly at his house in Charles-street, St. James’s, on the 30th
of May, 1701.


FERDINANDO HASTINGS.

_Appointed--December, 1688._

FERDINANDO HASTINGS, cousin of Theophilus seventh Earl of
Huntingdon, entered the army in the reign of King Charles II., and
was promoted to the command of a company in the first foot guards;
in 1686, he was appointed lieut.-colonel of the regiment which
is now the THIRTEENTH Light Infantry. At the Revolution in 1688,
he united with the Earl of Bath in bringing over the garrison of
Plymouth to the interest of the Prince of Orange, and was rewarded
with the colonelcy of his regiment. He served in Scotland under
Major-General Hugh Mackay, against the clans under Viscount Dundee,
and distinguished himself at the battle of Killicrankie on the
27th of June, 1689. He afterwards proceeded with his regiment
to Ireland, and served at the battle of the Boyne, and at the
reduction of Cork and Kinsale, in 1690: he evinced ability and
personal bravery in several detached services in 1691, and served
in the expedition, under the Duke of Leinster, in 1692. He was
afterwards found guilty of extortion in his regiment, and was
cashiered on the 4th of March, 1695.


SIR JOHN JACOB, BART.

_Appointed 13th March, 1689._

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Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Somerset Light Infantry

THEOPHILUS seventh EARL OF HUNTINGDON succeeded to that dignity on
the decease of his father in 1655. In the reign of King Charles
II. he was attached to the principles entertained by James Duke
of Monmouth, who was at the head of a political party in the
kingdom; but when he suspected the views of those with whom he
was connected to be destructive of the constitution, he quitted
their party; and in 1683 he was appointed a member of the Privy
Council. He held several appointments in the reign of King James
II.; was captain of the band of gentleman pensioners, now the
honorable corps of gentlemen-at-arms; and on the breaking out
of the rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth, in June, 1685, he
exerted himself in raising men for the king’s service, and was
appointed colonel of one of the regiments of foot embodied on that
occasion, now the THIRTEENTH Light Infantry. At the Revolution in
1688, he adhered to King James II., and being with his regiment
in garrison at Plymouth, he was arrested by Colonel the Earl of
Bath, Lieut.-Colonel Hastings, and other officers, who declared
for the Prince of Orange. Continuing firm in his adherence to the
Roman Catholic cause, he was removed from his appointments by King
William, was excluded from the benefit of the Act of Indemnity
passed on the 23rd of May, 1690, and upon the receipt of advice of
the intended descent, in favour of King James, from La Hogue, in
1692, he was sent a prisoner to the Tower of London; but he was not
long detained in confinement. The Earl of Huntingdon was one of the
peers who protested against the Act of Settlement in 1701. He died
suddenly at his house in Charles-street, St. James’s, on the 30th
of May, 1701.


FERDINANDO HASTINGS.

_Appointed--December, 1688._

FERDINANDO HASTINGS, cousin of Theophilus seventh Earl of
Huntingdon, entered the army in the reign of King Charles II., and
was promoted to the command of a company in the first foot guards;
in 1686, he was appointed lieut.-colonel of the regiment which
is now the THIRTEENTH Light Infantry. At the Revolution in 1688,
he united with the Earl of Bath in bringing over the garrison of
Plymouth to the interest of the Prince of Orange, and was rewarded
with the colonelcy of his regiment. He served in Scotland under
Major-General Hugh Mackay, against the clans under Viscount Dundee,
and distinguished himself at the battle of Killicrankie on the
27th of June, 1689. He afterwards proceeded with his regiment
to Ireland, and served at the battle of the Boyne, and at the
reduction of Cork and Kinsale, in 1690: he evinced ability and
personal bravery in several detached services in 1691, and served
in the expedition, under the Duke of Leinster, in 1692. He was
afterwards found guilty of extortion in his regiment, and was
cashiered on the 4th of March, 1695.


SIR JOHN JACOB, BART.

_Appointed 13th March, 1689._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

Historical record of the Thirteenth, First Somerset, or the Prince Albert's Regiment of Light Infantry: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1848.

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