lordship resided at Paris, as ambassador extraordinary at that court, from whence he was frequently despatched with important information to London. While thus employed he became changed, from a sprightly participator in all the gaieties of life, to one of the most sedate and pious men of the age in which he lived, and was remarkable for his punctilious observance of religious duties. His steady attachment to the protestant succession, and numerous services, were rewarded, on the 24th of January, 1730, with the lieut.-colonelcy of the sixth dragoons, and he performed the duties of commanding officer to this corps, many years, with the most exemplary care and zeal. He proceeded on foreign service with the Inniskilling dragoons, in 1742, and soon after his arrival in Germany, in 1743, he was promoted to the colonelcy of the THIRTEENTH Dragoons. He commanded the regiment in Scotland, in 1745, when the rebellion, headed by the Pretenders eldest son, broke out in that country, and he eventually joined the troops under Lieut.-General Sir John Cope. During the night preceding the battle of Preston-pans, the army occupied a position near his own family residence, and he was attended by four of his domestic servants, whom he dismissed about three o'clock, on the following morning, with a pious exhortation to preserve their loyalty to their sovereign. He spent a considerable time in private devotion before the battle. At the commencement of the action, he was wounded in the left breast by a musket shot, which caused him to give a sudden spring in his saddle, when his servant, who held a spare horse, endeavoured to persuade him to withdraw, but he refused, saying it was only a wound in the flesh. In the charge, he behaved with the most heroic gallantry, and afterwards attempted to rally his men; but being unable to accomplish this, he joined some infantry, and while in the act of encouraging them, he was struck on the right arm by a Highlander with a scythe fastened to a pole. His sword dropped; other opponents came round him; he was unhorsed, and left for dead. About two hours after the engagement had ceased, his servant found him; he was alive, and the servant removed him in a cart to Tranent church, from whence he was conveyed to the minister's house, and put to bed; but he expired soon afterwards. "In person, Colonel Gardiner was strongly built and well-proportioned; in stature unusually tall; and in the expression of his countenance, intellectual and dignified. In calm heroism, he has never been excelled. The energy he displayed, notwithstanding his bodily infirmities, on the day preceding the fight, at Preston-pans, his pious exhortation to his domestics, his devotion before the battle, and his calm unflinching bravery during the contest, have thrown a romantic charm around his memory, by which it will, doubtless, be long and deservedly embalmed[13]." FRANCIS LIGONIER, _Appointed 1st October, 1745_.