FRANCIS LIGONIER, descended from the ancient family of Ligonier, many years resident in Languedoc, in France. Being of the Protestant religion, he withdrew from that country in the time of Louis XIV., and, with his brother John, (afterwards Earl Ligonier,) entered the British service. In his first commission he was designated Francis de Ligonier, but the _de_ was afterwards discontinued. He was appointed major of the eighth horse, now seventh dragoon guards, in 1729, and lieut.-colonel in 1737, and under his care that regiment became celebrated for efficiency and exemplary conduct in quarters and in the field. He commanded the eighth horse at the battle of Dettingen, where he highly distinguished himself, and was wounded; and he was rewarded in April, 1745, with the colonelcy of the forty-eighth foot, from which he was removed in October to the THIRTEENTH Dragoons. He served under Lieut.-General Hawley, in Scotland, in January, 1746, and while suffering from an attack of the pleurisy, he quitted his bed to command the cavalry at the battle of Falkirk, where he again signalized himself; but fatigue, and exposure to the cold and wet, brought on a disease, of which he died a few days afterwards, much regretted by all who knew him. PHILIP NAISON, _Appointed 17th February, 1746_. This officer entered the army in 1708, and he acquired a reputation for attention to his duties and for personal bravery. He was many years in the royal dragoons, and commanded that regiment at the battle of Dettingen, where it captured the standard of the Mousquetairs Noirs. He was also wounded at the head of the royal dragoons at the battle of Fontenoy; and in 1746 King George II. rewarded him with the colonelcy of the THIRTEENTH Dragoons. He died in 1750. SIR CHARLES ARMAND POWLET, K.B., _Appointed 26th January, 1751_. CHARLES ARMAND POWLET, choosing the profession of arms, obtained a commission as cornet of horse in 1710; he served many years in the household cavalry, and was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the first troop of horse grenadier guards by King George II., who afterwards rewarded him with the colonelcy of the ninth regiment of marines, by commission dated the 27th of December, 1740. At the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle his regiment was disbanded; and in November, 1749, he was appointed colonel of the ninth foot; he was also promoted to the rank of major-general, was honoured with the dignity of a knight of the bath, and held an appointment in the establishment of the Prince of Wales. In 1751 he was removed to the THIRTEENTH Dragoons: he died in November of the same year. THE HONORABLE HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY, _Appointed 25th December, 1751_.