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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Name: Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st

3. The _Fortieth_ regiment was formed in the year 1717, from
independent companies in North America and the West Indies:--the
command was conferred on Colonel Richard Philips.

4. The _Forty-first_ regiment was formed from Invalids in
1719:--the command was conferred on Colonel Edmund Fielding.

5. The other regiments of infantry, raised by King George I. on the
augmentation of the army in the year 1715, were disbanded in 1718,
after the Monarchy, in the line of the House of Brunswick, had been
established, and the Peace of the Kingdom restored.

6. The _Forty-second Highland_ regiment was formed in the reign of
King George II. from independent companies in Scotland, in the year
1739. It was originally termed “_The Black Watch_” and was placed
on the establishment on the 25th October, 1739:--the command was
conferred on Colonel James Earl of Crawford.[49]

7. The _Forty-third_ regiment was raised for service in America,
in the year 1740, by Colonel Andrew Spotswood, and afterwards
commanded by Colonel W. Gooche. It was disbanded in 1743.

8. The Ten regiments of Marines raised in 1739 and 1740, were
numbered from the 44th to the 53rd regiments, as shown in the
following list, viz.:--

  +-------------+------------------+----------+-------------+------------+
  |             |                  |          |             | Precedence |
  |    Marine   |   Names of the   |Periods of|  Colour of  |   in the   |
  |  Regiments. |     Colonels.    |Formation,| the Facing. |Regiments of|
  |             |                  |   &c.    |             | Infantry of|
  |             |                  |          |             |  the Line. |
  +-------------+------------------+----------+-------------+------------+
  |1st Regiment |E. Wolfe          |   1739   | Deep Yellow | 44th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |G. Keightley      |   1745   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |G. Churchill      |   1745   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |2nd Regiment |Wm. Robinson      |   1739   | Green       | 45th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |Rt. Frazer        |   1741   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |3rd Regiment |Anthony Lowther   |   1739   | Light Yellow| 46th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |R. Sowle          |   1745   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |H. Holmes         |   1746   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |4th Regiment |J. Wynyard        |   1739   | White       | 47th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |Jas. Long         |   1742   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |Byng, afterwards  |          |             |            |
  |             |  _Visct._        |          |             |            |
  |             |  Torrington      |   1744   |             |            |

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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 31st

3. The _Fortieth_ regiment was formed in the year 1717, from
independent companies in North America and the West Indies:--the
command was conferred on Colonel Richard Philips.

4. The _Forty-first_ regiment was formed from Invalids in
1719:--the command was conferred on Colonel Edmund Fielding.

5. The other regiments of infantry, raised by King George I. on the
augmentation of the army in the year 1715, were disbanded in 1718,
after the Monarchy, in the line of the House of Brunswick, had been
established, and the Peace of the Kingdom restored.

6. The _Forty-second Highland_ regiment was formed in the reign of
King George II. from independent companies in Scotland, in the year
1739. It was originally termed “_The Black Watch_” and was placed
on the establishment on the 25th October, 1739:--the command was
conferred on Colonel James Earl of Crawford.[49]

7. The _Forty-third_ regiment was raised for service in America,
in the year 1740, by Colonel Andrew Spotswood, and afterwards
commanded by Colonel W. Gooche. It was disbanded in 1743.

8. The Ten regiments of Marines raised in 1739 and 1740, were
numbered from the 44th to the 53rd regiments, as shown in the
following list, viz.:--

  +-------------+------------------+----------+-------------+------------+
  |             |                  |          |             | Precedence |
  |    Marine   |   Names of the   |Periods of|  Colour of  |   in the   |
  |  Regiments. |     Colonels.    |Formation,| the Facing. |Regiments of|
  |             |                  |   &c.    |             | Infantry of|
  |             |                  |          |             |  the Line. |
  +-------------+------------------+----------+-------------+------------+
  |1st Regiment |E. Wolfe          |   1739   | Deep Yellow | 44th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |G. Keightley      |   1745   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |G. Churchill      |   1745   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |2nd Regiment |Wm. Robinson      |   1739   | Green       | 45th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |Rt. Frazer        |   1741   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |3rd Regiment |Anthony Lowther   |   1739   | Light Yellow| 46th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |R. Sowle          |   1745   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |H. Holmes         |   1746   |             |            |
  |             |                  |          |             |            |
  |4th Regiment |J. Wynyard        |   1739   | White       | 47th Foot. |
  | ”      ”    |Jas. Long         |   1742   |             |            |
  | ”      ”    |Byng, afterwards  |          |             |            |
  |             |  _Visct._        |          |             |            |
  |             |  Torrington      |   1744   |             |            |

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

Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850

Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot;: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850

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