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
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|5th Regiment |C. Douglas | 1739 | Primrose | 48th Foot. |
| ” ” |J. Grant | 1741 | Yellow | |
| ” ” |S. Daniel | 1741 | | |
| ” ” |Jas. Cochrane | 1741 | | |
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|6th Regiment |_Honble._ Lucius | | | |
| | Ducie Moreton | 1739 | Green Cuffs | 49th Foot. |
| ” ” |J. Cotterell | 1741 | Collar, and | |
| ” ” |_Honble._ W. | | Cap | |
| | Herbert | 1747 | | |
| ” ” |Jas. Laforey | 1747 | | |
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|7th Regiment |H. Cornwall | 1740 | White | 50th Foot. |
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|8th Regiment |W. Hanmore | 1740 | Light Yellow| 51st Foot. |
| ” ” |J. Duncombe | 1742 | | |
| ” ” |_Lord_ G. | | | |
| | Beauclerk | 1747 | | |
| ” ” |Jas. Jordan | 1748 | | |
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|9th Regiment |C. Powlett | 1740 | Buff | 52nd Foot. |
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|10th Regiment|J. Jeffreys | 1740 | Deep Yellow | 53rd Foot. |
| ” ” |_Sir_ Andrew Agnew| 1746 | | |
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The above ten regiments were disbanded in November, 1748.
9. The following seven regiments were raised, and added to the
establishment of the army, in January, 1741; and in consequence
of the disbandment of Colonel Spotswood’s, afterwards Gooche’s,
American Provincials, and also of the ten regiments of Marines, the
_numerical_ titles of six of these regiments were changed, after
the peace of 1748, as specified in the following list; viz.:--
54th Regt., com. by Colonel Thomas Fowke, now the 43rd Regt.
55th ” ” James Long, ” 44th Regt.
56th ” ” D. Houghton, ” 45th Regt.
57th ” ” James Price, ” 46th Regt.
58th ” ” J. Mordaunt, ” 47th Regt.
59th ” ” J. Cholmondeley, ” 48th Regt.
60th ” ” H. De Grangue, disbanded in 1748.
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