10. The _Forty-ninth_ regiment was formed in the year 1743, of two companies of one of the regiments raised in the reign of Queen Anne, which had remained at Jamaica, and of six other companies formed in that colony. The command was given to Colonel Edward Trelawny, then Governor of Jamaica. It was retained on the establishment after the peace of 1748, and numbered the 49th regiment. 11. On the recommencement of hostilities with France in 1755, fifty companies of Marines were raised, under the direction and control of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. These companies were formed into _three divisions_, at the principal naval stations, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham.[50] The _Corps of Marines_ having been raised in 1755, and since that period retained on the establishment, as a branch of the permanent national force of Navy, Army, and Marines, have been authorised to rank, when acting with infantry of the line, _next to the forty-ninth Regiment_, as directed by His Majesty King George IV. in the following General Order, dated “_Horse-Guards, 30th March, 1820._ “In reference to the _Regulations regarding Precedence of Regiments_ (as contained in page 10 of the General Regulations and Orders of the Army), His Majesty has been graciously pleased to command, that the _Royal Marines_, when acting with the Troops of the Line, shall take their station next to the forty-ninth Regiment. “By Command of H. R. H. the Commander-in-Chief. “HENRY TORRENS, _Adjutant-General_.” 12. In the year 1745 two regiments were raised for service in North America, by Colonel William Shirley and Colonel Sir William Pepperell. In 1754 they were numbered the 50th and 51st Regiments. 13. In December, 1755, eleven regiments were raised and added to the establishment of the army; and in consequence of the disbandment of Colonel Shirley’s and Sir William Pepperell’s regiments in 1757, the eleven regiments, above alluded to, were ranked two numbers higher in the list of regiments of infantry, as shown in the following list; viz.:-- 52nd Regt., com. by Colonel James Abercromby now the 50th Regt. 53rd ” ” Robt. Napier ” 51st Regt. 54th ” ” H. Lambton ” 52nd Regt. 55th ” ” W. Whitmore ” 53rd Regt. 56th ” ” John Campbell ” 54th Regt. 57th ” ” G. Perry ” 55th Regt. 58th ” ” Lord C. Manners ” 56th Regt. 59th ” ” John Arabin ” 57th Regt. 60th ” ” Robt. Anstruther ” 58th Regt. 61st ” ” Charles Montagu ” 59th Regt. 62nd Royal American, } Col. The Earl of Loudon. ” 60th Regt. of _four_ battalions, }