1738 Lord James Cavendish -- 1742 The Honorable James Cholmondeley 82 1749 The Honorable Henry Seymour Conway 83 1751 Charles Russell -- 1754 Thomas Earl of Effingham 84 1760 Lord Frederick Cavendish -- 1797 George Ferdinand Lord Southampton -- 1810 Sir Eyre Coote, G.C.B. 85 1816 The Honorable Sir G. Lowry Cole, G.C.B. 87 1826 Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, Bart. G.C.B. and G.C.H. 88 Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels 89 Succession of Majors 91 PLATES. Regimental colour _to face page_ xix Queen’s and Regimental Colours ” 9 Uniform of Officers in 1844 ” 9 Uniform of Private Soldiers in 1742 ” 24 Uniform of Private Soldiers in 1844 ” 78 [Illustration: THIRTY-FOURTH (THE CUMBERLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT. (Queen’s and Regimental Colours.) (_To face page 1._)] [Illustration: THIRTY-FOURTH (THE CUMBERLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT. (Uniform of Officers in 1844.) (_To face page 1._)] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH, OR THE CUMBERLAND REGIMENT OF FOOT. [Sidenote: 1702] At the commencement of the eighteenth century, the British monarch witnessed his efforts to curb the ambition of Louis XIV., and to preserve the balance of power in Europe, counteracted by the virtual union of two powerful states, under a dynasty distinguished for its thirst for conquest, the King of France having procured the accession of his grandson, Philip, Duke of Anjou, to the throne of Spain. Existing treaties were thus openly violated; at the same time the liberties of Europe were invaded by the seizure of the Spanish Netherlands, by the troops of France, and the detention of the Dutch garrisons in the barrier towns; and war was resolved upon. A considerable augmentation was made to the British army, and the THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OF FOOT is one of the corps embodied on this occasion. Its first colonel was ROBERT LORD LUCAS, from the lieutenant-colonelcy of Sir John Jacob’s Regiment, now Thirteenth Light Infantry, his commission bearing date the 12th of February, 1702.