Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Infantry. 34th Regiment (Cumberland)
THE HONORABLE HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY, second son of Lord Conway,
and brother of Francis Earl of Hertford, was appointed lieutenant
in the First Foot Guards in 1737, captain and lieutenant-colonel
in 1741, and in 1746 he was appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of
Cumberland, and promoted to the colonelcy of the Fifty-ninth (now
Forty-eighth) Foot. He was removed to the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment in
1749, to the Thirteenth Dragoons in 1751, and to the Fourth Horse
(now Eighth Dragoon Guards) in 1754. In 1756 he was promoted to the
rank of major-general, and in 1759 to that of lieutenant-general:
he was removed to the Royal Dragoons in the same year. He commanded
a division of the allied army in Germany, under Prince Ferdinand of
Brunswick, in 1761; and the British forces in Germany were placed
under his orders during the absence of the Marquis of Granby. He
was also one of the grooms of the bedchamber to His Majesty, and
a member of parliament; and having voted against ministers on the
great question of military warrants, in 1764, he resigned his court
appointment and military commands; but in 1768 he was appointed
colonel of the Fourth Dragoons. In 1770 he was removed to the Royal
Regiment of Horse Guards; in 1772, he was promoted to the rank of
general; in 1782, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the army,
and in 1793 he was promoted to the rank of field-marshal. He died
in 1795; at which period he was eldest general officer and first
field-marshal in the army.
CHARLES RUSSELL.
_Appointed 17th December, 1751._
CHARLES RUSSELL was many years an officer in the Foot Guards; he
rose to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in the First
Regiment, and was promoted to major, with the rank of colonel,
in the Second, or Coldstream, Regiment, in 1745; in 1751 he was
nominated colonel of the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment of Foot. He died on
the 20th November, 1754.
THOMAS EARL OF EFFINGHAM.
_Appointed 2nd December, 1754._
LORD THOMAS HOWARD succeeded to the title of Earl of Effingham in
February, 1743, and on the 11th of April following he was nominated
lieutenant-colonel in the Second Troop, now Second Regiment,
of Life Guards. In 1749 he was appointed one of His Majesty’s
aides-de-camp, with the rank of colonel; and in 1754 he obtained
the colonelcy of the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment. His lordship was
promoted to the rank of major-general in 1758; and was removed to
the colonelcy of the First Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards in 1760.
His decease occurred in November, 1763.
LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH.
_Appointed 30th October, 1760._
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