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)
LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH, third son of William (third) Duke of
Devonshire, was honored with having the Prince of Wales, (father
of King George III.,) for his godfather. Choosing the profession
of arms, he entered the army as ensign in the First Foot Guards,
and was appointed lieutenant and captain in the Second Foot
Guards in 1752; in 1755 he was nominated lieutenant-colonel of
the Twenty-ninth Regiment; he was honored with the appointment
of aide-de-camp to King George II., with the rank of colonel, in
1758, and in 1759 he obtained the colonelcy of the Sixty-seventh
Regiment, from which he was removed in 1760 to the THIRTY-FOURTH.
He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1761,--to that of
lieutenant-general in 1770,--general in 1782,--and field-marshal in
1796. In 1797 he resigned the colonelcy of his regiment. He died in
October, 1803.
GEORGE FERDINAND LORD SOUTHAMPTON.
_Appointed 13th July, 1797._
THE HONORABLE GEORGE FERDINAND FITZROY, eldest son of Charles
(first) Lord Southampton, son of the Duke of Grafton, was appointed
captain in the Forty-first Regiment on the 25th of December, 1787,
and was promoted to the majority of the Fifty-first Foot on the
25th of April, 1792; in February, 1793, he was advanced to the
commission of captain and lieutenant-colonel in the Second Foot
Guards, and he received the brevet rank of colonel in May, 1796. On
the decease of his father in March, 1797, he succeeded to the title
of LORD SOUTHAMPTON; and in July following he was nominated colonel
of the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment. His lordship obtained the rank of
major-general in 1801, and of lieutenant-general in 1808. He died
in June, 1810.
SIR EYRE COOTE, G.C.B.
_Appointed 25th June, 1810._
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