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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.Cannon, Richard

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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Name: Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.
Author: Cannon, Richard

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Dorset Regiment -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 39th (Dorsetshire) -- History

This officer served during the wars of King William III. and Queen
Anne, and on the 1st of January 1707 received the brevet rank of
Colonel in the army. Colonel Newton was appointed by King George
I. to the Colonelcy of the THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 28th of
September 1722, and on the 4th of March 1727, was advanced to the
rank of Brigadier-General, while serving with his regiment at the
siege of Gibraltar. He died in November 1730.


SIR JOHN COPE, K.B.

_Appointed 10th November 1730._

This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and was
for several years Lieut.-Colonel of the second troop of Horse
Grenadier Guards. He obtained the rank of Colonel in the army
on the 15th of November 1711; and was appointed Colonel of the
THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 10th of November 1730, from which he
was removed to the Fifth Foot on the 15th of December 1732. In 1735
he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General; in 1737 he was
removed to the Ninth Dragoons; and on the 2nd of July 1739 he was
advanced to the rank of Major-General.

Major-General Cope served for several years on the staff of the
army in Ireland, and after having been appointed Colonel of the
Seventh Dragoons in 1741, he proceeded in the summer of 1742 to
Flanders with the army commanded by Field-Marshal the Earl of
Stair. In the beginning of the following year he was promoted to
the rank of Lieut.-General; and having signalised himself at the
battle of Dettingen, on the 27th of June 1743, under the eye of his
Sovereign, he was constituted a Knight of the Bath.

In 1745 Lieut.-General Sir John Cope was Commander-in-Chief in
Scotland, and a small body of troops under his immediate command
sustained a defeat from the Highlanders under the Young Pretender
at Preston Pans, on the 21st of September, which unfortunate
circumstance enabled the rebels to penetrate into England, and
advance as far as Derby. The rebellion was suppressed in 1746, the
victory obtained at Culloden on the 16th of April of that year
having completely destroyed the hopes of the Pretender.

Lieut.-General Sir John Cope retained the Colonelcy of the Seventh
Dragoons until his decease in 1760.


THOMAS WENTWORTH.

_Appointed 15th December 1732._

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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.Cannon, Richard

History

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Cannon, Richard

Great Britain. Army. Dorset Regiment -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 39th (Dorsetshire) -- History

This officer served during the wars of King William III. and Queen
Anne, and on the 1st of January 1707 received the brevet rank of
Colonel in the army. Colonel Newton was appointed by King George
I. to the Colonelcy of the THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 28th of
September 1722, and on the 4th of March 1727, was advanced to the
rank of Brigadier-General, while serving with his regiment at the
siege of Gibraltar. He died in November 1730.


SIR JOHN COPE, K.B.

_Appointed 10th November 1730._

This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and was
for several years Lieut.-Colonel of the second troop of Horse
Grenadier Guards. He obtained the rank of Colonel in the army
on the 15th of November 1711; and was appointed Colonel of the
THIRTY-NINTH regiment on the 10th of November 1730, from which he
was removed to the Fifth Foot on the 15th of December 1732. In 1735
he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General; in 1737 he was
removed to the Ninth Dragoons; and on the 2nd of July 1739 he was
advanced to the rank of Major-General.

Major-General Cope served for several years on the staff of the
army in Ireland, and after having been appointed Colonel of the
Seventh Dragoons in 1741, he proceeded in the summer of 1742 to
Flanders with the army commanded by Field-Marshal the Earl of
Stair. In the beginning of the following year he was promoted to
the rank of Lieut.-General; and having signalised himself at the
battle of Dettingen, on the 27th of June 1743, under the eye of his
Sovereign, he was constituted a Knight of the Bath.

In 1745 Lieut.-General Sir John Cope was Commander-in-Chief in
Scotland, and a small body of troops under his immediate command
sustained a defeat from the Highlanders under the Young Pretender
at Preston Pans, on the 21st of September, which unfortunate
circumstance enabled the rebels to penetrate into England, and
advance as far as Derby. The rebellion was suppressed in 1746, the
victory obtained at Culloden on the 16th of April of that year
having completely destroyed the hopes of the Pretender.

Lieut.-General Sir John Cope retained the Colonelcy of the Seventh
Dragoons until his decease in 1760.


THOMAS WENTWORTH.

_Appointed 15th December 1732._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.

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