Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Herefordshire Light Infantry -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 36th -- History
This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne,
and served with reputation under the celebrated John Duke of
Marlborough; he rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of a newly raised
regiment of infantry, and in 1708 was promoted to the rank
of Colonel in the army. At the peace of Utrecht in 1713, his
regiment was disbanded. Colonel Moyle was advanced to the rank of
Brigadier-General on the 13th of March 1727. On the 14th of May
1732, King George II. conferred the colonelcy of the THIRTY-SIXTH
regiment on Brigadier-General Moyle, who was promoted to the rank
of Major-General on the 5th of November 1735. In June 1737, he was
removed to the Twenty-second regiment. Major-General Moyle died on
the 3d of November 1738.
HUMPHREY BLAND.
_Appointed 27th June 1737._
HUMPHREY BLAND served in several campaigns on the continent under
the famous John Duke of Marlborough, as a Lieutenant and Captain
of horse. He afterwards served as Lieut.-Colonel in Spain, and
on the 27th of July 1710 was wounded at the battle of Almanara.
In 1715, when a number of new corps were raised, King George I.
appointed him Lieut.-Colonel of the Eleventh dragoons, and he
was instrumental with his regiment in suppressing the rebellion
which broke out in Scotland towards the end of that year; he was
afterwards appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Second horse, now First
Dragoon guards, and having distinguished himself as an efficient
and loyal officer, he was on the 27th of June 1737, promoted to the
colonelcy of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment, from which he was removed,
in 1741, to the Thirteenth dragoons, and two years afterwards to
the Third or King’s Own dragoons. He had his horse shot under him
at the battle of Dettingen on the 27th of June 1743; on the 30th
of March 1745, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General; he
displayed great gallantry at the battle of Fontenoy on the 11th of
May following, and highly distinguished himself in the battle of
Culloden on the 16th of April 1746; he was advanced to the rank
of Lieut.-General on the 12th of September 1747. In July 1752 he
was removed to the First Dragoon guards, the colonelcy of which
regiment he retained until his decease in 1763.
JAMES FLEMING.
_Appointed 9th January 1741._
LIEUT.-COLONEL JAMES FLEMING was promoted from the Seventh Royal
fusiliers to the colonelcy of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment on the 9th
of January 1741. He was advanced to the rank of Brigadier-General
in June 1745, and was present in the action at Falkirk on the 17th
of January 1746, and also at the battle of Culloden on the 16th of
April following. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General on
the 2d of September 1747. He died in March 1751.
LORD ROBERT MANNERS.
_Appointed 13th March 1751._
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