CHARLES HASTINGS, natural son of Francis, tenth Earl of Huntingdon, was appointed Ensign in the TWELFTH foot in July 1770, and joined the regiment at Gibraltar. In 1776 he was promoted Lieutenant, and he was permitted to serve with the twenty-third regiment in America, where he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to Earl Percy, and afterwards to Sir Henry Clinton. He was at the actions at Pelham Manor and White Plains, and at the capture of Fort Washington; also in the successful expedition against the American magazines at Danbury. He accompanied Sir William Howe to Pennsylvania, was engaged at Brandywine and Germantown, and was twice wounded. In 1780 he was promoted Captain in the TWELFTH foot, and joined his regiment at Gibraltar, where he had several opportunities of distinguishing himself during the siege of that fortress, and he evinced great gallantry at the sortie in November, 1781. In 1782, he was appointed Major in the seventy-sixth; in 1783 he was promoted to Lieut.-Colonel in the seventy-second, which regiment was disbanded in the same year. He obtained the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the thirty-fourth regiment in 1786, and was afterwards removed to the sixty-first, and subsequently to the sixty-fifth. He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1796, and to that of Lieut.-General in 1803. In February, 1806, he was created a BARONET, of Willesley Hall, in the county of Derby; and in November following he was appointed Colonel of the fourth garrison battalion, from which he was removed to the seventy-seventh regiment in July, 1811; and in October following, to the TWELFTH foot. In 1813 he was promoted to the rank of General. He died in 1823. HONORABLE ROBERT MEADE. _Appointed 9th October, 1823._ FOOTNOTES: [6] In the Duke of Berwick's memoirs, it is erroneously stated that Colonel Wolseley had 3000 foot and 300 horse with him. [7] List of regiments in the West Indies in the summer of 1703:-- Columbine's, now sixth. Livesay's, now twelfth. Erle's, now nineteenth. Handasyd's, now twenty-second. Whetham's, now twenty-seventh. Donegal's, now thirty-fifth. Charlemont's, now thirty-sixth. Hamilton's, afterwards disbanded. [8] List of troops employed in the expedition under Major-General Erle. Foot embarked from the Isle of Wight:-- Livesay's, now twelfth. Farrington's, now twenty-ninth. Hamilton's, afterwards disbanded. Johnson's, " " Moore's, afterwards disbanded. Caulfield's, " " Townshend's, " " Wynne's, " " Dragoons embarked from Dover:-- Carpenter's, now third. Essex's, now fourth. [9] The second battalions of the regiments undermentioned were formed into distinct corps, in April, 1758, and numbered from 61st to 75th regiments, as shown in the following list, viz.:--