Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848. — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848.Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Lancers, 12th
I have the honor, by direction of the General Commanding-in-Chief,
to acquaint you, that Her Majesty has been pleased to approve
of Colonel His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge being
attached to the TWELFTH Royal Lancers, and permitted to wear the
uniform of that regiment without holding a commission in it.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) JOHN MACDONALD,
_Adjutant-General_.
_Officer Commanding Twelfth
Royal Lancers, Brighton._
SUCCESSIONS OF COLONELS
OF
THE TWELFTH,
THE PRINCE OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF
LANCERS.
PHINEAS BOWLES,
_Appointed 22nd July, 1715_.
PHINEAS BOWLES served in the wars of Queen Anne, and succeeded,
in July, 1705, Colonel Caulfield, in the command of a regiment
of foot, with which he proceeded from Ireland to the relief of
Barcelona, when that fortress was besieged by the French and
Spanish forces under Philip, Duke of Anjou. He subsequently served
in Spain under Archduke Charles, afterwards emperor of Germany;
and his regiment distinguished itself at the battle of Saragossa
in 1710, but was surrounded, and made prisoners in the mountains
of Castille in December following. At the peace of Utrecht this
regiment was disbanded, and he remained unemployed until the summer
of 1715, when he was commissioned to raise a regiment of dragoons,
now the TWELFTH ROYAL LANCERS. He was removed in 1719 to the Eighth
Dragoons, which he retained until his decease in 1722.
PHINEAS BOWLES,
_Appointed 23rd March, 1719_.
This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and
served the campaigns of 1710 and 1711, under the celebrated John
Duke of Marlborough. He was also employed in suppressing the
rebellion of the Earl of Mar in 1715 and 1716, and was promoted in
1719 to the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Dragoons. He was promoted to
the rank of brigadier-general in 1735, to that of major-general
in 1739, and was removed to the Seventh Horse, now Sixth Dragoon
Guards, in 1740. He died in 1749.
ALEXANDER ROSE,
_Appointed 20th December, 1740_.
ALEXANDER ROSE obtained a commission in the army on the 5th of
May, 1704; he served several campaigns under the great Duke of
Marlborough, and afterwards rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of the
Fifth, the Royal Irish, Dragoons, from which he was promoted, in
May, 1740, to the colonelcy of the Twentieth regiment of Foot. In
December following he was removed to the TWELFTH Dragoons. His
decease occurred in 1743, before he had attained any higher rank
than that of colonel.
SAMUEL WALTER WHITSHED,
_Appointed 14th June, 1743_.
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