Historical Record of the Twenty-first Regiment, or the Royal North British Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1849Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Twenty-first Regiment, or the Royal North British Fusiliers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Scots Fusiliers
_Re-appointed 4th September, 1709._
Died in 1710.
THOMAS MEREDITH.
_Appointed 1st May, 1710._
This officer served in the wars of King William III., who promoted
him to the commission of captain in the Third Horse, now Second
Dragoon Guards. On the augmentation of the army in 1702, he was
nominated colonel of the Thirty-seventh regiment, then newly
raised, and he accompanied that corps to Holland in 1703. In 1704,
he served at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim, and was
promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the 25th of August,
1704. In 1705 he commanded a brigade at the forcing of the French
lines at Helixem and Neer-Hespen. He was advanced to the rank of
major-general in 1706, and to that of lieut.-general in 1707; in
1710 he was removed to the TWENTY-FIRST regiment, and in 1714 to
the Twentieth. He died in 1719.
CHARLES, EARL OF ORRERY, K.T.
_Appointed 8th December, 1710._
THE EARL OF ORRERY took an active part in raising a regiment of
foot (afterwards disbanded), of which he was appointed colonel,
on the 1st of May, 1703; in 1705 he was nominated Knight of the
Thistle, and in 1706 he was removed to another regiment, afterwards
disbanded. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in
1709, and served at the battle of Malplaquet, at the head of a
brigade of infantry, and evinced great gallantry. In 1710 he
was advanced to the rank of major-general,--nominated Envoy
extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States of Brabant and
Flanders,--and removed to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS; in 1711 he
was created a peer of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Boyle,
of Marston, in Somersetshire; and in 1712 he served under the
Duke of Ormond. He was sworn a member of the Privy Council in
1713. On the arrival of King George I. in England, in the autumn
of 1714, the EARL OF ORRERY was appointed one of the Lords of the
Bedchamber; he was afterwards sworn a member of the Privy Council.
In 1722, he was committed a prisoner to the Tower of London, on a
charge of high treason; but no crime was proved against him. He
died on the 28th of August, 1731.
GEORGE MACARTNEY.
_Appointed 12th July, 1716._
This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III.,
and was promoted, in April, 1703, to the colonelcy of a newly
raised regiment of foot (afterwards disbanded), with which he
served three campaigns on the Continent, under the great Duke
of Marlborough. He afterwards proceeded to Spain, and commanded
a brigade of infantry at the battle of Almanza, where he
distinguished himself, and was taken prisoner. In 1709 he was
promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1710 to that of
lieut.-general. His regiment having been disbanded at the peace
of Utrecht, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the ROYAL NORTH
BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1716, and removed in 1727 to the Seventh
Horse, now Sixth Dragoon Guards. He died in July, 1730.
SIR JAMES WOOD.
_Appointed 9th March, 1727._
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