Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849Cannon, Richard
History
Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 22nd (Cheshire)
exchange with Colonel Selwyn. In 1702 he was second in command of the
British troops in the expedition to Cadiz; and having been charged
with participating in the plunder of Port St. Mary, he was tried by
a court-martial and dismissed the service. His reputation was thus
unfortunately tarnished; but his crime does not appear to have been
considered of a heinous nature, as he was subsequently elected a
member of parliament for the city of Durham; was appointed by Queen
Anne, in 1711, one of the commissioners to inquire into several
particulars respecting the accounts of the army in Spain; and in
June, 1713, he was appointed governor of Berwick. He died on the 14th
of December, 1717.
WILLIAM SELWYN.
_Appointed 28th June, 1701._
WILLIAM SELWYN served in the army of the United Provinces of the
Netherlands, in the time of King Charles II., and afterwards held a
commission under the British crown. In 1688 he was nominated captain
and lieut.-colonel in the second foot guards, with which corps he
served in Flanders, and in 1691 King William gave him the colonelcy
of the second foot, vacant by the decease of Lieut.-General Kirke.
He served at the head of his regiment at the battle of Landen on
the 29th of July, 1693, and distinguished himself under the eye of
his sovereign; he also served at the siege of Namur, in the summer
of 1695, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general during
the siege. He subsequently commanded a brigade of infantry in the
Netherlands, under King William III., who nominated him governor of
the island of Jamaica. He exchanged to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in
1701; and was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 10th June,
1702. He died in June, 1702.
THOMAS HANDASYD.
_Appointed 20th June, 1702._
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, THOMAS
HANDASYD was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND
regiment, with which corps he proceeded to the island of Jamaica;
and in June, 1702, Queen Anne promoted him to the colonelcy of the
regiment. He served in the West Indies; was advanced to the rank of
brigadier-general in 1705, and to that of major-general in 1710. In
1712, he resigned the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in
favour of his non.
ROGER HANDASYD.
_Appointed 3rd April, 1712._
This Officer served many years in the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, and was
promoted by Queen Anne to the lieut.-colonelcy of that corps, which
he commanded some time at the island of Jamaica. He succeeded his
father in the colonelcy of the regiment in 1712; was removed to the
sixteenth foot in 1730,--promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in
1735,--to that of major-general in 1739,--and to lieut.-general in
1743. He died in 1763.
WILLIAM BARRELL.
_Appointed 25th August, 1730._
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