This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III., and was many years an officer of the eighth horse, now seventh dragoon guards, with which corps he served under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough. On the 1st of August, 1710, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the eighth horse; he was afterwards lieut.-colonel of the first troop of horse grenadier guards; and in July, 1732, was nominated colonel of the Thirty-second regiment, from which he was removed, in 1738, to the TWENTY-SECOND. In 1739 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died on the 28th of May, 1741. RICHARD O'FARRELL. _Appointed 12th August, 1741._ RICHARD O'FARRELL was nominated ensign in a regiment of foot on the 1st of May, 1692; and he served with reputation in the wars of King William III. and of Queen Anne. On the 20th of December, 1722, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the ninth foot, and he performed the duties of commanding officer to that corps many years, with credit to himself and advantage to the service. On the decease of Brigadier-General Paget, in 1741, King George II. rewarded the long and faithful services of Lieut.-Colonel O'Farrell with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. In 1746 Colonel O'Farrell was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, and in 1754 to that of major-general. His decease occurred in 1757. EDWARD WHITMORE. _Appointed 11th July, 1757._ EDWARD WHITMORE entered the army in the reign of King George II., and serving with distinction in the wars of the Austrian succession, was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment on the 17th of July, 1747. He performed the duty of commanding officer of the Thirty-sixth regiment with reputation ten years; and in July, 1757, King George II. rewarded him with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He was nominated brigadier-general in America in December, 1757; in 1758 he commanded a brigade under Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord) Amherst, in the descent on Cape Breton, and at the siege and capture of Louisburg, of which fortress he was afterwards nominated governor. On the 19th of February, 1761, he was promoted to the rank of major-general. During the following winter he left Louisburg for Boston; during the voyage the ship was driven, by severe weather, into the harbour of Plymouth, and Major-General Whitmore, being on deck, in the night, fell overboard and was drowned. THE HONORABLE THOMAS GAGE. _Appointed 29th March, 1762._