─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── List of Captains who have successively commanded the Company, as far back as can be traced, down to introduction of Brigade System, in 1859. ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 1759 Captain Forbes Macbean. 1780 Captain Thomas Blomefield. 1785 Captain William Grant 1794 Captain John Arbuthnot. 1796 Captain Lawrence H. Newton. 1803 Captain John Sheldrake. 1804 Captain Charles Keane. 1813 Captain Edward C. Whinyates. 1813 Captain William N. Ramsay. 1814 Captain George Jenkinson. 1814 Captain Henry Light. 1815 Captain George Cobbe. 1819 Captain T. A. Brandreth. 1828 Captain James Fogo. 1841 Captain R. G. B. Wilson. 1843 Captain J. M. Savage. 1852 Captain D. W. Pack Beresford. 1854 Captain A. F. Connell, who held the command until the introduction of Brigade System. ----- Footnote 18: By General Orders of 31st October and 1st November, 1803, the Officers, non-commissioned Officers, and Men of this Company were permitted to wear the "Sphynx" and "Egypt," on their Regimental Caps; but the distinction was a personal one, and not granted to the companies to be perpetuated. Footnote 19: By General Orders of 31st October, and 1st November, 1803, the Officers, non-commissioned Officers, and Men of this Company were permitted to wear the "Sphynx," with "Egypt," on their Regimental Caps; but the distinction was a personal one, and not given to the companies to be perpetuated. CHAPTER XVI. THE SECOND BATTALION.—THE HISTORY AND PRESENT DESIGNATION OF THE COMPANIES. FORMED in 1757, at the same time as the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion at first included companies in all parts of the world—the East Indies, America, Gibraltar, and England. The Cadet Company belonged to it, and was one of the twelve which constituted the Battalion; but in 1758 another service company was added, making it, in respect of service companies, equal to the 1st Battalion. Its strength in 1758 amounted to a total of 1385, divided into thirteen companies. This strength was reduced in the following year by the transfer of three companies to assist in the formation of the 3rd Battalion. One company was again added in 1761, and two taken away when the 4th Battalion was formed in 1771. During the American War two companies were again added, and the greatest strength of all ranks was 1145. In 1793 and 1794 it approached 1300; and during the Peninsular War its average strength was 1460. While the Crimean War lasted the Battalion consisted of eight companies, and its strength was as follows:—In 1854, 1216; in 1855, 1344; and in 1856, 1480.