The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"Almack, Edward
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The History of the 2nd Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys"
Almack, Edward
Great Britain. Army. Dragoons, 2nd (Royal Scots Greys)
NICHOLAS MILLS.
From Sergeant-Major promoted to Cornet, without purchase, 10 March,
1854. Lieutenant without purchase, 13 September, 1855. Riding
Master, 11 September, 1857. Retired on half-pay, 6 November, 1867.
SIR JOHN MITCHELL.
Made Cornet, 18 November, 1755. Lieutenant in Muster Roll ending 24
June, 1761. Resigned, 27 October, 1769.
PATRICK MOIR-BYRES.
Born, 10 October, 1869. Second Lieutenant, 23 October, 1889.
Lieutenant, 19 August, 1891. Staff service: employed with Lagos
Constabulary, 25 April, 1894.
MAJOR-GENERAL ARCHIBALD MONEY, C.B. +AND+ K.C.
Appointed Colonel, 24 May, 1852. Lieutenant-General, 2 June, 1854.
(Waterloo Medal.) Died 25 August, 1858.
DANIEL MOODIE.
From Regimental Sergeant-Major to Cornet, without purchase, 30
September, 1854, being an augmentation. Lieutenant and Adjutant, 7
February, 1856. Resigned Adjutancy, 1858. Exchanged to 60th Foot,
31 March, 1863. Instructor of Music, 10 April, 1862, and the first
to hold this appointment in the Regiment.
HENRY MOORE.
Cornet 27 November, 1752, from the Seventh Dragoons. Lieutenant, 25
December, 1755. Also 24 June, 1760.
WILLIAM MORRICE.
Promoted from Sergeant-Major to Quartermaster, in muster ending 24
February, 1804.
GEORGE HENRY, EARL OF MOUNTCHARLES.
Cornet by purchase, 31 December, 1844. Exchanged to 1st Life
Guards, 28 April, 1848.
George Henry (Conyngham), Marquess Conyngham, &c., born 3 February,
1825. Entered the 1st Life Guards, 1848. Lieutenant-Colonel of the
1st Life Guards, 1861 to 1868. Lieutenant-General in the Army,
1881. Equerry to the Queen, 1870 to 1873, when he was made an extra
Equerry. Vice-Admiral of the coast of Ulster. He married 17 June,
1854, Jane St. Maur Blanche, only daughter and heiress of Charles
(Stanhope), 4th Earl of Harrington. He died 2 June, 1882.
HENRY MOWITT.
Captain, 10 May, 1796. Retired 15 March, 1797.
JOHN MULLINS.
From Staff. Surgeon, 4 April, 1865. Retired on half-pay, 22
December, 1869.
JOHN GROSET MURCHEID.
Cornet, 15 December, 1774. Transferred from Captain Ramsay's to
Captain Telfer's troop, June, 1775. Resigned 21 March, 1776.
[Illustration:
Lord Charles Murray
1ˢᵗ Earl of Dunmore
Born at Knowesley 1661
2ⁿᵈ Son of John 1ˢᵗ Marquis of Atholl and
Lady Amelia Stanley, Dau. of VII Earl of Derby
And Charlotte de la Tremouille
Colonel Scots Greys 1679. Master of the Horse to Queen Mary 1685.
Imprisoned 1692 for attempting Restoration of Stuarts.]
GEORGE MURE.
Cornet, 18 September, 1721. Lieutenant, 10 May, 1732. Made
Captain-Lieutenant, 15 November, 1740. Made Captain, 27 May, 1742.
CHARLES MURRAY.
26 November, 1681, commission to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
30 March, 1685, James II.'s commission to be Lieutenant-Colonel. 6
November, 1685, appointed Colonel and Captain of a troop.
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