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)
Cornet by purchase, 30 January, 1863. Lieutenant by purchase, 13
March, 1866. Retired, 9 October, 1869.
SIR JOHN OGILVY.
Cornet, 17 March, 1743-4. Lieutenant, 10 March, 1751. Resigns 26
February, 1755.
"Sir John Ogilvy, of Inverquharity, a zealous Royalist, created a
Baronet of Nova Scotia, 29 September, 1626; married Anne, daughter
of Sir Alexander Irvine, of Drum. His great-great-grandson was Sir
John Ogilvy, 5th Baronet, who married in 1754, Charlotte, eldest
daughter of Dr. Walter Tullieph of Tullieph Hall, Forfarshire. Sir
John died on 15 March, 1802."
[Illustration: +General Nugent.+]
WALTER OGILVIE.
Cornet, 15 December, 1774. Lieutenant, 26 December, 1779. Resigned
(muster ending 24 June, 1780).
WILLIAM OGILVIE.
Cornet, 12 September, 1695, to 12 March, 1697-8.
WILLIAM HENRY ORAM.
Cornet by purchase, 19 January, 1817. Lieutenant by purchase, 4
April, 1822. Captain by purchase, 10 June, 1826. Exchanged to
half-pay, unattached, 17 December, 1829.
HUGH OWEN.
Chaplain. Chaplain in muster ending 24 December, 1785. Retired, 24
December, 1796.
WILLIAM, EARL OF PANMURE.
Colonel, 10 November, 1770.
William Maule, of Kellie. Born in 1700. In June, 1734, succeeded
his father, an ardent Jacobite. He became M.P. for Forfar, and
remained so for 47 years. On 6 April, 1743, he was created an Irish
Peer, as Viscount Maule of Whitechurch, and Earl of Panmure of
Forth. He died unmarried, at Edinburgh, 4 January, 1782.
RICHARD PARK.
Quartermaster, 11 May, 1774, in Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas's troop.
Resigned, 8 March, 1775.
THOMAS PHILIP PARR.
Cornet by purchase, 30 March, 1855. Lieutenant by purchase, 19
June, 1852. Captain by purchase, 28 April, 1863. Retired, 19 July,
1864.
RICHARD PARRY.
Cornet by purchase, 21 September, 1852. Retired, 6 May, 1853.
WALTER PATERSON.
Chaplain, 8 July, 1752.
GEORGE PAULET.
Lieutenant, by exchange, from 8th Dragoons, 22 April, 1859. 30
January, 1863, went to the 2nd Life Guards. On 6 July, 1867,
exchanged back to the Greys.
EDWARD PAYNE.
Cornet, 17 March, 1807. Lieutenant, 13 October, 1808. Captain by
purchase, 5 April, 1815. Retired, 1815.
JOHN PEASTON.
Promoted from Sergeant to Quartermaster, May, 1805. Placed on the
retired allowance, 25 August, 1810.
GAVIN PEDEN.
Quartermaster, 10 January, 1804.
SIR HENRY CARSTAIRS PELLY, +Baronet+.
Cornet, from Royal Military College, by purchase, 2 September,
1862. Lieutenant, by purchase, 26 May, 1865. Exchanged to 2nd Life
Guards, 6 July, 1867.
Third Baronet, son of Sir John Henry, second Baronet, high sheriff
of Cambridge and Hunts, and his first wife--Johanna Jane, daughter
and co-heir of John Carstairs, Esqre. Sir Henry was born 23 April,
1844. He was M.P. for Hunts, 1874 to 1877, the date of his death.
He married 22 November, 1872, the Honourable Lilian Harriet
Charteris, daughter of Lord Elcho (Earl Wemyss).
ABRAHAM PEMBERTON.
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