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1758; obtained the colonelcy of the 66th in 1763; subsequently held a
command in North America; became colonel of the Royals in 1782, com-
mander-in-chief in Scotland in 1789, and died in 1801.

68. HALL, THOMAS, rose to the rank of colonel in 1772; major-general,
1777; lieutenant-general, 1782; colonel of the Buffs, 1786; general, 1796;
and died in 1809.

69. HARVEY, EDWARD, served at Dettingen, Fontenoy, Roucoux, and
Val; was promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1754; distinguished himself
during the seven years' war, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general
in 1772, and died in 1778.

70. HODGSON, STUDHOLME, served as aide-de-camp to the Duke of
Cumberland at Fontenoy and Culloden; promoted to the rank of major-
general in 1759; commanded the expedition against Belle Isle in 1761,
became a field-marshal in 1796, and died in 1798.

71. HOPETOUN, EARL OF (Honourable John Hope), was appointed
cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons in 1784; lieutenant-colonel in the
25th Foot in 1793; served in the West Indies with distinction during the
campaigns of 1794-5-6-7; accompanied the expedition to Holland in 1779,
and was severely wounded on August 27. Served in the campaign in Egypt
in 1801, under the gallant Abercromby, and was wounded at the battle of
Alexandria on March 21. On June 16 joined the army before Cairo, and
ably conducted the negotiations for the evacuation of Egypt by the French.
In 1808 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and named
second in command to Sir John Moore in the expedition to Portugal. He
distinguished himself greatly at the battle of Coruña. Served as Welling.
ton's lieutenant in the later campaigns of the Peninsular war; was wounded
and taken prisoner before Bayonne on April 14, 1814. Hope succeeded to
the earldom of Hopetoun in 1817, was made a general in 1819, named
colonel of the 42nd in 1820, and died on August 27, 1823.

72. HOWARD, SIR KENNETH (afterwards Lord Howard, Earl of Effing-
ham), entered the army in 1786; served in the campaigns in Flanders,
1793-5; was wounded at the battle of St. Amand, served in Holland in
1799; joined the army in the Peninsula in 1811, and was present, in com-
mand of a brigade, at Fuentes D'Onoro, Almaraz, Vittoria, the Bidassoa, the
Nivelle, the Nive, and the Adour. Became lieutenant-general in 1819,
general and Earl of Effingham in 1837; died February 13, 1845.

73. HOWARD, THOMAS, was another of the excellent officers trained
under the eye of Marlborough. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-
general in 1743, and served at Dettingen under George II. Died about
1751.

74. HOWARD, GEORGE, entered the army in 1725, as lieutenant-colonel
of the 3rd; was present at Fontenoy, Falkirk, Culloden, and Val; served with
distinction in the seven years' war, was made a field-marshal in 1780, and
died July 16, 1796.

75. HOWE, VISCOUNT, commenced his military career in 1745. Served
in North America under Wolfe, was promoted to a colonelcy in 1762; com-
manded the British army during the American War of Independence; gained

the battles of Bunker's Hill, Long Island, and German Town; was made a
lieutenant-general in 1776; died July 12, 1814, aged 85.

76. HUSKE, JOHN, served as brigadier at the battle of Dettingen, June
27, 1743; and as major-general, at Falkirk, January 17, 1746, where he
covered the retreat of the Royal forces. Distinguished himself at Culloden,
1746, and the siege of Minorca, 1756. Died 1761.

77. JOHNSTON, JAMES, entered the army in 1736; served in the war in
Germany in 1759-1762; was promoted to the rank of major-general in
1770; constituted Governor of Quebec in 1774; raised to the post of general
in 1793. Was regarded as one of the best swordsmen of his time. Died
December 13, 1797.

78. KENT, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS the Duke of, was born November 2,
1767; appointed colonel of the 7th Fusiliers in 1787; served in Canada in
1794, and was made a major-general; distinguished himself at the capture
of the Island of Martinique* in 1794; commanded the Grenadier brigade at
the attack on Saint Lucia, and in the capture of Guadaloupe. In 1799 was
appointed general and commander-in-chief of all the forces in British North
America; in 1802, Governor of Gibraltar; returned to England in 1803,
and became a field-marshal in 1805. In May 1818 he was married at
Coburg to Her Serene Highness Victoria Maria Louisa, by whom he had
issue in May 1819, Alexandrine Victoria, Her present Majesty. In January
1820 the Duke died, aged 53.

79. LEIGH, CHARLES, entered the army in 1764; served two campaigns
in America, and was made colonel in 1782; distinguished himself at the
siege of Valenciennes, in 1793; was raised to the rank of lieutenant-general
in 1798, and that of general in 1803; died in 1815.

80. LONDONDERRY, Charles William, Marquis of, born in 1778;
entered the army in 1793; accompanied the expedition to Holland in 1794;
greatly distinguished himself in the Peninsular campaigns as a dashing
cavalry officer, especially at El Bodon; was one of the Plenipotentiaries at
the Congress of Vienna in 1814 and 1815; was appointed colonel of the
2nd Life Guards in 1843, and died in 1854.

81. LORNE, JOHN, MARQUIS OF, was present at Falkirk and Culloden;
promoted to the rank of major-general in 1759, in 1762 was appointed
commander-in-chief in Scotland; succeeded to the title of Duke of Argyle
in 1770; became a field-marshal in 1796, and died in May 1806, aged 83.

82. ORKNEY, EARL OF (Lord George Hamilton), served as colonel,
under William III, at the Boyne, 1690; at Athlone, the battle of Aghrim,
and capture of Limerick, 1691; distinguished himself at Steinkirk, 1692;
at Lauden, 1693; and Namur, 1695. Was raised to the peerage in 1686.
Served under Marlborough at Schellenberg and Blenheim in 1704; at
Ramillies in 1706; at Oudenarde in 1708; and Malplaquet, 1709. In the
following year he was deservedly promoted to the rank of colonel,

When the young Prince was ordered to storm Morne Tartisson and Fort
Royal (now Fort Edward), on March 17, 1794, he placed himself at the head of his
Grenadiers, and addressed them as follows:-Grenadiers! This is St. Patrick's
day; the English will do their duty in compliment to the Irish, and the irish in
honour of the Saint 1-Forward, Grenadiers!',

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and commanded twenty battalions of infantry at the siege of Bouchain. Was made a field-marshal in 1736; and died in January 1737.

83. PEMBROKE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, EARL OF, entered the army in 1775; served in Flanders in 1793; was promoted to the rank of lieutenantgeneral in 1802; went on a special embassy to Vienna in 1807; died October 26, 1827.

84. POTTINGER, SIR HENRY, equally distinguished as diplomatist and soldier, gradually rose to the rank of major-general in India; displayed no ordinary ability in the Affghanistan campaign, 1839; was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to China in 1841, and subsequently Governor of HongKong; Governor of the Cape of Good Hope in 1846; Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Presidency of Madras, 1850-54; and died in

1856.

85. REID, SIR WILLIAM, was born in 1791; joined the Royal Engineers in 1809, and served in the Peninsular campaigns under Wellington; was present at Waterloo, and at Lord Exmouth's attack upon Algiers in 1816. From 1838 to 1846 he was Governor of the Bermudas; Governor of Barbadoes, 1846-49; and Governor of Malta, 1852-56. His work on the Law of Storms' will long preserve his reputation as a man of great scientific ability. Died 1858.

86. RICH, ROBERT, a distinguished officer in the wars of Queen Anne; was wounded at Culloden; promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1760; and died in 1785.

87. SELWYN, JOHN, served under the Duke of Marlborough in his celebrated Continental campaigns; became colonel of the 3rd Buffs; died in 1713.

88. SEYMOUR, WILLIAM, entered the army in 1685; was appointed to a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1692; was wounded at the battle of Landen in 1693; commanded a brigade in the expedition against the Spanish coast in 1702; was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1707; and died

in 1727.

89. ST. CLAIR, HONOURABLE JAMES, entered the army in the reign of Anne, and served under the great Marlborough; was promoted to the colonelcy of the Royals in 1737; served in the Netherlands in 1745; commanded an expedition against Quiberon in 1746; was subsequently employed on an embassy to the Courts of Vienna and Turin-his secretary being David Hume, the historian; was made a general in 1761; and died in 1762.

90. STUART, SIR JAMES, obtained a cornetcy in the Royal Dragoons in 1761; served in the seven years' war; obtained distinction as a cavalry officer; commanded in the South of Ireland during the rebellion of 1798; died 1839, aged 95.

91. STRATON-MUTER, SIR JOSEPH, entered the army in 1794; was promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy in 1808; distinguished himself in the Peninsular campaigns of 1810, 1811, and 1812; commanded the Inniskilling Dragoons at Waterloo, and was wounded in the fight. Made lieutenant-general in 1838. Died October 1840.

92. STYLE, WILLIAM, a meritorious officer; appointed colonel of the Buffs in 1779; lieutenant-general in 1782; died in March 1786.

93. TATTON, WILLIAM, entered the army in 1687; distinguished himself at Blenheim and Ramillies; was created a major-general in 1710, and a lieutenant-general in 1727; died in 1737.

94. TRELAWNY, CHARLES, served on the Rhine under Turenne, Luxembourg, and De Crequi; espoused the cause of William of Nassau against James II.; and in command of a brigade of infantry distinguished himself at the battle of the Boyne, 1689. Promoted to the rank of major-general; he retired from active service in 1691. Died in 1731.

95. WILLS, CHARLES, served several campaigns in Flanders under William III.; distinguished himself in the Spanish war, 1707-1710; defeated the Scotch rebels at Preston in 1715; was advanced to the rank of general in 1739; and died December 25, 1741.

96. WILSON, SIR ROBERT, born in 1777; joined the army in Flanders as a volunteer in 1793; accompanied Abercromby's expedition to Egypt; and in 1805 was present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch. He subsequently saw service in the Peninsula, Germany, and France; and in December 1815 acquired great notoriety by the share he took in effecting the escape of Lavalette, one of Napoleon's partisans, from Paris. In 1841, he attained the rank of general, and held the government of Gibraltar from 1842 until a month or two before his death, in 1849.

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