companies of light infantry. He was afterwards present at every engagement in which the guards were employed, except that of Boxtel, at which time he was ordered for one month on hospital duty. The 1st of April, 1795, he was appointed 2d Major in his regiment. The 3d of May, 1796, he received the rank of Major-General; and was placed on the Staff of the Eastern District, where he continued till the expedition to Holland, when he was appointed Colonel of the 2d battalion of the 9th foot, and given the command of a brigade, which landed in Holland, after the engagement of the 10th. The 7th of November, 1799, he received the Colonelcy of his present regiment the 30th foot. After the return of the expedition from Holland, this officer commanded a brigade at Norwich, which marched to Bagshot camp, and thence to Southampton, where it embarked, and landed near Ferrol, under Sir James Pulteney. The troops re-embarked and joined Sir Ralph Abercromby, at Gibraltar; and on Sir Ralph proceeding up the Mediterranean, this officer returned with Sir James Pulteney, and was appointed to the Staff in the Southern District. Upon the breaking out of the war in 1803, he was placed on the Staff of the Eastern District, where he continued till the 25th of September, 1803, when he received the rank of Lieutenant-General; and the 4th of June, 1813, that of General.

63. GENERAL WILLIAM LOFTUS.

APPOINTED Cornet the 2d of June, 1770; Cornet of the 17th dragoons the 29th of September, 1770; Lieutenant the 28th of November, 1776; Lieutenant of the 3d foot guards, 10th of May, 1777; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel the 20th of October, 1784; Colonel the 1st of March, 1794; Major-General the 3d of May, 1796; Colonel of the 24th light dragoons the 14th of August, 1802; Lieutenant-General the 25th September, 1803; and General the 4th of June, 1813. This officer is Lieutenant of the Tower of London.

In April, 1775, this officer embarked with the 17th dragoons for North America, and landed at Boston in June following. He was present at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and volunteered during the action with a part of the dragoons dismounted, as a

reinforcement to the troops engaged. On this occasion the Commander-in-Chief was pleased to give him the rank of Lieutenant, in North America. After the evacuation of Boston, he proceeded with his regiment to Halifax, and was employed at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, as an Assistant Engineer, in erecting the fort and works at that place. He re-embarked with the army at Halifax, for Staten Island, and landed with the army on Long Island, in 1776; and was in the advance under Sir William Erskine, in the night march, previous to the action at Bedford, when Sir William surprised different outposts of the enemy. He was particularly engaged with a squadron of his regiment at the battle of Bedford, on which occasion the officers and men received the personal thanks of Major-Generals Sir Henry Clinton, and Sir William Erskine. With the latter officer Lieutenant Loftus was detached with the 17th light dragoons in pursuit of the American General Woodle's corps of cavalry collected at Jamaica, on Long Island, when Sir William Erskine, at the head of the 17th dragoons and 71st foot, defeated that corps, taking General Woodle and many prisoners Lieutenant Loftus was at the landing of the army upon New York Islands, and actively employed with his regiment in its reduction. When the army passed Helsgate, upon the East river, and landed near Pelham's Manor, he had the honor of being selected with 20 picked light dragoons as Sir William Howe's personal guard. He served at the battle of White Plains; upon which occasion he was directed by the Commander-in-Chief to lead the Hessian grenadiers across the river Brun into action, and was wounded. In the attack and capture of Fort Washington, on York Island, he served with Lord Percy's brigade; also in the lines of Kingsbridge, 18th of January, 1777, and was again wounded. He was in the expedition up Hudson's River, under Colonel Bird, against the enemy's forts and magazines, when the whole of their stores at Peek's Hill were destroyed, and their magazines blown up; and actively employed with the army in the Jerseys during the campaign of 1777.

In 1796 he was placed as Major-General on the staff of the Eastern District, and in 1797 removed to the Irish Staff, and

appointed to the command at Cork. In 1798, he commanded a brigade at the battle of Vinegar Hill; in 1800 was removed to the Staff in England, where he continued till 1803, and in 1809 he was again placed on the Staff.

64. GENERAL OLIVER NICOLLS.

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APPOINTED Ensign 1st foot, the 22d of November, 1756; and Lieutenant, the 4th of March, 1760. In 1768, he went to Gibraltar; the 23rd of June, 1773, was promoted to a company, and in 1775 returned to England. In 1780 he went out to the West Indies, and served on board the fleet till the capture of St. Eustatius, when he was employed by the late Sir John Vaughan to inspect and report upon the books of those who styled themselves English merchants: he afterwards was sent home with his report to the Secretary of State. The 14th of March, 1781, he obtained a Majority in his regiment; in February, 1787, a Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and in June, 1787, was removed to the 45th. In March, 1789, he embarked to join his regiment in the West Indies; he commanded the troops in the island of Grenada near three years, under the late General Matthew, then Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies. The 1st of March, 1794, he received the rank of Colonel in the Army, the same year returned to England, and in December again embarked for the West Indies, where he was appointed Brigadier-General, and also Quarter-Master-General. He was sent immediately after to the island of Grenada, then in a state of insurrection, and which he succeeded in restoring to order and tranquillity. The 20th of May, 1795, he was appointed Colonel of the 4th West India regiment; and the 3rd of May, 1796, he obtained the rank of Major-General, and was placed on the Staff of the West Indies. After subduing the rebellion in Grenada, he returned to England, and was appointed to the Home Staff, in which he continued till removed to the Staff of the East Indies; and then held the chief command at Bombay. The 25th of September, 1803, he received the rank of Lieu tenant-General, and returned to England. He was next placed on the Staff of the Kent District; the 19th of July, 1807, he was appointed Colonel of the 54th foot; the 3rd of August

1808, Colonel of his present regiment the 66th; and General, the 4th of June, 1813.

63. GENERAL SIR GEORGE HEWETT, BArt.

THIS officer was appointed Lieutenant of the 70th foot, the 20th of April, 1764; Captain, the 2nd of June, 1775; Major of the 43rd foot, the 31st of December, 1781; Colonel, the 1st of March, 1794; Major-General, the Srd of May, 1796: Colonel of his present regiment the 61st foot, the 4th of April, 1800; Lieutenant-General the 25th of September, 1803; and General, the 4th of June, 1813.

This officer served in America, the East and West Indies. In September, 1815, he was created a Baronet of Great Britain.

66. GENERAL PHILIP MARTIN.

THIS officer was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, the 1st of February, 1759; Captain-Lieutenant, the 7th of December, 1763; Captain, the 4th of January, 1771; Major in the army, the 7th of June, 1782; Major in the Royal Artillery, the 1st of December, 1782; Colonel in the army the 30th of May, 1794; Colonel in the Royal Artillery the 30th of August, 1794; Brigadier-General on the Staff at Gibraltar, the 30th of November, 1796; Major-General, the 1st of January, 1798; Lieutenant-General, the 1st of January, 1805; and General, the 4th of June, 1814.

67. GENERAL JOHN ADOLPHUS HARRIS.

The 11th of January 1760 this officer entered the service as an Ensign in the S4th foot, in which regiment he obtained a Lieutenancy the 28th of January, 1762. He served in the West Indies a year and a half; and was present at the siege of the Havannah. The 28th of November, 1771, he obtained a company in his regiment; he served in America from the year 1775, till 1784, and was severely wounded at Hubarton. The 22d of October, 1779, he was appointed Major in the late 84th foot, and was on half pay from June, 1784, to the 24th September, 1787, when he was appointed to the 60th foot in America, of which regiment he received a Lieutenant-Colonelcy

the 16th of January, 1788. The 26th of February, 1795, he was appointed to the rank of Colonel in the army; the 1st of January, 1798, to that of Major-General; the 1st of January, 1805, to that of Lieutenant-General; and the 4th of June, 1814, to that of General.

68. GENERAL WILLIAM JOHN ARABIN.

THE 23d of January, 1767, this officer was appointed to a Cornetcy in the 10th regiment of dragoons; the 25th of October, 1770, to a Lieutenancy, and the 23d of January, 1778, to a company in the 2d troop of horse guards: in which regiment he succeeded to a Majority the 23d of May, 1782. The 25th of January, 1788, he was appointed Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2d regiment of life guards; the 26th of February, 1795, he received the rank of Colonel in the army; the 1st of January, 1798, that of Major-General; the 1st of January, 1805, that of Lieutenant-General; and that of General the 4th of June, 1814.

This officer served with the Imperial army in Brabant; and he since received an injury in his foot whilst on duty.

69. GENERAL GEORGE DON.

APPOINTED Ensign 51st foot, the 26th of December, 1770; Lieutenant, 3d of June, 1774; Major by brevet, the 25th of November, 1783; Major 59th the 21st of April, 1784; Lieutenant-Colonel the 9th of April, 1789; Colonel the 26th of February, 1795; Major-General the 1st of January, 1798; Colonel 7th West India regiment the 22d of November, 1799; Lieutenant-General the 1st of January, 1803; Colonel 96th the 10th of October, 1805; and General the 4th of June, 1814; and Colonel of his present regiment, the 36th foot, the 4th of April, 1818.

This officer served under Generals Johnstone and Murray in the island of Minorca; he was Military Secretary and first Aid-de-Camp to the latter, and placed at the head of the Staff during the siege of Fort St. Philip's, in 1781. During the peace between the American and French wars, he served at Gibraltar, and where he commanded the 59th regiment. He served under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, General