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historical records of the
ROLL OF OFFICERS OF MAJOR-GENERAL PHILIPPS’ REGIMENT OF FOOT, 1740.
(From the family papers of the Rev. Sir James Philipps, Bart.)[1]
| Rank. | Name. | Date of Present Commission. |
Date of First Commission. |
| Colonel | M.-G. Rich. Philipps | 5th August 1717 | Capt., 25th June 1702 |
| Lieut.-Colonel | Lawrence Armstrong | 1st Dec., 1720 | Ensign, Sept., 1699 |
| Major | Chas. Cosby | 10th May, 1717 | |
| Captain | Paul Mascarene | 25th Aug., 1717 | Lieut., 6th April, 1706 |
| ” | Christpher Aldridge | 24th Aug., 1711 | Lieut., 6th April, 1706 |
| ” | Jas. Mitford | 30th Aug., 1731 | Lieut., 8th Dec., 1704 |
| ” | Patrick Heron | 11th June, 1730 | Capt., 20th April, 1711 |
| ” | Henry Daniel | 22nd May, 1730 | Lieut., 16th Aug., 1711 |
| ” | Joseph Gledlhili | 5th July, 1735 | |
| ” | Otho Hamilton | 3rd Sept., 1739 | Ens., 16th June, 1710 |
| Capt.-Lieut | John Hanfield | 3rd Sept., 1739 | Ens., 26th Feb. 1719-20 |
| Lieutenant | Thos. Prendergast | 21st Sept., 1730 | |
| ” | William Strahome | 20th Mar., 1730-31 | Lieut., 1st Jan., 1710-11 |
| ” | Donald McQueen | 25th June. 1731 | Lieut., 4th Dec, 1710 |
| ” | Edward Armhurst | 3rd April, 1733 | Ens., 13th May, 1721-22 |
| ” | Archibald Rennie | 12th Nov., 1733 | |
| ” | Christopher Aldridge | 8th July, 1734 | |
| ” | Henry Trepsack | 26th July, 1735 | |
| ” | Thos. Armstrong | 7th July, 1737 | Ens., 12th April, 1731 |
| ” | James Gibson | 3rd Sept, 1739 | Ens., 21st Oct., 1731 |
| ” | Rowland Philipps | 19th Jan., 1739-40 | Ens., 13th Oct., 1732 |
| ” | Chas. Vane | 3rd April, 1733 | |
| ” | Samuel Cottnam | 12th Nov., 1733 | |
| ” | John Hamilton | 8th July, 1734 | |
| ” | John Bradstreet | 23rd Aug., 1735 | |
| Ensign | John Budd | 7th July. 1737 | |
| ” | Walter Ross | 17th July, 1739 | |
| ” | Hugh Williams | 3rd Sept., 1739 | |
| ” | John Adlam | 4th Feb., 1739-40 |
- ↑ This list is taken from the List of the Army, published by order of the House of Commons in the year 1740. When the regiments were numbered this became the 40th. The general afterwards exchanged this regiment for Lieutenant-General Dalzell’s, which became the 98th.—MS. Notes.
