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NOTES AND QUERIES.
291
Colonel Moreton's Regiment of Marines.
Dates of their
present commissions.
Date of their
first commissions.
Colonel
^Lieutenant Colonel .
.Major
'Captains
<Captain Lieutenant .
IFirst Lieutenants .
Hon. Lewis Ducie Moreton (1) 22 Nov. 1739
-Second Lieutenants
Thomas Blagrave (2)
Angus McLeod (3)
/ Peter Damar
James Adair ) William Pyle (4) . -\ John Lynd
George Jackson I John Hay V Charleton Leigh ton
Anthony Browne
' Alexander Bruce (5)
John Bolton
G eorge Meredith
Richmond Webb (6) . .
Robert Moyle (7)
Andrew Hopkins
Samuel Norciter
George Medlicot
Saunderson Prideaux v Thomas Shadwell (8)
f Benjamin Gregg i Hugh Murray . . j Charles Hutchinson . . Benjamin Blackerby (9)
Burdett '. .
] Richard Toplady i James Browne Edward Godfrey (10)
Bell (11) .".
George Gordon (12) : .
j William Woolley
i Thomas Fletcher (13). .
- Samuel Cramer (14)
j Robert Fullerton
i James Stuart . .
1 William Gordon (15)
1 Charles Soley (16)
| John Plaistow
i Owen
28 ditto
9 Dec. 1739
22 Nov. 1739 25 ditto 27 ditto
Dec. 1739 ditto 6 ditto 13 ditto
1 July 1709.
6 Dec. 1711.
2 Oct. 1702.
Ensign,
Captain,
Ensign,
Ensign, 1706.
Lieutenant, Nov. 1717. Ensign, 3 April 1719. Lieutenant, 23 July 1737. Ensign, 17 July ill 734. From Half Pay. Ensign, 26 Aug. 1737.
From Half Pay.
Ensign, 1 Nov. 1730.
Ensign, 11 July 1735.
Ensign, 12 June 1736.
22 Nov. 1739 Ensign, 5 April 1732.
23 ditto 27 ditto 29 ditto
1 Dec. 1739
3 ditto
6 ditto
8 ditto 10 ditto 12 ditto 14 ditto
23 Nov. 1739
24 ditto
25 ditto
26 ditto
27 ditto
28 ditto
29 ditto
30 ditto
1 Dec. 1739
26 Jan. 1739-40
27 ditto
28 ditto
29 ditto
30 ditto
31 ditto
1 Feb. 1739-40
2 ditto
3 ditto
4 ditto
(1) Rowland Lewis Ducie Moreton, second son of Matthew Ducie Moreton (1st Baron Ducie,
<f Moreton, Staffordshire). 'Had previously served in the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards. Died in
Cartagena, harbour in April, 1741.
(2) Captain in Whetham's Regiment of Foot, Dec. 6, 1711.
(3) Captain in Whetham's Regiment of Foot, Dec. 25, 1726. (i) Had previously served in Pearce's Regiment of Foot.
(5) Captain, Dec. 29, 1740.
(6) Captain, Mar. 16, 1741.
(7) Captain, April 7, 1741.
(8) Captain, May 7, 1741.
(9) First Lieutenant, April 21, 1741. r<10) First Lieutenant, April 7, 1741.
(11) First Lieutenant, May 6, 1741.
(12) First Lieutenant, May 7, 1741.
(13) First Lieutenant, June 1, 1742. Spelled " Flesher " in MS. entry.
(14) First Lieutenant, June 1, 1742.
(15) First Lieutenant, June 2, 1742. ,(16) First Lieutenant, June 6, 1742;