Chapter VIII (1)

The following, copied from the original Roll still existing in Edinburgh, was very kindly given to me by the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore:--

COMPOSITION OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISH REGIMENT
OF DRAGOONS (SCOTS GREYS)

+at their First (Recorded) Muster on Bruntisfield Links
in July, 1683+.

_Colonel-in-Chief_ General Sir Thos. Dalzell, Commander-in-chief
of his Majesty's Troops in Scotland.

_Lieutenant-Colonel_ The Right Honᵇˡᵉ. Lord Charles Murray.

_Major (1)._

Sir James Turner, Bart.

_Captains (3)._

John Inglish
John Strachan
William Clelland
The Col.-in-chief, } all Captains (3)
The Colonel and } of troops.
The Major }

_Quarter-Master._

Andrew Ross

_Regimental Chirurgeon._

James Irving

_Aide Major._

David Beatson

Marischall

_Lieutenants (6)._

James Murray
Thomas Wynram
Henry Dundas
Alexander Bruce
John Livingstone
John Crichton

_Ensigns or Cornets (6)._

James Innes
John Baillie
John Whytford
James Dundas
Henry Drummond
Lewis Lauder

Sergeants 12
Corporals 12
Drummers 12
Rank and File 311

+Mustare Roll of Hys Excellency General Dalyell hys
Companie off Dragoones, 1683.+

General Dalyell Colonel
Thomas Wynram Captain and Lieutenant
John Baillie Ensigne
Andrew Rosse Quarter-Master
David Beatston Aide-Major
James Irving Regimental Chirurgeon

David Currier } Sergeants
James Weymss }

David Dickers } Corporalls
Daniel McCallum }

James Matthews } Drumers
John Steuart }

Alexander Calhoune
Alexander Ffrench
Alexander Steuart
Adam Rutherford
Andrew Thomson
Andrew Easone
Andrew Page
David Crichton
David Williamson
David Stevenson
David Wright
David Park
George Purvis
George Spence
George Keith
Gideon Coatts
Henry Livingstone
Henry McLellan
Heugh Stirling
John McMath
John Maitland
John Miller
John Cowan
John Gibb
John Burnett
John Baird
John McLellan
John Hermistoun
John Murray
John Bisket
John Harrison
James Sheill
James Johnstone
James Lawson
James Hamilton
James Cowan
James Pringle
James McCulloch
Mungo Thompson
Patrick Gibb
Patrick McKellar
Robert Mill
Thomas Home
William Rawlinson
William Maillie
William Downie
William Reid
Walter Browne
Heugh Calthaine

Alex. Wood, W. Edmonstone, James Alexander Officers' servants

This companie consists of Ffyftie Dragoones

The Officers being allowed

(Signed) +Thos. Wynram+
+John Baillie+
+And. Middleton+.

P. M.

+Mouster Rolle of Milord Charles Murray's Troope Of
Dragonniers, 28 July 1683.+

Lord Charles Murray Lieutenant Colonel
Alexander Bruce Lieutenant
James Inneis Ensigne

James Colvill } Sergeants
Patrick Logan }

Robert Ramsay } Corporals
Laurence Mercer }

James Malcolm } Drumers
John McKin'll }

Alexander Grig
Alexander Stewart
Alexander Callendar
Andrew Johnson
Archbal Wadell
Archbal Buchanan
Alexander MacDonald
Colbert Andreson
David Mick
Francis Agniew
Francis Espellin
George Johnston
George Lin
Grigor MacGrigor
John Balner
John Christy
John Wacker
John Murray, Lt. Col's servant
Jaems MacMillan
Jaems Andrewson
Jaems Ramsaye
Jaems Fintry
Jaems Dick
Jaems Gooch
Patrick Inneis
Patrick Sampson
Robert Foord
Robert Grym
Patrick Gray
Robert Ward
Robert Smith
Robert Elison
Robert Young
William Ernwing
William Wacker
William Lassellee
Patrick Bell
Peter de mol
Patrick Gardinier
Patrick Miller
Ritchard Hoop
Ritchard Teyllieur
Thomas Ewing
Walter Murray
William Grym
William Fforbes
William Bernabe
William Dalzell
William Stewart
William Ward

Thys is ye Mouster Rolle off Ld. Charles Murrays companie off Dragoones Moustered first att Bruntsfield Links 28 July and after att Bathgait the 4 December 1683 by me thys companie consists off Ffyftie Draggooners

(Signed) +Alex. Bruce+.

+Muster Roall of Sir James Turners
Companie of Dragouns+

+Mustered at Bruntsfield Links
July 1683.+

Sir James Turner Major and Captan
James Murray Lieutenant
James Dundas Ensigne

David Grive } Sergeants
Alex. Grive }

Wm. Borthwick } Corprales
Thomas Dunbar }

James Knox } Drumers
William Hall }

Sir James } { Richard Turnbull
his servants } { John McKinnie

Lieutenants } { John Trevin
servants } { James Inglish

Ensigneys } James Collear
servant }

Andrew Knox
Andrew Young
Adame Turnbull
Donald Henderson
Duncan Grant
Gavin Wood
George Lauder
George Willson
George Edmiston
George Stead
George Stoddard
James Ker
James Inglish
James Lauder
James Paine
John Watson
John Heron
John Morrison
John Turner
John Lillithorne
John Yeats elder
John Yeats yr.
John Scott
John Grant
John Smart
John Murray elder
John Murray yr.
John Muir
Murdoch McKinnie
Mathew Tam
Mungo Murray
Patrick Pennicuik
Patrick Turner
Robert Wilson
Robert Yeats
Robert McInrie
Robert Stevenson
Robert Dumbar
Robert McCulloch
Robert Alexander
Thomas Johnston
Thomas Pagan
Walter Scott
William Milne
William Garbraith
William Craig
William Edmistone
William Watson
William Smyth
William Sutherland

(Signed) +J. Turner+
+James Murray+
+And. Middleton+.

+Muster Rolle off Captain John Inglishes Companie off
Dragooniers, 14th June, 1683.+

John English Captain
Henry Dundas Lievtenant
Lewis Lauder Ensigne

John Murray } Sergeants
John Pace }

Thomas Ker } Corporalls
John Drummond }

William Hendrie } Drums
Douggal Carmichal }

Andrew Ker
Alexander Younger
Alexander Eastoun
Andrew Clogg
David Durrham
David Thompson
David Colwar
David Mitchell
Daniel Carmichal
Edward Lorrayn
George Gordon
George Monro
George Carruthers
George Kerr
George Fforbes
George Loudoun
James Ker
James Inglish
John Lyon
James Rutherford
James Donaldson
James Murray
John Ruthven
John McRooney
(Officers Servt.)
John Thompson
John Cushnay
John Innes
John Watt
(Officers Servt.)
John Farloph
John Cuithall
John Murray
John Bathew
John Lalbrow
John Speed
John Robertson
John Farquharson
John McLean
John Wright
John Harbid
Lashbrown Turnbull
Mathew Gray
Pat Gillespie
(Officers Servt.)
Robert Rayfield
Robert Kerr
Richard Bryer
Thomas Simm
Thomas Brown
William Rathoon
elder
William Rathoon yr.
William Cleghorn
William Teylleour
William Bell
William Duncan
William Craig

(Signed) +J. Inglish+
+H. Dundas+
+And. Middleton+

+Muster Roll June, 1683, of Captain Strachan's
Companie of Dragoones.+

John Strachan Captain
John Livingstone Lieutenant
Harry Drumond Cornet

John Smith } Sergeants
John McFarlan }

James Mitchell } Corporalls
Alexander Graham }

William McNaughton } Drums.
John Hord }

Andrew Proudfoot
Andrew Clelland
Andrew Caloell
Alexander McLaren
Adam Archbald
Andrew Latimer
Duncan MacGregor
Duncan MacGruther
Edward Sinclair
Gilbert Ferguson
George Keith
George Stovie
John Bell
John Blekirn
John Brokonaig
John Strachan
John Duncan
James Boll
James Moore
James Patterson
John Stimson
John Goodall
John Ffallrond
John Ladoll
James Kapell
James Petrie
John Scott
James Thatcher
John Wilsone
John Johnstone
John Carruthers
John Wylderman
Matthew McColl
Peter Maitland
Peter Miever
Robert Livingstone
Robert Litquhor
Robert Smith
Robert Morrison
Robert Storeyson
Robert McAlexander
Thomas Storeyson
Thomas Harve
Thomas Smith
Thomas Tarth
William Semorvil
William Largs
William Houston
William Storroth

(Signed) +Jo. Strachan+
+Jo. Livingstone+
+And. Middleton+.

+Moustart Roll of Captaine Clelland his Company.
Moustart at Bruntisfield Links, July 1683.+

William Clelland Capitaine
John Crichton Lieut.
John Whytfold Ensigne

James Irving } Sergeants
Will. McIntosh }

Duncan Ffrissall } Corporalls
William Pownie }

Walter Hutchison } Drumbors
Andrew Granford }

Alexander Lindsay
Alexander Wood
Alexander Irving
Alexander Irving
Alexander Crichtoun
Andrew Atchison
Andrew Donaldsone
Andrew Martin
Allan McLean
Ffrancis Storo
David Hop
Edward Irving
George Wood
George Crawford
George Falcon
George Grahame
Hugh Murray
James Douglas
James Gibb
James Thomsone
James Buchanan
James Broune
John Guthrie
John Paibles
John Wood
David Goodfellow
John Grahame
James Lindsaye
James Hendersone
John Dunster
John Grant
John Pirie
James Brydone
Jon Dun
John Clealland
John Thomsone
John Pattersone
Ludovic Stewart
Thomas Low
Thomas Paibles
Patrick Marshall
Patrick Stewart
Robert Yooll
Robert Grant
Robert Craw
Robert Watt
William Harris
William Pringle
William Grahame
William Smith

(Signed) +W. Clelland+
+John Crichton+
+And. Middleton+.

* * * * *

The Pay of one Regiment of Scottish Dragoones consisting of one Colonel in Chief, one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and six companies, each companie consisting of Fifty Souldiers is as followeth, viz:

Colonell as Colonell 00:13:08
Lyvetennant Colonell as such 00:07:00
Major as Major 00:05:00
Quartermaster 00:05:00
Marischall 00:02:00
Chyrurgeon & Mate 00:05:00
Aide-Major 00:07:04
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£2:05:00
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Capitaine: 8_s_: &: 2 Dragoons each: 1_s_: 2_d_: Inde 00:10:04
Lyvetennant: 5_s_: &: 2 Dragoons each: 1_s_: 2_d_: Inde 00:07:04
Ensigne: 4_s_: &: 1 Dragoon att 1_s_: 2_d_: Inde 00:05:02
Two Sergeants each 2_s_: 6_d_: Inde 00:05:00
Two Corporalls each 1_s_: 8_d_: Inde 00:03:04
Two Drummers each 1_s_: 8_d_: Inde 00:03:04
Fyffty souldiers each 1_s._: 2_d_: Inde 02:18:04
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£4:12:10
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(1688) (James II.)

+Scots Greys Document.+

Account of the money given out by Andrew Ross of Muick, Quarter Master to the Scotts Regiment of Dragoones for the use of the said Regiment by the Earl of Dunmore's order after they came to England, being in October, 1688.

Imprs. to James Irwin in ye Coll.'s Troop to buy a horse £05:10:00
To George Robinson in ye Leivt. Coll.'s troop 06:00:00
At York for twelve ells of blew cloth 8/p. ell. 04:16:00
The exchange of 20 logg dollars gave half to the bot that
went to 00:03:05
A snatch of red cloth for the Regt. 00:03:00
To William Irwin in the Lievt. Coll.'s troop to buy a horse 07:00:00
For 3 poste horses with ye Major from Richmond to
Yorke 34 miles 01:05:06
To the poste Boy those three stages 00:03:00
For 5 doz. of hat cloths @ 10/6 p. doz. 02:12:06
Given to Capt. Bruce for boots to his troop 06:08:00
To the Lievt. Coll. for boots to his troop 06:08:00
To Capt. Pat. Blair for boots to his troop 03:04:00
To Capt. Livingstone for boots to his troop 03:12:00
To General Adam Blair for boots to his troop. 01:04:00
For the Guard Fire at Southwark 00:12:00
For 2 teams from Southwark to Chester 00:15:00
For 2 teams from then to Ffarnham 00:10:00
From thence to Winchester 01:01:00
From thence to Donkton 00:17:00
From thence to Stockbridge 00:12:00
From thence to Odium 01:01:00
From thence to Reading 00:12:00
From thence to Wickham 00:14:00
From thence to London 01:09:00
To quarter Master Murray for going twice poste from
Dunton to Salisbury upon the Regiment's accompt 02:10:00
To lievt. Murray to get 2 horses back which were taken
from 2 dragoons by some of the Dutch Officers 02:00:00
To the Quarter Master for riding poste from Royston to
London upon the Regts. accompt being 33 miles 00:10:02
To Edward Murray Quarter Master for coming poste
from his quarters near Chester to London upon the
Regiment's accompt 09:10:00
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£71:03:07
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The above written accompt of seventy one pounds three shillings and sevenpence Sterling being justly given out by Andrew Ross Quarter Master, for the use of the said Regiment conforms to my order since they came to England. Therefore these give the said Quartermaster full power and warrant to detayne and keep in his owne hand the like sum of seventy one pounds three shillings and sevenpence for his own payment out of the money belonging to the Regiment since they came to this country.

At London the 8th day of January, 1689.

The Detention money from the Scotts Regiment of Dragoons from the month of October 1686 and all preceedings being fully discharged by Colls. Lievt. and Captain all detayned from them since being from the 1st. November 1686 to the 1st. November 1688, being two yeares is disposed of as follows--

+Charge.+

Imprs. detayned from them from the 1st. Novr. 1686 to
the 1st. Novr. 1687, being one logg dollar from each
Serjeant, Corporal, Drummer and Sentinel per mensem
makes in all 283 logg dollars for the whole Regiment
which is £792:08:00
The like detayned from them from the first November
1687 to the first November 1688 792:08:00
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£1,584:16:00
============

+Discharge.+

Accompt of the Expence of their Coats Anno 1687 one Coat.

Scotts.
£ _s._ _d._
Imprs. 5½ ells red cloth 2_s._ Scots pr. ell 11:00:00
6 ells blew serge for lyneing at 1 p. ell 6:00:00
Half ell green canvass for bindings 00:04:00
10 dozen tin buttons at 5_s._ p. doz. 02:10:00
10 drab weight red silk at 18_d._ p. drab 00:15:00
3 ounces red thread at 3_s._ p. ounce 00:09:00
For ... to drabb on the buttons 00:02:00
For making the coat 02:00:00
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23:00:00
========

Conforme to whch. accot. the expenses of 283 coats
amounts to 6509 £s Scots which in English
money is £542:08:04
The expense of 283 belts to Serjeants, Corporals,
Drummers, Sentinels with the exchange 100:00:00
The expense of 283 swords with bayonets and cartridges
boxes 200:00:00
The expenses of 12 drums with the contingent charges
of making boxes and chests for the swords, belts,
baionets and cartridge boxes and put all aboard in
England 017:00:00
To the Quartermaster for his expenses and trouble in
bringing all from severall seaports to Edinburgh
and for hiring room for keeping them more than
one year 020:00:00
For boots to the Regt. @ 8s. a pair 108:00:00
Since they came to England given for their coats, caps
and other necessaries 590:02:00
When they were in Scotland given back of the cloathing
money by Geo. Drummonds order and Liev.
Colonel Rattray to severall Dragoons that were
reduced 120 logg dollars 028:00:00
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Sums of the Discharge 1,605:10:04
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DISCHARGE £1,605:10:04
CHARGE 1,584:16:00
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To balance 0,020:14:04
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The +Emperor of Russia+ accepting the Picture, presented by the Officers, of H.I.M. as Colonel-in-Chief marching past at the head of the Regiment.]

LIST OF OFFICERS PAST AND PRESENT.

ALEXANDER ABERCROMBY.

Cornet, 16 August, 1799. Promoted Lieutenant, in 52nd Foot, 19
March, 1800.

SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY.

Colonel, 2 November, 1796. Died on or before 16 May, 1801.

The General who shares with Sir John Moore, the credit of renewing
the ancient discipline and military reputation of the British
soldier, was born at Menstry near Tullibody, in October, 1734.
Educated at Rugby, and afterwards studied law at Edinburgh and
Leipzig. In 1756 made a Cornet in 3rd Dragoon Guards. In 1758 he
went with his regiment to Germany, where it formed part of the
English force under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, the victor
of Minden. Lieutenant, 1760. Captain, 1762. In 1767 he married
Miss Menzies, with whom he lived very happily. Major, 1770.
Lieutenant-Colonel, 1773. Became M.P. for county of Clackmannan,
but soon gave up Parliamentary life. War broke out with France, he
was made a Major-General, and ordered to Flanders with a Brigade.
First made his mark at Furnes, commanded the storming column at the
siege of Valenciennes, and was publicly thanked by the Duke of York
for his conduct at Roubaix. Returned to England in 1795, and made a
Knight of the Bath. In November, 1795, sailed for the West Indies
with 15,000 men, to reduce the French Sugar Islands. In 1799 he was
despatched with 10,000 men, to attack Holland. On 20 October in an
attack on Bergen, he had two horses shot under him.... 24 October,
1800, he was ordered to proceed with all his troops, to Egypt to
expel or capture the French Army left there by Napoleon.... 27
December, he cast anchor in the bay of Marmorice. Here he waited 6
weeks, receiving some slight reinforcements, and discovering that
the Turks were quite useless as allies. But while waiting he looked
after his soldiers' health, and practised disembarkments until the
whole force thoroughly understood how to promptly disembark, and
every man knew his place in his boat.... On 2 March he anchored
in Aboukir Bay.... In the end Menou was beaten back with immense
loss, including 3 generals killed, while the English loss was only
1464 killed and wounded. Among the latter was Sir Ralph Abercromby,
who riding in front in his usual reckless manner, was wounded in
the thigh by a musket ball. He was carried to the Foudroyant, the
flagship. "What is it you have placed under my head?" asked the
wounded general. "Only a soldier's blanket," answered the aide de
camp. "Only a soldier's blanket; make haste and return it to him at
once."

He died on board the flagship on 28 March.

No biography would be complete which did not notice his extreme
shortsightedness, almost blindness, nor yet without noticing the
singular sweetness and purity of his domestic life, which made all
who came across him, from the Duke of York, whom he eclipsed, to
Lord Camden, with whom he quarrelled, acknowledge the charm of his
society.

MICHAEL GOOLD ADAMS.

Cornet by purchase, 21 July, 1825. Lieutenant by purchase, 30
July, 1829. Captain by purchase, 28 December, 1838. Exchanged to
half-pay, unattached, 31 December, 1844.

ROBERT HENRY ADAMS.

Born, 4 December, 1858. 2nd Lieutenant, 19 February, 1881.
Lieutenant, 1 July, 1881. Captain, 9 October, 1889.

Expedition to Dongola, 1896. Despatches "London Gazette," 3
November, 1896. Fourth Class Medjidie.

Major, 29th April, 1900. Served in South African War, 1901-2, and
took part in operations in the Transvaal, February, 1901, to May,
1902; the Zululand frontier of Natal, September and October, 1901;
and in Cape Colony, May, 1902 (medal with five clasps).

ALEXANDER AGNEW.

Cornet, 31 May, 1715.

ANDREW AGNEW.

Captain-Lieutenant, 1 April, 1692, to 21 March, 1692-3. Captain, 22
March, 1692-3, to 9 March, 1697-8. Major, 1702.

ANDREW AGNEW.

Cornet, 20 September, 1703. Lieutenant, 11 May, 1705.
Captain-Lieutenant, 8 February, 1712-13. Captain, 16 September,
1715.

Sir Andrew Agnew, fifth Baronet of Lochnau, twelfth and last of
the hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway, was born in 1687. He joined
Marlborough's army as a volunteer immediately after the battle
of Blenheim.... He fought bravely at Ramillies, Oudenarde, and
Malplaquet. At the Peace of Utrecht he was reduced as Captain on
half-pay of the Scots Greys. Soon after he eloped with a kinswoman,
the daughter of Captain Thomas Agnew, of the same regiment. This
lady, to whom he was married in London, bore him 18 children.
She survived her husband, and died at the age of 87. At the time
of the rebellion of 1715-16, the young laird of Lochnau was on
full pay in Colonel Pocock's, which was disbanded in Ireland in
1718, when he was removed to the 21st Royal Scots Fusiliers, with
which corps he served upwards of a quarter of a century, becoming
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1740, and commanding it with distinction
at the battle of Dettingen. He held Brigade commands under the
Duke of Cumberland in Flanders, at Bruges, Ghent, and Ostend,
and at the head of his Scots Fusiliers accompanied the army sent
to Scotland in 1746, when he was detached to Blair Castle, and
made a gallant stand there. In 1756 he became Major-General, and
Lieutenant-General in 1759. Sir Walter Scott describes him as a
soldier of the old school, stiff and formal in manner, brave to the
last degree, and something of a humourist.

JAMES AGNEW.

Cornet, 31 May, 1715.

THOMAS AGNEW.

Cornet, 1702. Lieutenant, 11 May, 1705. Captain-Lieutenant, 31 May,
1715.

PATRICK AINGER.

Chirurgeon, 11 April, 1687.

GEORGE AINSLIE.

Made Cornet, 13 January, 1753. Made Sub-Lieutenant in the second
troop of Horse Grenadier Guards, 8th August.

GILBERT AIRD.

Promoted from Sergeant in the Major's troop, to Quartermaster in
Captain Clarke's troop, May, 1800. Cornet in Royal Wagon Train, 9
January, 1804.

THOMAS AIRD.

Cornet, 26 August, 1794. Lieutenant, 16 August, 1799. Captain in
Royal Wagon Train, May, 1800.

THE HONOURABLE WALTER PHILIP ALEXANDER.

Son of the third Earl of Caledon. Born, 9 February, 1849.

Cornet by purchase, 3 February, 1869. Lieutenant by purchase, 10
May, 1871. Adjutant, 18 December, 1875. Captain, 24 November, 1877.
Major, 5th July, 1886. Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 July, 1896.

Commanded the Greys in South Africa, 1899-1900; present in command
of first cavalry brigade at crossing of Reit and Modder Rivers
(mentioned in despatches).

CHARLES JEFFERYS WATSON ALLEN.

From half-pay in the 12th Lancers, Captain, 31 December, 1861.
Retired 13 March, 1866.

EDWARD AMPHLETT.

Cornet by purchase, 28 June, 1844. Lieutenant by purchase, 25 June,
1847. Retired 21 June, 1850.

GEORGE ANDERSON.

Chaplain, 10 January, 1705-6.

CHARLES ANNESLEY, M.D.

Appointed Surgeon 27 February, 1817. Retired 28 June, 1836.

PHILIP ANTROBUS.

From Lieutenant 91st Foot, appointed Paymaster 1 January, 1849.
Half-pay as Captain 21st Light Dragoons, 1 September, 1854.

GEORGE ARBUTHNOT.

From 53rd Foot, Lieutenant 6 October, 1875. (Apparently his first
commission in the Army was 28 October, 1871.)

GEORGE ARMSTRONG.

Lieutenant in Sir Robert Hay's troop, 16 January, 1706-7.

JAMES J. ARMSTRONG.

Cornet, without purchase, 8 June, 1855. Exchanged to 89th Foot, 17
July, 1857.

F. J. ASHBURNER.

Paymaster, January, 1885. From 2nd Dragoon Guards.

THOMAS CARY ASKEW.

Lieutenant, 27 July, 1820, exchanged from half-pay, 18th Light
Dragoons. Died 1826.

THOMAS ASKEW.

Cornet, 12 April, 1793. Appointed Lieutenant, 26 June, 1793.
Appointed Captain in Lord Fielding's Light Cavalry, 25 February,
1794.

ALEXANDER AUCHENLECK.

Lieutenant, 31 May, 1715.

JAMES AUCHENLECK.

11 May, 1705, Cornet in Patrick Robertson's troop.

Brevet of Lieutenant, 21 February, 1707-8, in Colonel the Earl of
Stair's troop.

ANTHONY BACON.

Lieutenant, 2 February, 1815. Half-pay in 16th Dragoons, 11 March,
1813.

JOHN BAILY (or BAILLIE) +of Porkemat+.

In 1681 made Ensign of Colonel Dalzell's own Company. Appointed
Cornet of Lieutenant-General Dalzell's own troop, 30 March, 1685.

ROBERT BAINBRIDGE.

Cornet by purchase, 29 February, 1856. Seems to have joined the
17th Light Dragoons, 7 March, 1856.

WILLIAM BAIRD.

Cornet, 2 May, 1794. Lieutenant, 30 January, 1800. Captain
September, 1805. Appointed in March, 1808, Captain in 66th Foot.

DAVID BAITSON.

On 30 March, 1685, appointed Aid Major to the Regiment.

GEORGE BALFOUR.

Appointed Cornet 1762. Lieutenant, 5 June, 1769. Captain, 3
November, 1774. Major, 28 July, 1790. Retired, 3 June, 1793.

In the Muster Roll ending 24 June, 1767, entered as George Balfour
Ramsay, and after that, entered George Ramsay.

HENRY BALFOUR.

Major, 1 April, 1692, to 7 September, 1692.

ROBERT BALFOUR.

Captain, 9 July, 1793. 3 April, 1801, Major without a Troop.
17 February, 1803 appointed Major with a Troop. Promoted
Lieutenant-Colonel, 22 August, 1805. Commission as "Colonel in the
army," 25 September, 1803. Left the Regiment, on being appointed 4
June, 1814, Major-General.

JOHN BALLANTYNE.

Chaplain, June, 1739. Succeeded by Walter Paterson, 8 July, 1752.

HENRY BARING.

Cornet by purchase, 10 June, 1853. Exchanged on 5 July, 1853, to
13th Light Dragoons.

CHARLES LEVYNS BARNARD.

Captain, 2 February, 1815. In the Record Office, 1814 Army List,
there seems to be an abbreviated MS. reference to him in connection
with 20 December, 1806. Killed, 1815.

HENRY GEORGE BARNARD.

Cornet, 21 May, 1806. Lieutenant, 10 December, 1807. Captain by
purchase, 15 July, 1813. In 1814 on half pay.

EDWARD BARNET.

Cornet by purchase, 23 February, 1838. Lieutenant by purchase, 28
December, 1841. Retired 16 May, 1845.

J. W. BARTON.

Cornet in Captain Johnston's troop, exchanged 19 August, 1803, to
the half pay of Fenwick's Regiment.

OSBORNE BARWELL.

Lieutenant 13 April, 1815.

GEORGE FREDERICK ALEXANDER MUNGO BASHFORD.

From Royal Military College.

Cornet by purchase, 30 March, 1866. Lieutenant by purchase, 30
June, 1869. Exchanged into Ceylon Rifles, 5 April, 1871.

DAVID BEATSON.

1 August, 1683, appointed Aide-Major. 23 August, 1688, appointed
Cornet of James Murray's troop.

JAMES BECK.

Cornet in Captain Hamilton's troop, 5 April, 1798. Entered as
second Lieutenant in Muster ending 24 March, 1799. 30 January,
1800, resigned.

DAVID BELL.

Appointed Quartermaster 1 May, 1762.

JOHN BENNET.

Cornet, 11 May, 1705.

L. H. BENNETT.

Paymaster and honorary Captain, July, 1889.

South African War, 1879. Zulu campaign. Battle of Ulundi. Medal
with clasp.

WILLIAM BENNET.

Captain 1 April, 1692, to 11 September, 1695.

JOHN P. BENTEIN.

Captain by purchase, 26 May, 1814.

LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK.

Captain-Lieutenant, 1 August, 1792. Appointed Captain in 11th
Dragoons 20 February, 1793.

GEORGE BETHELL.

Cornet, 15 November, 1740.

DAVID BETSON.

Lieutenant, 12 November, 1794. Retired (about 3 May), 1796.
Promoted Captain in 9th Regiment of Foot, 27 December, 1797 (!).

ROWLAND VEITCH BETTY.

Cornet, under the augmentation, without purchase, 12 February,
1858. 23 March, 1858, went to the 2nd Dragoon Guards.

JAMES BIGGERT.

Quartermaster, 25 April, 1798, in Major Andrew Gillon's troop.

WILLIAM CONNEL BLACK.

Cornet by purchase, 18 March, 1859. Lieutenant by purchase, 14
June, 1864. Captain by purchase, 19 January, 1870. Retired, 28 May,
1870.

EDWARD BLACKETT.

Cornet, 29 May, 1754. 26 December, 1755, made Lieutenant. 1 May,
1762, made Captain of the Light troop, in succession to Francis
Lindsay, resigned.

ALEXANDER BLACKIE.

Quartermaster, 1 March, 1797. Promoted Cornet in Royal Wagon Train,
13 February, 1806.

SIR ADAM BLAIR, YOUNGER OF CARBERRY.

7 November, 1685, appointed Captain of that troop which was
commanded by the deceased Captain William Cleland.

HAMILTON BLAIR.

Made a Cornet, 25 April, 1741, made Lieutenant, 6 August, 1742,
Captain-Lieutenant, 2 April, 1746, Captain, 3 February, 1746-7,
Major, 9 March, 1757.

Sir Bryce Blair, of Blair, afterwards knighted by Charles I.,
married in 1618 Marian, daughter of Walter Dundas, of Dundas. His
son, John, died without issue, and was succeeded by his uncle,
John Blair, who married Lady Jean Cunningham, daughter of William,
eighth Earl of Glencairn, and dying in 1662, was succeeded by his
son, William Blair, of Blair. This gentleman was named by the
restoration government of Scotland a member of the Commission in
Ayrshire for holding courts on the Covenanters, but he early joined
the revolution party.... Having raised a troop of horse in support
of King William, he marched with it into Perthshire. News of this
reaching Viscount Dundee, then in arms in Atholl for King James, he
determined to surprise them, and marching by night towards Perth,
he entered the city unawares early the next morning, seized the
laird of Blair and the laird of Pollock who was with him, and two
other officers, in their beds. He carried them off prisoners to the
highlands, where the laird of Blair died shortly afterwards. He had
married Lady Margaret Hamilton, daughter of William, 2nd Duke of
Hamilton. Their son, William Blair of Blair, was a commissioner of
supply for the county of Ayr in the convention parliament which met
in 1689. He married Magdalene, daughter of James Campbell. Their
son John predeceased him unmarried, and was succeeded by his sister
Magdalene, who married William Scott, and had a son William, her
heir. The heiress of Blair is supposed to have died before 1715,
and Mr. Scott, her widower, who had assumed the name and arms of
Blair, married secondly Catherine Tait, of Edinburgh. Their eldest
son, Hamilton, became Major in the Greys.

PATRICK BLAIR.

30 July, 1686, made Captain of the troop lately commanded by John
Wedderburne.

THOMAS BLAIR.

Cornet in the Army, 25 June, 1747, and in the Greys, 21 June,
1749, succeeded by Second Cornet James Johnston, from half-pay in
Crawford's, 27 November, 1752.

WILLIAM J. BLAKE.

Cornet from the 89th Foot, 17 July, 1857.

WILLIAM BLANE.

Cornet, 14 October, 1819. Lieutenant by purchase, 24 October, 1821.

BLEAN.

Chaplain, 1702.

J. HAYDOCK BOARDMAN.

Lieutenant in Captain Patrick Smith's troop, in Muster ending 24
December, 1779; Captain-Lieutenant, 7 February, 1787; Captain,
18 July, 1787; Major, 3 June, 1793. In the Roll ending 24
December, 1794, David Horne is noted under the formula:--"Absent
by the King's leave"; and Boardman is evidently in command as
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment, now abroad. Coming to the "Pay
List from 25 December, 1797, to 24 February, 1798," he is entered
as "Lieutenant-Colonel without a troop." Resigned, 17 February,
1803.

GEORGE BOGLE.

Cornet by purchase, 8 October, 1830. Retired, 21 November, 1834.

EDWIN BOLTON.

Sub-Lieutenant (from 1st Dragoon Guards), 15 August, 1877.
Lieutenant, 11 November, 1877.

WILLIAM CUNNINGHAME BONTINE.

From Ensign in the 15th Foot. Cornet by purchase, 6 November, 1846.
Retired, 22 November, 1850.

ARCHIBALD BOTHWELL.

Cornet, 2 November, 1785; Lieutenant, 28 July, 1790; Captain, 22
February, 1793; Major, 17 July, 1795. Both J. H. Boardman and A.
Gillon still also appearing as Majors on the roll. In the "Pay List
from 25 December, 1797, to 24 February, 1798," Bothwell is entered
as "Major without a troop." 3 April, 1801, succeeded to a troop.
Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel, 17 February, 1803.

ROBERT BOWER.

Appointed Cornet, 18 July, 1787. Retired, 14 December, 1790.

NINIAN BOYD.

Lieutenant, 1 October, 1694, to 27 April, 1697; Captain-Lieutenant,
28 April, 1697, to yᵉ 9th March, 1697-8; Captain, 1702; Major and
Captain, 24 August, 1706.

WILLIAM BOYD.

Captain, 24 December, 1852, exchanging from the 87th Foot. Major in
the Army, 31 August, 1854. Died before 13 September, 1855.

ALWYN W. J. BRAMLY.

Second Lieutenant, 6 March, 1895.

MATTHEW BRICKDALE.

Cornet, 22 May, 1782, in Captain Patrick Smith's troop. Promoted
Lieutenant in 70th Foot, 22 July, 1785.

JOHN BROWN.

Cornet, 1 January, 1693-4, to last day of February, 1694.

CHARLES BROWNE.

Cornet, 24 July, 1749. Resigned, 13 January, 1753.

ANDREW SMYTHE MONTAGUE BROWNE.

Cornet, from 56th Foot, 25 November, 1853. Lieutenant by purchase,
16 March, 1855. Wounded slightly, see _Gazette_, 12 November, 1854.
Captain by purchase, 24 December, 1858. Major by purchase, 30 June,
1869, Lieutenant-Colonel of 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1 October, 1877.

Crimean campaign, 1855-6. Battle of Tchernaya and siege and fall of
Sevastopol. Medal, with clasp; Turkish medal.

HUGH EDMOND BROWNING.

Cornet without purchase, 26 February, 1856. Lieutenant without
purchase, by augmentation, 27 November, 1857. Captain by purchase,
19 July, 1864. Retired 22 June, 1870.

CAPTAIN ALEXANDER BRUCE.

On 11 May, 1683, appointed Lieutenant of Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Charles Murray's company. On 30 March, 1685, King James
issues a similar commission. On 6 November, 1685, appointed
Captain-Lieutenant of Lord Charles Murray, his own troop.

MICHAEL BRUCE.

Cornet, 10 May, 1751. On the 20th May, 1752, "exchanged with Second
Lieutenant Alexander Coningham from half-pay in Batereau's."

JOHN RAMSAY BRUSH, M.D.

Surgeon, from 93rd Foot, 21 July, 1854. Exchanged to Second Class,
Staff, 18 January, 1856.

DAVID CARRICK ROBERT CARRICK BUCHANAN.

Cornet by purchase, 16 May, 1845. Retired, 16 March, 1849.

GEORGE BUCHANAN.

Cornet by purchase, 16 March, 1849. Lieutenant by purchase, 27
August, 1852. Captain without purchase, 8 December, 1854. Retired,
28 April, 1863.

CHARLES B. BULKELEY-JOHNSON.

Born 19 November, 1867. Second Lieutenant, 5 February, 1887.
Lieutenant, 16 March, 1889. Captain, 13 June, 1894.

Served in the Soudan Campaign, 1899, and commanded the Egyptian
cavalry during the operations which resulted in the final defeat
and death of the Khalifa (4th class Medjidie British medal and
Khedive's medal with two clasps).

RICHARD BULLEN.

Cornet, 14 March, 1800. Lieutenant, 4 April, 1801. Captain, 19 May,
1808. Died before 1814.

RICHARD BURFORD.

Appointed Paymaster, 31 January, 1809. Resigned, 13 October, 1814.

SIR MONTAGU ROGER BURGOYNE, +8th Baronet+.

Cornet, 1 May, 1789. Captain-Lieutenant, 1 May, 1793. Promoted
to Major 27th Light Dragoons, 24 June, 1794. According to the D.
N. B. he, in 1795, became Lieutenant-Colonel of the short-lived
32nd Light Dragoons. He was afterwards for some years one of the
Inspecting Field Officers of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps. He died
at his mother's residence in Oxford Street, London, on 11 August,
1817.

JAMES TRAVERS BURKE.

Cornet, 22 August, 1816. Exchanged to half-pay 11th Light Dragoons,
23 March, 1820.

WILLIAM BURY.

Cornet, 4 October, 1745. Lieutenant, 29 November, 1750.
Captain-Lieutenant, 9 March, 1757. Resigned, 24 April, 1762.

CHARLES BUSSELL.

Paymaster, from half-pay, 1 September, 1854.

SIR CHARLES CAIRNY.

31 December, 1686, to be Lieutenant-Colonel "of the Regiment of
Dragoones of which Charles Earl of Dunmore is Colonel."

ALEXANDER CAMPBELL.

Cornet, 13 February, 1805. Lieutenant, September, 1806. Captain,
December, 1808. Resigned, June, 1811.

COLIN JOHN CAMPBELL.

Cornet by purchase, 22 August, 1868. Lieutenant by purchase, 3
August, 1870. Retired, 24 January, 1874.

DOUGLAS CAMPBELL.

Cornet, 21 March, 1722.

HUGH MONTGOMERY CAMPBELL.

Cornet by purchase, 1 February, 1839. Lieutenant by purchase, 22
July, 1842. Exchanged to 89th Foot, 31 December, 1844.

SIR JAMES CAMPBELL OF LAWERS.

Third son of the second Earl of Loudoun, his mother being Lady
Margaret Montgomery, daughter of the Earl of Eglintoun.

In the 1745 Army List, Sir James Campbell is given as:--

Colonel, 1 November, 1711. Lieutenant-Colonel, 24 August, 1706.
Major, 25 April, 1705. Captain, 25 February, 1701-2.

The D. N. B. records as follows:--

"He entered the army as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Dragoons or
Scots Greys, in 1708, ... and he greatly distinguished himself
at the hard-fought battle of Malplaquet, on 11 September, 1709.
In this battle the Scots Greys were stationed in front of the
right of the allied line, under the command of Prince Eugène, and
when the obstinate resistance of the French made the issue of the
battle doubtful, Campbell, though he had been ordered not to move,
suddenly charged with his dragoons right through the enemie's line
and back again. The success of this charge determined the battle
in that quarter, and on the following day Prince Eugène publicly
thanked Campbell before the whole army, for exceeding his orders."
In 1717 he succeeded David, Earl of Portmore, as Colonel of the
Scots Greys.

JAMES MURE CAMPBELL.

Cornet, 15 November, 1740. Lieutenant, 27 May, 1742. Captain, 29
May, 1745. Made Major to the 11th Dragoons, 24 July, 1754.

JOHN CAMPBELL, +The Honourable+.

Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, 19 April, 1712. Colonel in the
Army, 27 June, 1737. Colonel of the 2nd or Royal North British
Dragoons, 29 April, 1752. Also in Muster Roll ending 24 June, 1760.
Died, 9 November, 1770.

JOHN CAMPBELL.

Ensign of the 25th Foot, made Cornet, 12 January, 1757. Promoted to
Captain 24 April, 1762.

JOHN CAMPBELL.

Cornet, 26 December, 1755. "Made Captain in the '2nd Highland
Battalion,' and succeeded by Ensign John Campbell, of the 25th
Foot, 12 January, 1757." (See above.)

JOHN CAMPBELL.

Cornet by purchase, 6 November, 1835. Lieutenant by purchase, 28
December, 1838. Captain by purchase, 22 July, 1842. Deceased, 1846.

ROBERT LAWRENCE CAMPBELL.

Cornet in Captain David Home's troop, in Muster ending 24 June,
1772. "Promoted Captain in the 71st Regiment of Foot," Muster
ending 24 December, 1775.

JOHN CARNEGIE.

Cornet by purchase, 17 April, 1823. Lieutenant by purchase, 10
June, 1826. Promoted Captain, unattached, 8 June, 1830.

JAMES CARRUTHERS.

Cornet by purchase, 22 August, 1811. Lieutenant by purchase, 9
February, 1815. Died of his wounds.

WILLIAM FRANCIS CARRUTHERS.

Cornet by purchase, 22 July, 1842. Lieutenant by purchase, 3
December, 1844. Retired, 25 June, 1847.

HENRY CARTER.

Cornet, 19 February, 1795. Lieutenant, 8 July, 1795. Captain, 16
March, 1797.

CHARLES CATHCART.

29 January, 1703-4, Brevet Captain in the Infantry, and in July,
1705, Captain. In May, 1707, made Major of Brigade, and in May,
1708-9, Major of Dragoons. Major, 24 March, 1708-9. 1 November,
1711, made Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. 16 September, 1715,
Lieutenant-Colonel.

FREDERICK MACADAM CATHCART, +The Hon., of Craigengillan+.

Cornet, 24 September, 1804. Aide-de-Camp to General Lord Cathcart.
17 September, 1807, Captain in the Army, and 11 February, 1808,
Captain in this Regiment. No other Cathcart in the Greys in
the 1812 printed Army List. Major in the Army, 28 July, 1814.
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, 24 February, 1820, exchanged to
half-pay 92nd Foot, 18 May, 1820. Born at Twickenham Common, 28
October, 1789. Served as one of the Aides-de-Camp to his father,
in 1805, 1806, and 1807. In the latter year he was sent home
with the news of the surrender of the citadel of Copenhagen and
the Danish navy. On 8 September, his father wrote: "I send this
despatch by Lieutenant Cathcart, who has been for some time my
first Aide-de-Camp, who has seen everything that has occurred here
and at Stralsund, and will be able to give any further details that
may be required." He was Minister plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg
from 1820 to 1822, and at Frankfort from 1824 to 1826. He was made
a Knight of the Russian Order of St. Anne. He married in 1827
Jane, daughter and heiress of Quentin Macadam, of Craigengillan,
Ayrshire, and consequently assumed the name of Macadam before that
of Cathcart.

JAMES CAVALLIE.

Cornet, 1 April, 1692, to last day of February, 1693. Lieutenant
in one of the two additional troops, 7 January, 1693, to 12 March,
1697-8.

JAMES CHADWICK.

Cornet, 20 September, 1810. Lieutenant by purchase, 15 July, 1813.
In 1817, on half-pay.

THOMAS CHEATHAM (+or+ CHETHAM).

Lieutenant, 26 September, 1795. Retired, 7 July, 1797.

EDWARD CHENEY.

Captain-Lieutenant, 3 May, 1800. Captain, 25 May, 1803. In the
Muster Roll ending 24 June, 1810, he appears as Aide-de-Camp to
General Earl Harrington. Major, 20 July, 1815. Lieutenant-Colonel
in the Army, 18 June, 1815. In 1816 List, C.B. In 1818, exchanged
to half-pay in Wattville's Regiment.

ROBERT CHENEY.

Cornet, 3 September, 1794. Lieutenant, 22 October, 1794.

ARCHIBALD CHRISTIE.

Cornet, 8 May, 1806. Resigned in 1809.

JAMES CHRISTIE.

Appointed Cornet, 5 June, 1769. 16 March, 1770, promoted
Adjutant in place of John Forbes, resigned. Resigned Adjutancy,
9 August, 1774. Promoted Lieutenant, 22 February, 1775. Promoted
Captain-Lieutenant in the First Dragoons, 15 May, 1779.

GEORGE CALVERT CLARKE, +Lieut.-Gen.+ (+Hon. Gen.+)

Born 23rd July, 1814. From 89th Foot.

Captain, 28 March, 1845 (exchanging with H. M. Campbell). Major in
the Army, 11 November, 1851. Wounded severely, see _Gazette_, 12
November, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, 12 December, 1854.
Major without purchase, 26 February, 1858. Colonel in the Army, 23
April, 1860. Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase, 31 March, 1866.
Retired on half-pay, 3 February, 1869. Appointed Colonel of the
Greys, 23 September, 1891.

ISAAC BLAKE CLARK.

Cornet, 8 July, 1795. Lieutenant, 3 May, 1796. Captain, 7
September, 1797. Major, 16 June, 1807. 4 June given the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Greys, 20 July, 1815, in succession to L. J. Hamilton, killed at
Waterloo. In 1816 list, C.B. Retired, 11 October, 1821.

JOHN FRED. SALES CLARKE.

Cornet, 3 December, 1818, exchanged from half-pay 4th Dragoon
Guards. Cornet by purchase, 11 October, 1821. Lieutenant by
purchase, 4 October, 1822. Promoted to an unattached company,
21 July, 1825. Exchanged, 26 July, 1827, to a Captaincy in the
Greys. Major by purchase, 30 December, 1837. Lieutenant-Colonel
by purchase, 2 April, 1841. Exchanged to half-pay, unattached, 6
November, 1846.

GEORGE CLEGHORNE.

Lieutenant from 17th Dragoons, by exchange, 17 November, 1857.
Captain by purchase, 14 June, 1864. Retired, 30 March, 1866.

SAMUEL FREDERICK STEWART CLELAND.

Cornet by purchase, 19 July, 1864. Retired, 8 September, 1865.

WILLIAM CLELAND.

Captain-Lieutenant, 1681. 30 March, 1685, appointed Captain.

DEVEREUX P. COCKBURN.

Cornet by purchase, 25 June, 1847. Retired, 18 September, 1849.

JAMES COCKBURN.

Captain, 30 December, 1795. Aide-de-camp to Sir W. Howe. Promoted
Major in 81st Foot, 6 September, 1797.

THOMAS COCKRAN.

Cornet, 31 May, 1715.

MARTIN THOMAS COCKSEDGE.

Appointed Captain of the Troop lately commanded by J. P. Hamilton,
8 April, 1802. In Muster ending 24 June, 1802, Captain in Military
Train.

JAMES COLHOUN.

Surgeon, 1 June, 1750. Made a Cornet, 26 October, 1756. Lieutenant,
24 April, 1762. Transferred in Muster ending 24 June, 1767,
from Major Douglas's Troop to Captain Home's Troop. 16 March,
1770, transferred to Captain Law's troop. Captain-Lieutenant, 14
November, 1770. Resigned, 5 May, 1775.

WILLIAM FELLOWES COLLINS.

Born 17 September, 1865. Second Lieutenant, 6 February, 1889.
Lieutenant, 15 October, 1890. Captain, 5 July, 1896.

CHARLES R. COLT.

Captain in the Army, 3 February, 1854. Paymaster, 1 September, 1854
to 10 August, 1855.

JAMES COMMON.

Quartermaster in Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas's Troop, in Muster
ending 24 June, 1772. Died, 30 April, 1774.

H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT, K.G., etc.

Personal A.D.C. to His Majesty. Went on Special Mission to Tokio in
1906 to invest the Mikado of Japan with the Order of the Garter.
Captain, 1907.

THOMAS CONOLLY.

Born, 1 September, 1870. Second Lieutenant, 28 June, 1893.
Lieutenant, 5 December, 1894.

Rejoined from Egyptian army, February, 1900; killed in action at
Commando Nek, South Africa, 11th July, 1900 (see p. 98).

ALEXANDER CONYNGHAM.

Lieutenant, 26 February, 1755. Also, 24 June, 1760. Resigned, 11
January, 1770.

JOSEPH COPE.

Appointed Surgeon, 9 April, 1794. Retired, 11 November, 1794.

JOHN CORRIE.

In Muster ending 24 June, 1798. Cornet, 30 May, 1800. Retired, 2
April, 1801.

JOHN COWAN.

Quartermaster, 11 January, 1804.

ROBERT COWAN.

Quartermaster, 30 April, 1794. Promoted Paymaster, 25 December,
1797. Resigned, 31 January, 1809.

JOHN CRABBIE.

Born, 9 September, 1861. Lieutenant, 10 May, 1882. Adjutant, 18
January, 1888. Captain, 9 October, 1889. Adjutant to Volunteers, 16
December, 1895. Major, 1900. South Africa, 1899-1902. Took part in
the operations in Transvaal and Natal, 1901, including successful
attack near Roodebloem on 15 December, 1901 (_see_ p. 128).

LAWRENCE CRAIGIE.

Cornet, 17 December, 1800. Lieutenant, 21 June, 1802.

CHARLES CRAVEN.

Cornet by purchase, 22 January, 1836. Lieutenant by purchase, 6
November, 1840. Captain by purchase, 29 December, 1843. Retired, 18
April, 1845.

JOHN, EARL OF CRAWFORD.

Captain, 25 December, 1726.

"The gallant Earl of Crawford"--"the most generous, the most
gallant, the bravest, and the finest nobleman of his time." Born
4 October, 1702, educated at University of Glasgow and Military
Academy at Vandeuil, in Paris. Captain in the Scots Guards, 1734.
Representative Peer, 1732, till his death in 1749. In 1733 he was
appointed Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.
In 1735 he joined the Imperial Army, and was at the Battle of
Claussen, 17 October, 1735. In April, 1738, he served with the
Russian Army against the Turks, declining however a regiment of
Horse and the rank of Lieutenant-General in that service. He
greatly distinguished himself in various engagements, as also at
the Battle of Krotzha, near Belgrade, 22 July, 1739, when his horse
was killed under him, and he himself fearfully and desperately
wounded. He returned home, and that year was made Adjutant-General
and Colonel of the 42nd Foot. (The Black Watch was then first made
a Regiment, and called "Lord Crawford-Lindsay's Highlanders.")
Colonel of the 2nd Troop of Grenadier Guards, 1740. Colonel in 1743
of the Scottish Horse Guards, disbanded 1746. Colonel of the Scots
Greys and Lieutenant-General, 1747. He was in command at Dettingen,
16 June, 1743; at Fontenoy, where he conducted the retreat in
excellent order, 30 April, 1745; in Scotland, to repress the
rising in 1745; and at the Battle of Roucoux, in the Netherlands,
in October, 1746. He married 3 March, 1747, Jean, eldest daughter
of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl. He died in London, in great
suffering (his wound of 1739 breaking out for the 29th time), 25
December, 1749.

ROBERT GREGAN CRAWFORD.

Cornet by purchase, 22 January, 1824. Lieutenant, 29 June, 1826.
Promoted to captain of an unattached troop, 5 April, 1831.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD.

Cornet, 10 October, 1694, to 9 March, 1697-8. Captain-Lieutenant,
16 January, 1706, in Colonel the Earl of Stair's troop. 24
February, 1707-8, Captain of an additional troop.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD.

Deputy-Adjutant, 9 July, 1793, and Cornet, 17 August, 1815.
Lieutenant, 25 June, 1819. Resigns Adjutancy, 25 November, 1828.
Appointed Paymaster, 24 March, 1829. Retired on half-pay, 1
January, 1849.

DAVID CRICHTON.

Lieutenant, 1 April, 1692, to last day of February, 1693.
Captain-Lieutenant, 1 January, 1693, to yᵉ 7 September, 1694.
Captain of the two additional troops, from 1 October, 1694, to 15
March, 1697-8.

JOHN CRICHTON.

21 May, 1678, appointed Ensigne in Captain Francis Stuart's
Independent Company. In 1681, Lieutenant in Stuart's Company. 30
March, 1685, appointed Lieutenant of Captain Cleland's troop.

STEPHEN CROFT.

Cornet, 19 February, 1760. In 1762 promoted to the 106th Regiment
of Foot.

CHARLES CROSSBIE.

Captain-Lieutenant, 7 March, 1722-3. Captain, 25 December, 1726.

DAVID CUNNINGHAM.

Cornet, 10 September, 1778. Lieutenant, 3 March, 1779, in the
Colonel's troop.

JOHN CUNNINGHAM.

Cornet, 9 September, 1805. Lieutenant, 4 June, 1807. Resigned 1811.

SIR WALTER MONTGOMERY-CUNNINGHAM.

Cornet in Captain Telfer's troop, 22 March, 1776. Resigned, 5th
October, 1778.

4th Baronet, of Corshill, in the parish of Stewarton, County
Ayr, was the son of Captain Alexander Montgomery-Cunningham. He
succeeded to the Baronetcy 4 July, 1770. He was an unsuccessful
claimant to the Earldom of Glencairn. He died unmarried, in March,
1814.

JAMES DALRYMPLE.

Cornet, 6 March, 1707-8. Captain-Lieutenant, 22 July, 1715.
Lieutenant, 5 July, 1723. Retired and succeeded by Cornet John
Forbess, 23 April, 1742.

JAMES DALRYMPLE.

Cornet, 21 June, 1749. Lieutenant, 11 January, 1755.

EDWARD DAVEY.

Lieutenant, 5 April, 1796. Retired, 2 August, 1796.

GEORGE DAWLER.

Cornet, 24 April, 1762. Transferred from the Lieutenant-Colonel's
troop to Captain Law's troop, 24 April, 1763. Promoted Lieutenant,
14 November, 1770. Transferred to Captain Smith's troop, 25
April, 1779. In Muster Roll ending 24 December, 1779:--Promoted
Captain-Lieutenant in 11th Regiment of Dragoons.

ROBERT DAWN, M.D.

Surgeon, 4 August, 1814. Exchanged, 16 January, 1816, to 89th Foot.

WILLIAM DAWSON.

Paymaster, 13 October, 1814. Died, 25 September, 1828.

JOSEPH BARRINGTON DEACON.

Cornet by purchase, 26 May, 1865. Retired, 30 May, 1866.

MATTHEW FITZMAURICE DEANE, +The Honourable+.

Cornet from the 10th Light Dragoons, 6 May, 1853. Transferred to
4th Dragoon Guards, 10 June, 1853.

WILLIAM DELAVALLY.

Lieutenant, 31 May, 1715.

SIR JAMES STEWART DENHAM, +Bart.+

Born in Scotland in August, 1744, and very soon his father had
to leave Scotland on account of being implicated in the 1745
rebellion. The son, therefore, received his education in Germany.
He became Cornet in the 1st or Royal Dragoons, 17 March, 1761, and
served the campaigns of 1761 and 1762 with it in Germany. Passing
over the rank of Lieutenant, he was made Captain in the 105th Royal
Highlanders, 13 January, 1763. In the next year this regiment was
disbanded. He then travelled for two years in France and Germany,
paying special attention to the cavalry of those two nations. In
1766 he was appointed to command a troop of the 5th Royal Irish
Dragoons, now the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. 6 November, 1772, he was
promoted Major into the 13th Dragoons. 26 September, 1775, he was
transferred to the 1st Irish Horse, now the 4th Dragoon Guards. 15
July, 1776, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel of his old regiment,
the 13th Dragoons, on its being made a Light Dragoon regiment. In
1781 he was elected M.P. for Lanark. 20 November, 1782, he was
made a Colonel. In 1788 he was made President of a Commission for
improving the discipline and general condition of the Cavalry in
Ireland. 9 November, 1791, he was made Colonel of the 12th Light
Dragoons. In October, 1793, made Major-General. In 1797 made a
local Lieutenant-General. In the Rebellion of 1798 he shewed
himself as a wise statesman as well as an able soldier. In 1813 he
was made Colonel of the Scots Greys. Died at Cheltenham, 12 August,
1839.

DAVID RONALD DICKSON.

Cornet, 20 August, 1803. Lieutenant, 19 December, 1805.

JOHN DICKSON.

Quartermaster Muster Roll, 24 June, 1760. Cornet, 22 May, 1761.
Resigned, 4 June, 1769.

---- DISNEY.

(Christian name not given). Made Cornet, 9 December, 1755.

CHARLES WILSHERE ONSLOW DOHERTY.

Lieutenant, from 97th Foot, 10 January, 1872. Lieutenant in the
Army, 28 June, 1871. Captain, 1 October, 1878. Died, 27 June, 1879.

EDWARD GEORGE MOORE DONNITHORNE.

Cornet, by purchase, 8 September, 1865. Lieutenant in the Royal
Artillery, 18 December, 1861. New Zealand War, 1864. Action of the
Gate Pah. Medal. Lieutenant in the Greys, by purchase, 3 February,
1869. Captain, 24th February, 1872. Major, 1 July, 1881.

JAMES DOUGLAS.

Quarter-master in Captain Charles Preston's troop, 1706.

JOHN DOUGLAS.

Cornet, 13 October, 1741. Lieutenant, 3 February, 1746-7. Adjutant,
1 June, 1750. Captain-Lieutenant, 13 September, 1754. Captain,
11 January, 1755. Major in Muster Roll ending 24 June, 1760.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Captain, 14 November, 1770. Promoted Colonel
of the 21st Dragoons, 25 April, 1779.

SIR WILLIAM DOUGLAS.

Adjutant and Captain, 1 April, 1692, to 31 March, 1694.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS.

Cornet, 21 April, 1692, to 27 April, 1697. Lieutenant, 28 April,
1697, to 15 March, 1698.

WILLIAM DOUGLAS.

Cornet, in Muster Roll of 24 June, 1760, in Major John Douglas's
troop. Promoted Lieutenant 3 March, 1764.

ROBERT DOUNES.

Lieutenant, from 19th Light Dragoons, by purchase, 23 October, 1817.

FRANCIS DREWE.

Cornet, by purchase, 10 November, 1837. Died, 23 July, 1838.

HENRY DRUMMOND.

In 1681 appointed Ensigne of Strachan's Company. 30 March, 1685,
appointed Cornet of Captain John Strachan's Company. 23 August,
1688, appointed Lieutenant of P. Blair's troop.

PERCY CHARLES DU CANE.

Cornet, from the 4th Dragoon Guards, 16 July, 1858. Lieutenant, by
purchase, 30 January, 1863. Captain, by purchase, 30 March, 1866.
Retired 16 October, 1866.

ARTHUR CAMPBELL DUCKWORTH.

Born, 27 September, 1870. 2nd Lieutenant, 31 January, 1894.
Lieutenant, 5 December, 1894.

GEORGE DUNBAR.

Cornet, 11 May, 1705. Captain-Lieutenant, 24 February, 1707-8; in
Colonel the Earl of Stair's troop. In 1715 Captain.

JAMES BRANDER DUNBAR.

Cornet without purchase, 12 January, 1855. Lieutenant by purchase,
25 May, 1855. Captain without purchase, 31 March, 1866. Retired, 19
January, 1870.

JOHN DUNBAR.

24 February, 1707-8, Cornet in Patrick Robertson's troop.

SIR DAVID DUNDAS.

3rd son of Robert Dundas, a merchant of Edinburgh, was born
in 1735, and educated at the Royal Academy at Woolwich. From
1752 to 1755 he assisted General David Watson, his maternal
uncle, in the great survey of Scotland. Colonel, 16 May, 1801.
General, 29 April, 1802. Resigned, 27 January, 1813, on being
appointed Colonel of the 1st Dragoon Guards. In 1754 he was
appointed a Lieutenant-Fireworker in the Royal Artillery, and in
1755 a Practitioner-Engineer. In 1756 he was made a Lieutenant
in the 56th Regiment, and in the same year was made Assistant
Quartermaster-General to General Watson. He threw up his staff
appointment in 1758 to join his regiment, ordered on active
service, and took part in the attack on St. Malo, the capture of
Cherbourg, and the fight at St. Cas. At the close of the same
year he joined the Army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick,
in the threefold capacity of Assistant Quartermaster-General,
Engineer, and Lieutenant of Infantry. After the campaign he left
Germany, to become a Captain in the 15th Light Dragoons. He was
in the battles of Corlach, Warburg, and Clostercampen, the siege
of Wesel, the battle of Fellinghausen, and then, in 1762, in the
expedition to Cuba. The Seven Years' War over, he became a deep
student of his profession, and attended every year manœuvres of
the French, Prussian, or Austrian armies. In 1770 he was promoted
Major. In 1775 he purchased the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 12th
Light Dragoons. In 1778 Quartermaster-General in Ireland. In 1781
promoted Colonel. In 1782 made Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Irish
Horse. In 1788 he published his valuable work "The Principles of
Military Movements." In 1790 he was promoted Major-General, and
in 1791 made Colonel of the 22nd Regiment. In June, 1792, were
issued--Rules and Regulations for the Formation, Field Exercises,
and Movements of His Majesty's Forces. These were drawn up by
Dundas, and issued officially. "Rules and Regulations for the
Cavalry," were also, at once, issued under similar conditions; but,
in this case, he had been largely aided by the experience of Sir
James Stewart Denham (also of the Greys). He commanded a brigade of
Cavalry at Tournay, on 22 May, 1794. Next, he fought the battles of
Geldermalsen and Tuyl. In 1795 he was made Colonel of the 7th Light
Dragoons, Quartermaster-General in 1796.... In 1801 he was made
Colonel of the Greys and Governor of Fort George, in the place of
Sir Ralph Abercromby. In 1802 promoted General. Commander-in-Chief,
1809 to 1811. In 1813, Colonel of the 1st Dragoon Guards. Died, 18
February, 1820.

Sir Henry Bunbury recorded:--"Dundas was a tall, spare man,
crabbed and austere, dry in his looks and demeanour. He had made
his way from a poor condition (he told me himself that he walked
from Edinburgh to London to enter himself as a fireworker in the
artillery).... There was much care and valour in that Scotchman."

HENRY DUNDAS.

In 1681 Lieutenant in Inglis's Company.

JAMES DUNDAS.

In 1681 Ensign of Turner's Company. On 11 May, 1683, appointed
Lieutenant of Captain J. Strachan's Company. 7 November, 1685,
commission to be Lieutenant of William Levingstoun's troop.

JAMES DUNDAS.

30 March, 1685, appointed Cornet of Wedderburne's troop.

HUGH DE C. EASTWOOD.

Lieutenant, 10 August, 1885.

CHARLES GASPAR EDLMANN.

Cornet, 14 December, 1815. In 1822 appointed Riding Master. Retired
on half-pay, 19th Light Dragoons.

HERBERT EDWARDS.

Lieutenant, 12 November, 1852, from the 14th Light Dragoons, by
exchange. Captain without purchase, 15 December, 1854. Retired, 13
June, 1856.

THE EARL OF EGLINTON.

Colonel of the Scots Greys, 2 December, 1785. Died, 1 November,
1796.

Archibald Montgomerie, Earl of Eglinton, born 18 May, 1726. He
raised the 77th Regiment of Foot, which he commanded in America, in
1757, becoming finally, 1793, General in the Army. He was M.P. for
county Ayr, 1761 to 1768. Equerry to the Queen Consort 1761-1769.
Governor of the Castle of Dumbarton, 1764, and Deputy Ranger of
Hyde Park and St. James's Park, 1766; Governor of Edinburgh Castle,
1782. Representative Peer for Scotland, 1776-1796. He married,
30 March, 1772, Lady Jean, eldest daughter of George Lindsay,
18th Earl of Crawford and Lindsay. She died, 22 January, 1778, at
Eglinton Castle. He married secondly, 9 August, 1783, Frances,
daughter of Sir William Twisden, 6th Baronet of Roydon. He died 30
October, 1796.

JAMES DRUMMOND ELPHINSTONE.

Major, exchanged from half pay in Watteville's corps, 7 September,
1818.

CHRISTOPHER ERIE.

Second Lieutenant, 12 December, 1894.

JAMES ERSKINE.

As Ensign, 24 July, 1722. Cornet, 2 November, 1722. Made
Lieutenant, 23 April, 1742. Made Captain-Lieutenant, 27 May, 1742.

WILLIAM ERSKINE.

Captain, 12 June, 1717. Major, 21 March, 1722-3. He is made
Lieutenant-Colonel of "late Kerr's" Regiment, and is succeeded by
Captain Sir Thomas Hay, on 6 February, 1740-1.

G. H. FALCONAR.

Cornet, 2 November, 1809. Lieutenant by purchase, 21 November,
1811, in place of Cunningham. Captain by purchase, 5 October, 1815.
In 1816 on half pay.

Led a squadron of the Greys at Waterloo. He was great-uncle to Col.
Coventry Williams, lately commanding the regiment (see p. 258).

FRANCIS GLENNIE FARQUHAR.

Cornet by purchase, 14 June, 1864. Lieutenant by purchase, 25
September, 1867. Captain by purchase, 2 August, 1871. Major, 1
July, 1881. Lieutenant-Colonel, 5 July, 1886.

PETER FARQUHARSON.

Cornet in roll ending 24 June, 1761.

RICHARD TWISTLETON FAWCETT.

Lieutenant, 27 April, 1815. Captain, 25 October, 1825. Retired, 23
February, 1838.

CECIL WILLIAM MONTAGUE FEILDEN.

Born, 13 January, 1863. Lieutenant, 2 August, 1882. Captain,
14 February, 1891. A.D.C. (extra) to Lt.-Gen., and Gen. Gov.
Ireland, 2 February, 1891, to 17 August, 1892. Ditto, 3 October,
1892, to 8 July, 1895. Ditto, 30 July, 1895, to 31 October, 1895.
Private Secretary to Commander-in-chief, 1 November, 1895, to 15
January, 1897.

Major, 1901. Served in South Africa, 1899; wounded 18th February,
and died of wounds 20th February, 1902 (see p. 132).

WILLIAM LEYLAND FEILDEN.

Cornet by purchase, 5 July, 1853.

THOMAS CHARLES FENTON.

Captain, 6 April, 1815. (2 January, 1812, on half-pay in 4th
Dragoons.) Retired, 24 June, 1819.

ROBERT ORDE FENWICK.

Appointed Cornet, 5 August, 1803. Lieutenant, 27 February, 1806.
Resigned, 24 June, 1807.

JOHN FERGUSSON.

From Quartermaster-Sergeant, to Quartermaster, 12 April, 1864.
Died, 27 September, 1871.

PATRICK FERGUSON.