Appointment of Military Officers Replacing Departed Colleagues
Major General Richard St John St George and listed officers named to fill vacancies in the regiment replace Richard Harwood Edmund Corry and other officers. The roster includes Francis Bailie Captain in succession to Corry, plus Captains Lieutenants and Cornets named among Richard St George James Graham William Smith Christopher Conyers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard St. George's Drdzooitt
William Berkeley
Richard Harwood
Francis Bailie
Edmund Leslie Corry
Richard Shinton
James Graham
William Smith
Richard St. George
Christopher Conyers
British Forces in Flanders and Royal News From London
London reports expect a larger British force in Flanders this year than in any prior war time, with continued war talk from Versailles. Dispatches note recruiting drives, press garrisons, Irish lord lieutenant Devonshire’s return, and multiple marriage notices as various nobles wed. Also details on privateers, naval actions, French prizes, and financial market updates including South Sea stock and government ills.
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London
Flanders
Marquess de Fenelon
Court of Versailles
Recruiting Notices From Col Fleming's in London 1744
The Right Hon. the Earl of Stalt, Field Marshal and Commander in Chief, appoints regiments to recruit and receive volunteers in the counties named opposite each unit. Officers and noncommissioned officers are ordered to repair to their counties to attend meetings of commissioners for vigorous recruiting of His Majesty's Land Forces and Marines. Regiments listed cover London, Durham, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Cumberland, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Kent, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Surrey, Sussex, Bucks, and others with Ireland for certain counties near Bristol, Holyhead, Chester, Liverpool, and Whitehaven. Command by Field Marshal Earl of 74/R. C. Evirson, Dep. Adj. General.
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Flanders
Duke of Devonshire
Ireland
Piccadilly
St. James’s
London
Westminster
Guildhall
Henry White
Wood-Street
England
Wales
France
George Venables Vernon
Ely
Litchfield
Miss Harcourt
Viscount Harcourt
Sidbury
Derbyshire
Lord Carteret
Teddington
Westein
Prince of Wales
Anne Amyand
Castle-street
Earl of Stalt
Aarshai
Britain
Barrell
RearBaes
Mid
Bishoprick
Durham
Guife
North Riding of York Shire
Northumberland
Cumbereland
Hampshire
Wiltshire
Dorsets
Harlan
Shire
Lincolnshire
Somersetshire
Cestershire
Midadlesex
Wentworths
Desens
Some
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Lewis
Siezes
Claudius Amyand
John Furly
Rotterdam
N.S
White-Lyon- Court
Cornhill
Damouchel
Messrs
Ruffel and Sanderson
Linnen-Drapers
Mansion House
Hammersmith
Bellew
Lord Bellew
Kingdom of Ireland
Zachary Suger
St. Cuthbert
York
His Majesty
Chapel Royal
Mince
Portsmouth
Charles Hardy
St. George
Admiral Martin
Sandwich
Spithead
Mediterranean
Levant
Marseilles
Genoa
Valentia
Villafranca
Hudson
Downs
Cesar
Francois Fontain
St. Valery
Newcastle
Cape Sparte
Altho
Hunter
Oporto
Usshant
Doranenez
Brett
Plymouth
Patteraroes
St. Sebastian’s
London Gazette
Admiralty Office
Portugal
Burlings
Bayonne
Galicia
Saunders
Ostend
Dantzick
Dunkirk
Count Lowendahl
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
Inca
Dicto
Thalf Mullion Bank
Royal Exchange Assurance
India Ponds
Col. Fleming
Col
Chamley
Col. Richbell
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