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Original Officers of the 50 Companies of Marines raised in March 1755, by Company

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Company Officer Commission Location
Lt. Col. James  Patterson March 23, 1755 Portsmouth
Lt. Col. Theodore  Dury March 24, 1755 Plymouth
Lt. Col. Charles Gordon March 25, 1755 Chatham
Major Richard Bendyshe March 23, 1755 Portsmouth
Major Charles Leighton March 24, 1755 Plymouth
Major James  Burleigh March 25, 1755 Chatham
1 Captain Hector Boisrond February 4, 1755 Portsmouth
1 1st Lieut. Daniel Campbell February 4, 1755 Portsmouth
1 2nd Lieut. Sir William Wescombe December 16, 1754 Portsmouth
1 2nd Lieut. John Barbor February 4, 1755 Portsmouth
2 Captain Gabriel Sediere February 5, 1755 Plymouth
2 1st Lieut. Dudley Crofts February 5, 1755 Plymouth
2 2nd Lieut. Abraham Hilton December 17, 1754 Plymouth
2 2nd Lieut. Robert Cotton February 5, 1755 Plymouth
3 Captain John McKenzie February 6, 1755 Chatham
3 1st Lieut. George Langley February 6, 1755 Chatham
3 2nd Lieut. Styles Ravenscroft December 18, 1754 Chatham
3 2nd Lieut. George Norbury February 6, 1755 Chatham
4 Captain Charles Repington February 7, 1755 Portsmouth
4 1st Lieut. James Hill February 7, 1755 Portsmouth
4 2nd Lieut. Francis Allesieu December 19, 1754 Portsmouth
4 2nd Lieut. John Hughes February 7, 1755 Portsmouth
5 Captain Alexander Cumming February 8, 1755 Plymouth
5 1st Lieut. Alexander Cathcart February 8, 1755 Plymouth
5 2nd Lieut. John Forster December 20, 1754 Plymouth
5 2nd Lieut. Robert Johnston February 8, 1755 Plymouth
6 Captain Sir Robert Abercrombie, Bt. February 9, 1755 Chatham
6 1st Lieut. Francis Hay February 9, 1755 Chatham
6 2nd Lieut. John Tupper December 21, 1754 Chatham
6 2nd Lieut. William Deane February 9, 1755 Chatham
7 Captain Alexander Douglas February 10, 1755 Portsmouth
7 1st Lieut. Donald McDonald February 10, 1755 Portsmouth
7 2nd Lieut. Stephen Nevinson December 22, 1754 Portsmouth
7 2nd Lieut. William Gosling February 10, 1755 Portsmouth
8 Captain Edward Rycaut February 11, 1755 Plymouth
8 1st Lieut. John Suttie February 11, 1755 Plymouth
8 2nd Lieut. George Maltby December 23, 1754 Plymouth
8 2nd Lieut. Hon. Francis J. Leslie February 11, 1755 Plymouth
9 Captain John Wright February 12, 1755 Chatham
9 1st Lieut. Edward Howarth February 12, 1755 Chatham
9 2nd Lieut. Erskine McKenzie December 24, 1754 Chatham
9 2nd Lieut. Mordecai Abbot February 12, 1755 Chatham
10 Captain Thomas Dawes February 13, 1755 Portsmouth
10 1st Lieut. Robert Douglas February 13, 1755 Portsmouth
10 2nd Lieut. Charles Templeman December 25, 1754 Portsmouth
10 2nd Lieut. John Ridsdale February 13, 1755 Portsmouth
11 Captain John Tufton Mason February 14, 1755 Plymouth
11 1st Lieut. John Phillips February 14, 1755 Plymouth
11 2nd Lieut. Richard Mompesson December 26, 1754 Plymouth
11 2nd Lieut. Edward Hornby February 14, 1755 Plymouth
12 Captain Thomas Sheldon February 15, 1755 Chatham
12 1st Lieut. John Brown February 15, 1755 Chatham
12 2nd Lieut. Griffith Williams December 27, 1754 Chatham
12 2nd Lieut. John Sullivan February 15, 1755 Chatham
13 Captain Thomas Moore February 16, 1755 Portsmouth
13 1st Lieut. Colin Campbell February 16, 1755 Portsmouth
13 2nd Lieut. John Nugent December 28, 1754 Portsmouth
13 2nd Lieut. Charles Champion February 16, 1755 Portsmouth
14 Captain John Gordon February 17, 1755 Plymouth
14 1st Lieut. Robert Ewer February 17, 1755 Plymouth
14 2nd Lieut. Robert McKay December 29, 1754 Plymouth
14 2nd Lieut. John Knox February 17, 1755 Plymouth
15 Captain Richard Barker February 18, 1755 Chatham
15 1st Lieut. Archibald Campbell February 18, 1755 Chatham
15 2nd Lieut. Hugh Arnott December 30, 1754 Chatham
15 2nd Lieut. Joseph Gulston February 18, 1755 Chatham
16 Captain James Dundas February 19, 1755 Portsmouth
16 1st Lieut. George Ord February 19, 1755 Portsmouth
16 2nd Lieut. William Sadler December 31, 1754 Portsmouth
16 2nd Lieut. George Innes February 19, 1755 Portsmouth
17 Captain George Maxwell February 20, 1755 Plymouth
17 1st Lieut. Lancelot Willan February 20, 1755 Plymouth
17 2nd Lieut. Stawel Chudleigh January 1, 1755 Plymouth
17 2nd Lieut. Harrie Innes February 20, 1755 Plymouth
18 Captain James Robertson February 21, 1755 Chatham
18 1st Lieut. William Frazer February 21, 1755 Chatham
18 2nd Lieut. John McFie January 2, 1755 Chatham
18 2nd Lieut. Leslie Brown February 21, 1755 Chatham
19 Captain John Campbell February 22, 1755 Portsmouth
19 1st Lieut. James Short February 22, 1755 Portsmouth
19 2nd Lieut. John Purver January 3, 1755 Portsmouth
19 2nd Lieut. Alexander Crawford February 22, 1755 Portsmouth
20 Captain Claud Hamilton February 23, 1755 Plymouth
20 1st Lieut. George Bossugue February 23, 1755 Plymouth
20 2nd Lieut. Nicholas Dunbar January 4, 1755 Plymouth
20 2nd Lieut. Robert Kennedy February 23, 1755 Plymouth
21 Captain John Bell February 24, 1755 Chatham
21 1st Lieut. James Mercer February 24, 1755 Chatham
21 2nd Lieut. Charles McKay January 5, 1755 Chatham
21 2nd Lieut. Robert Home February 24, 1755 Chatham
22 Captain John Dennis February 25, 1755 Portsmouth
22 1st Lieut. John Frazer February 25, 1755 Portsmouth
22 2nd Lieut. Turbeville Wainwright January 6, 1755 Portsmouth
22 2nd Lieut. Samuel Smith February 25, 1755 Portsmouth
23 Captain Thomas Dalton February 26, 1755 Plymouth
23 1st Lieut. William Aytoun Douglas February 26, 1755 Plymouth
23 2nd Lieut. Thomas Grant January 7, 1755 Plymouth
23 2nd Lieut. Alexander Ross February 26, 1755 Plymouth
24 Captain Thomas Whitwick February 27, 1755 Chatham
24 1st Lieut. Dennis Bond February 27, 1755 Chatham
24 2nd Lieut. Joseph Smith January 8, 1755 Chatham
24 2nd Lieut. Andrew Elliot February 27, 1755 Chatham
25 Captain James Hamilton February 28, 1755 Portsmouth
25 1st Lieut. Thomas Backhouse February 28, 1755 Portsmouth
25 2nd Lieut. Robert Walsh January 9, 1755 Portsmouth
25 2nd Lieut. Charles Fraser February 28, 1755 Portsmouth
26 Captain Roger Basket March 1, 1755 Plymouth
26 1st Lieut. Gerrard Dennet March 1, 1755 Plymouth
26 2nd Lieut. Edward Farmar January 10, 1755 Plymouth
26 2nd Lieut. John Campbell March 1, 1755 Plymouth
27 Captain Henry Graeme March 2, 1755 Chatham
27 1st Lieut. Thomas Troy March 2, 1755 Chatham
27 2nd Lieut. John Shuter January 11, 1755 Chatham
27 2nd Lieut. Archibald Campbell March 2, 1755 Chatham
28 Captain John Beaghan March 3, 1755 Portsmouth
28 1st Lieut. Edward Kyffin March 3, 1755 Portsmouth
28 2nd Lieut. John Chalmers January 12, 1755 Portsmouth
28 2nd Lieut. Alexander Campbell March 3, 1755 Portsmouth
29 Captain Samuel Prosser March 4, 1755 Plymouth
29 1st Lieut. George Gulston March 4, 1755 Plymouth
29 2nd Lieut. Benjamin Leaper January 13, 1755 Plymouth
29 2nd Lieut. Francis Dunne March 4, 1755 Plymouth
30 Captain Patrick McDowal March 5, 1755 Chatham
30 1st Lieut. Richard Dennison March 5, 1755 Chatham
30 2nd Lieut. Joshua Sabine January 14, 1755 Chatham
30 2nd Lieut. Henry Fletcher March 5, 1755 Chatham
31 Captain Alexander Irons March 6, 1755 Portsmouth
31 1st Lieut. William Thompson March 6, 1755 Portsmouth
31 2nd Lieut. Peter Livingston January 15, 1755 Portsmouth
31 2nd Lieut. William Fordyce March 6, 1755 Portsmouth
32 Captain Charles Webb March 7, 1755 Plymouth
32 1st Lieut. John Elliot March 7, 1755 Plymouth
32 2nd Lieut. Maurice Wemys January 16, 1755 Plymouth
32 2nd Lieut. James St. Clair March 7, 1755 Plymouth
33 Captain William Stacey March 8, 1755 Chatham
33 1st Lieut. John Pitcairn March 8, 1755 Chatham
33 2nd Lieut. George Waide January 17, 1755 Chatham
33 2nd Lieut. William Johnston March 8, 1755 Chatham
34 Captain Richard Brough March 9, 1755 Portsmouth
34 1st Lieut. James Perkins March 9, 1755 Portsmouth
34 2nd Lieut. Bowater John March 26, 1755 Portsmouth
34 2nd Lieut. George Preston March 9, 1755 Portsmouth
35 Captain Henry Smith March 10, 1755 Plymouth
35 1st Lieut. William Denis March 10, 1755 Plymouth
35 2nd Lieut. Samuel Barnes January 19, 1755 Plymouth
35 2nd Lieut. George Logan March 10, 1755 Plymouth
36 Captain John Johnston March 11, 1755 Plymouth
36 1st Lieut. Ralph Teesdale March 11, 1755 Chatham
36 2nd Lieut. William Biggs January 20, 1755 Plymouth
36 2nd Lieut. William Hardinge March 11, 1755 Plymouth
37 Captain Leathes Johnston March 12, 1755 Portsmouth
37 1st Lieut. Pierce Dent March 12, 1755 Portsmouth
37 2nd Lieut. William Rotheram January 21, 1755 Portsmouth
37 2nd Lieut. Robert Rochhead March 12, 1755 Portsmouth
38 Captain Christopher Gauntlet March 13, 1755 Plymouth
38 1st Lieut. Robert Shirley March 13, 1755 Plymouth
38 2nd Lieut. Thomas Groves January 22, 1755 Plymouth
38 2nd Lieut. William Forster March 13, 1755 Plymouth
39 Captain Arthur Tooker Collins March 14, 1755 Portsmouth
39 1st Lieut. Daniel Campbell March 14, 1755 Portsmouth
39 2nd Lieut. Thornhill Heathcote January 23, 1755 Portsmouth
39 2nd Lieut. Benjamin Dobbs March 14, 1755 Portsmouth
40 Captain Walter Carruthers March 15, 1755 Plymouth
40 1st Lieut. John Blinkthorne March 15, 1755 Plymouth
40 2nd Lieut. Robert Chappell January 24, 1755 Plymouth
40 2nd Lieut. John Barclay March 15, 1755 Plymouth
41 Captain John Vere March 16, 1755 Portsmouth
41 1st Lieut. William Lutman March 16, 1755 Portsmouth
41 2nd Lieut. William Nethersole January 25, 1755 Portsmouth
41 2nd Lieut. John McKay March 16, 1755 Portsmouth
42 Captain William Picton March 17, 1755 Plymouth
42 1st Lieut. Thomas Wight March 17, 1755 Plymouth
42 2nd Lieut. Hon. Francis Napier January 26, 1755 Plymouth
42 2nd Lieut. Duncan Monro March 17, 1755 Plymouth
43 Captain Richard Shuckburgh March 18, 1755 Portsmouth
43 1st Lieut. William Rowley March 18, 1755 Portsmouth
43 2nd Lieut. Laurence Mercer January 27, 1755 Portsmouth
43 2nd Lieut. John Alexander March 18, 1755 Portsmouth
44 Captain Richard Hawkins March 19, 1755 Plymouth
44 1st Lieut. Thomas Stamper March 19, 1755 Plymouth
44 2nd Lieut. William Douglas January 28, 1755 Plymouth
44 2nd Lieut. John Graham March 19, 1755 Plymouth
45 Captain George Maddison March 20, 1755 Portsmouth
45 1st Lieut. Thomas Airey March 20, 1755 Portsmouth
45 2nd Lieut. Peter Campbell January 29, 1755 Portsmouth
45 2nd Lieut. Hugh Lloyd March 20, 1755 Portsmouth
46 Captain Charles Grey March 21, 1755 Plymouth
46 1st Lieut. Thomas Smith March 21, 1755 Plymouth
46 2nd Lieut. Arthur Bridger January 30, 1755 Plymouth
46 2nd Lieut. Colin Graham March 21, 1755 Plymouth
47 Captain Robert Burdet March 22, 1755 Portsmouth
47 1st Lieut. John Barnwell Waller March 22, 1755 Portsmouth
47 2nd Lieut. William Souter January 31, 1755 Portsmouth
47 2nd Lieut. Patrick Stuart March 22, 1755 Portsmouth
48 Captain John Yeo March 23, 1755 Plymouth
48 1st Lieut. Charles Fletcher March 23, 1755 Plymouth
48 2nd Lieut. Mathew Shaftoe February 1, 1755 Plymouth
48 2nd Lieut. Abraham Bosomworth March 23, 1755 Plymouth
49 Captain Robert Parkhurst March 24, 1755 Portsmouth
49 1st Lieut. Benjamin Edwards March 24, 1755 Portsmouth
49 2nd Lieut. William Lewis February 2, 1755 Portsmouth
49 2nd Lieut. Adam Lodge March 24, 1755 Portsmouth
50 Captain Hon. Alexander Leslie March 25, 1755 Portsmouth
50 1st Lieut. Enoch Markham March 25, 1755 Portsmouth
50 2nd Lieut. Charles Hughes February 3, 1755 Portsmouth
50 2nd Lieut. John Armstrong March 25, 1755 Portsmouth

Updates to the 50th & 51st Foot

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Below is a list of officers who should have been included on the 1755 Army List but appeared on the 1756 List.

50th Foot:

Captains:

Staates Long Morris                        12 Feb. 1755 (ex. from King’s ind. coy. (New-York) (c.l.))

 

Lieutenants:

Thomas Moncrief[1]     (20/9/54) 17 Dec. 1754 (ex. from 51st F.)

Estes Hatch                                         19 Dec. 1754 (ex. from h-p Shirley’s F.)

Robert McKinen                               24 Dec. 1754 (ex. from h-p Pepperell’s F.; (McKinnon, Mackenin))

Nathaniel Brinley                             29 Dec. 1754

Jeremiah Tinker                                 10 Apr. 1755

 

Ensigns:

Thomas Fortye                                  17 Dec. 1754

Joseph Goldthwaite                         20 Dec. 1754

John Billings                                        21 Dec. 1754

Arent Schuyler de Peister  (Deposter)              30 Apr. 1755

 

51st Foot:

Captains:

William Williams[4]                          24 Dec. 1754

James Delancey                                     25 Dec. 1754

 

Lieutenants:

David Haldane         (30/9/54) 31 Oct. 1754

Daniel Tilton                            1 Jan. 1755

Nathaniel Williams                 2 Jan. 1755

(–) Rose                                                 (–)

 

Ensigns:

Benjamin White                                19 Dec. 1754 (ex. from h-p Pepperell’s F.)

Theophilus Dame                             02 Jan. 1755

Henry Isaac Wondall (Wendel)     18 Feb. 1755

Courtland Schuyler                          24 Apr. 1755

 

An 18th Century Boxing Match

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Bristol, Feb. 14, 1756 “We hear that at a Boxing Match lately fought near this City, the Person who gave the Challenge was found by the Surgeon that attended him in the following melancholy Condition, viz one Eye beaten out, eight Ribs broke, his Brisket sunk in, his Omoplates [shoulder blades] in four Quarters, and his under Jaw-Bone in three pieces; it is said that he is since dead.  The other Combatant had his Nose struck level with his Face, his Collar-Bone broke, and his Left Ear torn off.”

from the The Leeds Intelligencer (Leeds, England), Tuesday, February 24, 1756; pg. 1; Issue 87.

Chronology of Events for December 1755

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December 20, 1755: “A proclamation was issued for prolonging the term, during which gunpowder shall not be exported, for six months.  Also another proclamation for continuing the bounty to seamen and land men till the first of February.”

December 27, 1755: “Brest, Dec. 27. By a late survey of the naval stores, and the representations of the several boards of works throughout the kingdom, it is found that a sufficient quantity of materials are already imported and deposited in his majesty’s magazines, for the equipment of 150 sail of the line. Orders have since been sent hither for the construction of ten new ships, to Rochefort for eight, and to Toulon for the construction of five, all upwards of 50 guns.”