 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 424 pagina’s
...earl Cadogan, April 17, 1718. On the death of the duke of Marlborough in 1722, he was master general of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards. He died July i7, 1726.—No officer was ever so much relied on by the dufceof Marlborough as general... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 604 pagina’s
...George I. on September 24th following, reinstated' captain general of his Majesty's forces, master of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards, and appointed one of the privy-council. But in 1716, Coxe says, " Marlborough also was among the dissatisfied.... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - 1812 - 604 pagina’s
...George I. on September 24th following, reinstated ' captain general of his Majesty's forces, master of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards, and appointed one of the privy-council. But in 1716, Coxe says, " Marlborough also was among the dissatisfied.... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - 1829 - 444 pagina’s
...days afterwards, constituted General and Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces, Master General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the First Regiment of Foot Guards, in the room of his Grace; and, on June 23, 1723, he was declared one of the Lords Justices of Great Britain... | |
 | 1833 - 600 pagina’s
...1720. On the death of Marlborough, in 1722, he was made general and commander-in-chief of the forces, mastergeneral of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards. At the duke's funeral, he is accused of having appeared indecorously dressed, and of having displayed,... | |
 | John Marshall Deane - 1846 - 94 pagina’s
...commander-in-chief of all the forces upon the death of the duke of Marlborough, June 16th, 1722. He was also master-general of the ordnance and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards. The earl died, July 17th, 1726, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. 9.— Page 4. " Major General... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1848 - 566 pagina’s
...much more than the taste and concern, of those who directed his obsequies. He was succeeded as master of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards, by Earl Cadogan. mitted him to the Tower for high-treason. The Earl of CHAP. Orrery, Lords North and... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1848 - 568 pagina’s
...much more than the taste and concern, of those who directed his obsequies. He was succeeded as master of the ordnance, and colonel of the first regiment of foot guards, by Earl Cadogan. mitted him to the Tower for high-treason. The Earl of CHAP. Orrery, Lords North and... | |
 | 1867 - 510 pagina’s
...of the Royal Horse Guards. In 1757 he was created Viscount Ligonier of Enniskillen, a Field-Marshal, Master-General of the Ordnance, and Colonel of the First Regiment of Foot Guards. In 1760, Commander-in-Chief, and in 1762 Viscount Ligonier of Clonmel, with remainder to his nephew, Captain... | |
 | sir Frederick William Hamilton - 1874 - 628 pagina’s
...Masham, and in the following summer in the command of the British infantry by Lieutenaut-General Witners, the lieutenant-colonel of the First Guards. On the...intelligence of the plot, and took all necessary preventive 1~22. measures to defeat it. They induced the king to postpone his journey to Hanover, and move to... | |
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June, 1722, general commanding-in-chief, master-general of the ordnance, and colonel of the First Regiment of Foot Guards. 