Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844

by Richard Cannon

SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS

OF THE

THIRTY-FOURTH, OR CUMBERLAND, REGIMENT.

Names.	Dates of Appointment.		Dates of Removal, &c.
Thomas Dore	Feb.	12, 1702
Thomas Garth	March	24, 1705
Richard Visct. Irwin	Jan. 11, 1714-15
Thomas Whitney	July	22, 1715
James Paterson	Jan.	20, 1731	{ Died on ____ and succeeded
			{ on December 15, 1738.
John Hely	Dec.	15, 1738	{ Died on ____ and succeeded
			{ on August 12, 1741.
Maurice Powell	Aug.	12, 1741	{ Died on ____ and succeeded
			{ on February 17, 1745-6.
Charles Jeffreys	Feb. 17, 1745-6		{ Promoted to be colonel-commandant
			{ of Sixty-second Foot,
			{ on February 17, 1745-6.
John Reed	Jan.	7, 1756	Retired on May 5, 1769.
Hezekiah Fleming	April	27, 1758	{ Removed to Seventy-third
			{ regiment, on April 27, 1758.
Samuel Townshend	May	5, 1769	{ Retired on half-pay on May
			{ 20, 1775.
Barry St. Leger	May	20, 1775	Retired on May 20, 1785.
Robert Hoyes	May	20, 1785	{ Exchanged to half-pay Seventy-second
			{ regiment with Lieutenant-Colonel
			{ Hastings, on January 4, 1786.
Charles Hastings	Jan.	4, 1786	{ Placed on half-pay Sixty-fifth
			{ regiment, as captain, on November
			{ 11, 1789.
Aubrey Earl of Burford	Nov.	11, 1789	Retired on October 22, 1794.
Richd. Mark Dickens	Oct.	22, 1794	Died on December 14, 1808.
Dennis Mil Woodward	Sep.	1, 1795	Retired on November 23, 1796.
Francis Cuninghame	Nov.	23, 1796	{ Exchanged into Second Foot
			{ Guards with Lieut.-Colonel
			{ Gascoyne, on January 24, 1799.
Isaac Gascoyne	Jan.	24, 1799	{ Exchanged into Sixteenth
			{ Foot, on March 9, 1803, with
			{ Lieut.-Colonel Fancourt.
St. John Fancourt	March	9, 1803	Died in July, 1806.
David Parkhill	Dec.	12, 1805	Retired on August 20, 1807.
George Dodsworth	July	10, 1806	Died on May 17, 1809.

John Maister	Aug.	20, 1807	{ Placed on half-pay June 25,
			{ 1817, on the reduction of the
			{ army.
William Fenwick	Dec.	15, 1808	Retired on January 27, 1814.
Thomas Bradford	May	18, 1809	{ Exchanged to Eighty-second
			{ regiment with Lieut.-Colonel
			{ McDonnell on December 21, 1809.
Chichester McDonnell	Dec.	21, 1809	Died on July 31, 1811.
William Thornton	Aug.	1, 1811	{ Removed to Greek regiment
			{ of Light Infantry, on January
			{ 23, 1812.
John M. Everard	Jan.	23, 1812	{ Exchanged to Seventy-seventh
			{ regiment with Lieut.-Colonel
			{ Dunkin, on March 5, 1818.
Henry Roberts	Jan.	27, 1814	Died on April 1, 1816.
Henry C. Dickens	April	2, 1816	Retired on October 28, 1824.
John H. Dunkin	March	5, 1818	{ Placed on half-pay September
			{ 26, 1823.
Thomas Faunt	Oct.	28, 1824	Retired on June 28, 1827.
Colin Campbell	June	28, 1827	Retired May 8, 1828.
Henry R. Ferguson	May	8, 1828	{ Exchanged to half-pay, unattached,
			{ with Lieut.-Colonel
			{ Fox, on July 23, 1829.
Charles Richard Fox	July	23, 1829	{ Removed to the Grenadier
			{ Guards on October 8, 1830.
Richard Kelly	Oct.	8, 1830	Retired on May 9, 1834.
Honorable Henry Sutton Fane	May	9, 1834	{ Exchanged to half-pay, unattached,
			{ on February 9, 1838,
			{ with Lt.-Colonel Drummond.
W. C. Drummond	Feb.	9, 1838	Retired on February 10, 1838.
Richard Airey	Feb.	10, 1838	Now in command of the regiment.