SUCCESSION OF COLONELS
OF THE
FIFTY-THIRD,
OR,
THE SHROPSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.
William Whitmore,
Appointed 21st December, 1755.
William Whitmore served many years in the third foot guards; he was promoted to the rank of colonel in January, 1751; and in November, 1752, he was appointed major in his regiment. In the winter of 1755–6 he raised, formed, and disciplined a regiment of foot, now the FIFTY-THIRD, of which he was appointed colonel by commission dated the 21st of December, 1755. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in January, 1758, and removed to the ninth regiment of foot in October following. In December, 1760, he was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general. His decease occurred in 1771; at which period he was member of parliament for Portsmouth.
John Toovey,