GEORGE MORRISON.
Appointed 8th August, 1792.
This officer was appointed lieut.-colonel in the army, in 1761, he also held the appointment of deputy quarter-master-general, and in 1763 he was placed at the head of that department, where he remained many years. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1772, to that of major-general in 1777, lieut.-general in 1782, and general in 1796. He obtained the colonelcy of the seventy-fifth foot in 1779; was removed to the seventeenth foot in 1782; and to the King's Own, in 1792. He died in 1799.
JOHN EARL OF CHATHAM.
Appointed 5th December, 1799.
John Pitt succeeded, in 1778, to the dignity of Earl of Chatham. He served as a subaltern with the thirty-ninth foot at Gibraltar and in 1779 he was appointed captain in the eighty-sixth, or Rutland regiment, which was disbanded at the termination of the American war. In 1782 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel, and in 1788 he was appointed first lord of the admiralty, which he held six years. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1793, and to that of major-general in 1795, and in 1796 he was appointed president of the council. When the King's Own regiment was augmented, in 1799, to three battalions, he was appointed commandant of the second battalion; he proceeded in the same year to Holland, and commanded a brigade under the Duke of York in the actions of the 2nd and 6th of October, when he was wounded. In December he succeeded General Morrison in the colonelcy of the King's Own. In 1801 he was appointed master-general of the ordnance, which he held five years; in 1802 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and, in 1827, he was re-appointed master-general of the ordnance, which he held three years. His lordship was nominated in 1809 to the command of an expedition against Walcheren and Antwerp, which failed from the numerous delays which occurred in conducting the enterprise. In 1812 he was promoted to the rank of general. He was subsequently honoured with the dignity of knight of the garter; and, in 1820, he was appointed governor of Gibraltar. He died in 1835.
JOHN HODGSON.
Appointed 30th September, 1835.