Lord Frederick Cavendish, third son of William (third) Duke of Devonshire, was honoured with having the Prince of Wales (father of King George III.) for his godfather. Choosing the profession of arms, he entered the army as ensign in the First foot guards, and was appointed lieutenant and captain in the Second foot guards in 1752; in 1755 he was nominated lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-ninth regiment; he was honoured with the appointment of aide-de-camp to King George II., with the rank of colonel, in 1758, and in 1759 he obtained the colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, from which he was removed in 1760 to the Thirty-fourth. He was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1761,—to that of lieutenant-general in 1770,—general in 1782,—and field-marshal in 1796. In 1797 he resigned the colonelcy of his regiment. He died in October, 1803.
Sir Henry Erskine, Bart.
Appointed 30th October, 1760.
Sir Henry Erskine was an officer of the Royal regiment, in which corps he was appointed captain on the 12th of March, 1743; in April, 1746, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and held the appointment of Deputy-Quartermaster-General to the expedition under Lieutenant-General St. Clair, which made a descent on the French coast, in which service he was wounded. In June, 1759, he was promoted to the rank of major-general; and in October, 1760, he obtained the colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, from which he was removed in 1761 to the Twenty-fifth regiment, and in 1762 to the colonelcy of the Royals. He was a Member of Parliament, and Secretary to the Order of the Thistle, and died in August, 1765.
Hamilton Lambert.
Appointed 29th May, 1761.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton Lambert, of the Thirty-first regiment, was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army on the 1st of March, 1761. Shortly afterwards he proceeded with the expedition for the attack of Belle-Isle, in the Bay of Biscay, under Major-General Hodgson. Colonel Lambert received the rank of brigadier-general on this expedition, and highly distinguished himself in the capture of Belle-Isle, which surrendered on the 7th of June, 1761. Brigadier-General Lambert's services at Belle-Isle are narrated at pages 5 and 6 of the Historical Record of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment, the colonelcy of which was conferred upon him by His Majesty King George III., on the 29th of May, 1761. On the 10th of July, 1762, he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and was advanced to that of lieutenant-general, on the 25th of May, 1772. Lieutenant-General Lambert died in the year 1774.
Edward Maxwell Brown.
Appointed 11th March, 1774.
The early services of this officer are connected with the Twenty-first, Royal North British Fusiliers, which regiment served in Germany during the war of the Austrian Succession, and was present at the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy. At the battle of Fontenoy, on the 11th of May, 1745, Lieutenant Maxwell was wounded. On the 7th of August, 1749, he was promoted to a company in the Twenty-first regiment; and on the 17th of September, 1757, was advanced to the rank of major. Major Maxwell was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the same regiment on the 27th of April, 1758. In the year 1761, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Maxwell commanded the Twenty-first Fusiliers in the expedition under Major-General Hodgson, for the attack of Belle-Isle. The island was captured with much difficulty, but was restored to the French at the peace in 1763, in exchange for Minorca. Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell obtained the rank of colonel in the army on the 25th of May, 1772; and on the 11th of March, 1774, was appointed by His Majesty King George III. to the colonelcy of the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment. He was further advanced to the rank of major-general on the 29th of August, 1777; and to that of lieutenant-general on the 20th of November, 1782. In 1786, Lieutenant-General Edward Maxwell was permitted to assume the additional surname of Brown. On the 3rd of May, 1796, he was promoted to the rank of general. The decease of General Edward Maxwell Brown occurred in the year 1803.