Historical Record of the Thirty-first, or, the Huntingdonshire Regiment of Foot; / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1850

by Richard Cannon

Appointed 1st February 1706.

Lieut.-Colonel Josiah Churchill was promoted on the 1st of February 1706, to the colonelcy of the THIRTY-FIRST regiment, at that period serving as Marines. In March 1711 Colonel Churchill received permission from Her Majesty Queen Anne to sell his commission.

Sir Harry Goring, Bart.,

Appointed 1st March 1711.

Colonel Churchill having sold his commission, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Harry Goring, Bart., was promoted to the colonelcy of the THIRTY-FIRST regiment on the 1st of March, 1711. Sir Harry Goring retired on the 8th of September, 1716.

Lord John Kerr,

Appointed 8th September 1716.

Colonel Sir Harry Goring having retired, His Majesty King George the First conferred the colonelcy of the THIRTY-FIRST regiment on Lord John Kerr, the commission being dated 8th of September, 1716. His Lordship’s decease occurred on the 1st of August 1728.

The Honorable Charles Cathcart,