9. The following seven regiments were raised, and added to the establishment of the army, in January, 1741; and in consequence of the disbandment of Colonel Spotswood’s, afterwards Gooche’s, American Provincials, and also of the ten regiments of Marines, the numerical titles of six of these regiments were changed, after the peace of 1748, as specified in the following list; viz.:—
| 54th | Regt., | com. by Colonel | Thomas Fowke, | now the | 43rd Regt. |
| 55th | ” | ” | James Long, | ” | 44th Regt. |
| 56th | ” | ” | D. Houghton, | ” | 45th Regt. |
| 57th | ” | ” | James Price, | ” | 46th Regt. |
| 58th | ” | ” | J. Mordaunt, | ” | 47th Regt. |
| 59th | ” | ” | J. Cholmondeley, | ” | 48th Regt. |
| 60th | ” | ” | H. De Grangue, disbanded in 1748. | ||
10. The Forty-ninth regiment was formed in the year 1743, of two companies of one of the regiments raised in the reign of Queen Anne, which had remained at Jamaica, and of six other companies formed in that colony. The command was given to Colonel Edward Trelawny, then Governor of Jamaica. It was retained on the establishment after the peace of 1748, and numbered the 49th regiment.
11. On the recommencement of hostilities with France in 1755, fifty companies of Marines were raised, under the direction and control of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. These companies were formed into three divisions, at the principal naval stations, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham.[50] The Corps of Marines having been raised in 1755, and since that period retained on the establishment, as a branch of the permanent national force of Navy, Army, and Marines, have been authorised to rank, when acting with infantry of the line, next to the forty-ninth Regiment, as directed by His Majesty King George IV. in the following General Order, dated
“Horse-Guards, 30th March, 1820.
“In reference to the Regulations regarding Precedence of Regiments (as contained in page 10 of the General Regulations and Orders of the Army), His Majesty has been graciously pleased to command, that the Royal Marines, when acting with the Troops of the Line, shall take their station next to the forty-ninth Regiment.
“By Command of H. R. H. the Commander-in-Chief.
“Henry Torrens, Adjutant-General.”
12. In the year 1745 two regiments were raised for service in North America, by Colonel William Shirley and Colonel Sir William Pepperell. In 1754 they were numbered the 50th and 51st Regiments.
13. In December, 1755, eleven regiments were raised and added to the establishment of the army; and in consequence of the disbandment of Colonel Shirley’s and Sir William Pepperell’s regiments in 1757, the eleven regiments, above alluded to, were ranked two numbers higher in the list of regiments of infantry, as shown in the following list; viz.:—