Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot / containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844

by Richard Cannon

OF THE

THIRTY-FOURTH,

OR,

THE CUMBERLAND REGIMENT

OF

FOOT.

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Robert Lord Lucas.

Appointed 12th February, 1702.

Robert Lord Lucas was distinguished for his attachment to the interests of civil and religious liberty; and at the revolution in 1688, when King James II. had fled in disguise, and London was in great confusion, his Lordship was nominated, by a committee assembled for the preservation of tranquillity, to take the charge of the Tower. This appointment was confirmed to Lord Lucas by King William III., who gave his Lordship a commission of Governor of the Tower of London.