Lord Lucas entered the army, and served under King William in Flanders; and he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Thirteenth Regiment, commanded by Sir John Jacobs. On the breaking out of the war of the Spanish succession, his Lordship took great interest in raising a regiment of foot, now the Thirty-fourth, of which he was appointed colonel by King William, in February, 1702.
Queen Anne superseded his Lordship’s commission as Governor of the Tower, and appointed the Earl of Abingdon to that dignity, with the title of Constable.
Lord Lucas retained the colonelcy of his regiment until his decease, on the 31st of January, 1705; when the dignity of Baron Lucas of Shenfield, in Essex, became extinct.
Hans Hamilton.
Appointed 1st February, 1705.
Hans Hamilton served in the wars of King William III., and acquired the reputation of a brave and meritorious officer: he was afterwards nominated to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Earl of Derby’s Regiment, now Sixteenth Foot, with which corps he proceeded to the Netherlands in the summer of 1701. He served under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough, during the campaigns of 1702 and 1703, in the Netherlands, and also in Germany in 1704, when the victories at Schellenberg and Blenheim exalted the reputation of the British arms. In February, 1705, he was rewarded with the colonelcy of the Thirty-fourth; and in the same year he was nominated quartermaster-general to the expedition to Spain, under General the Earl of Peterborough, and he served at the capture of Barcelona; also in other important transactions until 1706. He subsequently proceeded to Flanders, and having been promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1710, he commanded a brigade, under the Duke of Marlborough, during the campaign of 1711, when the enemy’s celebrated lines were passed at Arleux, and the fortress of Bouchain was besieged and captured. In 1713 he was removed to the Sixteenth Regiment, with which corps his early services were connected: and in 1715 he was succeeded by Richard Viscount Irwing. He died on the 24th of October, 1721.
Thomas Chudleigh.
Appointed 30th November, 1712.
The early services of Colonel Chudleigh were connected with the Sixteenth Regiment of Foot, with which corps he served with reputation, under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough, and his meritorious conduct was rewarded with the lieutenant-colonelcy of his regiment; from which he was promoted in 1712, to the colonelcy of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, with which corps he proceeded to Ireland in 1717. In 1723, he retired from the service, selling his commission. He died on the 14th of April, 1726.