“Our pleasure is, that this establishment of six regiments of marines and six other regiments for sea service do commence and take place from the respective times of raising.
“And our further pleasure is, that the order given by our dearest brother, the late King deceased, and such orders as are, or shall be, given by us, touching the pay or entertainment of our said forces, or any of them, or any charges thereunto belonging, shall be duly complied with; and that no new charge be added to this establishment without being communicated to our High Treasurer or Commissioners of our Treasury for the time being.
“Given at our Court at St. James’s, on the first day
“of June, in the first year of our reign.
“By Her Majesty’s command,
“Godolphin.”
Prior to the decease of King William the reduction of Cadiz had been contemplated, after which it was resolved to embark an expedition against the possessions of Spain in the West Indies. Queen Anne following out this policy, it was arranged that a combined fleet of English and Dutch ships, consisting of fifty sail of the line, besides frigates, under Admiral Sir George Rooke, and a land force, amounting to nearly fourteen thousand men, under the command of the Duke of Ormond, should proceed to the coast of Spain. The following corps were selected for this service, namely,—
| Officers and Men. | ||
| Lloyd’s dragoons, now Third light dragoons (detachment) | 275 | |
| Foot guards, the Grenadier and Coldstream | 755 | |
| Sir H. Bellasis, now Second foot | 834 | |
| Churchill’s, now Third foot | 834 | |
| Seymour’s, now Fourth foot | 834 | |
| Columbine’s, now Sixth foot | 724 | |
| O’Hara’s, three companies, now Seventh Royal fusiliers | 313 | |
| Erle’s, now Nineteenth foot | 724 | |
| Gustavus Hamilton’s, now Twentieth foot | 724 | |
| Villiere’s marines, five companies, now Thirty-first foot | 520 | |
| Fox’s marines, now Thirty-second foot | 834 | |
| Donegal’s, now Thirty-fifth foot | 724 | |
| Charlemont’s, now Thirty-sixth foot | 724 | |
| Shannon’s marines | 834 | |
| —— | ||
| 9,653 | ||
| Dutch regiments commanded by Major-General Baron Sparre and Brigadier Pallandt | 3,924 | |
| 13,577 |
The Thirty-sixth regiment, having been selected as part of the force to share in this enterprise, was withdrawn from Ireland, and proceeded to the Isle of Wight in June 1702, and embarked for Cadiz in July.
In the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Museum, the embarkation return of the regiment is preserved, of which the following is a copy:—
| The Right Honble ye Lord Viscount Charlemont’s Regt. | ||
| Captains. | Lieutenants. | |
| On board the Grey. | ┌ Wm Lord Charlemont, Colonel. | James Crofton |
| │ Charles Wills, Lieut.-Colonel. | Wm Whitaker | |
| │ Arthur Moore, Major | Jas. Bamber | |
| │ Thos. Alnutt | Alex. Foster | |
| └ Henry Frankland | James Brough | |