Charles Lenoe.
Appointed 21st April 1721.
Charles Lenoe entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, his first commission bearing date the 4th of December 1704; he served under the Duke of Marlborough, and on the 21st of April 1721, Lieut.-Colonel Lenoe was promoted from the Coldstream guards to be Colonel of the Thirty-sixth regiment, from which he was removed to the Eighth or King’s regiment on the 8th of May 1732, the colonelcy of which he retained until his decease in December 1738.
John Moyle.
Appointed 14th May 1732.
This officer entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and served with reputation under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough; he rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of a newly raised regiment of infantry, and in 1708 was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the army. At the peace of Utrecht in 1713, his regiment was disbanded. Colonel Moyle was advanced to the rank of Brigadier-General on the 13th of March 1727. On the 14th of May 1732, King George II. conferred the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment on Brigadier-General Moyle, who was promoted to the rank of Major-General on the 5th of November 1735. In June 1737, he was removed to the Twenty-second regiment. Major-General Moyle died on the 3d of November 1738.
Humphrey Bland.
Appointed 27th June 1737.
Humphrey Bland served in several campaigns on the continent under the famous John Duke of Marlborough, as a Lieutenant and Captain of horse. He afterwards served as Lieut.-Colonel in Spain, and on the 27th of July 1710 was wounded at the battle of Almanara. In 1715, when a number of new corps were raised, King George I. appointed him Lieut.-Colonel of the Eleventh dragoons, and he was instrumental with his regiment in suppressing the rebellion which broke out in Scotland towards the end of that year; he was afterwards appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Second horse, now First Dragoon guards, and having distinguished himself as an efficient and loyal officer, he was on the 27th of June 1737, promoted to the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment, from which he was removed, in 1741, to the Thirteenth dragoons, and two years afterwards to the Third or King’s Own dragoons. He had his horse shot under him at the battle of Dettingen on the 27th of June 1743; on the 30th of March 1745, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General; he displayed great gallantry at the battle of Fontenoy on the 11th of May following, and highly distinguished himself in the battle of Culloden on the 16th of April 1746; he was advanced to the rank of Lieut.-General on the 12th of September 1747. In July 1752 he was removed to the First Dragoon guards, the colonelcy of which regiment he retained until his decease in 1763.
James Fleming.