Appointed 1st March, 1689.
This officer was a decided advocate for the principles of the Revolution of 1688, and King William nominated him to the colonelcy of the Scots Fusiliers, which corps he commanded in the Netherlands, under Prince Waldeck, and afterwards under the British monarch, who promoted him to the rank of brigadier-general. He served at the head of a brigade of infantry during the campaign of 1694; and was appointed governor of Deinse. He commanded the garrison of Deinse when that place was besieged, in July, 1695; and was dismissed the service, by sentence of a general court-martial, for surrendering without firing a shot.
Robert Mackay.
Appointed 13th November, 1695.
Robert Mackay, third son of John, Lord Reay, was an officer in the Scots Brigade in the Dutch service, and accompanied the Prince of Orange to England in 1688. He was promoted captain of the grenadier company in Major-General Hugh Mackay's regiment, and served in Scotland in 1689. He distinguished himself at the battle of Killicrankie, where he received several wounds, and was left for dead on the field of battle. He, however, showed some signs of life and was removed to a cottage by the enemy, and eventually recovered. He was soon afterwards promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel, and King William gave him the colonelcy of a newly raised Scots regiment (afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed, in 1695, to the Twenty-first Fusiliers. His constitution had become debilitated by severe service and numerous wounds, and he died at Tongue, the seat of his family, in December, 1696.
Archibald Row.
Appointed 1st January, 1697.
This officer entered the army in the reign of King James II., and at the Revolution in 1688 he joined the Prince of Orange, who promoted him to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Sixteenth regiment, with which corps he served in the Netherlands, and acquired the reputation of a brave and skilful officer. He served at the battles of Steenkirk and Landen, and at the siege of Namur; and was rewarded, in 1697, with the colonelcy of the Twenty-first Fusiliers. He served under the great Duke of Marlborough in 1703, and in 1704 he commanded a brigade at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim; on the last-mentioned occasion his brigade led the attack on the village of Blenheim, and he headed his own regiment with distinguished gallantry, advancing up to the enemy's palisades before he gave the word "fire." In a moment afterwards he was shot, and thus closed a life of honor with a death of glory. His valour has rendered his name immortal in the history of his country.
John, Viscount Mordaunt.
Appointed 25th August, 1704.