The Honorable James Murray.
Appointed 5th June, 1789.
The Honorable James Murray served in the Fifteenth regiment, in which corps he attained the rank of major, and was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy on the 5th of January, 1751. He commanded the Fifteenth in the expedition against Rochefort, under Lieut.-General Sir John Mordaunt, in 1757, and at the capture of Louisbourg, in 1758; in 1759 he commanded a brigade at the battle and capture of Quebec, under the renowned Major-General James Wolfe; in 1760 he led a division up the river St. Lawrence, and contributed to the reduction of Montreal, which completed the conquest of Canada from the French. He was promoted to colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Sixtieth regiment in 1759, and to the local rank of major-general in America in 1760. In 1762 he was advanced to the rank of major-general; and in 1767 he was removed to the colonelcy of the Thirteenth regiment. He was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in 1772, and to that of general in 1783; in 1789 he was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He died in 1794.
James Hamilton.
Appointed 20th June, 1794.
After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this officer was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS, on the 11th of March, 1774. He served in North America during two campaigns of the war of independence,—was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1787, and was appointed colonel of the Fifteenth foot in 1792, from which he was removed to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS in 1794. He obtained the rank of lieut.-general in 1797, and that of general in 1802. His decease occurred in 1803.
The Honorable William Gordon.
Appointed 6th August, 1803.
The Honorable William Gordon was appointed captain in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, when that corps was raised in the year 1759; in October, 1762, he was appointed lieut.-colonel of the 105th regiment, and in 1777 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Eighty-first regiment, which was afterwards disbanded. In 1781 he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1789 was nominated colonel of the Seventy-first Highlanders. He was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general in 1793, to that of general in 1798, and was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1803. He died in 1816.
James, Lord Forbes.