The Honorable James St. Clair.
Appointed 30th October, 1734.
The Honorable James St. Clair entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and served under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough. He was several years an officer in the third foot guards, in which corps he rose to the commission of major, with the rank of colonel, and in 1734 King George II. nominated him to the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, from which he was removed, in 1737, to the first, the royal regiment. In 1739 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general; in 1741 to that of major-general; and to that of lieut.-general in 1745, at which time he was performing the duty of quartermaster-general in the Netherlands, to the army commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. In the following year he commanded an expedition which was originally designed for the attack of the French settlements in Canada; but was countermanded, and afterwards proceeded against the French seaport L'Orient and the peninsula of Quiberon; no important results were, however, achieved. He was subsequently employed on an embassy to the courts of Vienna and Turin.[12] On the decease of his brother, in 1750, he became entitled to the dignity of Lord Sinclair, a Scottish peerage; but he preferred a seat in the House of Commons, of which he had been many years a member, and therefore did not assume the title. In 1761 he was promoted to the rank of general. He died at Dysart, in November, 1762.
John Moyle.
Appointed 27th June, 1737.
John Moyle 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 foot, and in 1708 was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army. At the peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded. In 1723 King George I. conferred the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment on Colonel Moyle, who was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1727, and to that of major-general in 1735; in 1737 he was removed to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He died on the 3rd of November, 1738.
Thomas Paget.
Appointed 13th December, 1738.
This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III., and was many years an officer of the eighth horse, now seventh dragoon guards, with which corps he served under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough. On the 1st of August, 1710, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the eighth horse; he was afterwards lieut.-colonel of the first troop of horse grenadier guards; and in July, 1732, was nominated colonel of the Thirty-second regiment, from which he was removed, in 1738, to the TWENTY-SECOND. In 1739 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died on the 28th of May, 1741.