SUCCESSION LISTS OF COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OF THE 92ND GORDON HIGHLANDERS.

COLONELS.

George, Marquis of Huntly,May3,1796Sir John Hope, G.C.H.,Jan.29,1820
Served as Brigadier-General in Ireland in1798Cadet in Houston’s Brigade,1778
Went to Holland,1799Ensign,1779
Wounded at Egmont-op-Zee,Oct.2,1799Captain,1782
Major-General,Jan.1,1801Captain 60th Foot,1787
Colonel of the 42nd,Jan.3,1806Captain 13th Light Dragoons,June30,1788
Lieut.-General,April1808Aide-de-Camp to Sir Wm. Erskine,1793and1794
General,Aug.1809Major 28th Light Dragoons,1795
To the 1st (Royal Foot),1820Lieut.-Colonel,1796
K.G.C.B., Duke of Gordon,1827Served at the Cape,1798–1799
Governor of Edinburgh Castle and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland,1834To 32nd Foot,1799
Removed to the Scots Fusilier Guards,1834In the West Indies,1800–1804
Died,May28,1836Assistant Adjutant-General in Scotland,1805
John, Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.B.,Jan.3,1806Deputy Adjutant-General to Copenhagen,1807
Cornet Light Dragoons,May28,1784Brigadier-General to the Staff, N. Britain,1808
Lieutenant in 27th Foot,1786And then Deputy Adjutant-General there,1809
Captain 17th Light Dragoons,1789Major-General,1810
Major in 1st Foot,1792On the Peninsular Staff,1812
Lieut.-Col. 25th,1793For Salamanca, a medal.
M.P. for Linlithgowshire,1796On the Staff in Ireland and N. Britain till 1819; made Lieut.-General and G.C.H.,1819
Deputy Adjutant-General in Holland,1799Colonel of the 92nd,Jan.29,1820
Adjutant-General to the Army in the Mediterranean,1800To the 72nd Highlanders,Sept.6,1823
Served in Egypt,1801Died,Aug.1,1836
Colonel of the Lowland Fencible Infantry and Major-General,1802Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, G.C.H.,Sept.6,1823
Deputy Governor of Portsmouth,1805Removed to the 37th Regiment,July20,1831
Lieut.-General,April25,1808John, Earl of Stair, K.T.,July20,1831
Commanded under Moore in Spain,1809Removed to the 46th Regiment,May31,1843
Succeeded in command on Moore’s death,1809Sir Wm. M’Bean, K.C.B.,May31,1843
Last on board the fleet at Corunna; K.C.B.,1809Sir John Macdonald, K.C.B.,June25,1855
Commander-in-Chief in Ireland,1813Lord Strathnairn, G.C.B., G.C.S.I.,June25,1866
At Nivelle, Nive, Bayonne,1813Sir John Campbell,March1869
Baron Niddry and Earl of Hopetoun,1814Lieut.-General. Died,Dec.28,1871
General,1819Lieut.-General George Staunton,Dec.29,1871
Colonel of the 42nd,1820
Died at Paris,Aug.27,1823

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Names.Date of Appointment.Date of Removal.Remarks.
The Marquis of Huntly, Lieut.-Col. CommandantFeb.10,1794May3,1796Promoted Colonel 92nd, May 3, 1796.
Charles ErskineMay1,1795March13,1807Died of wounds received in action near Alexandria, March 13, 1801.
James RobertsonOct.11,1798Aug.3,1804Retired on Half-pay.
Alexander NapierApril5,1801Jan.16,1809Killed at Corunna, Jan. 16, 1809.
James Willoughby GordonAug.4,1804June13,1808Quarter-Master General of the Forces, and promoted Lieut.-Col. Commandant of the Royal African Corps.
John CameronJune23,1808June16,1815Killed at Quatre Bras.
John LamontMar.30,1809Dec.25,1814Retired on Half-pay.
James MitchellJune13,1815Sept.1,1819Retired.
Sir Frederick StovinSept.2,1819Aug.8,1821Removed to the 90th Foot.
William Brydges NeynoeAug.9,1821Oct.3,1821Exchanged to H. P. of the 4th Foot.
David WilliamsonOct.4,1821Nov.20,1828Retired.
John MacdonaldNov.21,1828Nov.8,1846Promoted Major-General, Nov. 9, 1846.
John Alex. ForbesNov.9,1846Nov.22,1849Retired.
Mark Kerr AtherleyNov.23,1849Sept.25,1855
Geo. Edward ThoroldSept.25,1855Nov.10,1856Retired on Half-pay; 42nd, July 23, 1857; retired on full-pay, March 16, 1858. See [42nd R. H.]
Archibald Inglis LockhartDec.26,1857March1865Retired.
E. E. HainesMar.4,1865Sept.1,1865Retired.
Christian Monteith HamiltonSept.1,1865Dec.14,1865Retired.
Forbes M’BeanDec.15,1869Dec.23,1873Retired.
Arthur Wellington CameronDec.24,1873

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