Note 24 — HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SECOND,
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Lieut.-General Daniel Jones was promoted to the Colonelcy of the Queen's Royal from the Third Foot Guards, in which regiment he had attained the rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel on the 7th of November, 1759, and Major on the 18th of April, 1770. His commissions as a general officer were, Major-General on the 28th of August, 1777, and Lieutenant-General on the 19th of July, 1779.