SUCCESSION OF MAJORS
Reading edition
OF THE
THIRTY-FOURTH, OR CUMBERLAND, REGIMENT.
Names. Dates of Appointment. Dates of Removal, &c.
Thomas Garth Before 1704 Promoted March 24, 1705.
Robert Parsons Before 1708
Richard Coles Before 1708
Michaell Fleming Jan. 11, 1714-15
Charles Douglas July 22, 1715
John Hely May 12, 1731 Promoted December 15, 1738.
Maurice Powell Dec. 15, 1738 Promoted August 12, 1741.
Michael Studholm April 21, 1743 Retired on October 25, 1744.
Henry Hart March 3, 1750 { Lieut.-Governor of Sheerness.
{ Resigned his majority in
{ Thirty-fourth Regiment,
{ February 2, 1757.
John Dundas Feb. 2, 1757 Retired February 28, 1759.
Hezekiah Fleming Sep. 5, 1756 Promoted April 27, 1758.
Thomas Shirley Feb. 28, 1759 { Promoted to Sixty-seventh
{ regiment, on June 2, 1761.
Robert Farmar June 2, 1761 Retired on November 23, 1768.
William Ogle Nov. 23, 1768 { Exchanged to half-pay with
{ Major Brownrigg, on September
{ 7, 1771.
Henry Brownrigg Sep. 7, 1771 Retired on November 28, 1771.
John Lind Nov. 28, 1771 { Promoted to Twentieth regiment,
{ on January 6, 1776.
Alexander Dundas Jan. 6, 1776 { Promoted to Eighth Foot, on
{ November 1, 1780.
Robert Hoyes Nov. 1, 1780 Promoted on May 20, 1785.
John Ross May 20, 1785 Retired on February 17, 1789.
Aubrey, Earl of Burford Feb. 17, 1789 Promoted on November 11, 1789.
William Ancram Nov. 11, 1789 Retired July 25, 1792.
Robert Wood July 25, 1792 Retired November 22, 1797.
Francis Cuninghame Sep. 1, 1795 Promoted on November 23, 1796.
George Dodsworth Nov. 23, 1796 Promoted on July 10, 1806.
George Anderson Nov. 22, 1797 Retired on May 9, 1800.
Robert Gordon May 9, 1800 Retired on July 17, 1806.
William Fenwick May 15, 1805 Promoted on December 15, 1808.
John Bromhead May 16, 1806 { Promoted to Seventy-seventh
{ regiment, on August 3, 1809.
Richard Diggens July 17, 1806 { Exchanged into Eleventh
{ Light Dragoons, with Major
{ Browne, on August 14, 1806.
Thomas Browne Aug. 14, 1806 { Exchanged to half-pay Ninth
{ Foot, with Lieut.-Colonel Bodkin,
{ on October 16, 1806.
Thomas Bodkin Oct. 16, 1806 Retired on July 10, 1806.
John M. Everard July 10, 1806 Promoted on January 23, 1812.
James Tomlinson Terrewest April 30, 1807 Retired on February 1, 1810.
Henry Roberts Jan. 19, 1809 Promoted on January 27, 1814.
Henry C. Dickens June 26, 1809 Promoted on April 2, 1816.
Walter Hovenden Feb. 1, 1810 Retired on March 26, 1812.
Henry Worsley Jan. 23, 1812 { Died at Newport, Isle of Wight,
{ on May 13, 1820.
George Edwd. Pratt Barlow March 26, 1812 { Promoted to Sixty-first regiment,
{ on December 4, 1823.
Jas. Harrison Baker March 10, 1814 Died on April 11, 1814.
Chas. Ramus Forrest June 2, 1814 { Placed on half-pay, on June
{ 25, 1817, upon the reduction
{ of the army.
Thomas Faunt May 25, 1820 Promoted October 28, 1824.
Edward Broderick Dec. 4, 1823 Retired on December 18, 1828.
Timothy Davies Oct. 28, 1824 { Exchanged to half-pay,
{ unattached, with Major Ferguson,
{ on December 28, 1826.
Henry R. Ferguson Dec. 28, 1826 Promoted May 8, 1828.
Richard Greaves May 8, 1828 { Exchanged to half-pay,
{ unattached with Major Tew, on
{ January 21, 1837.
Honorable Henry Sutton Fane Dec. 18, 1828 Promoted on May 9, 1834.
Richard Airey May 9, 1834 Promoted on February 10, 1838.
Mark M‘Leod Tew Jan. 21, 1837 Retired on August 4, 1837.
George Ruxton Aug. 4, 1837 { Exchanged to half-pay,
{ unattached, with Major Ogilvy,
{ on August 20, 1841.
Henry Deedes Feb. 23, 1838 Now serving with the regiment.
Walter Ogilvy Aug. 20, 1841 Retired August 20, 1841.
Charles Baillie Brisbane Aug. 20, 1841 { Exchanged to half-pay,
{ unattached, with
{ Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Mair,
{ on December 13, 1842.
Cornelius Cuyler P. Mair Dec. 13, 1842 Retired December 13, 1842.
James John Best Dec. 13, 1842 Now serving with the regiment.
LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.