# Historical Record of the Fifty-Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot/Succession of Majors

SUCCESSION OF MAJORS
OF THE
FIFTY-SIXTH, OR WEST ESSEX, REGIMENT OF FOOT.
| Names. | Dates of Appointment. | Dates of Appointment. | | Remarks |
| John Doyne | Dec. | 26, 1755 | | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, June 30, 1760. |
| James Stewart | June | 30, 1760 | | Promoted to Lieut.-Col. February 20, 1762. |
| John Heighington | Feb. | 20, 1762 | | Resigned September 9, 1762. |
| Alexander Milbanke | Sep. | 9, 1762 | | Died November 4, 1762. |
| William Forbes | Nov. | 4, 1762 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Removed to Thirty-fifth Foot, October 31, |
| William Forbes | Nov. | 4, 1762 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 1762. |
| Thomas Johnston | Oct. | 31, 1762 | | Resigned September 11, 1765. |
| Henry Pringle | Sep. | 11, 1765 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel Fifty-first Foot, |
| Henry Pringle | Sep. | 11, 1765 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | August 16, 1770. |
| John Caulfield | Aug. | 16, 1770 | | Promoted to Lieut.-Col. October 3, 1776. |
| Bulleine Fancourt | Oct. | 3, 1776 | | Retired August 6, 1783. |
| Hon. Vere Poulett | Aug. | 6, 1783 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel Sixtieth Regiment, |
| Hon. Vere Poulett | Aug. | 6, 1783 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | August 31, 1793. |
| Patrick Tytler | Aug. | 31, 1793 | | Retired October 8, 1794. |
| John Alexander | Oct. | 8, 1794 | | Retired March 10, 1797. |
| James Barrington | Sep. | 1, 1795 | | Resigned, September 3, 1800. |
| Robert Douglas | March | 10, 1797 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted Lieut.Colonel Eighteenth Foot, |
| Robert Douglas | March | 10, 1797 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | July 9, 1803. |
| Henry S. Keating | Sep. | 3, 1800 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted August 1, 1804, by Augmenta- |
| Henry S. Keating | Sep. | 3, 1800 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | tion. |
| Robert Owen | Aug. | 27, 1803 | | Placed upon half-pay, February 21, 1805. |
| George Andrew Armstrong | Aug. | 1, 1804 | | Exchanged to half-pay, January 5, 1805. |
| Robert O’Neill $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Aug- $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ men- Fletcher Barclay tation. | Aug. | 2, 1804 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Exchanged to half-pay, June 23, 1808 |
| Robert O’Neill $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Aug- $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ men- Fletcher Barclay tation. | Aug. | 2, 1804 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | with Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Walsh. |
| Robert O’Neill $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Aug- $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ men- Fletcher Barclay tation. | Aug. | 27, 1804 | | Promoted June 27, 1811. |
| William Brooke | Jan. | 5, 1805 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Exchanged to Fifth Dragoon Guards, |
| William Brooke | Jan. | 5, 1805 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | July 25, 1805. |
| John McLeod | Feb. | 21, 1805 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted, Lieut.-Colonel Ninth Garrison |
| John McLeod | Feb. | 21, 1805 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Battalion, May 5, 1808. |
| Henry R. Knight | July | 25, 1805 | | Exchanged to half-pay, July 17, 1806. |
| Boyle Travers | July | 17, 1806 | | Promoted January 2, 1812. |
| Samuel Bayley | June | 9, 1808 | | Died in 1810. |
| Thomas Walsh | June | 23, 1808 | | Died in 1810. |
| John William Mallett | Aug. | 29, 1810 | | Promoted November 6, 1813. |
| Sir Charles Wyndham $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ Burdett, Bart. | Nov. | 29, 1810 | | Retired July 26, 1821. |
| Robert Grant | June | 27, 1811 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Exchanged to Eighty-second Foot, April |
| Robert Grant | June | 27, 1811 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 12, 1821. |
| Joseph Hanna | Jan | 2, 1812 | | Died in 1816. |
| William S. Forbes | Nov. | 6, 1813 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Placed on half-pay on September 6, 1817, |
| Henry Capadose | Oct. | 17, 1816 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | on the disbandment of second battalion. |
| George Wroughton Montagu | April | 12, 1821 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel unattached, |
| George Wroughton Montagu | April | 12, 1821 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | May 19, 1825. |
| John Gualey | July | 26, 1821 | | Cancelled. |
| Howell Harris Prichard | July | 26, 1821 | | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel, April 26, 1831. |
| John Elliot Cairnes | May | 26, 1925 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel unattached, |
| John Elliot Cairnes | May | 26, 1925 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | March 29, 1827. |
| John Peddie | March | 29, 1827 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Promoted to Lieut.-Colonel unattached, |
| John Peddie | March | 29, 1827 | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | August 28, 1827. |
| William Gun | Aug. | 28, 1827 | | Retired October 11, 1831. |
| William Mitchell | April | 26, 1831 | | Exhanged to half-pay, June 13, 1834. |
| George Morton Eden | Oct. | 11, 1831 | | Promoted to Lt.-Colonelcy, May 20, 1836. |
| John Wilson | June | 13, 1834 | | Died at Jamaica, July 14, 1837. |
| Forrester Owen Leighton | May | 20, 1836 | | Retired September 12, 1843. |
| Peter Shadwell Norman | July | 15, 1837 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Now serving. |
| Edmund Wm. Wilton Passy | Sep. | 12, 1843 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Now serving. |