The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-18 00:00:00

MILITARY RECORD

OF GENERAL EDMUND FANNING,
Late Colonel of the King's American Regiment of Foet.

This Officer was originally bred to the Bar, but called into
active service and the defence of his native country by the
troubles and commotions which arose in it. In consequence
of the incursions of the Indians on the frontier of North
Carolina, in 1759, the Militia of Orange County was em-
bodied by a law of the Province, and the command of it,
with the rank of Colonel, given to him by his Excellency
Governor Dobbs.

In runnn the boundary between the Cherokee Indians
and the inhabitants of North Carolina, in 1766, this Offi-
cer was employed to raise a corps with the rank and pay
of Colonel, for the protection of that service. In 1771,
he again raised a Corps to suppress the insurrection
in North Carolina, and commanded, on the 16th of May the
same year,. the left wing of the first line in the battle of Alla-
mance, in which action the insurgents were totally routed and
defeated. Ile was driven from his house in New York, in
1775, by the Continental troops, who seized his effects, and pur-
sued him on board the Asia man of war, under the protection
of which ship, and that of the Phcenix, he remained with Go-
vernor Tryon till the arrival of the fleet and army under Ad-
miral Shuldham and General Howe the ensuing summer, when
he landed with the King's troops, and continued with the army
till the 11th of December following, when he received a warrant
from Sir W. Howe—" To raise a Regiment, to carry arms
under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief, for two years for
the time being, or if required, during the rebellion in North
America, to receive the same pay, and to be under the same
discipline as the King's regular troops."—Colonel Fanning
obtained his Commission from Sir William Howe, the 11th
December, 1776, and served with his regiment during the whole
of the American war, in the course of which he was twice
wounded. In consequence of services, Sir Henry Clinton
recommended him and his corps to the King for perma-
nent rank and half pay, in reply to which Lard George
Germain wrote—" As it appears by the Deputy Inspect-
ing General's report, that the King's American Regiment,
which stands first upon the list of those you have recommended,
was raised at a very early period of the rebellion, and was
nearly completed in a short time, and has since been constantly
employed in active service in the field, where it has more than
once been distinguished for its gallant and spirited behaviour in
action, particularly at the affair at Rhode Island, on the 29th of
August, 17711; under the command of Major-General Sir Ro-
bert Pigot ; his Majesty has been pleased to approve of your
recommendation of that Regiment to be put on the American
establishment ;and you will be pleased to notify it accordingly."
On the termination of the war, the idea of an American esta-
blishment being laid aside, Colonel Fanning, on his return to
England in 1782, stated his claim to British rank under his
warrant, when he was informed by the Secretary ofi State, that
giving him-rank from the date of his Commission from Sir W.
Howe, might interfere with the subsequent promotion of some
other Officers, but that he should have it from that time : his
Commission, therefore, as Colonel in the British Army was
dated 25th of December, 1702.—Colonel Fanning was appoint-
ed Major-General on the 12th of October, 1791 He was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1799, and appoint-
ed General in 1808.—Gen. Fanning died in 1818.

War-Office, Nov. 15, 1822.

Ist Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Ensigns—Ensign Robt.
Dutton, from half-pay Ist Garrison Battalion, vice Buchanan,
appointed Quartermaster ; Cornet John Bickerton, from half-
pay Royal Waggon Train, vice Durnford, placed on the Retired
List; Cornet Isaac Toogood Coward, from half-pay 'Royal
Waggon Train, vice 'Mackenzie, placed upon the Retired List ;
Ensign John Alexander, from lialf-pay 27th Foot ; Ensign
Jonas Oxley, from half-pay 3d West India Regiment; En-
sign H. W. Graham, from half-pay sth West India Regiment.
2d Royal Veteran Battalion—To be Captains—Capt. James
Kirkman, from half-pay 2d Garrison Battalion ; Capt. Andrew
Dillon, from half.pay 101st Foot ; Capt. James Burgess, from
haff-pay 6th Foot, vice George Galbraith, who returns to his
'former situation on the Retired List.
To be Ensigns--Ensign Edward Mayne, from half-pay 32d
Foot, rice Norton, placed on the Retired List; Ensign Edward
Last, from half-pay 90th Foot ; Ensign Edward Campbell
Hudson, from half-pay Royal York Rangers.
3d Royal Veteran Battalion—Captain John Ringrove Drew,
from half-pay 3d Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, vice
Alexander, placed on the Retired List; Lieutenant Daniel
Allt, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Collingwood, placed on the Retired List; Ensign Matthew
Cassan, from half-pay 93d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bryne,
placed on the Retired List. _ _

Commission in the Carmarthenshire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Carmarthen.
Thomas Lewis Hornell, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Tollerton,
deceased.

The Zephyr transport which was ordered to proceed from
Deptford, on the Bth ult. to Cowes, to take on board the Depot
of the 26th Foot, for conveyance to Cork, sailed from the Isle
of Wight, on the 14th inst., for her destination.