Star.
London, England, 1820-01-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY. •

The Prince Regtfnt has been pleased to appoint Major-Gem.
ral Sir Benjamin D'Urban, K.C. B. to be Governor of the Island
of Antigua, in the room of Major-General Ramsay, deceased.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
WAR-OFFICE, JANUARY 21, 1820.
let Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Lieutenant William Henry
West, irons half-pay 24th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
vice James Charles 0.11..ra.1zr.5, who exchar4es, re-
caving the difference.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards--Colonel Alexander
George Woodfordto be First Major, vice Sir Richard Downes
Jackson, appointed to the command of the Royal Staff Corps;
Colonel Sir Henri Frederick Bouverie, K.C.B. to be Second
Major, vice Woodford ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas
Steele to be Captain of a Company, vice Sir H. F. Bouverie;
Ensign and Lieutenant John William Bentinck to be Lieute-
nant and Captain, vice Steele; Cornet Frederick William
Culling Smith, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, vice Bentinck.
sth Regiment of Foot—Second Lieutenant William Curtis,
from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign, vice Henry Fran..
cis, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
30th Ditte—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Charles Warren, with-
out purchase, vice Harrison, deceased; Lieutenant Peter
(iteape, from half-pay 93d Foot, vice John Thomas Barlow,
who exchanges, receiving the difference.
To be Ensign—Ensign James Paton, from half-pay 34th Foot,
vice Warren.,
65th Ditto—C; pt tin Robert Edward Burrower, from half-pay
12th Foot, to Is! Captain of a Company, vice Thomas Strang.
wayes, who exchanges,
Irth Ditto--Ensign James Hassell to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Harpour, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet An-
gustus Ansell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
vice Hassell.
75th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry George Brooke, from half-pay
55th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Cameron, who ez.
changes.
56th Ditto—Lieutenant John Oliver Howe Nunn, from half-
pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Kedgel
Sandon, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
Rifle Brigade—William Henry Wood, Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brownrigg, promoted.
Royal Staff Corps—Colonel Sir Richard Dowses, Jacksoq,
K.C. B. from Coldstream Foot Guards, to be Colonel, Tice
Sir Benjamin D'Urban.
2d Royal Veteran Battalion—Major Persse O'Keefe Bonlger,
from 93d Foot, to be Major, vice Milne, whose appointment
has not taken place.
4th Royal Veteran Battalion—Lientenant John Buchanan,
from the late sth Royal •Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant,
vice Roberts, whose appointment has not taken place.
6th Royal Veteran Battalion—Lieutenant Henry Beecher, from
the late II th Royal Veteran Battalion,to be Lieutenant, vice
Buchanan, whose appointment has not taken place ; Ensign
James Kirkwood to be Adjutant, vice Tassie, whose appoint-
ment has not taken place.
7th Royal Veteran Battalion—Lieutenant John Beevor Galpine,
from the late Bth Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant,
vice Wm. Nl` Intosh, whose appointment has not taken place.
9th Royal Veteraq Battalion—Lieutenant Richard Lowe, from
the late 12th Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant, vice
Galpine, whose appointment has not taken place.
STAFF.
Colonel Sir Richard Downes Jackson, K.C.B. to be Deputy
Quartermaster-General to the Forces.
To be Barrack-Masters in Great tritain---Major Thomas
Amory ; John Hicks, and Thomas Corlett, Gents.
HOSPITAL smell,.
Assistant-Surgeon James Dunn, from 2d West India Regiment,
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to be Surgeon to tke Forces, vice Brown, deceased.
MENIORAIOK
The appointment of Lieutenant Miller, from the late Sth
Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Lieutenant in the 10th Royal
Veteran Battalien, as statedin the Gazette of 25th ultimo, has
not taken place.
Commissions in the North High Peak Troop of Yeomanry Ca-
valry, signed by. the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby.
John White, F.sq. to be Captain ; George William Newton, Gent.
to be Lieliteuant ; William Henry Cheek, Gent. to be Cornet.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
of the County of York, City and County of the City of York.
'Thomas George Fitzgerald, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Yorkshire Hussar Yeomanry—George William 'Fireman, Gent.
to be Cornet.