page_title: Lancashire Fusiliers
section_title: Colonels of the Regiment
hierarchical_section_title: Lancashire Fusiliers / Colonels of the Regiment
caption_attribution_description: English: Lancashire Fusiliers Museum, Moss Street,Bury, BL9 0DF. Display of soldier in uniform circa 1800.
context_page_description: The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, and had many different titles throughout its 280 years of existence. In 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the other regiments of the Fusilier Brigade–the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers –to form the current Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
context_section_description: Colonels of the regiment were:
  1688–1689: Col. Sir Robert Peyton
  1689–1706: Maj-Gen. Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne
  1706–1714: Maj-Gen. John Newton
  1714–1719: Lt-Gen. Thomas Meredyth
  1719–1732: Col. Hon. William Egerton
  1732–1737: Brig-Gen. Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham
  1737–1740: Lt-Gen. Richard St. George
  1740: Col. Alexander Rose
  1740–1746: Lt-Gen. Thomas Bligh
  1746–1749: Lt-Gen. George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
  1749–1755: Lt-Gen. George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, KG (Viscount Bury)
caption: Part of the display at the Fusilier Museum
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