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1796 ALMANAC

ARMY AND NAVY

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LIST OF THE ARMY IN JAMAICA

STAFF

Commander in Chief, Right Hon Alexander Earl of Balcarres

Aid du Camp, Lieutenant Barclay, 63d Regiment

Military Secretary, Cornet Johnson, 20th Dragoons

Deputy Adjutant General, Captain A. Butter, 18th Dragoons

Acting Major Brigade, Lieut. Gould, 20th Dragoons

Commissary General, George Atkinson, Esq.

Deputy Commissary General, George Bogle Esq.

Deputy Quarter Master General, Captain Alston, 63d Regiment

Commissary General of Musters, and Deputy Judge Advocate, Thomas Wallen (?) Esq.

Hospital Staff

Surgeon, John Wright

Assistant Surgeons, David Watson, Hugh Clough, Robert Brackwaite, Patrick Gallagher, and George Days.


XX [20th] (or Jamaica) REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS

Colonel, Sir Charles Grey, K. B.

Lieutenant Colonel, Francis Incledon

Major, George Anson

Captains: Robert Gillespie, Lewis Cortevon, and Robert Anderson

Captain Lieutenant, B. [or E?] P. Wa__len

Lieutenants:

Augustus Gould

Samuel Simpson

James Grant

Thomas Fellowes

W. Sanford

Cornets:

John Pryor

Walter Johnson

Colin Campbell

John Ross

William Raymond

Henry Rennalls

Shaplain, Rev. George Cox

Acting Chaplain, R. S. Woodham

Adjutant, Samuel Simpson

Surgeon, John Robinson

Surgeon's Mate, Edward Coldwell [?]

Quartermasters: George Card. Daniel Forbes, Thomas P__r__y, and John Bailey [?]


XVI [16th] REGIMENT OF FOOT

Colonel, Thomas Bruce (Lieut. General)

Lieutenant Colonel, Hon. George Rawdon

Major, John Skinner

Captains

Andrew Rutherford (B. Major)

Hugh M. Gordon

Hugh Wallace

Robert Maxwell

Archibald Drummond

?. D. Vernon

Captain Lieut. and Captain, Matthew Mahon

Lieutenants

Thomas James

W. Vandeleur

W. L. Woodbridge

David Davies

Ensigns

Francis Wilder

James Smith

G. Scott

William Delme

H. S. Connolly

W. S. Forbes

____ Campbell

Chaplain, William Edwards

Acting Chaplain, Rev. John Campbell

Adjutant, David Davies

Quartermaster, Edward Byrne

Surgeon, John Beith


LVII [62nd] (Wiltshire) REGIMENT OF FOOT

Colonel, Edward Matthew, Lieut. General

1st Lieut. Colonel, Charles Horneck, Major General

2d Lieut. Colonel, Hon. Thomas Maitland

1st Major, Thomas Drinkwater

2d Major, Trevor Hull

Captains

Richard James

George Hewey

Joseph Edmonson

James Fisher

Francis Harwick

James Blackwell

William Newall

Nicholas Messervay

Hon. C. H. Boyle

Captain Lieutenant, Hyacinth R. Daly

Lieutenants

George Gauntlett

William Lucas

John F. Goodridge

Peter R. Hawker

Samuel Taylor

John Buckworth

J. S. Hilton

William Logan

John Schedde

Thomas Skelding [?]

W. H. Forsteen

E. Ridgway

W. A. Burk

H. Yelverton

W. Rawson

George Thomas

James Maitland

Ensigns

Adam W. Brown

N. Newby

William Pearce

R. Wasteney's

J. Butler

R. Folkes

William Hull

Chaplain, Joseph Crowe

Deputy, E. Marshall

Adjutant, Samuel Taylor

Quartermaster, John F. Oldham

Surgeon, D. O'Connor

Mate, John Glasco

Agent, W. Bownas, Parliament Street


LXXXIII [83rd] REGIMENT OF FOOT

Lieut. Colonels, Thomas Gibson, Sir Ed. Bynes

Majors, Gore Brown, William Bodley [?]

Captains

Henry H. Hansard

Maurice Cane

Skeffington Hamilton

Henry J. Whyte

William George Tyghe

Thomas Beamish

George Van. Browne

Captain Lieutenant, Edward Keane

Lieutenants

John Napper

Jacob Brunt

Mervill Browne

John Blaquire

Benjamin Burge

Reed Gethin

Thomas Smith

Richard Armstrong

John Kent

Simon Tremssay

Thomas Wilton

G. A. Richardson

Walter Homan

William Ball

Robert Scott

Joseph Hart

Thomas Gerard

Michael Bunnan

John Wilton

James Church

Miller Clifford

Abraham Brunt

Ensigns

Thomas Gibson

William Byrne

John Knipe

Henry Browne

William Horridge

Francis Morris

Charles Lawton

Grenville Temple

Thomas Browne

George Billings

Adjutant, Jacob Brunt

Quartermaster, Lachlin Wright

Chaplain, Thomas Emerson

Mates, Patrick Cluney and George Gillespie


DETACHMENT from Royal Regiment of ARTILLERY, stationed at Port Royal

Major, John Ramsay

Captain, William P. Smith

Major in the Army, Charles Norris Cookson and Edward Stehelin__?

Capt. Lieutenants, Richard Hamilton, William Spicer, and John Quayle

1st Lieutenants, William Dixon, Charles Bingham, Charles Younghusband, and Francis Thomson

2d Lieutenants, Henry D. Ross, and Frederick Hobson

Surgeon to the Ordnance, Civil and Military, Robert Blackwell

Mate, James Shaw

Chaplain, Rev. Gregory Ledwich


Land Ordnance Storekeeper, N. Leechmere Esq.

Clerk, G. T. Mayne

Clerk of the Cheque, Henry A. Genet



HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS ON THIS STATION

Raisonable, W. Parker, Esq. Rear Admiral of the Red, Commander in Chief---Capt. Robert Parker. 64

Leviathan, John Thomas Duckworth. 74

Swiftsure, Charles Boyles. 74

Hannibal, Joseph Bingham. 74

Entrepid, Hon. Charles Carpenter. 64

Sampson, Thomas Lewis. 64

Regulus, George Oakes. 64

Severn, George Tripp. 44

Penelope, George Gregory. 32

Success, Hugh Pigott. 32

Iphegenia, Francis F. Gardner. 32

Hermoine, Philip Wilkinson. 32

Cormorant sloop, Francis Collingwood

Lark, William Ogilvie

Scorpion sloop, Thomas Western

Le Serin, Daniel Guerin

Drake, Samuel Brooking

Marie Antoinette, armed schooner, Lieut. John Perkins

Mosquito, armed schooner, Lieut. Elias Mann

Dispatch, Employed as a Tender to the Fleet

L'Espeigle transport, Mr. John Fishley

OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY YARD AT PORT ROYAL

Storekeeper, William Smith

1st Clerk, Henry Broughton

2d Clerk, John Brailsford

3d Clerk, Robert Willacy

Ordnance Keeper, Nicholas Lechmere

Master Shipwright, John Fishley

Clerk to Master Shipwright, James Dean

Acting Naval Surveyor, John Allardyce

Contractors, Donaldson, Thomson and Forbes

Contractor for supplying His majesty's Ships with Fresh Beef, Luke Bramwell, Esquire

His Agents at the Outports:

Port Antonio, William Burke

Lucea, John Pattie

Montego Bay, Colin Watson

Black River, David Cohen

Naval Hospital at Port Royal

Surgeon and Agent, W. S. Forbes

Clerk, John H. Willacy

Assistant Surgeon, John Fitsimmons

Commissary for Prisoners of War, William Innes

Deputy, H. A. Genet

Surgeon, James Shaw


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