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DOUGLASS & AIKMAN'S
ALMANACK AND REGISTER FOR THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA 1782

LIST OF THE ARMY IN JAMAICA

STAFF

Commander-in-Chief, His Honour Brigadier-General Archibald Campbell
Aid-de-Camp, Captain A. Campbell, 74th Regiment

Deputy Adjutant-General, Captain Dirom, 60th Regiment
Deputy Quartermaster-General, Captain Gordon, 88th Regt.
Major of Brigade to 1st Brigade, Capt. H. Campbell, 94th Regt.
Major of Brigade to 2nd Brigade, Capt. Kerr, 88th Reg.
Deputy Judge Advocate, Capt. Wight, 92d Regiment

Agent-General, Thomas Mure, Esq.
Commissary General of Stores and Provisions, Thomas Mure, Esq.
Deputy Commissary General of Stores and Provisions, Edward Bowes, Esq.

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HOSPITAL STAFF

Physician, Dr. John Hunter
Chief Surgeon, Edward Holler, Esq.
Purveyor, Daniel Mandeville, Esq.
Assistant Surgeons
    Thomas Cawley
    Isaac Titford
    John Snagg
    ---- Fleming
    Henry Saffory


60th REGIMENT
First Battalion (Spanish Town)

Colonel-in-Chief, General Lord Amherst
Colonel Commandant, Lt. General Frederick Haldimand
Lt. Colonel, Stephen Kemble
Major, Peter Hunter

       Captains
Bernard Ratzer
Frederick Desbarres
Charles Dixon
Jeffery Amherst
James Bain
Samuel Rutherford
George Hallam
Alexander Dirom and
James Fahy

Captain-Lieutenant and Captain, John James Ecuyer

       Lieutenants
Edward Davis
Maurin Vaniper
Robert Lethbridge
William Henry Ricketts
Thomas Foy
Louis Correvont
J. B. Scriven
Lawrence Greenholme
J. G. Tucker
Alexander McLean
Roger Coghlan
Henry Graydon

       Ensigns
Aug. F. Prevost
J. B. Prevost
William J. Stevenson
John Watson
John Barber
William Sandys
George McKay
John Marsh

       Staff
Chaplain, the Reverend James Manefty (or Manesty)
Adjutant, Robert Lethbridge
Quartermaster, John Kaston
Surgeon, Robert Ogilvie
Surgeon's Mate, Edward Devenish

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79th REGIMENT (Kingston)

Colonel Major General Hall
Lt. Col., F. R. Humphries
Major, Bryan Blundell

     Captains
Ban. Tarleton
John de Bernier
Andrew Despard
Richard Bulkeley
Vesey Knox
Thomas Mounsey
Edward M. Despard
     Captain Lieutenant and Captain, Clotworthy Dobbin

     Lieutenants
 Alexander Jack
Plumpton Smith
David Gordon
Timothy Russell
John Watling
William Lane
John Boyton
James Smyth
Trevor Hull
Thomas Leckie
Thomas Despard
J. Bordes
William P. Dismore
H. P. Thomas
Daniel Watling
Baker Davison
Henry Lane
John Watling
Edward Nightingale

     Ensigns
Christopher Greaves
Mark McGrath
Edmund Bulkley
Humphrey Cole
John Beckwith
Drigue Morgan
Hugh Antrobus
Murdoch McKenzie

STAFF

Chaplain, the Reverend Philip Kitchen
Adjutant, Timothy Russell
Quartermaster, Thomas Sydall
Surgeon, Robert Pattoun
Surgeon's Mates, Edward Alcock and William Midwinter

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85th REGIMENT (Up Park Camp)

Lt. Col. Commandant, the Right Honourable Earl of Harrington
   Majors
Samuel Pole, Esq.
The Right Honorable Lord Henry Fitzgerald

   Captains
 John Hely
Francis Groffe
Alexander Baron Salans
George Monro
Honorable Vere Poulett
Thomas Steel
   Captain Lieutenant and Captain, Henry Webb

   Lieutenants
Michael Dobbyn
Richard Brooke
Richard Dickson
J. Foster Hill
Robert Molesworth
John Duke
John Gould
Daniel Muller
Thomas Mallor
William Parsons
John Mulhallen

   Ensigns
John Finney
George Cook
Freke Bulkley
Sir John Peshall, Baronet
Edward Davis
James Maxwell

STAFF
Chaplain, the Reverend John Tickle
Deputy Chaplain, the Reverend Dr. William Morgan
Adjutant, John Foster Hill
Surgeon, John Phillips
Surgeon's Mate, J. Maxwell

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88 REGIMENT (Kingston and Port Royal)

Colonel, Thomas Keating
Lt. Col., Alexander Campbell
Major, Alexander Mair

CAPTAINS

Charles Kerr
William Townshend
J. S. Douglass
Thomas Stribling
Lord Charles Montagu
John Gordon
William Bell
     Captain Lieutenant and Captain, James Christie

LIEUTENANTS

William Bellans
J. Dobinson
William Emerson
J. Campbell
Sir G. A. Leith, Baronet
Henry Serjeant
Dorriel Cope
John Cummins
Sir A. Sinclair, Baronet
Stephen Peacock
James Fitzgerald

ENSIGNS

Marmaduke Peacock
Thomas Paterson
Mossom Gamble
Alexander Stewart
Thomas Bontein
William Cummins
Pitt Lisle

STAFF

Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. Gardner
Adjutant, William Cummins
Quartermaster, Thomas Brumby
Surgeon, J. Barton
Surgeon's Mate, Alexander Hamilton

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92nd REGIMENT (Spanish Town)

Lt. Colonel Commandant, the Honorable J. W. Stuart
Majors, Colin McKenzie and John Polson

CAPTAINS

Hew Dalrymple
Right Honourable the Earl of Crawford
Colin Campbell
Bute Lindsay
William Thomas Taylor
W. J. Townshend
Andrew Wight
     Captain Lieutenant and Captain, Sir Alexander Hay

LIEUTENANTS

James Abernethy
Miles Wells
James Best
Q. D. Taylor
T. B. Grantham
James Stuart
George Delap
John Sawell
Edward Bowes
John Muir
Nicholas Ball

ENSIGNS

William Plumridge
John Clark
William McDonald
------ McKenzie
Hugh McKay
John Morant Morris
John Clement
Emanuel Walker

STAFF

Adjutant, George Delap
Quartermaster, Dougal McMillan
Surgeon, Alexander Gordon
Surgeon's Mate, J. Cameron

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94th REGIMENT (North-Side)

Colonel Robert Prescot
Lt. Col. Sir James Murray, Baronet
Major Mackay Hugh Baillie

CAPTAINS

William Dick
Hugh Campbell
William J. Hale
Alexander Balcarras Hay
J. Cunningham
J. Cruickshanks
James Lee
   Captain Lieutenant and Captain, Arthur Forbes

LIEUTENANTS

Richard Landreth
Simon Frazer
Robert N. Campbell
James Mylne
David Scott
Jeremy French
George Rose
Archibald Douglass
John Campbell

ENSIGNS

Thomas Castello
Thomas Hardyman
Andrew Williamson
Henry Buxton
Stockham Huthwaite
Kenneth McKay
Bates Watson
Edward Alcock

STAFF

Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. Tomlinson
Adjutant, Archibald Douglass
Quartermaster, Donald Fraser
Surgeon, J. Bell
Surgeon's Mate, Robert Spier

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THREE COMPANIES of 99th REGIMENT
(Clarendon and Black River)

Captains, Francis McKay and Robert Campbell
Lieutenant Thomas Sankey
Ensigns, Richard Williams and ----- Rochfort
Surgeon's Mate , ---- Boyd

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Detachment (from the First Battalion) of the ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY

Captain , John Daniel Gall
Capt. Lieutenant, John Innes

1st Lieutenants.
   Edward Wood
   George Cookson
   Charles S. Doudswell

Second Lieutenants
   Wiltshire Willson
   Alexander Robertson
   Edward Stevens
   McMillan Jameson

Quartermaster, Edward Stevens
Surgeon, McMillan Jameson
Surgeon's Mate, Mora Sanches
Commissary, --- Ferrier, Esq.
Ordnance Storekeeper, Robert Benton, Esq.
Clerk of Stores, Mr. Miles Sansom

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PROVINCIAL CORPS.

LOYAL AMERICAN RANGERS (Stoney Hill)

Lt. Col. Commandant, William Odell
Major, Alexander Campbell

CAPTAINS

Peter Robertson
R. F. Brownrigg
Matthew Kennedy
Galb. Holmes
And. Cunningham
----- Christopher

LIEUTENANTS

William Graham
John Connell
Sim. Phillips
Patrick Kean
James Edmonds
James Gordon
John Bramwell
Patrick Madgett

ENSIGNS

Absol. Bull
Thomas Pearse
Archibald Campbell
John McDonald

STAFF

Adjutant, James Gordon
Quartermaster, James Edmonds
Surgeon, George Ferguson
Surgeon's Mate , David Caldwell

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Duke of CUMBERLAND'S REGIMENT, or SOUTH CAROLINA RANGERS
(Fort Augusta)

Lieutenant Colonel Commandant in the Right Honourable Lord Charles G. Montagu
Major, James Balmer

CAPTAINS
Honorable G. C. Montagu
Robert Palmer
William Oliphant
William Lowe

LIEUTENANTS

Richard Marshall
Jonathan Carden
Henry Rudgley
Marcus Rainford
Harry Craddock
David McConnell
Philip Serjeant
J. P. Collins
----- Odonnell
Archibald Clerk
John Petrie
----- Smith

ENSIGNS

William Splain
---- Bell
---- Smith
John Kent
---- Farquhar
---- Thomas
Bryan Meighan

STAFF

Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. Walker
Adjutant, William Splain
Quarter Master, ----- Smith
Surgeon, Harry Craddock

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INDEPENDENT COMPANY (Twelve Apostles)

Captain William Ross Darby
Lt. Thomas Mellish
Lt. J. Cameron

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INDEPENDENT COMPANY (Rattan)

Captain Edward Davis
Lt. Turner
Ensign Devenish


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