John Grey (British Army officer, died 1760)
Major-General John Grey (died 10 March 1760) was an officer of the British Army.
Background
[edit]Entering the Army on 17 February 1710 as an ensign Grey served in the King's Regiment of Foot.[1][2][3] On 22 December 1712 he was promoted lieutenant,[2][3] but was placed on half-pay when his company was reduced in 1713. He was restored to full-pay in 1716,[2] promoted captain-lieutenant on 1 January 1727,[2][3] and to captain on 10 December 1731.[1][2]
Grey served with the King's Regiment as a captain in the campaign of 1743. Towards the end of the Battle of Dettingen he took command of the regiment after Lieutenant-Colonel Keightley and Major Barry were wounded. For his services at Dettingen he was promoted major on 14 July 1743, following Barry's death.[2][3] He was later present at the Battle of Fontenoy, where he was wounded. Grey was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 14th Regiment of Foot on 17 February 1746,[2] and colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot on 5 April 1757.[2][4] He was promoted to major-general on 25 June 1759. He died on 10 March 1760 and was buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 15 March 1760.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b A List of the Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants and Ensigns of His Majesty's Forces (1740) page 22.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714, volume VI (1904) page 75.
- ^ a b c d Richard Cannon, ed. A. Cunningham Robertson, Historical Record of the King's, Liverpool Regiment of Foot (1883) page 295.
- ^ a b W. R. Williams, Reply to "An Army List of 1740" in Notes and Queries, 12th series, volume II, no. 42 (14 October 1916) page 312.
- ^ The Register Book of Burials in the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. Volume IV. 1754-1812. 15 March 1760.
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