John Price (British Army officer)
Major-General John Price (died November 1747) was an officer of the British Army.
Biography
[edit]He was the younger son of John Price of Tiptree in Essex, by his wife Judith (née Reynolds). His elder brother Robert was a serjeant-at-law and recorder of Colchester.[1]
Price joined the Army as an ensign in a regiment of Foot in 1706, and on 15 October 1723 was promoted to captain in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, ranking as a lieutenant-colonel.[2] On 13 January 1741 he was made colonel of the newly raised 57th Regiment of Foot, later the 46th,[3] and on 22 June 1743 he transferred to the colonelcy of the 14th Regiment of Foot.[4] Price was promoted to brigadier-general on 6 June 1745 and commanded an infantry brigade in the Netherlands during the campaign of 1747. During the Battle of Val on 2 July his brigade was stationed in the village of Val, and for his gallantry Price was mentioned in despatches by the Duke of Cumberland.[3][4]
John Price died at Breda in November 1747.[5] By his wife Sarah, daughter of Matthew Martin of Wivenhoe, he left a son Martin and a daughter Mary, who was married to the Hon. and Very Rev. Edward Townshend, dean of Norwich.[1][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Thomas Wright, The History and Topography of the County of Essex, volume I (London, 1836) p. 252.
- ^ Army List for 1740, p. 12.
- ^ a b Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire Regiment of Foot (London, 1851) p. 67.
- ^ a b Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot (London, 1845) p. 95.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. XVII (London, 1747) p. 592.
- ^ St Benet Paul's Wharf, Register of marriages. London Metropolitan Archives. 16 July 1722. pp. P69/BEN3/A/003/MS05718, Item 001.
Price and Martin, John Price Jr. of Colehester and Sarah Martin of Essex