24th Regiment of Foot


Colonels of the 24th Regiment of Foot


Colonel Sir Edward Dering 3rd Bt
8th Mar 1689 - 26th Sep 1689
Colonel Daniel Dering
27th Sep 1689 - 31st May 1691
Colonel Samuel Venner
1st Jun 1691 - 12th Mar 1695
Colonel Louis James le Vasseur, Marquis de Puisar
13th Mar 1695 - 28th Feb 1701
Lieut-General William Seymour
1st Mar 1701 - 11th Feb 1702
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough KG
12th Feb 1702 - 24th Aug 1704
Lieut-General William Tatton
25th Aug 1704 - 8th Mar 1708
Major-General Gilbert Primrose
9th Mar 1708 - 9th Sep 1717
Lieut-General Thomas Howard
10th Sep 1717 - 26th Jun 1737
Lieut-General Thomas Wentworth
27th Jun 1737 - 20th Jun 1745
Brigadier-General Daniel Houghton
21st Jun 1745 - 30th Nov 1747
General William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian KT, Earl of Ancram
1st Dec 1747 - 7th Feb 1752
Lieut-General Hon. Edward Cornwallis
8th Feb 1752 - 14th Jan 1776
Lieut-General William Taylor
15th Jan 1776 - 12th Nov 1793
General Richard Whyte
13th Nov 1793 - 18th Jul 1807
General Sir David Baird GCB KC
19th Jul 1807 - 6th Sep 1829
Lieut-General Sir James Frederick Lyon KCB GCH
7th Sep 1829 - 1st Nov 1842
General Robert Ellice
2nd Nov 1842 - 18th Jun 1856
Lieut-General Hon. John Finch CB
19th Jun 1856 - 25th Nov 1861
General Pringle Taylor KH
26th Jun 1861 - 5th Apr 1884


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