Henry de Grangues

Lieutenant-General Henry de Grangues (died June 1754) was a British Army officer.

He entered the Army in the reign of William III, two years before the peace of Ryswick. He served in the wars of Queen Anne, and was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Royal Regiment of Dragoons. When the contest respecting the succession to the throne of Hungary and Bohemia involved Europe in another war, he was appointed colonel of a newly raised regiment which was numbered the 60th Foot, his commission bearing date the 21 January 1741. On 1 April 1743 he was removed to the 9th Dragoons, and on 1 November 1749 he obtained the colonelcy of the 4th Irish Horse (later 7th Dragoon Guards), which he retained until his death.

References

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richard Cannon, Historical Record of the Seventh, or Princess Royal's Regiment of Dragoon Guards (1839) page 85.
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    New regiment
    Colonel of de Grangues's Regiment of Foot
    1739–1742
    Succeeded by
    Sir John Bruce Hope
    Preceded by
    Andrew Bissett
    Colonel of de Grangues's Regiment of Foot
    1742–1743
    Succeeded by
    Charles Frampton
    Preceded by
    John Brown
    Colonel of de Grangues's Regiment of Dragoons
    1743–1749
    Succeeded by
    George Reade
    Preceded by
    Sir John Mordaunt
    Colonel of de Grangues's Regiment of Horse
    1749–1754
    Succeeded by
    Henry Seymour Conway


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