Encampments at Newport, 1757-8

ENCAMPMENTS in the ISLE of WIGHT 1757 & 1758

A list of the encamped regiments at Newport, 1757-8. Accompanies the map of the encampment on the facing page (RCIN 731068.p).

The camps took place from 27 July 1757, and 22 April 1758. The encamped regiments in 1757, under the command of Sir John Mordaunt, Lieutenant-General Conway, and Major-General Cornwallis, were: 3^rd, 1^st Ba. of Buffs from Dorchester Camp; 8^th, 1^st Bat. of Wolfe's; 20^th, 1^st Bat. of Kingsley's from Dorchester Camp; 31^st Holmes's, 50^th Hodgson's, 51^st Brudenell's (all from Chatham Camp); 5^th Bentinck's, 60^th Amherst's, 30^th Loudon's, 34^th 2^nd bat. of Effingham's (all from Barham Downs); 24^th 1^st Bat. of Cornwallis's, 37^th 2^nd Bat. of Stewart's (all from Amersham).

The encamped regiments in 1758, under the command of the Duke of Marlborough, Ld George Sackville, Major-Generals Dury, Mostyn, Boscawen, Waldegrave, and Elliot, were: 24^th, 1^st Bat. Cornwallis's; 34^th, 1^st Bat. of Effingham's; 36^th, 2 Bat. of Lord Robert Maners's; 23^rd, 2 Bat. of Welch Fuziliers and 3 Bat. Lord Charles Hay's; 5^th Bentinck's; 25^th Earl of Home's.

In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.

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