The Seven Years War (1756-63)
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Encampments near Newport, 1757-8
PLAN of ENCAMPMENTS FORM’D NEAR NEWPORT in the ISLE of WIGHT in 1757 and 1758
c.1784-91Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper | Scale: 1:9,053. | RCIN 731068.p
The facing page (RCIN 731068.o) lists the encamped regiments. 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: 3rd, 1st Ba. of Buffs from Dorchester Camp; 8th, 1st Bat. of Wolfe's; 20th, 1st Bat. of Kingsley's from Dorchester Camp; 31st Holmes's, 50th Hodgson's, 51st Brudenell's (all from Chatham Camp); 5th Bentinck's, 60th Amherst's, 30th Loudon's, 34th 2nd bat. of Effingham's (all from Barham Downs); 24th 1st Bat. of Cornwallis's, 37th 2nd 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: 24th, 1st Bat. Cornwallis's; 34th, 1st Bat. of Effingham's; 36th, 2 Bat. of Lord Robert Maners's; 23rd, 2 Bat. of Welch Fuziliers and 3 Bat. Lord Charles Hay's; 5th Bentinck's; 25th Earl of Home's.
BL Add MS 15532: [f.16, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 16. 'Plan of the ENCAMPMENTS near NEWPORT in the ISLE of WIGHT in 1758 & 1759'. Scale: 1:8,964. Scale bar: [102 mm =] 1000 yards. Size: 32.3 x 42.3 cm (image). Oriented with north-west to top (cardinal points). [Text on facing page; numbered, top right of verso, black pencil:] 15. 'Encampments in the Isle of Wight / 27th July 1757. Size: 32.7 x 34.5 cm (image). The title of the map is slightly different; there are some small differences in names, eg. Carrisbrook Castle is named in the Add MS copy but not in K.Mil; altogether, the Add MS copy seems more polished than K.Mil - it has for example, the circular compass indicator (without the inner circle) that appeared on the Cox Heath K.Mil plan.
In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.
Condition: flat, no fold lines.
Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)
George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)
Watermark: Heawood 1809
Condition: flat, no fold lines
Scale: 1:9,053. Scale bar: [101 mm =] 1000 yards.
30.6 x 42.0 cm (neatline)
32.5 x 42.3 cm (image)
37.3 x 53.5 cm (sheet)
Manuscript title:
PLAN of ENCAMPMENTS FORM’D NEAR NEWPORT in the ISLE of WIGHT in 1757 and 1758. [across top of map, outside neatline]
Annotations:
(Recto) [top right, in margin, ink:] 9; [top right, black pencil:] 19. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]
Subject(s)
Newport, Isle of Wight, UK (50°42'05"N 01°17'28"W)
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14 March 2024
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