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January 19 – Parliament limits the size of the country's standing army to 7,000 "native born" men. [1] The King's Dutch Blue Guards hence cannot serve in the line. By Act of February 1, it also requires disbandment of foreign troops in Ireland.
Brigadier-General Richard Leveson, 12 July 1659 to March 1699, was the son of a wealthy merchant from Wolverhampton, who served in the army of James II until the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, when he defected to join William III.
The British Army would not formally exist, however, for another 46 years, as Scotland and England remained two independent states, each with its own Army. 1 October 1661 – The Tangier Regiment is formed, later The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, the most senior English line infantry regiment in the British Army.
British: Political party ... Alice Holt Forest, [1] Hampshire, was an English diplomat, army ... They were jointly appointed "Rangers of Alice Holt Forest" from 1699 ...
James Stewart (c. 1699 – 27 April 1768) [1] was a Scottish soldier and politician.. He was the second son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway and his wife Lady Catherine Montgomerie, daughter of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton.
Colonel Edward Trelawny (c. 1699 – 16 January 1754) was a British Army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Jamaica from April 1738 to September 1752. He is best known for his role in signing the treaty which ended the First Maroon War between the colony of Jamaica and the Jamaican Maroons .
Captain Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, [1] PC (25 May 1699 – 23 January 1747), was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1723 to 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Torrington. His career included service as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard during the reign of King George II.
1699 was a common year ... British Army officer and politician (d. 1747) Anna Leszczyńska, eldest child of Stanisław Leszczyński and Catherine Opalińska (d.