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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain :Historical Record of the Twenty-Second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot by Richard Cannon (1849) p. 54.
- ↑ Buried at St James's Church, Piccadilly, on 8 July 1757. Source: The Register Book for Burials. In the Parish of St James in Westminster in the County of Middlesex. 1754-1812. 8 July 1757.
- 1 2 Army List for 1740, p. 21.
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine vol. 27, p. 339. July 1757.
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