1779
57th Regiment of Foot
Commissioned Officers Roster
British troops were removed from Rhode Island and transferred to New York. New Regiments are raised at the expense of noblemen in England in the summer of 1779. Regiments shipping out on July 1st to North America included: Harrington's 85th, Duke of Rutland's 85th; and Duke of Ancaster's 87th. Regiments shipping out on July 10th: Lord Winchelsea 87th, James Stuart's 92nd; White's 96th, T. Egerton's Fencibles, and Listers' Lights. Shipping out July 23rd were Keating's 88th, Cary's 89th, Achland's 91st, McCormick's 93rd, James Dundas' 94th, Reid's 95th, Stanton's 97th and Lord North's Fencibles. A very contagious sickness is brought into New York by the troops of the 76th and 80th Regiment of Foot Within one month 6,000 British forces are sick.
Roster submitted by Sir Henry Clinton 1779 (2)
| Rank | Name | Rank in Regiment | Rank in Army |
| Colonel | Sir John Irwin | 4 Nov 1767 | L .G. 21 May 1772 |
| Lt. Col. | John Campbell | 1 May 1773 |
Colonel 1 May 1772 |
| Major | Edward Fitzgerald | 30 May 1778 | |
| Captains | |||
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1) |
Gerard Lawrence | 21 May 1774 | |
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2) |
Charles Brownlow | 14 Dec 1774 | |
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3) |
William Long | 28 Aug 1775 | |
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4) |
Francis Waldron | 25 Nov 1775 |
25 May 1772 |
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5) |
James Graham | 8 May 1777 | |
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6) |
James Dalrymple | 31 Dec 1777 | |
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7) |
Mathew Ankettel, L I. | 31 Jan 1778 | |
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8) |
George Nugent | 28 April 1778 | |
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9) |
James Willington | 18 Aug 1778 |
26 Nov 1776 |
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| Captain Lieutenant | George Dawson | 6 Oct 1778 |
Captain 29 June 1772 |
| Lieutenants: | |||
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1) |
John Schaak, G. | 1 Sept 1771 | |
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2) |
Thomas Thompson | 21 May 1774 | |
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3) |
Charles Karr | 26 Nov 1775 | |
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4) |
William Aug. Thompson | 27 Nov 1775 | |
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5) |
Edward Murray | 31 Mar 1777 | |
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6) |
James Drury | 12 Sep 1777 | |
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7) |
William Balfour | 5 Dec 1777 | |
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8) |
Henry Williamson | 12 Dec 1777 | |
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9) |
Robert Jackson | 29 June 1778 | |
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10) |
Charles Roberts | 18 Aug 1778 | |
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11) |
John Dorington | 6 Oct 1778 | |
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12) |
John Grant | 18 Oct 1778 | |
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13) |
George Hogg | 19 Oct 1778 | |
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| Ensigns: | |||
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1) |
Thomas Jones | 16 Jan 1776 | |
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2) |
P. Wm. Taylor | 8 April 1777 | |
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3) |
James Walton | 8 May 1777 | |
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4) |
Onisipius Elliot Owens | 5 Dec 1777 | |
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5) |
Arthur Forbes | 12 Dec 1777 | |
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6) |
Robert Waugh | 31 Dec 1777 | |
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7) |
Matthew Blood | 18 Aug 1778 | |
| Chaplain | Thomas Lumley | 25 Feb 1767 | |
| Adjutant | Thomas Thompson | 28 Dec 1776 | |
| Qtr Master | Miles Mayall | 15 Aug 1778 | |
| Surgeon | Thomas Davye | 12 Dec 1776 | |
| Agents: Messrs. Cox & Mair, Charing Cross. | |||
Sources:
1) "A History of The British Army" by Hon. J. W. Fortescue, Volume 3, 1763-1793, Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's
Street, London, 1911.
2) Great Britain Army Registers. Published by Macdonald & Cameron, No. 1 Cooper Street, New York, 1779
Early American Series, 1st series. No. 16295