Title:
Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment General Account
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
BARRINGTON FAMILY OF HATFIELD BROAD OAK
Level: Sub-Fonds
MISCELLANEOUS
Level: Series
Regimental accounts for 11th Dragoons and Household Accounts of Farington and Gardner families
Scope and Content:
Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment, General Account. Payments made on behalf of the regiment, including payments to the agent and widows, allowance for subsistence. These payments do not figure in the Regimental ledger or cash books. Includes payment for a map of Scotland 25 March 1746, and payment of fees for Major Gardner's Commission in the room of Major Sauvin dated 23 April 1746.
Dates of Creation:
1742-1748
Extent:
1 volume
Admin History:
The Regiment was raised by Sir Philip Honywood on 22 July 1715, in response to the Jacobite threat. It was a cavalry regiment, recruited from Essex and based at Colchester and fought in the Battle of Preston in September 1715. It had about 207 men in peacetime, rising to 552 in 1727 when war threatened. General Lord Mark Kerr became Colonel of the regiment. It fought in the Jacobite rebellion at the Battles of Clifton Muir, 1745 and Culloden, 1746. The regiment subsequently became the 11th Light Dragoons (1783-1840), 11th Hussars (1840-1969), Royal Hussars (1969-1992) and King's Royal Hussars (1992 onwards).

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Personal Names William
Gardner 		joined Regiment as Cornet, promoted to Captain, Captain Lieutenant, Major and Lieutenant Colonel, married Elizabeth Farington daughter of Valentine Farington of Preston and had at least two sons Valentine Gardner an officer in the 16th Foot
Personal Names Lord
Mark
Kerr 		1676-1752, son of Lord Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian, Army Officer, Captain 8 June 1693, wounded at Almanza 1707, Brigadier General at capture of Vigo in 1719, appointed Governor of Guernsey 1740, General 1743, Governor of Berwick up
Personal Names Lord
Mark
Kerr 		1676-1752, son of Lord Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian, Army Officer, Captain 8 June 1693, wounded at Almanza 1707, Brigadier General at capture of Vigo in 1719, appointed Governor of Guernsey 1740, General 1743, Governor of Berwick up
Document Types Accounts 11th Dragoons Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment General Account 1742-1748
Institutions 11th Dragoons Lord Mark Kerr's Regiment General Account 1742-1748