James Marsh (British Army officer)

General James Marsh (died 12 June 1804) was a British Army officer.

James Marsh
Died12 June 1804
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

Military career

Marsh commanded the 43rd Regiment of Foot at Rhode Island in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.[1] He remained in that post until October 1787[2] when he was asked to raise the 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot.[3] He was promoted to major-general on 18 October 1793,[4] to lieutenant-general on 9 January 1798[5] and to full general on 25 September 1803.[6]

He served as colonel of the 77th Regiment of Foot from 1787 until his death in 1804.[3]

References
  1. "The Brigade Dispatch, Volume XXIV, No. 3 (Summer 1994)". pp. 16–18. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. "No. 12930". The London Gazette. 16 October 1787. p. 485.
  3. "77th (the East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "No. 13582". The London Gazette. 15 October 1793. p. 913.
  5. "No. 14080". The London Gazette. 16 January 1798. p. 22.
  6. Haydn's Book of Dignities (1851) p. 320.
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