De Grangues's Regiment of Foot was an

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regiment of the

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during the

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. It was commanded by

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and was ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot. On 2 February 1741 a royal warrant was issued to Henry de Grangues to raise a regiment of foot of ten companies. De Grangues had previously had command of a Dutch regiment in the English service. In October 1742 De Grangues took command of the

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, later rising to rank of lieutenant-general in the year of his death, 1754. The colonelcy of the 60th Foot, which was transferred to the

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, remained vacant until 1743 when

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was appointed. The regiment was disbanded in 1748. On 1 April 1743 de Grangues was appointed Colonel of

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on the Irish establishment.

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