Lieutenant-General James Durand (died 1766) was a British soldier. He served as an officer in the

1st Foot Guards The Grenadier Guards (GREN GDS) is the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army, being at the top of the Infantry Order of Precedence. It can trace its lineage back to 1656 when Lord Wentworth's Regiment was raised in Bruges to protect ...

, rising to the rank of captain and lieutenant-colonel in May 1748, and to major (with the rank of colonel) in 1753. He was appointed major-general in 1759, and rose to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 1st Foot Guards in 1760. In 1761, he was appointed lieutenant-general, and in June 1765 made the colonel of the

56th Regiment of Foot The 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881. It was originally raised in Northumbria as the 58th Regiment, and renumbered the 56th the following year when two senior regiments we ...

. Durand died in 1766 and was buried at

St Mary's, Twickenham St Mary's Church, Twickenham, also known as St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, is a Grade II* listed Church of England place of worship dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin. It is on Church Street, Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon ...

on 6 March; his wife Cornelia had been buried there on 12 January the same year.R. S. Cobbett,
Memorials of Twickenham
' (London, 1872) p. 70

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* British Army lieutenant generals 1766 deaths Grenadier Guards officers 56th Regiment of Foot officers Year of birth unknown Burials at St Mary's Church, Twickenham {{UK-army-bio-stub