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The Seven Years War (1756-63)

Manuscript and printed maps and views, correspondence and journals from the first global war

DANIEL PATERSON (1738-1825)

Map of encampments at Sendheath, 1759-62 (Woking, Surrey, UK) 51°19'08"N 00°33'32"W

c.1784-91

Pencil, ink on paper | 33.7 x 40.1 cm (image) | RCIN 731068.v

A list of the encamped regiments at Sendheath, 1759. Accompanies the map of the encampment on the facing page (RCIN 731068.w).

The encamped regiments in 1759, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earl of Ancram, are: 8th King's Own; 34th Effingham's; 33rd Lord Charles Hay's; 5th Bentinck's. The encamped regiments for 1760, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Earls of Ancram and Albemarle, and Cornwallis, are: 30th Loudon's; 36th Lord Robert Manners's; 72nd Duke of Richmond's. The encamped regiments for 1761, under the command of Lieutenant-General Cornwallis and Carr, are: 34th Cavendish's; 72nd Duke of Richmond's; Bedfordshire. The encamped regiments for 1762, under the command of Lieutenant-General Carr, are: 31st Holmes's; 36th Manners's; E. Bat. Suffolk.

In: Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from the Year 1756 to the Year 1762. See main entry under RCIN 731068.

Condition: flat, no fold lines.
  • Daniel Paterson (1738-1825) (draughtsman)

    George Morrison (1703/4?–99) (compiler)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
  • Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in crowned shield suspending a ‘4’ with the letters L V G below

    Condition: flat, no fold lines

  • 33.7 x 40.1 cm (image)

    37.0 x 53.2 cm (sheet)

  • Manuscript title:

    ENCAMPMENTS at SENDHEATH from 1759 to 1762.

    Annotations:

    (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right, black pencil:] 25.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Encampments 14 drawn Plans of the Encampments in South Britain from 1756 to 1762; by George Morrison, drawn by Daniel Paterson. oblong Fol. [The same entry appears under the heading England.]

  • Subject(s)

    Woking, Surrey, UK (51°19'08"N 00°33'32"W)

Page revisions

  • 3 November 2024