Map of encampments near Newport, 1757-8 (Newport, Isle of Wight, UK) 50°42'05"N 01°17'28"W

A map of encampments near Newport, 1757 and 1758. Seven Years War (1756-63). Oriented with north-west to top (cardinal points).

The facing page (RCIN 731068.o) lists the encamped regiments. The camps took place from 27 July 1757, and 22 April 1758. The encamped regiments in 1757, under the command of Sir John Mordaunt, Lieutenant-General Conway, and Major-General Cornwallis, were: 3^rd, 1^st Ba. of Buffs from Dorchester Camp; 8^th, 1^st Bat. of Wolfe's; 20^th, 1^st Bat. of Kingsley's from Dorchester Camp; 31^st Holmes's, 50^th Hodgson's, 51^st Brudenell's (all from Chatham Camp); 5^th Bentinck's, 60^th Amherst's, 30^th Loudon's, 34^th 2^nd bat. of Effingham's (all from Barham Downs); 24^th 1^st Bat. of Cornwallis's, 37^th 2^nd Bat. of Stewart's (all from Amersham).

The encamped regiments in 1758, under the command of the Duke of Marlborough, Ld George Sackville, Major-Generals Dury, Mostyn, Boscawen, Waldegrave, and Elliot, were: 24^th, 1^st Bat. Cornwallis's; 34^th, 1^st Bat. of Effingham's; 36^th, 2 Bat. of Lord Robert Maners's; 23^rd, 2 Bat. of Welch Fuziliers and 3 Bat. Lord Charles Hay's; 5^th Bentinck's; 25^th Earl of Home's.

BL Add MS 15532: [f.16, numbered, top right, black pencil:] 16. 'Plan of the ENCAMPMENTS near NEWPORT in the ISLE of WIGHT in 1758 & 1759'. Scale: 1:8,964. Scale bar: [102 mm =] 1000 yards. Size: 32.3 x 42.3 cm (image). Oriented with north-west to top (cardinal points). [Text on facing page; numbered, top right of verso, black pencil:] 15. 'Encampments in the Isle of Wight / 27^th July 1757. Size: 32.7 x 34.5 cm (image). The title of the map is slightly different; there are some small differences in names, eg. Carrisbrook Castle is named in the Add MS copy but not in K.Mil; altogether, the Add MS copy seems more polished than K.Mil - it has for example, the circular compass indicator (without the inner circle) that appeared on the Cox Heath K.Mil plan.

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.