Having been so happy as to form a tender attachment to an amiable lady, which was reciprocated, he married, on the 15th of September, 1744, Elizabeth, the only daughter of Sir Nathan Wright, Baronet, of Cranham Hall, Essex.[1]

[Footnote 1:  On this occasion some congratulatory verses were written by the Rev. MOSES BROWN, and printed in the Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol.  XIV. p. 558.]

His chief residence was at his country seat; but he spent his winters in the venerable family mansion in St. James, Westminster, London, to attend his duties as member of Parliament and enjoy the society of men of the first respectability for rank, talents, and literature.

On the 25th of March, 1745, he was promoted to the rank of Major General; and the Rebellion breaking out in that year, he was placed at the head of four companies of cavalry, one of which bore the title of “Georgia Rangers."[1] They had been raised at the expense of some loyal individuals, to act against the insurgents; “and,” (says an Historian who had the best authority for the declaration,)[2] “they did very signal service to their country.”  Their uniform was blue, faced with red; and they wore green cockades.  They did not encamp with the foot, but were quartered in the towns.

[Footnote 1:  Marshal Wade, the Commander in Chief, had under him the following officers, viz.:  Lieutenant Generals Lord Tyrawly, and Wentworth; the Major Generals Howard, Huske, and Oglethorpe; and the Brigadier Generals Mordaunt and Chemondelly.]

[Footnote 2:  See Impartial History of the Rebellion in 1745, from authentic memoirs, particularly the Journal of a General Officer; and other original papers; with the characters of the persons principally concerned.  By SAMUEL BOYSE. 8vo.  Dublin. 1748. p. 80.]

As this expedition was commenced late in the fall, the King’s troops were retarded in their operations by the rigor of the season, their late forced marches, and a most uncomfortable diarrhoea, which prevailed among the soldiers; but good quarters, proper refreshments, and the extraordinary care of their officers, relieved these difficulties, and put the army into so good a condition as enabled them to go through the campaign with fewer inconveniences and much less loss than could reasonably be expected, considering the great hardships and excessive fatigues to which they were exposed.

As soon as Marshal Wade had intelligence at Newcastle of the route which the rebels had taken, he resolved, notwithstanding the severity of the season, to march thence to the relief of Carlisle.  Accordingly, on the 16th of November, the army began to move for that purpose.  His Excellency intended to have begun his march as soon as it was light; but, moving from the left, the troops which had the van, delayed their motions several hours, to the great prejudice of the expedition; for the weather being extremely cold, and the travelling impeded by a deep snow, or