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John Parslow
Died15 November 1786
Bath, Somerset
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsSeven Years' War[1]

General John Parslow (died 15 November 1786) was a British Army general of the 18th century.

Military career[edit]

Parslow served as a junior officer with the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards.[2] He became colonel of the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot in April 1758,[3] colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot in September 1760[4][5] and colonel of the 30th Regiment of Foot in April 1770.[6] He was promoted to full general on 20 November 1782.[7]

He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1761 to 1762.[8]

Family life[edit]

John Parslow married Margaret Hillersden, the daughter of the Whig MP for Bedford, William Hillersden, and his wife Elizabeth.[9] Parslow's daughter Charlotte predeceased him on 11 June 1786.[10] Parslow himself died at the town of Bath on 15 November 1786.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Biographical account of John Hadley, Vice President of the Royal Society and the Inventor of the Quadrant and of his brothers, George and Henry Hadley. R.B. Bate. 1835. p. 26.
  • ^ a b "General John Parslow 1758 - 1760". Queen's Royal Surreys. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • ^ "70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • ^ "54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 April 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • ^ "No. 10039". The London Gazette. 27 September 1760. p. 1.
  • ^ "30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  • ^ Haydn's Book of Dignities (1851) p. 318.
  • ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities. Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 277.
  • ^ "Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  • ^ Lynne Squires (1885). "East Barnet: Cass, Frederick Charles, b. 1824". Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • Military offices
    Preceded by

    New post

    Colonel of the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
    1758–1760
    Succeeded by

    Cyrus Trapaud

    Preceded by

    John Grey

    Colonel of the 54th Regiment of Foot
    1760–1770
    Succeeded by

    Mariscoe Frederick

    Preceded by

    John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun

    Colonel of the 30th Regiment of Foot
    1770–1786
    Succeeded by

    William Roy


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