| 词条 | William Crosbie (British Army officer) |
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| name =William Crosbie | image = | caption = | birth_date =c.1740 | death_date =16 June 1798 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = | rank =Major-General | unit = | commands = | battles =American Revolutionary War | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General William Crosbie (c.1740 - 16 June 1798) was a British Army officer. Military careerCrosbie was commissioned as an ensign in the 38th Regiment of Foot in 1757.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1759 and captain in 1769.[1] After serving at the evacuation of Boston in March 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, he was promoted to major in 1778.[2] Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1781, he became commanding officer of the 22nd Regiment of Foot on promotion.[1] He raised the 89th Regiment of Foot in December 1793[3] and was promoted to major-general in 1794.[1] Crosbie also served as colonel of the 89th Regiment of Foot from 1793 to 1795[3] and as colonel of the 22nd Regiment of Foot from 1795 to his death in 1798.[4] He was also Member of Parliament for Newark from 1790 to 1796.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/crosbie-william-1740-98|title=William Crosbie|publisher=History of Parliament|accessdate=12 March 2017}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | before=New Post | title=Colonel of the 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot | years=1793–1795 | after=Andrew Gordon}}2. ^{{cite book|first=R. G. |last=Thorne|title=House of Commons, 1790-1820|publisher=London|year=1986|volume=3|page=540}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/089-793.htm |title=89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=9 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060222065217/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/089-793.htm |archivedate=22 February 2006 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm |title=The Cheshire Regiment |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=11 July 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231053245/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/022Ches.htm |archivedate=31 December 2006 |df= }} |-{{succession box | before=David Dundas | title=Colonel of the 22nd (the Cheshire) Regiment of Foot | years=1795–1798 | after=John Simcoe}} |-{{s-par|gb}}{{s-bef| before = Constantine Phipps John Manners-Sutton }}{{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Newark | with = John Manners-Sutton | years = 1790–1796 }}{{s-aft| after = Thomas Manners-Sutton Mark Wood }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Crosbie, William}} 9 : British Army generals|1740 births|1798 deaths|South Staffordshire Regiment officers|British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War|Cheshire Regiment officers|Royal Irish Fusiliers officers|British MPs 1790–96|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies |
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