{{Short description|Infantry regiment of the British Army during the War of the Austrian Succession}} '''De Grangues's Regiment of Foot''' was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]] during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. It was commanded by [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] [[Henry de Grangues]] and was ranked as the 60th [[List of Regiments of Foot|Regiment of Foot]].
On 2 February 1741 a royal warrant was issued to Henry de Grangues to raise a regiment of foot of ten companies.<ref>{{cite book|title=V|chapter=Treasury Books and Papers: February 1741|pages=441–448|editor=William A. Shaw|editor-link=William A. Shaw|year=1901|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=91955}}</ref> De Grangues had previously had command of a Dutch regiment in the English service.
In October 1742 De Grangues took command of the [[30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot|30th Regiment of Foot]], later rising to rank of lieutenant-general in the year of his death, 1754.<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries, 12th Series Volume II|year=1916|location=London|pages=152, 313}}</ref> The colonelcy of the 60th Foot, which was transferred to the [[Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)|Irish Establishment]], remained vacant until 1743 when [[John Bruce Hope|Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet]] was appointed. The regiment was disbanded in 1748.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter|first=Thomas|author-link=Thomas Carter (writer)|title=Curiosities of war and military studies: anecdotal, descriptive, and statistical|year=1871|publisher=Groombridge & Sons|location=London|pages=129–130}}</ref>
On 1 April 1743 de Grangues was appointed Colonel of [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers|9th Regiment of Dragoons]] on the Irish establishment.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09L.htm |title=9th Queen's Royal Lancers |publisher=Regiments.org |access-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070114001737/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09L.htm |archive-date=14 January 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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