William Barrell

{{for|the British Olympic gymnast|William Barrell (gymnast)}} {{Short description|British general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Lieutenant-General |name = William Barrell |honorific_suffix = |image = |alt = |caption = |birth_name = |nickname = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = 8 August 1749 |death_place = |burial_place = Westminster Abbey |allegiance = England <br /> Great Britain |branch = English Army <br /> British Army |service_years = 1698–1749 |rank = Lieutenant-General |unit = 1st Regiment of Foot Guards |commands = Governor of Pendennis Castle |known_for = |battles = {{Tree list}} *War of the Spanish Succession **Battle of Blenheim {{tree list/end}} |awards = |memorials = |alma_mater = |spouse = |children = |relations = |other_work = |signature = }} Lieutenant-General '''William Barrell''' (died 9 August 1749) was a British Army officer.

==Career== Barrell joined the English Army as a captain on 27 March 1698.<ref name=armylist>''A List of the Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, and Ensigns of His Majesty's Forces'' (1740) [https://books.google.com/books?id=p_BfsBzDzWYC&pg=PA18 p. 18].</ref> He served with distinction in the War of the Spanish Succession<ref name=kings>Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Fourth, or King's Own Regiment of Foot'' (1839) [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_48386#page/n196/mode/1up p. 148].</ref><ref name=cheshire>Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Twenty-Second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot'' (1849) [https://archive.org/stream/cihm_27094#page/n103/mode/1up p. 52].</ref> and was granted brevet rank as a colonel of Foot by the Duke of Marlborough on 1 January 1707.<ref>Charles Dalton, ''English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1661-1714'', volume VI (1904) [https://archive.org/stream/englisharmylists06dalt#page/194/mode/1up p. 194].</ref> In 1715 he was made colonel of the 15th Regiment of Foot,<ref name=kings/><ref name=cheshire/> and in 1727 he was promoted to brigadier-general.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6572|page=3|date=11–15 April 1727}}</ref> On 25 August 1730 he was removed to the 22nd Regiment of Foot,<ref name=cheshire/> and on 8 August 1734 to the King's Own.<ref name=armylist/><ref name=kings/> He was promoted to major-general in 1735<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=7464|page=1|date=16–20 December 1735}}</ref> and lieutenant-general in 1739;<ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=7823|pages=1–2|date=14–17 July 1739}}</ref> he also held the post of Governor of Pendennis Castle.<ref name=kings/><ref name=cheshire/>

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box|title=Colonel of Barrell's Regiment of Foot|years=1715–1730|before=Andrews Windsor|after=Nicholas Price}} {{succession box|title=Colonel of Barrell's Regiment of Foot|years=1730–1734|before=Roger Handasyd|after=James St Clair}} {{succession box|title=Colonel of the King's Own Regiment of Foot|years=1734–1749|before=The Lord Cadogan|after=Robert Rich}} {{s-bef | before=James Tyrrell}} {{s-ttl | title=Governor of Pendennis Castle | years=1737–1749}} {{s-aft | after=John Laforey}} {{s-end}}

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