drum major general
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The Drum Major General was a royal appointment in the British Army used from the mid-17th century and into the 18th century. Under this appointment, all training and licensing of military drummers took place.
List of Drum Major Generals
The following individuals held the appointment of Drum Major General, with date of appointment:{{cite web | title=The artistic establishment: Drummers, harpers and fifers | website=British History Online| url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43813#s2 | access-date=2019-08-30}}
- 20 June 1660 – John Maugridge
- 1 May 1688 – John Maugridge
- 24 April 1705 – Robert Maugridge Jnr.
- 18 February 1720 – John Clothier
- 4 February 1754 – John Conquest
- {{circa}}1762 – L. Higgins{{cite book|last=Barrington|first=William Wildman|title=An Eighteenth-Century Secretary at War: The Papers of William, Viscount Barrington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXdnAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Bodley Head|isbn=978-0-370-31227-9}}
- 1766 – H. Moore{{cite book|last1=Highfill|first1=Philip H. |last2=Burnim|first2=Kalman A.|last3=Langhans|first3=Edward A.|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xE2a06VfoogC |volume=10: M'Intosh to Nash |year=1984|publisher=SIU Press |isbn=978-0-8093-1130-9}}
- 4 January 1777 – C. Stuart{{Cite book|title=The Scots magazine|volume=39|date=1777|pages=55 v |language=en|hdl = 2027/nyp.33433081660478}}
- 6 February 1791 – William Hood{{Cite book|title=The Scots magazine|volume=53|date=1791|pages=55 v |language=en|hdl = 2027/njp.32101065087346}}