Major-General John Price (died November 1747) was an officer of the

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Biography

He was the younger son of John Price of

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in Essex, by his wife Judith (née Reynolds). His elder brother Robert was a

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and

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.Thomas Wright, ''The History and Topography of the County of Essex'', volume I (London, 1836
p. 252
Price joined the Army as an ensign in a regiment of Foot in 1706, and on 15 October 1723 was promoted to captain in the

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, ranking as a lieutenant-colonel. On 13 January 1741 he was made colonel of the newly raised 57th Regiment of Foot, later the 46th,Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Forty-Sixth, or the South Devonshire Regiment of Foot'' (London, 1851
p. 67
and on 22 June 1743 he transferred to the colonelcy of the

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.Richard Cannon, ''Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment of Foot'' (London, 1845
p. 95
Price was promoted to brigadier-general on 6 June 1745 and commanded an infantry brigade in the Netherlands during the campaign of 1747. During the

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on 2 July his brigade was stationed in the village of Val, and for his gallantry Price was

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by the Duke of Cumberland. John Price died at

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in November 1747. By his wife Sarah, daughter of Matthew Martin of

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, he left a son Martin and a daughter Mary, who was married to the Hon. and Very Rev. Edward Townshend,

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