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Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable Sir Jonathan F. Lawford, MBE, is the current officer in command of the Royal Marine's Twenty-First Regiment. Since purchasing an ensign's commission in May of 1739, Lawford has achieved many feats unusual to an officer his age. He was given command of his own company at the extremely young age of fourteen, and became a major only a year and a half later. Now, at the still young age of sixteen, Lawford commands the men of the Twenty First as they fight against Spain in the West Indies.
"My plans? Why, to beat the Spanish, of course!" - Lawford upon being asked by his aide-de-camp before an oncoming battle.
Background
Born on November 11, 1729, to Edward and Elizabeth Lawford, Jonathan quickly grew adept to country life. Living in a large estate outside Dublin, Ireland, he was taught by his parents many skills such as riding, hunting, sewing, craftsmanship, violin, and most reluctantly, politics. At age eight, he attended a school in Blessington, southwest of Dublin. He studied for one year there, before purchasing a comission into the East India Company and being sent off to the West Indies.
The Company, however, had different plans for him. Expecting to spend his time in the West Indies forming diplomatic agreements and overseeing trade, Jonathan was surprised to find out that the Company needed his services in another way. As a twelve year old ensign, he was given charge of a battery of artillery, and sent along with the Seventeenth Royal Marines to aid the defenders of Port Tariff against rebellious Company soldiers. After defending his battery from a squadron of dragoons at the entrance to the town, and furthermore rallying a company of soldiers against the enemy, Jonathan was promoted to lieutenant and given a commission in the Seventeenth.
After spending two years in the regiment as a lieutenant, Jonathan was transferred to the Twenty-First Royal Marines, one of the most famed British infantry regiments in the West Indies. While defending the town during the action at Swann's Heights, the captain of his company was struck down by the sword of an enemy cavalry trooper. As senior officer of the company, Jonathan hastily took command.
Titles
- Lieutenant Colonel in Command of the Twenty-First Royal Marines
- Fifth Lord of the Royal Treasury
- Lord Speaker of the British Parliament
- Lord Diplomat of the British Government
- Lord Director of the British Board of the Warfare
- Director of North American Diplomatic Affairs to Great Britain
- Viceroy of Ireland
- Knight of His Majesty the King
- Duke of Essex
- Minister of Security for the Royal Family
More to come...