John Lanier

Lieutenant-General Sir John Lanier
Died	1692
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles / wars	Monmouth Rebellion Williamite War in Ireland Nine Years' War

Lieutenant-General Sir John Lanier (died 1692) was an English army officer.

Military career

Lanier was wounded and lost an eye while serving under the Duke of Monmouth in France.[1] He served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey from 1679 to 1684.[1] In 1685 he raised Lanier's Regiment of Horse or the 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse, named in honour of Queen Mary, consort of King James II, as part of the response to the Monmouth Rebellion.[2][3]

He declared allegiance to William III and secured Edinburgh Castle for him in 1689.[1] He was deployed to Ireland and took part in the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690, the Siege of Limerick in August 1690 and the Battle of Aughrim in July 1691 during the Williamite War in Ireland.[1] He was badly wounded at the Battle of Steenkerque in the Netherlands in August 1692 during the Nine Years' War and died shortly afterwards.[1]

References

1. Wauchope, Piers (23 September 2004). "Lanier, Sir John (d. 1692), army officer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16050. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. "1685 to 1899 – A Short History of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards". Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from the original on 7 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
3. "1st King's Dragoon Guards". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

Military offices
Preceded by Regiment raised	Colonel of The Queen's Regiment of Horse 1685–1692	Succeeded by Henry Lumley