James Marsh (British Army officer)

Marsh commanded the 43rd Regiment of Foot at Rhode Island in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.^[1] He remained in that post until October 1787^[2] when he was asked to raise the 77th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot.^[3] He was promoted to major-general on 18 October 1793,^[4] to lieutenant-general on 9 January 1798^[5] and to full general on 25 September 1803.^[6]

He served as colonel of the 77th Regiment of Foot from 1787 until his death in 1804.^[3]