DEDICATI O N. TO THE KING. SIRE, WITH pride, and diffidence, I avail myself of the gracious permission to dedicate to your Majesty, an account of the origin and services of a Corps intrusted with the important charge of guarding the Person of their Sovereign. In fidelity, and in the zealous fulfilment of every duty, the Coldstream, Sire, will at all times be found true to its motto "Nulli Secundus." Next to the honour of commanding so brave a body of men is that conferred on me when allowed to submit to your Royal notice the result of my researches, and to subscribe myself Your Majesty's Most devoted, obliged, and obedient Humble servant, DANIEL MAC KINNON, Colonel, and Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding Coldstream Guards. 10, Hertford Street. |