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{{Short description|British Army general}}
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{{For|the historian|J. G. A. Pocock}} {{for|the cricketer|John Pocock (cricketer)}}

Brigadier-General '''John Pocock''' (died April 1732) was a [[British Army]] officer and a Colonel of [[8th Regiment of Foot|the King's Regiment of Foot]].

==Life==
Pocock obtained a commission in a regiment of foot in June 1695, and having signalised himself in the wars of Queen Anne, he was promoted to the rank of [[colonel (British Army)|colonel]] in the Army in 1707. In 1710 he succeeded [[William Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver|Lord Strathnaver]] in the colonelcy of a regiment of foot, with which he served in Flanders under [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|the Duke of Marlborough]], and afterwards under [[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde|the Duke of Ormonde]]. At the [[Peace of Utrecht]] his regiment was disbanded, but in 1715 he was commissioned to raise a regiment of foot for the service of King George I. After [[Jacobite rising of 1715|the suppression of the rebellion]] of [[John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)|the Earl of Mar]], this regiment was sent to Ireland, where it was disbanded in 1718. On 2 December 1720 Pocock was appointed to the colonelcy of the [[36th Regiment of Foot]], from which he was removed on 21 April 1721 to the [[8th Regiment of Foot|8th, or King's Regiment]]. On the expectation that Great Britain would become involved in [[Anglo-Spanish War (1727–1729)|a continental war]], in 1727, he was promoted to the rank of [[brigadier-general]]. He died in April 1732 at his house in [[Leicester Fields]], London.

==References==
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{{source-attribution|''Historical Records of the British Army'' by Richard Cannon.}}
* ''Historical Record of the Thirty-Sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot'' (1853) pp.&nbsp;113–114
* ''Historical Record of the King's, Liverpool Regiment of Foot'', ed. A. Cuningham Robertson (1883) p.&nbsp;266
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{{succession box|title=Colonel of [[8th Regiment of Foot|the King's Regiment of Foot]]|years=1721–1732|before=[[Sir Charles Hotham, 4th Baronet|Sir Charles Hotham]]|after=[[Charles Lenoe]]}}
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