In 1712, Otway joined Lord Mohun's Regiment of Foot and in 1715 he fought against the
Jacobites in the inconclusive
Battle of Sherrifmuir. He was colonel of the
35th Regiment of Foot from 1717 until his death in 1764. During this extraordinarily long colonelcy, the Regiment was known as Otway's Foot, even after the practice of identifying regiments by the name of their colonel was officially abolished in 1751. •
Major-General: 1739 •
General: 1761 ==Personal life==