He was the younger son of John Price of
Tiptree in Essex, by his wife Judith (née Reynolds). His elder brother Robert was a
serjeant-at-law and
recorder of
Colchester. Price joined the Army as an ensign in a regiment of Foot in 1706, and on 15 October 1723 was promoted to captain in the
1st Regiment of Foot Guards, ranking as a lieutenant-colonel. On 13 January 1741 he was made colonel of the newly raised
57th Regiment of Foot, later the 46th, and on 22 June 1743 he transferred to the colonelcy of the
14th Regiment of Foot. Price was promoted to brigadier-general on 6 June 1745 and commanded an infantry brigade in the Netherlands during the campaign of 1747. During the
Battle of Val on 2 July his brigade was stationed in the village of Val, and for his gallantry Price was
mentioned in despatches by
the Duke of Cumberland. By his wife Sarah, daughter of Matthew Martin of
Wivenhoe, he left a son Martin and a daughter Mary, who was married to the Hon. and Very Rev. Edward Townshend,
dean of Norwich. ==References==