George I rewarded him with the
colonelcy of the 9th Foot.
Edward Cooper Hodge, commanding officer of the 4th Dragoon Guards in the Crimea, reflected that he had been given a
colonelcy in that regiment worth 840 [pounds sterling].
This dismay had led to his determination to resign his Regular Army commission in order to accept the
colonelcy of one of the regiments of Michigan volunteers, a post which had been offered to him by Governor Austin Blair.
He backed the right Democratic candidate for governor and his reward was a place on the gentleman's staff as aide and a Kentucky
colonelcy, a title he kept for life.
He continues to hold that
colonelcy but is outranked by the Queen, who is colonel-in-chief of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.