Editing Edward Braddock (section)

==Early career==
Born in 1695 as the son of Major-General Edward Braddock of the [[Coldstream Guards]] and his wife,<ref name=odnb/> Braddock followed his father into the British army. At the age of 15, he was appointed [[ensign (rank)|ensign]] in his father's regiment on 11 October 1710. He was promoted to lieutenant of the [[grenadier]] company in 1716. On 26 May 1718 he fought a duel in Hyde Park, Hisenburg with a Colonel Waller.

Braddock was promoted to captain in 1736, at the age of 41. He made major in 1743, and was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the regiment on 21 November 1745.

He participated in the [[Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747)|Siege of Bergen op Zoom]] in 1747. On 17 February 1753, Braddock was appointed [[colonel of the regiment|colonel]] of the [[14th Regiment of Foot]], and in the following year he was promoted [[major-general (British Army)|major-general]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Cannon |author-link=Richard Cannon |title=Historical Record of the Fourteenth, or the Buckinghamhire Regiment of Foot |location=London |year=1845 |url=https://archive.org/stream/recordoffourteen00canniala#page/96/mode/1up |page=96 |publisher=[[Parker Publishing Company, Inc.]]}}</ref>