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Formed 1777 by regimentation of independent companies raised in 1771, renumbered as 71st (see above) in 1786 on disbandment of existing 71st and 72nd Foot. [50] [112] 73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1786–1809. 73rd Regiment of Foot 1809–1862. 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot 1862–1881 [116] 1780.
The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch. Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot , they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot .
In April 1809 the regiment raised a second battalion in Nottingham from local militia companies and lost its Highland status due to recruiting difficulties, becoming the 73rd Regiment of Foot. The 1st Battalion embarked at Yarmouth for a seven-month journey to New South Wales , Australia in May 1809. [9]
Accordingly, General Francis Leighton's Regiment was renamed as the 32nd Regiment of Foot. [1] In late 1775, Rockingham Castle , which had been hired to transport three companies of the regiment, along with a number of their families, making for Cobh in a heavy gale, mistook Robert's Cove for the entrance to Cork harbour, and was driven onto a lee shore at Reannie's Bay, a few miles distant.
The regiment was raised by General Charles Leigh as the 82nd Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 27 September 1793. It embarked for the West Indies in June 1795 and was deployed to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in August 1795. [2]
82nd Regiment of Foot may refer to one of three regiments of the British Army that have been numbered the 82nd Regiment of Foot. 82nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids), renumbered the 72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids) in 1764. 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) 82nd Regiment of Foot (1777)
The Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. (1st ed.). Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co (Eight volumes) – The section on the Seaforth Highlanders is titled "Seaforth’s Highlanders: Formerly 78th now 72nd Regiment or Duke of Albany’s Own Highlanders." It covers the history in two sections 1778-1840 and then 1841-1873.
