Elgin's Regiment of Fencible Infantry
Elgin's Regiment of Fencible Infantry or Elgin's Fencible Highlanders was raised in November 1794.[1]
Major Thomas, Earl of Elgin, from the 12th Foot was Colonel of this fencible regiment with the permanent army rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. John Hepburn Belches was appointed to be a Lieutenant-Colonel in the regiment and Patrick Tyler to be a Major.[2]
The regiment, was embodied in the Lowlands on 28 November 1794.[1] It contained about 300 men from the Highlands.[3] The regiment was posted to Ireland and was decommissioned on 15 October 1802.[1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c McGuigan 2009.
- ^ Chapman 1795, p. 616.
- ^ Stewart 1822, p. 296.
References[edit]
- Chapman, A., ed. (September 1795), "Promotions Sequestrations etc", The Scots Magazine; Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics, vol. 57, Edinburgh: James Watson and company, p. 616
- McGuigan, Ron (September 2009) [2003], The Forgotten Army: Fencible Regiments of Great Britain 1793 - 1816: Regiments of Fencible Infantry 1793 - 1803, Napoleon Series[better source needed]
- Stewart, David (1822), Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland (2 ed.), Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, p. 396