List of regiments of foot
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Raised 1759, disbanded 1763.[151]
Raised 1779. Disbanded 1783.[151]
Raised as John Fletcher Campbell’s Regiment of Foot in 1793, numbered 91st in 1794. Disbanded 1795.[151]
91st Regiment of Foot 1809–1821
91st (Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot 1821–1864
91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1864–1872
91st (Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1872–1881[152]
Raised as 98th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1796 on disbandment of a number of regiments.
The Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Raised 1760, disbanded 1763.[153]
Raised 1779. Disbanded 1783.[153]
Raised as George Hewett’s Regiment of Foot 1793, numbered as 92nd in 1794, disbanded 1795.[153]
92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881[153]
Raised as 100th Foot in 1794, renumbered in 1798 on disbandment of a number of regiments.[153]
The Gordon Highlanders
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.[154]
Raised 1779, disbanded 1783.[154]
Raised 1793 as Nesbitt Balfour’s Regiment of Foot, numbered 93rd in 1794. Served in West Indies, drafted into 39th Foot on return to England 1796.[154]
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1861–1881[154]
Raised 1799.[154]
The Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Raised 1760 for service in North America. Disbanded 1763.[155]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1783.[155]
Raised 1794, disbanded 1796.
Scots Brigade, raised for Dutch service in 1568, placed on the British Establishment in 1794. Numbered in 1802. Disbanded in 1818.
Raised 1823. In 1875 was deemed to be the successor of the 94th Foot of 1802–1818.[156]
The Connaught Rangers
Raised in North Carolina in 1760. Disbanded 1763.[157]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.[157]
William Edmeston’s Regiment of Foot raised 1793, numbered 1794. Disbanded 1796.
95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) 1812–1816
Corps of Riflemen raised 1800, numbered 95th Foot in 1802. Redesignated as the Rifle Brigade without a number in 1816.[158]
Raised as 96th Regiment of Foot in 1803. Renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[157]
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 1825–1881[159]
Raised 1823
The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
Formed 1760 for service in India. Disbanded 1763.[160]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.[160]
Raised as John Murray’s Regiment of Foot 1793, numbered 96th in 1794, disbanded 1796.[160]
Raised as 2nd Battalion, 52nd Foot in 1799, constituted as 96th Foot in 1803, renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158]
97th Foot (see below), renumbered as 96th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[160]
Raised 1824. Deemed in 1874 to be the successor to the 96th Foot of 1816–1818.[161]
The Manchester Regiment
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.[162]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784.[162]
Raised 1794 as Strathspey Highland Regiment, numbered in same year. Disbanded 1795.[162]
Raised 1798 as The Minorca Regiment, redesignated the Queen’s own German Regiment in 1802, numbered in 1805.[162] renumbered as 96th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158]
Raised 1760 as 98th Foot, renumbered as 97th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[162]
Raised 1824.[162]
The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.[162]
Raised 1779, disbanded 1784.[163]
Raised 1794, renumbered 91st (see above) in 1796 on disbandment of a number of regiments.[163]
Raised 1805, renumbered as 97th (see above) in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158]
Raised 1804 as 99th Foot, renumbered as 98th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[163]
98th (The Prince of Wales’s) Regiment of Foot 1876–1881[164]
Raised 1824.[162]
The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
Raised 1760. Disbanded 1763.[165]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1783.[163]
Raised 1794, disbanded 1798.[163]
Raised 1804 as 99th Foot, renumbered as 98th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158]
Raised 1804 as 100th Foot, renumbered as 99th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[165]
99th (Duke of Edinburgh’s) Regiment of Foot 1874–1881[166]
Raised 1824.[165]
The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment)
Raised 1761. Disbanded 1763.[167]
Raised 1780, disbanded 1784. Also known as “Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment”.[167]
Raised 1794, renumbered as 92nd (see above) in 1798.[167]
Raised 1804 as 100th Foot, renumbered as 99th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158]
Raised 1798 as New South Wales Corps.
Numbered 1809 as 102nd Foot, renumbered as 100th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number.[158] Disbanded 1818.[168]
Raised 1858 in Canada.[167] In 1875 was deemed successor to the 100th Foot of 1805–1816.[169]
The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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