Note 48 — HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIRST, OR ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT.
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The forces were designated by the following titles:—
Horse Guards
The Duke of York's Troop afterwards the third troop of Life Guards, and disbanded in 1746.
Foot.
The King's Regiment of Guards, afterwards constituted, with a battalion of Guards raised in England in 1661, the First Foot Guards.
The Duke of York's Regiment The few remaining men of these regiments were, in 1660, placed in garrison at Dunkirk; they were afterwards removed to Tangier, and incorporated in the Second, or Queen's Regiment of Foot.
The Duke of Gloucester's Regt.
The Earl of Bristol's Regiment
Lord Newborough's Regiment
Colonel Richard Grace's Regt.