SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, OR, THE DUKE OF ALBANY’S OWN HIGHLANDERS;

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1778,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1848.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,

30 CHARING CROSS.

M DCCC XLVIII.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.

THE SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT,

OR

THE DUKE OF ALBANY’S OWN HIGHLANDERS,

BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR

THE DUKE’S CIPHER AND CORONET

AS A REGIMENTAL BADGE;

ALSO THE WORD

“HINDOOSTAN,”

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS SERVICES IN THE EAST INDIES FROM 1781 TO 1798;

AND THE WORDS

“CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,”

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS SERVICES AT THE CAPTURE OF THAT COLONY IN 1806.

SEVENTY-SECOND REGIMENT,

OR

DUKE OF ALBANY’S OWN HIGHLANDERS.