Highland Fencible Corps
The plan of raising a fencible corps in the Highlands was first proposed and carried into effect by William Pitt the Elder, (afterwards Earl of Chatham) in the year 1759. During the three preceding years both the fleets and armies of Great Britain had suffered reverses, and it was thought that a "home guard" was necessary as a bulwark against invasion. The following is a list of the Highland fencible regiments according to the chronological order of the commissions:
1st Sutherland Fencibles2nd Sutherland Fencibles3rd Sutherland FenciblesArgyle Fencibles (1759)Argyle Fencibles (1778)Argyle Fencibles (1793)Argyle Fencibles (1794)Argyle Fencibles (1798)Argyle Fencibles (1799)Argyle or Western Fencibles (1778)Breadalbane FenciblesBreadalbane Regiment (1793)Breadalbane Regiment (1794)Caithness LegionClan-Alpine FenciblesDumbarton Fencible RegimentFraser Fencibles RegimentFraser RegimentGlengarry FenciblesGlengarry Fencibles (1794)Gordon Fencibles (1778)Grant FenciblesGrant or Strathspey FenciblesGrant or Strathspey RegimentInverness-shire FenciblesLochaber FenciblesMacLeod FenciblesMacleod FenciblesPerthshire FenciblesPrincess Charlotte of Wales' or Loyal Macleod FenciblesReay FenciblesReay Highland RegimentReay’s FenciblesReay’s fenciblesRegiment of the Isles, or Macdonald FenciblesRoss-shire Highland RegimentRoss And Cromarty RangersRothesay and Caithness HighlandersRoyal Inverness HighlandersStrathspey Fencibles
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109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot1794 in Scotland1798 in Scotland1799 in Scotland1801 in Scotland1st Sutherland Fencibles2nd Sutherland Fencibles3rd Sutherland Fencibles93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of FootAlexander Cameron (British Army officer, born 1781)Alexander Macdonell (bishop)Alexander Ranaldson MacdonellArchibald Campbell Fraser of LovatArgyle Fencibles (1759)Argyle Fencibles (1778)Argyle Fencibles (1793)Argyle Fencibles (1794)Argyle Fencibles (1798)Argyle Fencibles (1799)Argyle or Western Fencibles (1778)Argyll and Bute MilitiaBattle of the Îles Saint-MarcoufBreadalbane FenciblesBreadalbane Regiment (1793)Breadalbane Regiment (1794)Caithness LegionClan-Alpine FenciblesClan Fraser of LovatColin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)Dumbarton Fencible RegimentDuncan Ban MacIntyreFenciblesFrancis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of SeafieldFraser Fencibles RegimentFraser RegimentGeorge RainyGlengarryGlengarry FenciblesGlengarry Fencibles (1794)
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Highland Fencible Corps
The plan of raising a fencible corps in the Highlands was first proposed and carried into effect by William Pitt the Elder, (afterwards Earl of Chatham) in the year 1759. During the three preceding years both the fleets and armies of Great Britain had suffered reverses, and it was thought that a "home guard" was necessary as a bulwark against invasion. The following is a list of the Highland fencible regiments according to the chronological order of the commissions:
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