Chapter XLIII: Introduction: Military character of the Highlands (10)

Clavering, Ernest, F.G. Lieut.--15th April 1842, Ensign. Retired 6th
July 1849. Died in Edinburgh 9th Aug. 1852.

Clutterbuck, James Edward, M.D.--14th June 1864, Surgeon from
Staff--Surgeon-Major, 22d Dec. 1868.

Cockburn, George William, Captain.--23d Feb. 1855, Ensign--Captain
24th March 1863--Exchanged to 83d, 28th Jan. 1870. Retired 30th Nov.
1870.

Cockburn, Thomas Hugh, Lieut.-Colonel.--6th March 1840,
Ensign--Exchanged Captain to 43d--Half-Pay Major 29th May 1863.
Retired with rank of Lieut.-Colonel 18th April 1865.

Coleridge, Francis George, Captain.--11th Jan. 1856. Ensign--Lieut.
in 25th 13th Dec. 1859. Retired as Captain 28th June 1871.

Colquhoun, Alan John, Lieut.--15th Oct. 1861.--Ensign, from Cornet
16th Lancers--Lieut. 13th Nov. 1865. Retired 23d Jan. 1869.

Cooper, Egbert William, Captain.--From 2d West India Regiment, 30th
July 1869.

Coveny, Robert Charles, Lieut.--2d Sept. 1862, Ensign--from 23d
Regiment, Lieut. 30th Jan. 1866.

Cowell, William, Major from H. P., and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel--30th
May 1811, Major. Retired 8th April 1826. Died at Portarlington,
Ireland, 29th May 1847.

Creagh, A. Michael. Lieut.--16th April 1861, Ensign from
58th--Lieut. 3d March 1865.

Crompton, William Henry, (Now Crompton-Stansfield),
Lieut.-Colonel.--17th Aug. 1854, Ensign--To Half-Pay Captain on
reduction 7th Nov. 1856--11th Foot 9th Jan. 1858--Lieut.-Colonel,
22d July 1871.

Crosse, Robert Legh, 18th June 1861, Ensign.--To 52d, 3d Dec. 1861.

Cumberland, George Bentinck Macleod, Lieut.--22d Nov. 1864,
Ensign--Lieut. 29th Dec. 1866.

Cumberland, George Barrel, Major.--28th May 1829, Lieut. Retired
Major 5th Jan. 1855. Died at Wolvers Dean, Andover, 22d May 1865.

Cumming, Alex. Ensign.--17th July 1814, Ensign--To Half-Pay, 26th
Aug. 1819. Died Jan. 1853.

Cunninghame, Robert Campbell, Captain.--29th Aug. 1846, Ensign. Sent
from the Crimea. Died at Malta, 5th Sept. 1855.

Cunninghame, William John, Lieut.--25th Oct. 1844, Ensign. Died at
Halifax on sick leave from Bermuda, 21st June 1850.

Daniel, John Hinton--22d May 1846, Captain from 49th. Retired 23d
July 1852. Died in London 8th May 1863.

Davidson, Wm. Alex., M.D., Surgeon.--28th March 1854, Assistant
Surgeon--To 1st Royal Dragoons 31st July 1855.

Dawson, Charles, M.D.--9th Oct. 1840, Assistant-Surgeon--To Surgeon
into the 54th, 9th Oct. 1846. Died at Antigua, West Indies, 13th
Nov. 1849.

Dempster, James, M.D., Surgeon.--14th April 1825, Assistant
Surgeon--To 94th Surgeon 27th Sept. 1827.

Dick, Sir Robert Henry, Major-General,--22d Nov. 1800,
Ensign--Half-Pay Colonel, 25th Nov. 1828--Killed in action at
Sobraon, 10th Feb. 1846.

Douglas, Arthur Henry Johnstone--27th Nov. 1866, Ensign. Retired 23d
July 1869.

Douglas, Charles.--23d March 1855, Lieutenant from Canadian Rifles.
Died of wounds at Rooyah, India, 17th April 1858.

Douglas, Henry Sholto, Captain.--31st May 1839, Ensign. Retired
Captain 17th Nov. 1838.

Douglas, Sir James, General.--10th April 1850, Colonel. Died at
Clifton, 6th March 1862.

Douglas, William, Lieut.--1st Nov. 1827, Lieut.--Retired 20th July
1832.--Dead.

Drake, John Allat, 18th July 1865, Lieut.--from Bengal Staff Corps.
Retired 9th Nov. 1866.

Drummond, Henry Maurice, Colonel, (now Drummond Hay) of
Seggieden.--4th Dec. 1832, Ensign.--Retired Captain, 8th June
1852.--Lieut.-Colonel, Royal Perth Rifles, 5th Nov. 1855. Retired
with the rank of Colonel, 21st Nov. 1870.

Drummond, Malcolm, (Viscount Forth), 4th Nov. 1853, Ensign. Retired
17th Nov. 1854. Died at Gloucester 8th Oct. 1861.

Drysdale, John, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel.--Joined the Regiment 28th
June 1836--Ensign from Sergeant-Major, 22d June 1847--Major 10th
Aug. 1858.--Brevet Lieut.-Colonel on the day that he died, viz, 4th
July 1865, at Uphall, near Edinburgh, on sick leave from India.

Duff, William, Lieut.--Joined the Regiment 16th Aug. 1806--Ensign
and Adjutant from Sergeant-Major 14th April 1825.--To Half-pay 16th
July 1829. Died at Ayr 8th Oct. 1833.

Dunbar, Alex., Lieut.--25th July 1807, Ensign,--To Half-pay 3d March
1825. Died at Inverness, 15th Feb. 1832.

Dunbar, Sir Frederick Wm., Bart.--24th April 1838, Ensign. Retired
10th Jan. 1840. Died Dec. 1841

Dunbar, Rothes Lennox, Captain.--13th May 1854, Ensign. Retired
Captain 7th Sept. 1856. Died in London, 31st Jan. 1857.

Dunsmure, Charles, Lieut.-Colonel.--9th April 1825, Ensign--Reduced
Lieut.-Colonel 1st April 1850, with the Reserve Battalion. Retired
8th June 1852.

Dundas, Charles Whitely Dean, Lieut.--25th Dec. 1828, Ensign--To
Coldstream Guards, 3d Aug. 1830. Retired 21st April 1837. Died at
Edinburgh, 11th April 1856.

Eden, Charles John, Lieut.--20th Oct. 1865, Ensign from the
30th--Lieut. 23d March 1867.

Elgin, Edward Arthur, Lieut.--from 17th Foot, 10th July 1860. Died
at Agra, 28th July 1861.

Fairlie, William, Lieut.--22d June 1815, Ensign--Half-pay 10th Sept.
1819. Died 18th May 1824.

Farquharson, Francis Edward Henry, V.C. Captain.--19th Jan. 1855,
Ensign--Captain 28th June 1862.

Feilden, Henry Wemys, Lieut.--1st Feb. 1856, Ensign. Retired Lieut.
27th Sept. 1861.

Ferguson, Adam, Captain.--18th Aug. 1854, Ensign.--Captain 1st May
1857. Died in India, 11th Sept. 1865.

Fergusson, James Muir (of Middlehaugh). Lieut.--9th Nov. 1826,
Ensign. Retired Lieut. 29th May 1839. Died at Perth, 20th May 1867.

Fletcher, Duncan Downie--2d April 1851, Ensign. Retired 6th May
1853. Died at Killarney, 20th May 1855.

Foley, H.R. Stanhope, Lieut.--14th June 1864, Ensign--Lieut. 9th
Nov. 1866. Retired 16th March 1869.

Fraser, Alex., Captain.--26th May 1803, Ensign--Half-Pay 8th Dec.
1825. Died in Edinburgh, 24th June 1835.

Fraser, Charles, Captain.--Joined the Regiment 21st April 1813--From
Sergeant-Major, Ensign 5th Sept. 1843--Quarter-Master, 28th Aug.
1846--Reduced with Reserve Battalion, 1st April 1850, appointed to
49th--To Half-Pay with the rank of Captain.--30th June 1854.

Fraser, George, Captain.--6th July 1849, Ensign. Died in India,
Captain 27th June 1862.

Fraser, The Hon. Henry Thomas, Lieut.-Colonel.--10th April 1858,
Ensign--To Scots Fusilier Guards, 24th June 1859.

Fraser, Hugh Andrew, Major.--25th April 1806, Ensign--Half-pay, 4th
May 1832. Died at Maidstone, Kent, 3d May 1855.

Fraser, William Thomas, Lieut.--1st May 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 14th
Dec. 1855. Retired 9th April 1861.

Frazer, Daniel, Colonel.--27th Dec. 1827, Captain from H. P. Retired
on full-pay, Major and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel. Died Colonel at
Feversham Rectory, Newport Pagnel, Bucks, 12th July 1868.

Frazer, Rowland Aynsworth (son of Col. Daniel Frazer).
Captain.--14th April 1846, Ensign. Killed before Sebastopol, 17th
July 1855.

Furlong, John Sheldon, M.D. Surgeon-Major.--9th Feb. 1855, Surgeon
from 39th--To 6th Dragoons, 14th June 1864.

Furse, George Armand, Captain.--29th March 1855, Ensign.--Captain
12th Sept. 1865.

Fyfe, Laurence, Captain.--10th Oct. 1817, Ensign--Exchanged to 17th
Foot, 10th Aug. 1838. Retired from Half-pay 22d Nov. 1842.

Gartshore, John Murray,(of Ravelston), Captain--7th Dec. 1826.
Retired 30th March 1838.

Gisborne, Henry Francis, Assistant-Surgeon--15th Jan. 1827,
Assistant-Surgeon. Resigned 27th Nov. 1828.

Goldie, Mark Wilkes.--27th Aug. 1844, Captain from 22d. Retired 3d
Nov. 1846.

Gordon, Lord Cecil, Captain.--10th Aug. 1838, Captain from 17th.
Retired 4th Nov. 1841.

Gordon, The Hon. Sir Charles, Lieut.-Colonel.--From H. P. 93d, 25th
Nov. 1828. Died at Geneva, when on leave from Corfu. 30th Sept. 1835.

Gordon, George, Lieut.--20 Feb. 1812, Ensign--Half-pay 30th Dec.
1819. Died at Glasgow, 31st March 1861.

Gordon, Hamilton Douglas.--2d May 1851, Captain from 78th. Died at
Cairo, on his way to join from India, 9th Sept. 1851.

Gordon, Rowland Hill, Captain from Coldstream Guards, 7th Sept.
1855. Retired 30th June 1869.

Graham, Charles Campbell, (now Graham Stirling, of Craigbarnet),
Brevet-Major.--30th Aug. 1841, Ensign. Retired 1st May 1847.

Graham, Thomas, Lieut.-Colonel.--30th April 1827, Lieut.--Half-Pay,
Captain, 9th Aug. 1833. Died Lieut.-Colonel 1st Royal Scots at
Haslar, Gosport, from the Crimea, 29th Oct. 1855. [365] Granger,
John, Captain--Joined the Regiment 21st Dec. 1837.--Promoted
from Sergeant-Major to Lieut, in Land Transport Corps, 1st Oct.
1855--Captain, 1st Feb. 1856, Half-pay, 1st April 1857. Retired in
1860.

Grant, Alexander, Lieut.--16th Oct. 1866, Ensign from 15th
Foot.--Lieut. 22d Oct. 1870. Retired 24th March 1871.

Grant, Edward Birkett, Captain.--14th Nov. 1826, Ensign--To 92d, 22d
March 1827. Retired Captain from 4th Light Dragoons, 13th May 1839.
Died at Hill, near Carlisle, 25th Sep. 1852.

Grant, The Hon. George Henry Essex, Captain.--5th Nov. 1841, Ensign.
Retired Captain, 6th April 1865. Died at Crieff, 31st May 1873.

Grant, The Hon. James, Lieut.--30th March 1838, Ensign. Retired 26th
October 1841.

Grant, John, Lieut.--20th May 1811, Ensign--To Half-pay 24th Aug.
1821. Died 18th June 1827.

Grant, John, (of Glenmoriston), Captain.--8th May 1840, Lieut, from
62d--Exchanged Captain, to 49th 22d May 1846. Retired 23d May 1848.
Died at Moy House, Forres, 17th Aug. 1867.

Grant, William Oliver, Lieut.--29th March 1827, Ensign. Retired
Lieut. 25th Sept. 1835. Died in 1836.

Green, William, Bt.-Major.--16th Jan. 1855, Ensign--Captain 19th
Aug. 1859--Bt.-Major 5th July 1872.

Grogan, Edward George, Lieut.--24th July 1869, Ensign--Lieut. 28th
Oct. 1871.

Grove, J. Charles Ross, Captain.--9th Sept. 1851, Ensign--Half-pay
Captain, 14th June 1864. Retired 16th Oct. 1866.

Guthrie, John (of Guthrie), Lieut.--16th July 1829, Lieut.--Half-pay
15th June 1832. Retired 19th July 1836.

Guthrie, William, Captain.--21st March 1827, Lieut.--To Half-pay
Captain, 10th August 1847.

Haldane, Edward, Orlando.--30th June 1863, Lieut. from H. P. 14th
Hussars. Retired 23d Nov. 1865.

Halkett, Sir P. Arthur, of Pitfirrane, Bart., Captain.--20th May
1853, Ensign from 71st, exchanged Captain to 3d Light Dragoons 8th
Jan. 1856. Retired 21st May 1858.

Hamilton, Alex. Thomas, Lieut.--18th August 1869, Ensign--Lieut.
28th October 1871. Retired 26th March 1873.

Harrison, James Compson, Lieut.--23d Nov. 1867, Ensign from
73d--Lieut. 28th Oct. 1871. Retired 22d April 1873.

Harvey, John, E. A.--31st Oct. 1871, Lieut. from 51st.

Hay, T. R. Drummond, Lieut.-Colonel.--2d August 1839,
Ensign--Exchanged Captain to 78th--To Half-pay 2d Feb. 1864.

Haynes, Jonathan Wynyard, Captain.--25th May 1855, Ensign--Captain
10th July 1866--Exchanged to 2d West India Regiment, 30th July 1869.

Hesketh, Wm. Pemberton, Lieut.--9th March 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 6th
Sept. 1855--To 18th Hussars 16th March 1858. Retired 7th Nov. 1862.

Hicks, Edward Percy, Lieut.--24th May 1861--Ensign 12th Sept. 1865.

Hill, Harcourt, Lieut.--10th Feb. 1825, Ensign--Half-pay 28th May
1829. Dead.

Hill, Marcus, Lieut.--7th June 1854, Ensign--Resigned 23d March 1855.

Hogarth, George, Lieut.-Colonel.--4th Nov. 1819, Ensign--Lieut. H.
P. 13th Sept. 1821. Died Major and Brevet. Lieut.-Colonel in the
26th Regiment at Quebec, 25th July 1854.

Home, John, Paymaster.--21st March 1800, Paymaster--Half-pay 20th
December 1818. Died at Eskbank, near Dalkeith, 14th April 1849.

Hooper, Alfred, Surgeon.--31st July 1857, Assistant Surgeon from
Staff--To Staff Corps in India, 1st Sept. 1865--Surgeon 10th July
1866.

Hopetoun, John, Earl of, General.--29th Jan. 1820, Colonel. Died
27th August 1823.

Hulse, Samuel George.--3d March 1865, Ensign. Retired 11th Dec. 1866.

Hunter, James, Captain.--17th Nov. 1837, Ensign--Exchanged to 13th
Foot, Lieut., 2d Sept. 1845. Died Staff Officer of Pensioners at
Chester, 26th March 1860.

Inglis, Abraham, Lieut.--15th August 1826, Ensign--Retired Lieut.
15th Jan. 1833.

Jackson, Adam Thomas, M.D., Surgeon Major.--15th Feb. 1833,
Assistant-Surgeon--To Staff 5th May 1837. Died at Athlone,
Surgeon-Major Depot Battalion, 1st May 1860.

James, Thomas Mansfield, Lieut.--11th May 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 22d
Nov. 1855. Died at Almorah, India, 26th Sept. 1860.

James, William, Lieut.--30th March 1855, Ensign.--Lieut. 16th April
1858. Retired 19th Dec. 1865.

Jervoise, Henry Clark, Lieut.-Colonel.--8th April 1853 Lieut. from
23d--Exchanged to Coldstream Guards Captain, 7th Sept. 1855.

Johnstone, George, Lieut.-Colonel.--From H. P. Late of the Grenadier
Guards--4th May 1832, Major--To Half-pay from Lieut.-Colonel
Commanding, 5th Sept. 1843.

Johnstone, Wm. James Hope (Yr. of Annandale), Lieut.--16th March
1838, Ensign. Retired 16th May 1840. Died at Annandale, 17th March
1850.

Kauntze, George, E. F. Major.--8th June 1856 Captain from 3d Light
Dragoons--To Half-pay on reduction 7th Nov. 1856--To 7th Dragoon
Guards. Retired Major 1867.

Kellet, Robert J. Napier, Captain.--3d Sept. 1829, Captain--To
Half-pay 24th Feb. 1837. Retired 19th Oct. 1838. Died at Florence 2d
Nov. 1853.

Kerr, Lord Charles Lennox, Captain.--1st Sept. 1837,
Lieut.--Half-pay Captain 23d August 1844. Retired 10th Dec. 1848.

Kidston, Alex. Ferrier, Captain--9th Nov. 1858, Ensign--Captain 12th
Feb. 1873.

King, Finlay. Joined the Regiment in 1803.--31st Dec. 1818, from
Sergeant-Major promoted to Quarter-Master--Half-pay 19th June 1840.
Died at Guernsey, 7th November 1842.

King, Robert Henry (son of the Quarter-Master).--18th August 1848,
Assistant-Surgeon--To Staff 16th July 1852. Died in Canada 31st July
1853.

Kinloch, Thomas, Captain.--14th Sept. 1832, Ensign--Retired 25th
Oct. 1844. Died at Logie, Perthshire, 6th Dec. 1848.

Lawson, William, Captain.--Joined the Regiment 29th Sept.
1837--Promoted to Ensign from Sergeant-Major, 5th Nov. 1854--Captain
10th August 1858. Died from wounds received in action, 19th August
1858.

Leith, T. Augustus Forbes.--18th Nov. 1854. Resigned 23d March 1855.

Leslie, John, Captain.--20th July 1815, Ensign--To Half-pay 9th
March 1838. Died at Aberdeen 25th Dec. 1845.

M’Dakin, S. Gordon, Lieut.--23d Oct. 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 24th May
1861--To 19th Foot 5th Nov. 1861--Half-pay 22d Dec. 1863.

Macdonald, Atholl Wentworth, Captain.--9th August 1833, Ensign.
Retired Captain 6th Dec. 1844. Died in the Pavilion Floriana Malta,
with the Regiment, 27th February 1845.

Macdonald, Charles Kerr, Brevet-Major.--15th May 1823,
Ensign--Half-pay Captain, 7th Nov. 1826. Died at Alexandria in
Egypt, 17th Oct. 1867.

M’Donald, Donald, Captain.--16th August 1803, Ensign--Half-pay 27th
May 1819. Died at Musselburgh 24th Sept. 1865.

Macdonald, Sir John, Lieut.-General.--15th Jan. 1844, Colonel. Died
in London 28th March 1850.

M’Donald, Ranald, Ensign.--10th August 1815--Half-pay 8th July 1819.
Cashiered from 3d Foot 31st July 1828.

Macdonald, Robert Douglas, Captain.--11th July 1822, Ensign.
Exchanged to 94th 15th June 1838. Died Barrack-Master at Dover, 9th
Feb. 1860.

Macdougall, James, Lieut.-Colonel.--From H. P. 23d, 30th Dec. 1819,
Lieut. Retired from Lieut.-Colonel Commanding the Reserve Battalion,
15th Feb. 1850.

M’Dougall, Kenneth, Lieut.--6th March 1809, Ensign. Retired 9th Nov.
1826. Died in the Island of Skye, 1827.

M’Dougall, William Adair, Paymaster--23d August 1833.--To Half-pay
1st Oct. 1838. Died at Guernsey 27th Jan. 1841.

M’Duff, John, Major-General.--7th April 1825, Ensign--from Half-pay;
Lieut. 40th Regiment 26th June 1827--Major-General 23d Oct. 1863.
Died at New-miln Stanley, Perthshire, 25th September 1865.

Macfarlane, Victor, Ensign.--2d October 1855.--Superseded for
absence without leave, 29th July 1856.

Macfarlane, Wm. Dick (of Donavourd), Captain.--10th Sept. 1825,
Ensign--Half-pay Captain 16th Nov. 1832. Retired from 92d 15th Jan.
1836. Died at Perth 3d Feb. 1838.

M’Gregor, Alexander.--Joined the Regiment 13th March 1833.--Promoted
to Quarter-Master from Quarter-Master Sergeant 25th May 1855--To a
Depot Battalion, 30th August 1859--To Half-pay with rank of Captain,
from 98th Regiment 1st August 1868.

M’Gregor, Alex. Edgar, Captain.--18th June 1852 Lieut, from 93d.
Died Captain in the 31st at Hong-Kong, 12th August 1860.

M’Gregor, James (of Fonab), Dep. Inspector General.--12th April
1826, Assistant-Surgeon--To Staff Surgeon 1st class 12th March
1852--To Half-pay, 7th Dec. 1858.

M’Gregor, James, M.D.--12th March 1841, Assistant-Surgeon--To Staff
22d Nov. 1842.

M’Intosh, Daniel, Captain.--4th June 1805, Lieut. Retired 24th
October 1821. Died at Hamilton 13th March 1830.

M’Intosh, Donald, Quarter-Master.--Joined the Regiment, not
known--9th July 1803, Quarter-Master--Half-pay 30th Dec. 1818. Died
at Perth 30th July 1829.

M’Intosh, William Henry.--27th Oct. 1846,
Assistant-Surgeon.--Resigned 18th August 1848.

M’Iver, George, Captain.--31st March 1814, Ensign--To Half-pay 5th
April 1839. Died July 1845.

M’Kay, Donald, Captain.--25th Jan. 1810, Ensign. Died at the
Regimental Depot, Stirling, 13th Feb. 1832.

Mackie, Hugh, 7th August 1846, Surgeon.--To Staff 1st April 1850.
Died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 10th April 1858.

M’Kenzie, Donald, Captain.--23d July 1807, Lieut. Retired 13th Sept.
1821. Died in Edinburgh 5th Dec. 1838.

M’Kenzie, Thomas, Captain.--8th Feb. 1856, Ensign. Exchanged to 78th
23d Oct. 1857.

M’Kinnon, Wm. Alex., C.B., Surgeon-Major.--24th March 1854,
Assistant-Surgeon from the Staff--To 57th Surgeon 28th Jan. 1862.

Maclachlan, James.--16th April 1842, Ensign. Resigned 24th May 1844.

M’Laine, Murdoch, Brevet-Major.--18th Jan. 1800, Ensign. Died 12th
Dec. 1822.

M’Laren, Charles, Lieut.--2d June 1808, Lieut.--Half-pay 25th June
1817. Died in London 13th March 1818.

M’Lean, Alex., Surgeon.--7th Sept. 1854, Assistant-Surgeon--To Royal
Artillery 8th Nov. 1861.

Macleod, Arthur Lyttleton, Captain.--12th Dec. 1822,
Ensign--Half-pay Lieut, 9th June 1825. Retired from 86th 12th March
1841. Nothing more known of him.

M’Leod, John Chetham, C.B., Colonel.--21st April 1846, Ensign--now
(1873) in command of the Regiment.

M’Leod, Murdoch, Captain.--20th Feb. 1855, Ensign--Captain 24th May
1861. Retired 17th August 1869.

Macleod, Swinton, Dep.-Inspec.-General.--25th June 1801,
Assistant-Surgeon--Half-pay 5th Nov. 1829. Died in London 27th Dec.
1847.

Macnish, Wm. Lear, Lieut.--28th August 1846, Ensign--Exchanged to
93d, Lieut. 18th June 1852. Drowned at Scutari, Turkey, 19th May
1854.

Macpherson, Andrew Kennedy, Lieut.--19th Dec. 1865, Ensign--To 17th
Foot 16th Feb. 1869. Lieut. Bengal Staff Corps 14th Dec. 1869.

Macpherson, Donald, Surgeon.--1st June 1809, Assistant-Surgeon--To
half-pay from 62d 24th July 1835. Died at Chatham, 25th June 1839.

Macpherson, Duncan (Younger of Cluny), Major.--25th June 1852,
Ensign--Major 5th July 1865.

Macpherson, Ewen (of Cluny), 15th June 1830, Captain.--Half-pay 14th
June 1833. Retired 16th July 1841.

Macpherson, John Cameron, Lieut.-Colonel.--10th September 1830,
Ensign--To full-pay Major, with rank of Lieut.-Colonel 24th April
1855. Died at Stirling, 23d April 1873.

Macpherson, Mungo, Major.--4th Nov. 1800, Ensign--Half-pay Major
18th May 1826. Died at Hastings 26th Nov. 1844.

Macquarie, George W., Captain.--25th Sept., Ensign--Exchanged to
63d--Captain 21st Jan. 1853. Retired 7th Sept. 1855.

Maginn, Daniel Wedgworth, Assistant-Surgeon 27th Nov. 1828.
Exchanged to Staff 15th Feb. 1833. Died at Chatham 20th March 1834.

Maitland, Charles.--12th Nov. 1847, Ensign. Died at Bermuda 21st
April 1851.

Maitland, George Thomas, Lieut.--9th April 1861, Ensign--Lieut. 5th
July 1865--To Bengal Staff Corps 2d March 1866.

Malcolm, John, Major.--19th Feb. 1807, Ensign. Died at Cork,
returning home on sick leave from Gibraltar 14th Nov. 1829.

Malcolm, John, Ensign.--6th Jan. 1814, Ensign--To Half-pay 4th Nov.
1819. Died 8th Sept. 1835.

Menzies, Archd., Major.--25th September 1800, Ensign--Retired Major
25th Dec. 1828. Died at Avondale, near Falkirk, 11th July 1854.

Menzies, Gilbert Innes, Lieut.--18th April 1842, Ensign. Retired
20th May 1853.

Middleton, William, Lieut.-Colonel.--9th July 1803, Ensign. Retired
from command of the Regiment 23d August 1839. Died at Woolwich 18th
Feb. 1843.

Mitchel, James William.--5th March 1858, Lieut, from St Helena
Regiment--To 17th Foot 10th July 1860. Retired 23d July 1861.

Montague, George, Brevet-Major.--5th April 1839.--From H. P. 52d, 3d
June 1842.

Montgomery, Thos. Henry (of Hattonburn), Captain.--3d March 1847,
Ensign. Retired 22d May 1847.

Moore, George T. Carns, Captain.--12th Dec. 1856, Ensign--Captain
23d Nov. 1872.

Moseley, Herbert Henry, Captain.--3d June 1853, Ensign--Retired 24th
March 1863. Died at Calcutta 19th May 1863.

Moubray, William Henry H. C., Lieut.--22d Oct. 1870, Ensign--Lieut.
25th Oct. 1871.

Muir, Sir Wm., K.C.B., M.D. and C.B.--22d Nov. 1842,
Assistant-Surgeon--Promoted Surgeon 33d Regiment 24th Feb.
1854--Inspector-General 15th Feb. 1861.

Munro, George Montgomery, Sub-Lieut.--11th Dec. 1872.

Murray, Charles, Lieut.-Colonel.--21st June 1833, Ensign--To
Half-pay Major 12th Sept. 1856. Retired 21st Sept. 1860 with rank of
Lieut.-Colonel.

Murray, The Hon. David Henry, Brevet-Major.--6th April 1828,
Ensign--To Lieut. 7th Fusiliers 9th Nov. 1830. Retired from Scots
Fusilier Guards 4th Feb. 1848. Died at Taymount, Perthshire, 5th
Sept. 1862.

Murray, Sir George, General.--6th Sept. 1823, Colonel--Removed to
the 1st Royal Scots 29th Dec. 1843. Died in London 28th July 1846.

Murray, Henry Dundas.--30th Jan. 1835, Ensign. Retired 17th Nov.
1837.

Murray, James Wolfe (of Cringletie).--25th Jan. 1833, Ensign.
Retired 24th June 1833.

Murray, Sir Robert, Bart.--15th Dec. 1837, Ensign. Retired 2d August
1839.

Murray, Sir William Keith, Bart.--Captain 1st Oct. 1825.--Half-pay
15th June 1830. Retired 10th March 1838. Died 16th Oct. 1861.

Nicholson, Brinsley, M.D., Dep.-Inspector-General.--15th Nov. 1829,
Surgeon--Staff-Surgeon to the Forces 19th June 1835--Half-pay 30th
Dec. 1845. Died at Red Hill, Surrey, 15th March 1857.

Orde, John W. Powlett, Captain (yr. of Kilmory).--6th Dec. 1844,
Ensign. Retired 9th Jan. 1857.

Paterson, Augustus, Captain.--10th Jan. 1840, Ensign--To 68th
Captain on reduction 24th Sept. 1850. Retired from 41st on the 24th
Nov. 1854.

Paterson, James, M.D., Surgeon.--19th June 1835, Surgeon--To
Half-pay 26th Feb. 1841. Died in Edinburgh 26th August 1866.

Paterson, James Erskine, Lieut, (now Erskine Erskine of
Linlathen).--3d Nov. 1846, Ensign. Retired 12th Oct. 1852.

Paton, Edward, Captain.--Joined the Regiment as Armourer-Serjeant
24th August 1814.--Quarter-Master-Serjeant 15th Nov.
1838--Quarter-Master 19th June 1840--To Half-pay 5th May 1854. Died
at Southsea, Portsmouth, 2d May 1863.

Peter, James John, Lieut.--16th April 1861, Ensign from 5th
foot--Lieut. 14th June 1864. Died in India, 11th Nov. 1865.

Pitcairn, Andrew, Lieut.-Colonel.--15th May 1840, Ensign--Exchanged
Major to 25th, 17th July 1857. To Half-pay Lieut.-Colonel on
reduction of a Depot Battalion--1st April 1870. Retired 21st August
1871.

Priestly, Edward Ramsden, Colonel.--17th July 1857, Major from 25th
Regiment. Died in command of the Regiment at Stirling, 25th March
1868.

Ramsay, Alexander, Captain.--16th May 1840, Ensign--Exchanged to
68th. Captain 27th Sept. 1853. Retired 20th Jan. 1854.

Ramsay, Robert Williamson, Captain.--15th June 1832, Lieut. from
62d. Retired 16th Nov. 1841.

Raynes, Thomas, Captain.--2d Sept. 1824, Ensign. Retired 30th Jan.
1835.

Robertson, George Duncan (of Struan), Lieut.--14th June, 1833,
Ensign. Retired 16th May 1840. Died at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 3d
April 1864.

Robertson, James, Captain.--1st Dec. 1808, Ensign--to Half-pay
Captain 13th Feb. 1827. Died in the 48th Regiment, at Chatham, 20th
April 1833.

Robertson, Wm. James (younger of Kinlochmoidart), Captain.--16th
June 1848, Ensign--Exchanged Lieut. to 30th Regiment. Retired 4th
Dec. 1857. Died at Kinlochmoidart, 26th June 1869.

Rollo, The Hon. Robert, C.B., Major-General.--10th Aug. 1832,
Ensign--To Half-pay Lieut.-Colonel 17th July 1855.

Rose, Eustace, Henry.--21st Jan. 1833, Captain from 60th
Rifles--Exchanged to 7th Fusiliers 27th May 1853. Retired 3d June
1856.

Ross, Gilian M’Lean, Brevet-Major.--17th Nov. 1841--Lieut.
from 57th--To Half-pay as Captain 4th Sept. 1849--To 3d W. I.
Regiment--and To Half-pay from it 6th March 1863. Died in London 23d
May 1866.

Ross, James Kerr, Lieut.-General.--31st May 1821, Captain--Half-pay
27th Dec. 1827. Died at Edinburgh, 26th April 1872.

St John, George Frederick Berkeley, Major.--25th Nov. 1819,
Lieut.--To Half-pay Captain 25th Oct. 1821--To H. P. Major from the
52d, 31st May 1839. Died a Knight of Windsor, 23d July 1866.

Samwell, Frank, Captain.--Paymaster from Half-pay 102d 15th Dec.
1869.

Sandeman, Thos. Fraser, Captain.--24th Dec. 1848, Ensign--Half-pay
Lieut. 10th Aug. 1832. Retired from 73d Captain 31st May 1844.

Sandilands, E. Nimmo, Lieut.-Colonel.--21st May 1842,
Ensign--Promoted to Lieut. 8th Foot 3d April 1846--Lieut.-Colonel
Bengal Staff Corps.

Scobie, Mackay John, Lieut.--12th Jan. 1867, Ensign--Lieut. 28th
Oct. 1871.

Scott, Francis Cunningham (younger of Malleny), Major.--24th Nov.
1852, Ensign--Major 26th March 1868.

Scott, James Rattray, Lieut.--4th July 1819, Ensign--To 47th 11th
July 1822. Resigned 6th Dec. 1826.

Shuttleworth, Charles, Captain.--23d April 1855, Ensign--To Bengal
Staff Corps, Lieut. 27th Oct. 1865--Captain 23d April 1867.

Simpson, John, V.C.--Joined the Regiment 8th June 1843--From
Quarter-Master Sergeant promoted to Quarter-Master 7th Oct. 1859.

Sinclair, Robert Bligh, Captain.--27th Sept. 1839, Ensign.--To
Half-pay Captain on reduction 15th Nov. 1850. Retired from 66th
Captain 3d Nov. 1854--Was Adjutant-General of Militia for Nova
Scotia, and went to the Danish Island of Santa Cruz for the benefit
of his health, where he died on the 28th of June 1872.

Spens, Colin, Lieut.--2d Dec. 1862, Ensign--Lieut. 2d March 1866.
Died in India 22d June 1867.

Spooner, Wm. Henry, Lieut.--9th Oct. 1855, Ensign--To 9th Foot
Lieut. 16th April 1861--To 90th 11th April 1862--Half-pay 27th Feb.
1867. Died at Bingen on the Rhine, 29th Nov. 1870.

Stevenson, A. Scott, Lieut.--17th March 1869, Ensign--Lieut. 28th
Oct. 1871.

Stevenson, George Milne, Lieut.-Colonel.--10th Sept. 1818,
Lieut.--To Half-pay Captain 19th June 1840--To H. P. Lieut.-Colonel
from Rifle Brigade 19th June 1840. Retired 7th August 1846. Nothing
more known of him.

Stewart, Andrew David Alston, Captain.--26th Sept. 1831,
Ensign--Exchanged to 6th Foot Lieut. 1st Sept 1837. Died in India,
Captain 61st, 18th May 1848.

Stewart, Charles Edward, Ensign.--8th June 1826, Ensign. Died at
Gibraltar, 3d Nov. 1828.

Stewart, The Hon. Randolph Henry, Captain.--2d March 1855,
Ensign--Captain 14th June 1864--To Half-pay 23d March 1867.

Stewart, John, Assistant-Surgeon.--4th May 1809.--To Half-pay 25th
Dec. 1818. Died at Perth, 2d Jan. 1837.

Stewart, Roger, Captain.--28th June 1810, Ensign--To Half-pay
Captain 13th Feb. 1827. Died in the Royal African Corps, on the West
Coast, 15th July 1833.

Stirling, James, Captain.--13th August 1805, Ensign. Retired 25th
Sept. 1817. Died at Musselburgh 20th Jan. 1818.

Stirling, Thos. Jas. Graham (of Strowan), Lieut.--8th Nov. 1827,
Ensign. Retired 15th Dec. 1837.

Strange, Alex., Lieut.--8th Feb. 1809, Ensign. Died 15th May 1823.

Stuart, J. G. Gordon, Lieut.--1st June 1855, Ensign--Lieut. 1st May
1857--Exchanged to St Helena Regiment 5th March 1858. Retired 23d
Sept. 1862.

[366]Stuart, John Patrick, Brevet-Major.--Joined the Regiment 18th
May 1825--Promoted from Colour-Serjeant to 2d Lieut. in the 21st
Fusiliers, 30th Dec. 1838--To Staff-Officer of Pensioners, 1st Jan.
1855, from 43d Light Infantry.

Suther, William King, Lieut.--13th Feb. 1866, Ensign from
99th--Lieut. 18th August 1869.

Thompson, William Kerr, Lieut.--7th April 1825, Ensign from
Half-pay, Lieut. 26th Regiment, 26th April 1828. Died on Half-pay
27th May 1833.

Thompson, William Thomas, Captain from 83d, 28th Jan. 1870. Retired
19th Oct. 1872.

Thornhill, T. Allen, M.B.--24th July 1867, Assistant-Surgeon--To 7th
Hussars 25th March 1859.

Thorold, George Edward, Colonel.--28th July 1857, Lieut.-Colonel
from H. P. 92d. Retired on Full-pay, with rank of Colonel, 16th
March 1858.

Tinnie, William Thomas, Captain.--26th June 1827, Ensign--To 86th
Lieut. 20th Dec. 1827. Retired Captain from 8th Hussars 15th Nov.
1839. Died 21st March 1848.

Troup, Robert William, M.B.--1st Sept. 1865, Assistant-Surgeon from
the Staff.

Tulloch, Thomas, Colonel.--15th June 1838, Captain from 94th--To
Half-pay Lieut.-Colonel 9th Oct. 1855. Retired with the rank of
Colonel 21st Oct. 1859. Died in London 3d Jan. 1866.

Tulloch, James Tulloch, M.D., Assistant-Surgeon.--2d July 1861, from
Rifle Brigade. Died in India 16th July 1867.

Underwood, William, Captain.--5th June 1855, Ensign--Captain 11th
Jan. 1867. Retired 12th Feb. 1873.

Wade, Thos. Francis, Colonel.--13th July 1809, Captain from
20th--Half-pay Major 4th May 1826. Died at Haverford West, 3d Dec.
1846.

Wade, Thomas Francis (son of the Colonel), Lieut.--23d August 1839,
Ensign--Promoted in 98th, Lieut. 16 Nov. 1841. Retired 22d June
1847. Now British Minister at Pekin.

Walter, William Sanders, Captain.--25th Jan. 1856, Ensign--Captain
23d March 1867. Retired 23d Nov. 1872.

Ward, William Crofton, Captain.--18th August 1848, Ensign--Retired
24th May 1861.

Wardell, Charles, Paymaster.--22d Feb. 1821.--Half-pay 25th Jan.
1828. Died 29th July 1862.

Warner, Chas. W. Pole.--28th Dec. 1860, Ensign from 43d. Resigned
16th April 1861.

Warrand, Arthur Wellesley, Lieut. 24th March 1863, Ensign--Lieut.
10th July 1866. Retired 21st Oct. 1870. Died at Cape of Good Hope
1st June 1871.

Wauchope, Andrew Gilbert, Lieut. and Adjutant.--21st Nov. 1865,
Ensign--Lieut. 23d June 1867--Adjutant 5th April 1870.

Webber, W. G. Everard, Captain.--23d Nov. 1852, Ensign. Died in
India, 9th July 1866.

Wedderburn, John Walter, Lieut.-Colonel.--26th Oct. 1841, Ensign.
Retired Captain 12th May 1854--Major, Royal Perth Rifles, 5th Nov.
1855. Retired with rank of Lieut.-Colonel 10th Dec. 1869.

Wheatley, John, Lieut.-Colonel.--Joined the Regiment 1st May
1817--Ensign and Adjutant from Acting Serjeant-Major 20th July
1832--To a Depot Battalion, 26th Jan. 1855. Retired on Half-pay 27th
June 1866.

Whigham, Robert, Major.--6th June 1854, Ensign.--To Half-pay Captain
on reduction 1st Jan. 1857--7th Fusiliers 31st Dec. 1857--16th
Lancers 9th Oct. 1863.

Whitehead, Edmund, Captain.--22d May 1857, Ensign.--Captain 17th
August 1869.

Whitehead, Frederick G. I.--27th May 1853, Captain from 7th
Fusiliers. Retired 27th July 1854.

Wilkes, Edwin.--10th July 1860, Assistant-Surgeon from Staff--To
Staff Corps in India, 8th Aug. 1862.

Wilkinson, Frederick Green, Colonel.--28th Nov. 1851, Captain from
43d--Lieut.-Colonel, exchanged to a Depot Battalion 27th Sept. 1861.

Wilson, John, Bt.-Major.--Joined the Regiment 22d Oct.
1844--Promoted Ensign from Sergeant-Major 10th August 1854--Captain
16th March 1858--Bt.-Major 5th July 1872.

Wood, John Gillespie, M.D.--12th March 1852, Surgeon--To Staff
Surgeon-Major 9th Feb. 1855--To Half-pay Dep.-Inspec.-General, 8th
June 1867.

Wood, William, Major--Joined the Regiment 27th July 1843--Promoted
to Quarter-Master from Sergeant-Major, 5th May 1854--Adjutant 16th
Feb. 1855--To Half-pay Captain 17th March 1863--Major 1st April 1870.

Young, James, Lieut.--22d Oct. 1805, Ensign--Half-pay 25th Nov.
1819. Died in Edinburgh, 15th June 1846.

HIGHLAND PIBROCH:

Composed by one of the MacCrummens in the midst of the Battle of Inverlochy, 1427, wherein Donald Balloch of the Isles was victorious over the Royal Forces.

[Music: ARRANGED FOR THE BAGPIPES.

VARIATION 1st. Slow.]

[Music: VARIATION 2nd. Slow and pointed.

VARIATION 3rd. A little lively.

DOUBLING OF VARIATION 3rd.

VARIATION 4th. Livelier.]

[Music: Doubling of VARIATION 4th. Lively.

Trebling of VARIATION 4th. Livelier still.

CREANLUIDH or ROUND MOVEMENT. Brisk.]

[Music: Doubling of CREANLUIDH. Very brisk.]

[Music: Trebling of CREANLUIDH. As lively as can be played distinctly.]

The ground of this Piobaireachd may be played after the Doubling of each VARIATION.

NOTE.--This HIGHLAND PIBROCH was played by the 42nd Royal Highlanders while marching to Quatre Bras. See page 394.

FOOTNOTES:

[257] Stewart’s _Sketches_. In confirmation of this, General Stewart mentions the case of Mr Stewart of Bohallie, his grand-uncle by marriage, who was one of the gentlemen soldiers in Carrick’s company. “This gentleman, a man of family and education, was five feet eleven inches in height, remarkable for his personal strength and activity, and one of the best swordsmen of his time in an age when good swordsmanship was common, and considered an indispensable and graceful accomplishment of a gentleman; and yet, with all these qualifications, he was only a centre man of the centre rank of his company.”

[258] Sir Robert Menzies, writing to the _Dundee Advertiser_ in connection with the monument recently erected at Dunkeld to the Black Watch, says this is a mistake, although it is the account generally received, and that given by General David Stewart. Sir Robert says “the detailed companies of the Black Watch met at Weem, and that the whole regiment was first drawn up in the field at Boltachan, between Weem and Taybridge.” It is strange, considering the inscription on the monument, that Sir Robert should have been asked to allow it to be erected in the field in question. After all, both statements may be essentially correct, and it is of no great consequence.

[259] While the companies acted independently, each commander assumed the tartan of his own clan. When embodied, no clan having a superior claim to offer a uniform plaid to the whole, and Lord Crawford, the colonel, being a lowlander, a new pattern was assumed, which has ever since been known as the 42d, or Black Watch tartan, being distinct from all others. Here we must acknowledge our indebtedness to a manuscript history of this regiment, kindly lent us by Lieutenant-Colonel Wheatley, whose “happy home,” he says himself, the regiment was for 38 years. The volume contains much curious, valuable, and interesting information, on which we shall largely draw in our account of the 42d. Our obligations to Colonel Wheatley in connection with this history of the Highland regiments are very numerous; his willingness to lend us every assistance in his power deserves our warmest thanks.

[260] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[261] See p. 234 of this volume.

[262] See vol. i., p. 626.

[263] Taybridge and the Point of Lyon, a mile below Taymouth Castle, were their places of rendezvous for exercise.

[264] Culloden Papers, No. CCCXC.

[265] The king, having never seen a Highland soldier, expressed a desire to see one. Three privates, remarkable for their figure and good looks, were fixed upon and sent to London a short time before the regiment marched. These were Gregor M’Gregor, commonly called Gregor the Beautiful, John Campbell, son of Duncan Campbell of the family of Duneaves, Perthshire, and John Grant from Strathspey, of the family of Ballindalloch. Grant fell sick, and died at Aberfeldy. The others “were presented by their Lieutenant-Colonel, Sir Robert Munro, to the king, and performed the broadsword exercise, and that of the Lochaber axe, or lance, before his majesty, the Duke of Cumberland, Marshal Wade, and a number of general officers assembled for the purpose, in the Great Gallery at St James’s. They displayed so much dexterity and skill in the management of their weapons, as to give perfect satisfaction to his majesty. Each got a gratuity of one guinea, _which they gave to the porter at the palace gate as they passed out_.”[266] They thought that the king had mistaken their character and condition in their own country. Such was, in general, the character of the men who originally composed the Black Watch. This feeling of self-estimation inspired a high spirit and sense of honour in the regiment, which continued to form its character and conduct long after the description of men who originally composed it was totally changed. These men afterwards rose to rank in the army. Mr Campbell got an ensigncy for his conduct at Fontenoy, and was captain-lieutenant of the regiment when he was killed at Ticonderoga, where he also distinguished himself. Mr M’Gregor was promoted in another regiment, and afterwards purchased the lands of Inverardine in Breadalbane. He was grandfather of Sir Gregor M’Gregor, a commander in South America.--Stewart’s _Sketches_, vol. i. p. 250.

[266] _Westminster Journal._

[267] Brother to General Kenneth M’Pherson of the East India Company’s Service, who died in 1815. General Stewart says that Lord John Murray, who was afterwards colonel of the regiment, had portraits of the sufferers hung up in his dining-room; but for what reason is not known. They were remarkable for their great size and handsome figure.

[268] _St James’s Chronicle_, 20th July 1743.

[269] Dr Doddridge’s _Life of Colonel Gardiner_.

[270] Rolt’s _Life of the Earl of Crawford_.

[271] Rolt’s _Life of the Earl of Crawford_.

[272] “Captain John Campbell of Carrick was one of the most accomplished gentleman of his day. Possessing very agreeable manners and bravery, tempered by gaiety, he was regarded by the people as one of those who retained the chivalrous spirit of their ancestors. A poet, a soldier, and a gentleman, no less gallant among the ladies than he was brave among men; he was the object of general admiration; and the last generation of Highlanders among whom he was best known, took great pleasure in cherishing his memory, and repeating anecdotes concerning him. He married a sister of General Campbell of Mamore, afterwards Duke of Argyll.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[273] Culloden Papers, p. 200.

[274] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[275] Culloden Papers, No. CCXLIII. “On this occasion the Duke of Cumberland was so much struck with the conduct of the Highlanders, and concurred so cordially in the esteem which they had secured to themselves both from friends and foes, that, wishing to show a mark of his approbation, he desired it to be intimated to them, that he would be happy to grant the men any favour which they chose to ask, and which he could concede, as a testimony of the good opinion he had formed of them. The reply was worthy of so handsome an offer. After expressing acknowledgments for the condescension of the commander-in-chief, the men assured him that no favour he could bestow would gratify them so much as a pardon for one of their comrades, a soldier of the regiment, who had been tried by a court-martial for allowing a prisoner to escape, and was under sentence of a heavy corporal punishment, which, if inflicted, would bring disgrace on them all, and on their families and country. This favour, of course, was instantly granted. The nature of this request, the feeling which suggested it, and, in short, the general qualities of the corps, struck the Duke with the more force, as, at the time, he had not been in Scotland, and had no means of knowing the character of its inhabitants, unless, indeed, he had formed his opinion from the common ribaldry of the times, when it was the fashion to consider the Highlander ‘as a fierce and savage depredator, speaking a barbarous language, and inhabiting a barren and gloomy region, which fear and prudence forbade all strangers to enter.’”--Stewart’s _Sketches_, i. p. 274-5.

[276] _Life of Colonel Gardiner._

[277] Account published at Paris, 26th May 1745.

[278] _The Conduct of the Officers at Fontenoy Considered._ Lond. 1745.--“Such was the battle of Fontenoy, and such were the facts from which a very favourable opinion was formed of the military qualifications of the Black Watch, as it was still called in Scotland. At this period there was not a soldier in the regiment born south of the Grampians.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_, i. 278.

[279] _Caledonian Mercury_, March 1747.

[280] _Hague Gazette._

[281] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[282] There were few courts-martial; and, for many years, no instance occurred of corporal punishment. If a soldier was brought to the halberts, he became degraded, and little more good was to be expected of him. After being publicly disgraced, he could no longer associate with his comrades; and, in several instances, the privates of a company have, from their pay, subscribed to procure the discharge of an obnoxious individual.

Great regularity was observed in the duties of public worship. In the regimental orders, hours were fixed for morning prayers by the chaplain; and on Sundays, for Divine service, morning and evening. The greatest respect was observed towards the ministers of religion. When Dr Ferguson was chaplain of the corps, he held an equal, if not, in some respects, a greater, influence over the minds of the men than the commanding officer. The succeeding chaplain, Mr Maclaggan, preserved the same authority; and, while the soldiers looked up with reverence to these excellent men, the most beneficial effects were produced on their minds and conduct by the religious and moral duties which their chaplains inculcated.

[283] “During the whole of 1756 the regiment remained in Albany inactive. During the winter and spring of 1757, they were drilled and disciplined for bush-fighting and sharp-shooting, a species of warfare for which they were well fitted, being in general good marksmen, and expert in the management of their arms.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[284] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[285] Smollett’s _History of England_.

[286] This officer, who was son of Duncan Campbell, of the family of Duneaves, in Perthshire, along with Gregor MacGregor, commonly called Gregor the Beautiful, grandfather of Sir Gregor MacGregor, were the two who were presented to George II. in the year 1743, when privates in the Black Watch.

[287] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[288] _St James’s Chronicle._

[289] “It has been observed, that the modern Highland corps display less of that chivalrous spirit which marked the earlier corps from the mountains. If there be any good ground for this observation, it may probably be attributed to this, that these corps do not consist wholly of native Highlanders. If strangers are introduced among them, even admitting them to be the best of soldiers, still they are not Highlanders. The charm is broken,--the conduct of such a corps must be divided, and cannot be called purely national. The motive which made the Highlanders, when united, fight for the honour of their name, their clan, and district, is by this mixture lost. Officers, also, who are strangers to their language, their habits, and peculiar modes of thinking, cannot be expected to understand their character, their feelings, and their prejudices, which, under judicious management, have so frequently stimulated to honourable conduct, although they have sometimes served to excite the ridicule of those who knew not the dispositions and cast of character on which they were founded. But if Highland soldiers are judiciously commanded in quarters, treated with kindness and confidence by their officers, and led into action with spirit, it cannot on any good grounds be alleged that there is any deficiency of that firmness and courage which formerly distinguished them, although it may be readily allowed that much of the romance of the character is lowered. The change of manners in their native country will sufficiently account for this.

“In my time many old soldiers still retained their original manners, exhibiting much freedom and ease in their communications with the officers. I joined the regiment in 1789, a very young soldier. Colonel Graham, the commanding officer, gave me a steady old soldier, named William Fraser, as my servant,--perhaps as my adviser and director. I know not that he had received any instructions on that point, but Colonel Graham himself could not have been more frequent and attentive in his remonstrances, and cautious with regard to my conduct and duty, than my old soldier was, when he thought he had cause to disapprove. These admonitions he always gave me in Gaelic, calling me by my Christian name, with an allusion to the colour of my hair, which was fair, or _bane_, never prefixing _Mr_ or _Ensign_, except when he spoke in English. However contrary to the common rules, and however it might surprise those unaccustomed to the manners of the people, to hear a soldier or a servant calling his master simply by his name, my honest old monitor was one of the most respectful, as he was one of the most faithful, of servants.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_, p. 302.

[290] General Stewart says that two officers, anxious to obtain commissions, enlisted eighteen Irishmen at Glasgow, contrary to the peremptory orders of Lord John Murray, that none but Highlanders should be taken. Several of the men were O’Donnels, O’Lachlans, O’Briens, &c. To cover this deception the O was changed to Mac, and the Milesians passed muster as true Macdonnels, Maclachlans, and Macbriars, without being questioned.

[291] _Letters from Guadeloupe._

[292] “By private accounts, it appears that the French had formed the most frightful and absurd notions of the _Sauvages d’Ecosse_. They believed that they would neither take nor give quarter, and that they were so nimble, that, as no man could catch them, so nobody could escape them; that no man had a chance against their broadsword; and that, with a ferocity natural to savages, they made no prisoners, and spared neither man, woman, nor child: and as they were always in the front of every action in which they were engaged, it is probable that these notions had no small influence on the nerves of the militia, and perhaps regulars of Guadaloupe.” It was always believed by the enemy that the Highlanders amounted to several thousands. This erroneous enumeration of a corps only eight hundred strong, was said to proceed from the frequency of their attacks and annoyance of the outposts of the enemy, who “saw men in the same garb who attacked them yesterday from one direction, again appear to-day to advance from another, and in this manner ever harassing their advanced position, so as to allow them no rest.”--_Letters from Guadaloupe._

[293] An Indian sachem, astonished at the success of the British arms, remarked that “the English, formerly women, are now men, and are thick all over the country as trees in the woods. They have taken Niagara, Cataraque, Ticonderoga, Louisburg, and now lately Quebec, and they will soon eat the remainder of the French in Canada, or drive them out of the country.”

[294] _Westminster Journal._

[295] It was in 1776 that William Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, uttered in Parliament his famous eulogy on the Highland regiments:--“I sought for merit wherever it could be found. It is my boast that I was the first minister who looked for it, and found it, in the mountains of the north. I called it forth, and drew into your service a hardy and intrepid race of men: men who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artificies of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the State, in the war before last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side; they served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every quarter of the world.”

[296] To allure the young Highlanders to enlist into other regiments, recruiting parties assumed the dress of the Royal Highlanders, thus deceiving the recruits into the belief that they were entering the 42d. When the regiment lay in Dublin, a party of Highland recruits, destined for the 38th regiment, arrived there; but on representing the deception which had been practised upon them, they were, after a full inquiry, discharged by Lord Townshend, the lord lieutenant. They, however, immediately re-enlisted into the 42d regiment.--_Stewart._

[297] At this time, the words of “the Garb of Old Gaul” were composed. Major Reid set them to music of his own composition, which has ever since been the regimental march. Peace and country quarters affording leisure to the officers, several of them indulged their taste for poetry and music. Major Reid was one of the most accomplished flute-players of the age. He died in 1806, a general in the army, and colonel of the 88th or Connaught Rangers. He left the sum of £52,000 to the University of Edinburgh, where he was educated, to establish a Professorship of Music in the College, with a salary of not less than £300 per annum, and to hold an annual concert on the anniversary of his birth-day, the 13th of February; the performance to commence with several pieces of his own composition, for the purpose of showing the style of music in his early years, and towards the middle of the last century. Among the first of these pieces is the Garb of Old Gaul. [See account of Clan Robertson.] The statement in Stewart’s _Sketches_, that this song was originally written in Gaelic by a soldier of the 42d, is incorrect. Dr David Laing says, in Wood’s _Songs of Scotland_, edited by G. F. Graham, that it was originally written in English by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Erskine, Bart., second son of Sir John Erskine of Alva, who commanded the Scots Greys in 1762. It has been attributed to Sir Henry Erskine of Torry, but it was not written by him. Its earliest appearance (in English) was in _The Lark_, 1765. An indifferent translation into Gaelic, by Morrison, was published in Gillies’ _Gaelic Poetry_, 1786. This is the first Gaelic version. A much better translation into Gaelic is by Captain M’Intyre, and appeared in _Am Filidh_, a Gaelic Song Book, edited by James Munro, 12mo, Edin. 1840.

We give here the original song, with the Gaelic version of Captain M’Intyre:--

IN THE GARB OF OLD GAUL.

In the garb of old Gaul, with the fire of old Rome,
From the heath-covered mountains of Scotia we come;
Where the Romans endeavoured our country to gain,
But our ancestors fought, and they fought not in vain.

Such our love of liberty, our country, and our laws,
That, like our ancestors of old, we stand by freedom’s cause;
We’ll bravely fight, like heroes bright, for honour and
applause,
And defy the French, with all their arts, to alter our laws.

No effeminate customs our sinews unbrace,
No luxurious tables enervate our race;
Our loud-sounding pipe bears the true martial strain,
So do we the old Scottish valour retain.

As a storm in the ocean when Boreas blows,
So are we enraged when we rush on our foes:
We sons of the mountains, tremendous as rocks,
Dash the force of our foes with our thundering strokes.

We’re tall as the oak on the mount of the vale,
Are swift as the roe which the hound doth assail,
As the full moon in autumn our shields do appear,
Minerva would dread to encounter our spear.

Quebec and Cape Breton, the pride of old France,
In their troops fondly boasted till we did advance;
But when our claymores they saw us produce,
Their courage did fail, and they sued for a truce.

In our realm may the fury of faction long cease,
May our councils be wise and our commerce increase,
And in Scotia’s cold climate may each of us find,
That our friends still prove true and our beauties prove kind.

Then we’ll defend our liberty, our country, and our laws,
And teach our late posterity to fight in freedom’s cause,
That they like our ancestors bold, for honour and applause,
May defy the French, with all their arts, to alter our laws.

EIDEADH NAN GAEL.

Ann an éideadh nan Gàel,
Le tein’-àrdain na Ròimh’,
’S ann o fhraoch-bheannaibh Alba
A dh’ fhalbh sinn a chum gleòis,
Tir a stribhich na Ròimhich
Le foirneart thoirt uainn,
Ach ar sinnscarra chòmhraig,
’S mar sheòid thug iad buaidh!

Le sòghalas no féisdeachas
Ar féithean las cha-n fhàs;
Cha toir ròic no ruidht oirnn striocadh
Chum’s gu’u díobair sinn ar càil;
’S i a’ phìob a’s àírde nual
A bhios g’ ar gluasad gu blàr;--
Sin an ceòl a chumas suas annainn
Cruadal nan Gàel.

’S co-chruaidh sinn ris na daragan
Tha thall-ud anns a’ ghleann;
Is co-luath sinn ris an eilid
Air nach beir ach an cù seang;
Mar a’ ghealach làn as t-fhogar
Nochdar aghaidh ar cuid sgiath,
’S roimh ’r lannan guineach geur
Air Minérbha bi’dh fiamh!

Mar a shéideas a’ ghaoth tuath
Air a’ chuan a’s gairge toirm,
’S ann mar sin a ni sinn brùchdadh
Air ar naimhde ’nùll gu borb;
Mar chreaga trom a’ tùirling orr’
Thig ur-shiol nam beannta,
G’ an caitheamh as le ’n tréuntas,
’S le géiread an lann.

Mar so, ar Lagh ’s ar Righeachd
Gu’n dionar leinn gu bràth;--
Agus cath air taobh ua saorsa
Gu’m faoghluim sinn d’ ar n-àl;
Gus an diong iad fòs an seanairean
’Am fearalas s ’an càil,
’S gus an cuir iad cìs gun tainng
Air an Fhraing ’s air an Spàinn.

[298] “Officers and non-commissioned officers always wore a small plume of feathers, after the fashion of their country; but it was not till the period of which I am now writing that the soldiers used so many feathers as they do at present.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[299] Jackson’s _European Armies_.

[300] Stewart’s _Sketches_. The use of silver lace was not discontinued until 1830.

[301] Of the number of privates, 931 were Highlanders, 74 Lowland Scotch, 5 English (in the band), 1 Welsh, and 2 Irish.

[302] The Oxford transport, with a company of the 42d on board, was captured by an American privateer. The military officers and ship’s crew were taken on board the privateer, and a crew and guard sent to the transport, with directions to make the first friendly port. A few days afterwards the soldiers overpowered the Americans; and with the assistance of the carpenter, who had been left on board, navigated the vessel into the Chesapeak, and casting anchor at Jamestown, which had been evacuated by Lord Dunmore and the British, she was taken possession of, and the men marched as prisoners to Williamsburgh in Virginia, where every exertion was made, and every inducement held out, to prevail with them to break their allegiance, and join the American cause. When it was found that the offers of military promotion were rejected, they were told that they would have grants of fertile land to settle in freedom and happiness, and that they would all be lairds themselves, and have no rents to pay. These latter inducements also failed. “These trustworthy men declared they would neither take nor possess any land, but what they had deserved by supporting their king, whose health they could not be restrained from drinking, although in the middle of enemies; and when all failed, they were sent in small separate parties to the back-settlements.”--They were exchanged in 1778, and joined the regiment.--Stewart’s _Sketches_, i. 368.

[303] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[304] Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[305] “This hill was so perpendicular, that the ball which wounded Lieutenant Macleod, entering the posterior part of his neck, ran down on the middle of his ribs, and lodged in the lower part of his back.

“One of the pipers, who began to play when he reached the point of a rock on the summit of the hill, was immediately shot, and tumbled from one piece of rock to another till he reached the bottom.

“Major Murray, being a large corpulent man, could not attempt this steep ascent without assistance. The soldiers, eager to get to the point of their duty, scrambled up, forgetting the situation of Major Murray, when he, in a melancholy supplicating tone, cried, ‘Oh soldiers, will you leave me!’ A party leaped down instantly, and brought him up, supporting him from one ledge of the rocks to another till they got him to the top.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_.

[306] “On this occasion Sergeant Macgregor, whose company was immediately in the rear of the picquet, rushed forward to their support with a few men who happened to have their arms in their hands, when the enemy commenced the attack. Being severely wounded, he was left insensible on the ground. When the picquet was overpowered, and the few survivors forced to retire, Macgregor, who had that day put on a new jacket with silver-lace, having, besides, large silver buckles in his shoes, and a watch, attracted the notice of an American soldier, who deemed him a good prize. The retreat of his friends not allowing him time to strip the sergeant on the spot, he thought the shortest way was to take him on his back to a more convenient distance. By this time Macgregor began to recover; and, perceiving whither the man was carrying him, drew his dirk, and grasping him by the throat, swore that he would run him through the breast if he did not turn back and carry him to the camp. The American finding this argument irresistible, complied with the request, and meeting Lord Cornwallis (who had come up to the support of the regiment when he heard the firing), and Colonel Stirling, was thanked for his care of the sergeant; but he honestly told them that he only conveyed him thither to save his own life. Lord Cornwallis gave him liberty to go whithersoever he chose. His lordship procured for the sergeant a situation under government at Leith, which he enjoyed many years.”--Stewart’s _Sketches_.