72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)

For other units with the same regimental number, see 72nd Regiment of Foot (disambiguation).

The 72nd Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763.^[1]

72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)
Active	1758–1763
Country	Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry

It was formed on 28 April 1758 from the 2nd Battalion of the 33rd Regiment of Foot and took part in the Raid on Cherbourg in 1758 and the capture of Belle Isle in 1761. After further service in Cuba the regiment was disbanded in 1763.^[2]

Regimental Colonels

• 1758–1763: F.M. Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, KG

Notable members

• Robert Prescott, who later became governor general of Canada, served as the regiment's lieutenant-colonel in 1762^[3]

References

1. "72nd Regiment of Foot [1745-1746, 1756-1763]". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
2. Hotham-Thompson, Charles (6 April 2018) [1764]. Operations of the Allied Army Under the Duke of Brunswick: 1757–1766. Winged Hussar Publishing.
3. Soulsby, Basil Harrington (1896). "Prescott, Robert" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.