72nd Regiment of Foot (1758) explained

Unit Name:	72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)
Dates:	1758–1763
Country:	(1707–1800)
Type:	Infantry

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

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 72nd Regiment of Foot [1745-1746, 1756-1763] ]. regiments.org . 9 May 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071024091910/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072-758.htm . 24 October 2007 .
2. Book: Hotham-Thompson, Charles . Operations of the Allied Army Under the Duke of Brunswick: 1757–1766 . Sir Charles Hotham-Thompson, 8th Baronet . Winged Hussar Publishing . 1764 . 6 April 2018.
3. Prescott, Robert . Soulsby . Basil Harrington . 46.