The 72nd Regiment of Foot was a regiment in the British Army from 1758 to 1763. 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 The Raid on Cherbourg took place in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War when a British force was landed on the coast of France by the Royal Navy with the intention of attacking the town of Cherbourg as part of the British government's policy ...

in 1758 and the capture of Belle Isle in 1761. After further service in Cuba the regiment was disbanded in 1763.

Regimental Colonels

* 1758–1763: F.M.

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond Field Marshal Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny, (22 February 1735 – 29 December 1806), styled Earl of March until 1750, of Goodwood House in Sussex and of Richmond House in London, was a British ...

, KG

Notable members

Robert Prescott General Robert Prescott (21December 1815) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. During a military career which spanned over fifty years, he participated in the Seven Years' War, the French and Indian War, and the American ...

, who later became governor general of Canada, served as the regiment's lieutenant-colonel in 1762

References

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