[36]. H. p. 1816.
[37]. Lieut. 1st March, 1821. H. p. 25th Oct., 1821.
[38]. Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Lieut. 15th Aug., 1822. Serving in 1825.
[39]. Served as a volunteer at Waterloo. Ens. 47th Foot 26th July, 1820. Lieut. 60th Rifles 1827.
[40]. D. in Aug., 1862, at Burton on Trent.
42nd (or the ROYAL HIGHLAND) REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Rank in the | |||||
| LIEUT.-COLONEL. | Regiment. | Army. | |||
| [1] | Sir Robert Macara, K.C.B., K. | 16 | Apr. | 1812 | 1 Jan. 1812 |
| MAJOR. | |||||
| [2] | Robert Henry Dick, W. | 14 | July, | 1808 | Lt.-Col., 8 Oct., 1812 |
| CAPTAINS. | |||||
| [3] | Archibald Menzies, W. | 5 | June, | 1805 | |
| [4] | George Davidson, W. | 25 | Sept. | 1807 | Maj., 4 June, 1813 |
| [5] | John Campbell | 3 | Dec. | 1807 | Maj., 12 Apr. 1814 |
| [6] | Mungo Macpherson, W. | 9 | Feb. | 1809 | |
| [7] | Donald McDonald, W. | 25 | Jan. | 1810 | |
| [8] | Daniel McIntosh, W. | 2 | May, | 1811 | |
| [9] | Robert Boyle, W. | 11 | July, | 1811 | |
| LIEUTENANTS. | |||||
| [10] | Donald Chisholm, W. | 10 | Oct. | 1805 | |
| [11] | Duncan Stewart, W. | 1 | Jan. | 1807 | |
| [12] | Donald McKenzie, W. | 23 | July, | 1807 | 3 Dec. 1806 |
| [13] | James Young, Adjt., W. | 25 | May, | 1808 | |
| [14] | Hugh Andrew Fraser, W. | 8 | Feb. | 1809 | |
| [15] | John Malcolm | 14 | Dec. | 1809 | |
| [16] | Alexander Dunbar, W. | 25 | Jan. | 1810 | |
| [17] | James Brander, W. | 2 | May, | 1811 | |
| [18] | Roger Stewart | 11 | July, | 1811 | |
| [19] | Robert Gordon, K. | 29 | Aug. | 1811 | |
| [20] | James Robertson | 10 | Oct. | 1811 | |
| [21] | Kenneth McDougall | 12 | Feb. | 1812 | |
| [22] | Donald McKay | 28 | May, | 1812 | |
| [23] | Alexander Innes | 15 | Oct. | 1812 | |
| [24] | John Grant | 18 | Feb. | 1813 | |
| [25] | John Orr, W. | 29 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| [26] | George Gunn Munro, W. | 10 | June, | 1813 | |
| ENSIGNS. | |||||
| [27] | George Gerard, K. | 29 | Apr. | 1813 | |
| [28] | Wm. Fraser, W. | 10 | June, | 1813 | |
| [29] | A.L. Fraser, W. | 23 | Sept. | 1813 | 16 Sept. 1813 |
| [30] | Alexander Brown | 25 | Dec. | 1813 | |
| [31] | Alexander Cumming | 17 | Feb. | 1814 | |
| QUARTERMASTER. | |||||
| [32] | Donald McIntosh, W. | 9 | July, | 1803 | |
| SURGEON. | |||||
| [33] | Swinton McLeod | 9 | July, | 1803 | |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | |||||
| [34] | Donald Macpherson | 1 | June, | 1809 | |
| [35] | John Stewart | 20 | July, | 1809 | 4 May, 1809 |
| Facings blue. Lace gold. | |||||
[1]. The death of Sir R. Macara at Quatre Bras was inexpressibly sad. “He was wounded about the middle of the engagement, and was in the act of being carried off the field by four of his men, when a party of French unexpectedly surrounded and made them prisoners. Perceiving by the colonel’s decorations that he was an officer of rank they immediately cut him down with his attendants.” His relations obtained Macara’s Waterloo medal, which was for long in the Tancred Collection. A touching poem to Robert Macara’s memory is to be found in the Waterloo Memoirs; the following are the last three verses of a pæan of praise sung by the Goddess of Fame:—
“Here the Goddess ceased her lay;
Weak, her wings refused to fly;