“I have the honour, etc.,
“(Signed) Howth.
“To General Sir F. Stovin, G.C.B. and K.C.M.G.,
Colonel 83rd Regiment.”
This application was brought to the notice of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, by Sir F. Stovin, and the title of the “County of Dublin” Regiment was conferred on the 83rd.
The following letter from the Adjutant-General reached the regiment at Nusseerabad on the 19th December, 1859, just sixty-seven years after the regiment had been raised in the county of Dublin:—
“Horse Guards, S.W., October 29th, 1859.
“Sir,—By desire of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, I have the honour to acquaint you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize the 83rd Regiment, which was raised principally from recruits obtained in Ireland in 1793, and embodied in Dublin in that year, being designated the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment.
“I have the honour, etc.,
“(Signed) W. F. Forster, D.A.-Gen.”