1749
Lieut.-General Barrell died on the 9th of August, 1749; and King George II. conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on the lieut.-colonel, Robert Rich, who highly distinguished himself at the battle of Culloden, where he was wounded.
1751
In 1751 a warrant was issued regulating the clothing and colours of the regiments of the line. In this warrant the regiment is styled the "Fourth, or the King's Own Royal Regiment;" and the facing is directed to be blue; the King's Own are also authorized to bear—
"In the centre of their colours the King's cipher on a red ground within the garter, and crown over it; in the three corners of their second colour the Lion of England,[24] being their ancient badge.
"On the grenadier caps the King's cypher, as on the colours, and crown over it; white horse and motto on the flap.
"The drums and bells of arms to have the King's cypher painted on them, in the same manner, and the rank of the regiment underneath."
1754
The regiment remained in Great Britain until the year 1754, when it proceeded to the island of Minorca to relieve the thirty-third regiment, which returned to England.