Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment

by Richard Cannon

Succession of Majors of Ninety-Second
Regiment (Highlanders).

Name.	Date of Appointment.	Date of Removal.	Remarks.
Charles Erskine	10 Feb. 1794	30 Apr. 1795	Promoted Lt.-Col of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
Donald McDonald	20 Aug. 1794	11 Mar. 1796	Retired.
Simon McDonald	1 May 1795	16 Jan. 1799	Retired.
Alexander Napier	12 Mar. 1796	4 Apr. 1801	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
John Gordon	17 Jan. 1799	22 Jan. 1806	Retired.
John Cameron	5 Apr. 1801	22 June 1808	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
William Morris	9 July 1803	15 Aug. 1805	Removed to the 8th Veteran Battalion.
Hon. John Ramsay	”	1 June 1804	Exchanged to half pay.
John Lamont	2 June 1804	29 Mar. 1809	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
Archibald McDonnell	29 Aug. 1805	25 Jan. 1813	Promoted Lt.-Col. 13th Veteran Batt.
James Watson	23 Jan. 1806	23 May 1810	Retired.
Peter Grant	23 June 1808	25 Nov. 1812	Retired upon full pay.
James Mitchell	30 Mar. 1809	13 June 1815	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
Archibald Campbell	24 May 1810	6 Jan. 1813	Retired.
Donald Macdonald	26 Nov. 1812	25 Nov. 1818	Exchanged to half pay of the Malta Regiment.
William Phipps	7 Jan. 1813	25 Dec. 1814	Retired on half-pay.
John Macpherson	15 Apr. 1813		Died on 1st January, 1814.
James Seaton	10 Feb. 1814		Died of wounds received in the action at Garris on 22nd of March 1814.
James Lee	28 Apr. 1814	25 Dec. 1814	Retired on half-pay.
George W. Holmes	18 June 1815	21 Oct. 1818	Retired.
Archibald Ferrier	22 Oct. 1818		Died on the 23rd of September 1819.
John Blainey	26 Nov. 1818		Died on the 28th of August 1819.
Peter Wilkie	4 Nov. 1819	24 Sept. 1823	Retired.
George Couper	30 Dec. 1819	19 Mar. 1823	Exchanged to the half-pay of the Canadian Fencibles.
James Forrest Fulton	20 Mar. 1823	12 May 1824	Retired.
Andr. Robt. Charlton	25 Sept. 1823		Died in Aug. 1825.
John Spink	13 May 1824	20 May 1826	Promoted Lt.-Col. Unattached.
Robert Winchester	16 Aug. 1825	31 Oct. 1842	Retired on full pay.
Isaiah Linwood Verity	9 Feb. 1826	21 Mar. 1827	Retired.
Hon. James Sinclair	22 Mar. 1827	18 Feb. 1829	Exchanged to half pay.
Hugh Henry Rose	19 Feb. 1829	16 Sept. 1839	Promoted Lt.-Col. Unattached.
Jno. Alex. Forbes	17 Sept. 1839	8 Nov. 1846	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
Geo. Edward Thorold	1 Nov. 1842
Mark Kerr Atherley	9 Nov. 1846	22 Nov. 1849	Promoted Lt.-Col. of the NINETY-SECOND regiment.
Arch. Inglis Lockhart	23 Nov. 1849

FOOTNOTES:

[20] Inserted in Appendix, [ pages 142 and 143].

APPENDIX.

“Horse Guards,
“16th May, 1801.

“General Orders.

“The recent events which have occurred in Egypt have induced His Majesty to lay his most gracious commands on His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to convey to the troops employed in that country His Majesty’s highest approbation of their conduct; and at the same time His Majesty has deemed it expedient that these his gracious sentiments should be communicated to every part of his army, not doubting that all ranks will thereby be inspired with an honorable spirit of emulation, and an eager desire of distinguishing themselves in their country’s service.

“Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes the successes that have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly and most forcibly impressed on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, and military system, which has given its full energy to the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty.