Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot / Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848

by Richard Cannon

Lieut.-General Champagné died in the autumn of the year 1816, and the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on Major-General Sir Kenneth Alexander Howard, K.C.B., afterwards Lord Howard of Effingham.

1817

In April, 1817, the regiment was removed, under the command of Colonel Grant, to Fort George, Drummond’s Island, Amherstburg, the posts on the Niagara frontier, and York, now called Toronto.

1819
1820

The regiment was removed to Kingston, in June, 1819, and was stationed at that place, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel MacGregor; in November, 1820, Colonel Ottley arrived and assumed the command of the regiment.

1821
1822

From Kingston the regiment was removed in May, 1821, to Quebec, and in May, 1822, Colonel Ottley proceeded to Europe on leave, when the command again devolved on Lieut.-Colonel MacGregor.

1823
1824

The regiment continued to occupy quarters in Canada during the years 1823, 1824, 1825, and 1826.

1825
1826