3. The Fortieth regiment was formed in the year 1717, from independent companies in North America and the West Indies:—the command was conferred on Colonel Richard Philips.

4. The Forty-first regiment was formed from Invalids in 1719:—the command was conferred on Colonel Edmund Fielding.

5. The other regiments of infantry, raised by King George I. on the augmentation of the army in the year 1715, were disbanded in 1718, after the Monarchy, in the line of the House of Brunswick, had been established, and the Peace of the Kingdom restored.

6. The Forty-second Highland regiment was formed in the reign of King George II. from independent companies in Scotland, in the year 1739. It was originally termed “The Black Watch” and was placed on the establishment on the 25th October, 1739:—the command was conferred on Colonel James Earl of Crawford.[49]

7. The Forty-third regiment was raised for service in America, in the year 1740, by Colonel Andrew Spotswood, and afterwards commanded by Colonel W. Gooche. It was disbanded in 1743.

8. The Ten regiments of Marines raised in 1739 and 1740, were numbered from the 44th to the 53rd regiments, as shown in the following list, viz.:—

Marine
Regiments.		Names of the Colonels.Periods of
Formation,
&c.		Colour of
the Facing.		Precedence in
the Regiments
of Infantry
of the Line.
1stRegimentE. Wolfe1739Deep Yellow44th Foot.
””G. Keightley1745
””G. Churchill1745
2ndRegimentWm. Robinson1739Green45th Foot.
””Rt. Frazer1741
3rdRegimentAnthony Lowther1739Light Yellow46th Foot.
””R. Sowle1745
””H. Holmes1746
4thRegimentJ. Wynyard1739White47th Foot.
””Jas. Long1742
””Byng, afterwards Visct. Torrington1744
5thRegimentC. Douglas1739Primrose
Yellow		48th Foot.
””J. Grant1741
””S. Daniel1741
””Jas. Cochrane1741
6thRegimentHonble. Lucius Ducie Moreton1739Green Cuffs
Collar, and
Cap		49th Foot.
””J. Cotterell1741
””Honble. W. Herbert1747
””Jas. Laforey1747
7thRegimentH. Cornwall1740White50th Foot.
8thRegimentW. Hanmore1740Light Yellow51st Foot.
””J. Duncombe1742
””Lord G. Beauclerk1747
””Jas. Jordan1748
9thRegimentC. Powlett1740Buff52nd Foot.
10thRegimentJ. Jeffreys1740Deep Yellow53rd Foot.
””Sir Andrew Agnew1746

The above ten regiments were disbanded in November, 1748.