In 1754 the Thirty-sixth regiment returned to England from Gibraltar, and was subsequently stationed in North Britain.
1755.
Towards the end of the year 1755 the Thirty-sixth regiment was removed from Scotland to South Britain.
1756.
The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle was at length interrupted by the aggressions of the French on the British territory in North America; and early in 1756 the King of France prepared a powerful armament for the capture of the island of Minorca. In consequence of this attack on Minorca, hostilities became inevitable on the part of Great Britain, and on the 18th of May war was declared against France. At this period the army and navy were increased; and, among other augmentations, fifteen of the regiments of infantry, including the Thirty-sixth, were authorized to raise second battalions from the 25th of August 1756.
From the 17th of June to the 12th of October 1756, the Thirty-sixth and other regiments were encamped at Chatham under Major-General Lord George Sackville.
1757.
In the year 1757 the Thirty-sixth regiment, consisting of two battalions, and other corps were encamped under General Charles Duke of Marlborough at Barham Downs.
1758.
The second battalions, which had been added two years previously to fifteen of the regiments of infantry, were, in 1758, formed into distinct corps, and numbered from the Sixty-first to the Seventy-fifth regiment. By this arrangement the second battalion of the Thirty-sixth was constituted the Seventy-fourth regiment, which was disbanded after the peace of Fontainebleau.[10]