Historical Record of the Twenty-first Regiment, or the Royal North British Fusiliers / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1678, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1849

by Richard Cannon

1762
1763
1764

After the surrender of the Castle of Belle-Isle, the regiment returned to England, where it was stationed in 1762; and in 1763 and 1764 it occupied quarters in Scotland.

1765
1770

On the 6th of May, 1765, the regiment embarked for America, and was quartered five years in West Florida; in 1770, it was removed to Canada, and was stationed some time at Quebec.

In November, 1770, Lieut.-General the Earl of Panmure was removed to the Scots Greys, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS by Major-General the Honorable Alexander Mackay, from the Sixty-fifth regiment.

1772
1773
1774

Having been relieved from duty at Quebec, in 1772, the regiment embarked for England, where it was stationed in 1773 and the two following years.

1775

The American war commenced in 1775, and during the winter of that year Quebec was besieged by an American force.