The third was raised in 1794, and is now the 91st Princess Louise’s Argyleshire Highlanders.
The fourth was raised in 1804, and was disbanded in 1818 as the 97th Foot.
The fifth was raised in 1804 as 99th, renumbered 98th “Prince of Wales’s Tipperary,” and was disbanded in 1818. Its facings were Yellow.
NINETY-NINTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| 99th Foot. 1824–1832 99th Lanarkshire. 1832–1874 99th, The Duke of Edinburgh’s. 1874—— | Scarlet, 1824—. | Yellow, 1824—. | Pekin, 1860. New Zealand, 1845–1847. |
The Regiment was raised in Lanarkshire.
It bears “The Duke of Edinburgh’s Coronet and Cypher.”
The first Regiment numbered the 99th was raised in 1760, and disbanded in 1763.
The second was the 99th or Jamaica Regiment of Foot, raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794, and disbanded in 1798.