After a stay at Aldershot of a few months, the regiment got short notice to proceed to Dover, which it did on February 20, 1866, the admirable manner in which it turned out eliciting the special commendation of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. On its arrival at home, the strength of the regiment was of course considerably reduced, and in April 1866 it was still further reduced by two companies, the new establishment consisting of only 640 privates, with a proportionate number of officers and non-commissioned officers.
After a stay of six months at Dover, the 74th was ordered to Ireland, arriving at Cork, whence it proceeded to Limerick, where it stayed till September 26, 1867, on which day it went by rail to Dublin, where it occupied Richmond barracks. While at Limerick, detachments had been told off to do duty at Clare Castle and Nenagh. In consequence of Fenian riots, flying columns were sent out on several occasions, of which various companies of the 74th formed a part.
In November 1867, orders had been received for the regiment to hold itself in readiness to proceed to New Brunswick; its destination was, however, changed about a month later, when it received orders to make ready to proceed to Gibraltar; the depôt companies, consisting of 92 men, under Captain Thackeray and 3 subalterns, having, on January 27, 1868, sailed for Greenock in order to proceed to Fort-George, where it was to be stationed. The regiment sailed from Kingstown on February 2nd, on board H.M. ship “Himalaya,” for Gibraltar, where it arrived on February 7th, disembarked on the 8th, and encamped on the North Front until the 13th, when it was removed to the South Barracks.
The 74th remained at Gibraltar till February 1872, on the 17th of which month headquarters and four companies under Colonel Macleod sailed for Malta, where it arrived on the 22nd. The left wing, under Major Jago, followed on the 7th of March, arriving at Malta on the 12th.
SUCCESSION LISTS OF COLONELS AND FIELD OFFICERS OF THE 74TH HIGHLANDERS.
COLONELS.
| Sir Archibald Campbell, K.C.B., | Oct. 12, | 1787. |
| He was a Major-General, and the first Colonel ofthe 74th, which he raised. He died on the 31st ofMarch 1791, and a monument was erected to hismemory in Westminster Abbey. | ||
| Charles O’Hara, | April 1, | 1791. |
| From the 22nd Regiment in | 1791. | |
| Appointed Lieut.-General in | 1793. | |
| Governor of Gibraltar in 1798, and promoted to therank of General. He died at Gibraltar, Feb. 21, 1802. | ||
| John, Lord Hutchinson, K.B., | March 21, | 1802. |
| M.P. for Cork in | 1777. | |
| Lieut.-Colonel of the Athole Highlanders in | 1783. | |
| Colonel of the 94th in | 1794. | |
| Major-General in | 1796. | |
| Second in command in Egypt. | ||
| Chief in Egypt on the death of Abercromby, | 1801. | |
| Baron Hutchinson, | Dec. 5, | 1801. |
| Governor of Stirling Castle in | 1803. | |
| Lieut.-General in | 1803. | |
| Colonel of the 57th in | 1806. | |
| Colonel of the 18th Royal Irish in | 1811. | |
| General in | 1813. | |
| In 1825 became Earl of Donoughmore; and died June 29, 1832. | ||
| Sir John Stuart, K.B., Count of Maida, | Sept 8, | 1806. |
| Ensign 3d Foot Guards, | 1779. | |
| Lieut.-Colonel, | 1793. | |
| Colonel in | 1796. | |
| Brigadier-General in | 1800. | |
| Major-General in | 1802. | |
| Gained the victory over the French at Maida, July4, 1806; received the freedom of the city of London,and was appointed Colonel of the 74th, Sept. 8, 1806;Lieut.-General, April 25, 1808; Colonel of the 20thDec. 29, 1808; Commander of the Western Districtof Great Britain, June 10, 1813; and died in 1815. | ||
| The Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B., | Dec. 29, | 1809. |
| Ensign in the 63d Regiment, | March 6, | 1786. |
| Lieut.-Colonel of the 14th, | Aug. 27, | 1794. |
| Governor of Tynemouth and Glifford’s Fort, | 1797. | |
| Lieut.-Governor of Edinburgh Castle, | 1798. | |
| Deputy Adjutant-General, | 1799. | |
| Colonel in the Army, | Jan. 1, | 1800. |
| Colonel of 5th West India Regiment, | Oct. 30, | 1806. |
| Major-General, | 1808. | |
| Colonel of the 74th, | Dec. 29, | 1809. |
| Colonel of the 47th, | April | 1813. |
| Lieut.-General, | June | 1813. |
| General, | July 22, | 1830. |
| Colonel of the 14th, | 1835. | |
| G.C.B. and Lieut.-Governor of Chelsea Hospital.He died on the 19th of May 1837. | ||
| James Montgomerie, | April 26, | 1813. |
| Ensign in the 51st, | Sept. 13, | 1773. |
| Exchanged into the 13th Foot, | 1775. | |
| Lieutenant, | 1779. | |
| Promoted to the late 93rd, | 1780. | |
| To the 10th Foot, | 1786. | |
| Brigade-Major, | 1794. | |
| Brevet-Major and Lieut.-Colonel of 6th West India Regiment, | 1795. | |
| Volunteered with Sir Ralph Abercromby, | 1796. | |
| Commander of the troops at St Kitt’s till 1798, when he exchanged into the 45th Regiment. | ||
| Brevet-Colonel, | April 29, | 1802. |
| Lieut.-Colonel of the 64th, | 1804. | |
| Brigadier-General in the West Indies, | 1804. | |
| Governor of these Colonies till | 1808. | |
| Major-General, | Oct. 25, | 1809. |
| Colonel of the 74th, | April 26, | 1813. |
| Lieut.-General, | June 4, | 1814. |
| Colonel of the 30th Regiment, | June 13, | 1823. |
| Which he retained till his death in 1829. | ||
| The Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B., G.C.H., | June 13, | 1823. |
| Ensign in the 28th, | Dec. 26, | 1781. |
| Lieutenant, | 1787. | |
| Major in the 13th, | 1795. | |
| Lieut.-Colonel, | Aug. 26, | 1796. |
| Brevet-Colonel, | Jan. 1, | 1805. |
| Brigadier-General, | Dec. 25, | 1809. |
| Major-General, | July 25, | 1810. |
| Col. of the 5th Garrison Battalion, | Oct. 10, | 1812. |
| Colonel of the 94th, | April 29, | 1815. |
| Lieut.-General, | Aug. 12, | 1819. |
| Colonel of the 74th, | June 13, | 1823. |
| Governor of the Mauritius, | Jan. | 1828. |
| Removed to the 14th Regiment of Foot, | 1834. | |
| Col. of the 5th Regiment of Foot, | March 25, | 1835. |
| General, | Jan. 10, | 1837. |
| Died March 27, 1843. | ||
| Sir James Campbell, K.C.B., K.C.H., | Dec. 12, | 1834. |
| Ensign 1st Royal Regiment of Foot, | March 30, | 1791. |
| Lieutenant, | March 20, | 1794. |
| Half-pay, | Jan. | 1790. |
| 42nd Highland Regiment, | Dec. | 1797. |
| Major in the Argyll Fencibles, | June | 1799. |
| Removed to the 94th, | April 7, | 1802. |
| Lieutenant in the 94th, | Sept. 27, | 1804. |
| Brevet-Colonel, | June 4, | 1813. |
| Major-General, | Aug. 12, | 1819. |
| K.C.B., | Dec. 3, | 1822. |
| Colonel of the 94th, | April 13, | 1831. |
| Removed to the 74th Regiment, | Dec. 12, | 1834. |
| Died in Paris, May 6, 1835. | ||
| Sir Phineas Riall, K.C.H., | May 20, | 1835. |
| Ensign, | Jan. 31, | 1792. |
| Lieutenant, | Feb. 28, | 1794. |
| Captain, | May 31, | 1794. |
| Major, | Dec. 8, | 1794. |
| Lieut.-Colonel, | Jan. 1, | 1800. |
| Colonel, | July 25, | 1810. |
| Major-General, | June 4, | 1813. |
| Lieut.-General, | May 27, | 1825. |
| Colonel of the 74th Regiment, | May 20, | 1835. |
| General, | Nov. 23, | 1841. |
| Sir Phineas Riall received a medal and one clasp forMartinique and Guadaloupe; served in America in1813, and was severely wounded at the battle of Chippawa. | ||
| Sir Alexander Cameron, K.C.H., | April 24, | 1846. |
| Ensign, | Oct. 22, | 1799. |
| Lieutenant, | Sept. 6, | 1800. |
| Captain, | May 6, | 1805. |
| Major, | May 30, | 1811. |
| Lieut.-Colonel, | April 27, | 1812. |
| Colonel, | July 22, | 1830. |
| Major-General, | June 28, | 1838. |
| Died at Inverailort, Fort-William, | July 26, | 1850. |
| Served in Holland, 1799; expedition to Ferrol,1800; Egypt, 1801 (severely wounded at the battle ofAlexandria); expedition to Germany, 1805; Copenhagenand battle of Kiöge, 1807; Portugal in 1808;battles of Vimeiro and Corunna; Peninsula in 1809;present at Busaco, Torres Vedras, Coa, Almeida,Fuentes d’Onor, &c., till severely wounded at Vittoriaand obliged to return to England; served in thecampaign of 1814 and 1815, including Quatre Bras andWaterloo (severely wounded). | ||
| Alexander Thomson, C.B., | Aug. 15, | 1850. |
| Ensign, | Sept. 23, | 1803. |
| Lieutenant, | Feb. 29, | 1804. |
| Captain, | May 14, | 1807. |
| Major, | April 9, | 1812. |
| Lieut.-Colonel, | Sept. 21, | 1813. |
| Colonel, | July 22, | 1830. |
| Major-General, | Nov. 23, | 1841. |
| Lieut.-General, | Nov. 11, | 1851. |
| Colonel 74th Regiment, | Aug. 15, | 1850. |
| Died 1856. | ||
| Lieut.-General Thomson accompanied the 74th tothe Peninsula, landing at Lisbon in Jan. 1810, and waspresent at the battle of Busaco, retreat to the lines ofTorres Vedras, advance of the army on Massena’sretreat therefrom, action at Foz d’Arouce (wounded),battle of Fuentes d’Onor, siege and capture of CiudadRodrigo, where he served as assistant engineer, andfor his services was promoted to the rank of Brevet-Major;siege and capture of Badajoz, where he servedas assistant engineer, and was slightly wounded whenleading about 300 men of the party that stormed andtook the raveline of St Roque to reinforce the 3rddivision of the army which had taken the castle; siegeand capture of the forts of Salamanca, where he servedas assistant engineer, and was slightly wounded;battle of Salamanca (severely wounded); siege of Burgosand retreat therefrom; served as assistant engineer,and had the blowing-up of the bridge of Villa Murieland the bridge at Cabezon entrusted to him; battle ofVittoria, as second in command of the 74th; siege ofSt Sebastian, where he served as assistant engineer,and for his conduct was promoted to the brevet rankof Lieut.-Colonel; battles of the Nivelle and the Nive,passage of the Bidassoa, and battle of Orthes, besidesseveral skirmishes with his regiment at Alfayates, Villade Pastores Albidos, and other places. He receivedthe gold medal for St Sebastian, and the silver warmedal with nine clasps for the other battles and sieges. | ||
| Charles Augustus Shawe, | Nov. 24, | 1856. |
| Ensign, | May 26, | 1808. |
| Lieutenant and Captain, | April 23, | 1812. |
| Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, | April 28, | 1825. |
| Major and Colonel, | Aug. 8, | 1837. |
| Major-General, | Nov. 9, | 1846. |
| Lieut.-General, | June 20, | 1854. |
| General, | March 6, | 1863. |
| Colonel 74th Foot, | Nov 24, | 1856. |
| General Shawe served in the campaigns of 1810 and1811, and part of 1812, in the Peninsula, includingthe battle of Busaco. Served also in Holland andBelgium from Nov. 1813 to 1814, and was severelywounded at Bergen-op-Zoom. He received the warmedal, with three clasps, for Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor,and Ciudad Rodrigo. | ||