| LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. | |||||||
| NAMES. | Date of Appointment to Regiment. | Date of Removal. | Remarks. | ||||
| George Forbes | Oct. | 12, | 1787 | Dec. | 14, | 1788 | Died. |
| Hamilton Maxwell | Dec. | 15, | 1788 | June | 8, | 1794 | Died. |
| Marlborough Parsons Sterling | June | 9, | 1794 | Dec. | 4, | 1795 | Died. |
| Alexander Ross | Dec. | 5, | 1795 | Dec. | 3, | 1796 | Died. |
| Robert Shaw | Sept. | 1, | 1795 | Dec. | 24, | 1798 | Exchanged to 12th Foot. |
| Alexander Campbell | Dec. | 4, | 1796 | July | 25, | 1810 | Promoted Major-General. |
| William Harness | Dec. | 24, | 1798 | June | 7, | 1800 | Returned to 18th Foot, 7th June 1800. |
| Robert Shawe | June | 7, | 1800 | Dec. | 1, | 1803 | Resumed his situation in the Regiment 7th June 1800. Retired 1st Dec. 1803. |
| Samuel Swinton | Dec. | 1, | 1803 | May | 13, | 1805 | Promoted in 75th Regiment. |
| Malcolm M’Pherson | May | 14, | 1807 | Sept. | 21, | 1809 | Exchanged to Inspecting Field Officer, Canada. |
| Hon. Sir Robt. Le Poer Trench | Sept. | 21, | 1809 | Mar. | 14, | 1823 | Died.[458] |
| John Alexander Mein | Mar. | 20, | 1823 | Nov. | 5, | 1841 | Died. |
| Eyre John Crabbe | Nov. | 6, | 1841 | May | 1, | 1846 | Retired on Full-pay. |
| William White Crawley | May | 1, | 1846 | July | 10, | 1846 | Retired. |
| John Fordyce | July | 10, | 1846 | Nov. | 6, | 1851 | Killed in action, 6th of Nov. 1851, at Waterkloof, Cape of Good Hope. |
| Alexander Seton | Nov. | 7, | 1851 | Feb. | 26, | 1852 | Drowned in the wreck of the Birkenhead. |
| G. W. Fordyce | Feb. | 27, | 1852 | July | 30, | 1852 | Retired. |
| John MacDuff | July | 30, | 1852 | Jan. | 24, | 1862 | Promoted Major-General; since dead. |
| George Monkland | July | 29, | 1853 | Nov. | 4, | 1859 | Exchanged to Half-pay. |
| James Villiers | Nov, | 4, | 1859 | May | 10, | 1862 | Died. |
| W. D. P. Patton | May | 11, | 1862 | Sept. | 9, | 1864 | Retired on Half-pay. |
| William Kelty M’Leod | Sept. | 9, | 1864 | — | Now (1874) commanding. | ||
| MAJORS. | |||||||
| Francis Skelly | Nov. | 5, | 1788 | Nov. | 30, | 1793 | Died. |
| Robert Shawe | Dec. | 1, | 1793 | Mar. | 28, | 1795 | Exchanged to 76th Foot. |
| Alexander Ross | Mar. | 28, | 1795 | Dec. | 4, | 1795 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| Alexander Campbell | Dec. | 25, | 1795 | Dec. | 4, | 1796 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| William Wallace | Sept. | 2, | 1795 | Nov. | 22, | 1803 | Promoted in the 19th Dragoons. |
| William Douglas | Dec. | 4, | 1796 | May | 17, | 1799 | Promoted in 85th Foot. |
| Samuel Swinton | May | 17, | 1799 | Dec. | 1, | 1803 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| James Robertson | Nov. | 22, | 1803 | Nov. | 14, | 1804 | Retired. |
| Francis R. West | Dec. | 1, | 1803 | Nov. | 15, | 1804 | Retired. |
| Malcolm M’Pherson | Nov. | 14, | 1804 | May | 13, | 1807 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| Hon. M’Donnell Murray | Nov. | 15, | 1804 | Mar. | 10, | 1808 | Died. |
| Edward Broughton | May | 14, | 1807 | April | 14, | 1810 | Retired. |
| Russell Manners[459] | May | 11, | 1808 | April | 18, | 1822 | Retired. |
| Allan William Campbell[460] | April | 5, | 1810 | Nov. | 10, | 1813 | Died of wounds. |
| John Alexander Mein | Nov. | 11, | 1813 | Mar. | 20, | 1823 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| David Stewart | April | 18, | 1822 | Dec. | 4, | 1828 | Exchanged to 65th Foot. |
| William Moore[461] | Mar. | 20, | 1823 | Jan. | 31, | 1828 | Retired. |
| Eyre John Crabbe | Jan. | 31, | 1828 | Nov. | 6, | 1841 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| John William Hutchinson | Dec. | 4, | 1828 | Oct. | 22, | 1830 | Died. |
| Donald John M’Queen | Oct. | 23, | 1830 | Oct. | 3, | 1834 | Retired. |
| Thomas Mannin | Oct. | 3, | 1834 | Oct. | 12, | 1839 | Died at sea. |
| William White Crawley | Oct. | 13, | 1839 | May | 1, | 1846 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| John Casamir Harold | Nov. | 6, | 1841 | Oct. | 22, | 1844 | Exchanged to 11th Foot. |
| John Fordyce | Oct. | 22, | 1844 | July | 10, | 1846 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| Augustus Francis Ansell | May | 1, | 1846 | May | 24, | 1850 | Retired on Half-pay. |
| Hon. Thomas O’Grady | July | 10, | 1846 | Mar. | 14, | 1851 | Retired. |
| Alexander Seton | May | 24, | 1850 | Nov. | 7, | 1851 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| G. W. Fordyce | Mar. | 14, | 1851 | Feb. | 27, | 1852 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| G. Monkland | Nov. | 7, | 1851 | July | 29, | 1853 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| W. D. P. Patton | Feb. | 27, | 1852 | May | 11, | 1862 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| E. W. L. Hancock | July | 29, | 1853 | Jan. | 26, | 1858 | Died. |
| William Kelty M’Leod | Jan. | 27, | 1858 | Sept. | 9, | 1864 | Promoted Lieut.-Colonel. |
| John Jago[462] | May | 11, | 1862 | — | — | ||
| H. W. Palmer | Sept. | 9, | 1864 | Oct. | 4, | 1864 | Exchanged to 90th. |
| L. H. L. Irby | Oct. | 4, | 1864 | Feb. | 4, | 1871 | Exchanged to Half-pay. |
| Robert F. Martin | Feb. | 4, | 1871 | — | — | ||
FOOTNOTES:
[438] Portrait on the next page.
[439] This able officer was son of Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, and brother of the Duchess of Gordon. He died at Cuddalore in 1783.
[440] For further details see the [history of the 73rd regiment] [page 570], vol. ii.
[441] Welsh’s “Military Reminiscences,” vol. i. p. 178.
[442] A powerful Arab threw a spear at him, and, drawing his sword, rushed forward to finish the lieutenant. But the spear having entered Langland’s leg, cut its way out again, and stuck in the ground behind him. Langlands grasped it, and, turning the point, threw it with so true an aim, that it went right through his opponent’s body, and transfixed him within three or four yards of his intended victim. All eyes were for an instant turned on these two combatants, when a Sepoy rushed out of the ranks, and patting the lieutenant on the back, exclaimed, “Atcha Sahib! Chote atcha keeah!” “Well Sir! very well done.” Such a ludicrous circumstance, even in a moment of such extreme peril, raised a very hearty laugh among the soldiers.—Welsh’s “Military Reminiscences,” vol. i. p. 194.
[443] Napier’s Peninsular War.
[444] Ibid.