SUCCESSION LIST OF COLONELS AND FIELD OFFICERS OF THE 78th HIGHLANDERS.
COLONELS
| NAMES. | Date of Appointment. | Remarks. | ||
| Francis Humberstone Mackenzie, afterwards Lord Seaforth | March | 7, | 1793 | Resigned command of the regiment, retaining his rank. Died, 11th January 1815. |
| Alex. Mackenzie of Belmaduthy, took the name of Fraser of Castle Fraser | May | 3, | 1796 | Died a Lieutenant-General, September 1809, from fever contracted in the Walcheren expedition. |
| Sir James Henry Craig, K.C.B. | September | 15, | 1809 | Died, 1812. |
| Sir Samuel Auchmuty, G.C.B. | January | 13, | 1812 | Died, 1822. |
| Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B. | August | 25, | 1822 | Appointed to 31st Foot, 10th October 1834. |
| Sir L. Smith, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H. | October | 10, | 1834 | Appointed to the 40th Foot, 9th February 1837. |
| Paul Anderson, C.B., K.C. | February | 9, | 1837 | Died, 28th December 1851. |
| Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B., K.C.H. | December | 28, | 1851 | From Colonel 72nd. Died, 30th Sept. 1853. |
| Sir W. Chalmers, C.B., K.C.H. | September | 30, | 1853 | Died, 2d June 1860. |
| Roderick Macneil | June | 3, | 1860 | Died, 22d October 1863. |
| Sir Patrick Grant, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. | October | 23, | 1863 | Governor of Chelsea Hospital (1874). |
| LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. | ||||
| Alex. Mackenzie of Belmaduthy | July | 24, | 1793 | Promoted Colonel-Commandant 27th Feb. 1796. |
| Alex. Mackenzie of Fairburn | February | 10, | 1794 | 2nd Battalion of 1794. To 36th Regiment, 1797. |
| John Randoll Mackenzie of Suddie | February | 27, | 1796 | A Col. in the army in 1794; he became a Major-General, and was killed at Talavera, 1809. |
| Alexander Malcolm | 1795 | Died, 1798. | ||
| John Mackenzie, Gairloch | 1795 | Placed on Half-pay, 1799.[508] | ||
| John Mackenzie, junior | 1795 | Placed on Half-pay, 1795. | ||
| Hay Macdowall | May | 22, | 1797 | Col. in the army in 1795, Major-General in 1798,and was promoted to 40th Regiment, 1802. Lost on passage from India, 1809. |
| Alexander Adams | April | 7, | 1802 | Promoted Major-General, 1814. |
| Patrick Macleod, Geanies | April | 17, | 1804 | 2nd Bat. 1804; Killed at El-Hamet, 21st Ap. 1807. |
| Hercules Scott, Benholm | July | 23, | 1807 | To 103rd, 1808. Killed in Canada, 1814. |
| John Macleod, C.B. | May | 12, | 1808 | 2nd Battalion of 1804. Major-General, 1819. |
| James Macdonell, Glengarry | September | 7, | 1809 | Exchanged to Coldstream Guards, 1810. |
| Sir Edward Michael Ryan,Kt. | February | 21, | 1811 | Died in 1812. |
| James Fraser | May | 1, | 1812 | Killed at Probolingo in Java, 1813. |
| Martin Lindsay, C.B. | November | 25, | 1813 | Succeeded Colonel John Macleod in command, 12th Aug. 1819, and retired 27th April 1837. |
| David Forbes | July | 28, | 1814 | Reduced on Half-pay, 1816. |
| Henry N. Douglas | April | 28, | 1837 | Died, 1st October 1849. |
| Martin G. T. Lindsay | April | 8, | 1842 | Exchanged, 15th April 1842. |
| Roderick Macneil | April | 15, | 1842 | Colonel in the army June 17, 1828, and was promoted Major-General, 9th November 1846. |
| Jonathan Forbes | November | 9, | 1846 | Retired, 10th December 1847. |
| E. Twopeny | December | 10, | 1847 | Exchanged to 10th Foot. |
| Walter Hamilton, C.B. | October | 2, | 1849 | Appointed Inspecting Field Officer, 1st June 1859. |
| Henry W. Stisted, C.B. | April | 19, | 1850 | Exchanged to 93d Highlanders, 30th Sept. 1859. |
| John Alexander Ewart, C.B. | September | 30, | 1859 | Retired on Half-pay, 28th October 1864. |
| Colin Campbell M’Intyre, C.B. | October | 28, | 1864 | Retired on Full-pay, 2d October 1866. |
| Græme A. Lockhart, C.B. | October | 2, | 1866 | Retired on Full-pay, 13th July 1867. |
| Alexander Mackenzie, C.B. | July | 13, | 1867 | — |
| MAJORS. | ||||
| Alex. Mackenzie, Belmaduthy | March | 8, | 1793 | Promoted Colonel-Commandant, 27th Feb. 1796. |
| George, Earl of Errol | July | 24, | 1793 | To 1st Regiment Foot Guards, 1794. Died, 1799. |
| Alex. Mackenzie of Fairburn | July | 24, | 1793 | To command of 2nd Battalion, 10th Feb. 1794. |
| John Randoll Mackenzie of Suddie | February | 10, | 1794 | Promoted, 1794. |
| Michael Monypenny | October | 28, | 1794 | Promoted to 73rd Regiment, 1798. Died, 1808. |
| Alexander Malcolm | May | 2, | 1794 | Promoted, 1795. |
| John Mackenzie, Gairloch | May | 3, | 1794 | Promoted, 1795. |
| John Mackenzie, junior | 1794 | Promoted, 1795. | ||
| Alexander Grant | 1795 | Retired, 1798. Died, 1807. | ||
| William Montgomery | 1795 | Promoted to 64th Regiment. Died 1800. | ||
| Alexander Adams | August | 30, | 1798 | Promoted, 1802. |
| Hercules Scott, Benholm | May | 9, | 1800 | Promoted, 1807. |
| Patrick Macleod, Geanies | November | 18, | 1802 | To command of 2nd Battalion, 17th April 1804. |
| David Stewart, Garth | April | 17, | 1804 | Promoted to Royal West Indian Rangers, 1808. Author of the Sketches. |
| James Macdonell, Glengarry | April | 17, | 1804 | Promoted, 1809. |
| William Campbell | December | 13, | 1804 | Killed at taking Fort Cornelis, in Java, 1810. |
| James Fraser | July | 23, | 1807 | Promoted, 1813. |
| Robert Hamilton | April | 21, | 1808 | Retired, 1810. |
| Martin Lindsay | January | 4, | 1810 | Promoted, 1813. |
| David Forbes | August | 29, | 1811 | Promoted, 1814. |
| Duncan Macpherson | November | 7, | 1811 | Major of the regiment in 1820. |
| James Macbean | December | 14, | 1811 | Major of the regiment in 1820. |
| Duncan Macgregor | November | 25, | 1813 | Reduced on Half-pay in 1816. |
| Colin Campbell Mackay, Bighouse | August | 11, | 1814 | Reduced on Half-pay in 1816. |
| Joseph Bethune | June | 14, | 1821 | — |
| C. G. Falconer | June | 26, | 1823 | — |
| Henry N. Douglas | October | 22, | 1825 | Promoted, 28th April 1837. |
| James Mill | April | 8, | 1826 | — |
| Benjamin Adams | May | 7, | 1829 | Retired, 17th May 1838. |
| Martin G. T. Lindsay | April | 28, | 1837 | Promoted, 8th April 1842. |
| Jonathan Forbes | May | 18, | 1838 | Promoted, 9th November 1846. |
| E. Twopeny | April | 8, | 1842 | Promoted, 10th December 1847. |
| R. J. P. Vassall | November | 9, | 1846 | Exchanged to Half-pay. |
| Walter Hamilton | December | 10, | 1847 | Promoted, 2d October 1849. |
| J. Burns | May | 23, | 1848 | Exchanged to 2nd Foot. |
| Henry W. Stisted | May | 26, | 1848 | Promoted, 19th April 1850. |
| T. J. Taylor | October | 2, | 1849 | Died, 18th June 1850. |
| Henry Hamilton, C.B. | April | 19, | 1850 | Appointed to the Staff, 1st July 1862. |
| Colin Campbell M’Intyre, C.B. | June | 19, | 1850 | Promoted, 28th October 1864. |
| Græme A. Lockhart, C.B. | July | 1, | 1862 | Promoted, 2d October 1866. |
| Alexander Mackenzie | October | 28, | 1864 | Promoted, 13th July 1867. |
| Oswald B. Feilden | October | 2, | 1866 | — |
| Augustus E. Warren | July | 13, | 1867 | — |
| ADJUTANTS. | ||||
| James Fraser | March | 8, | 1793 | Retired, 1794. |
| James Hanson | February | 10, | 1794 | 2nd Battalion of 1794. Became Adjutant of the consolidated Battalion in 1796. Retired. |
| Donald Fraser | October | 1, | 1794 | — |
| Alexander Wishart | October | 20, | 1797 | Promoted. |
| John Hay | December | 30, | 1800 | Died in India, 1803. |
| Joseph Bethune | June | 25, | 1803 | Promoted. |
| William Mackenzie | April | 17, | 1804 | 2nd Battalion of 1804. Promoted. |
| Thomas Hamilton | September | 26, | 1805 | Deceased. |
| John Cooper | October | 15, | 1807 | Adjutant of the regiment till succeeded by Bull. |
| James Fraser | June | 15, | 1810 | — |
| William Smith | June | 24, | 1813 | Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion when reduced. |
| J. E. N. Bull | May | 4, | 1826 | Promoted, 19th October 1838. |
| S. M. Edington | October | 19, | 1838 | Resigned, 31st August 1839. |
| C. Pattison | August | 31, | 1839 | Promoted in Newfoundland Companies. |
| Hamilton Douglas Gordon | June | 16, | 1848 | Promoted, 10th October 1850. |
| Laurence Pleydell Bouverie | October | 10, | 1850 | Promoted, 22nd December 1854. |
| Herbert T. Macpherson, V.C. | December | 22, | 1854 | Promoted, 6th October 1857. |
| Andrew C. Bogle, V.C. | October | 6, | 1857 | Promoted, 5th November 1858. |
| G. D. Barker | November | 5, | 1858 | Promoted, 2nd April 1861. |
| Thomas Mackenzie | April | 2, | 1861 | Resigned, 16th May 1862. |
| Richard P. Butler | May | 16, | 1862 | Retired, 21st November 1865. |
| George E. Lecky | November | 21, | 1865 | Resigned, 27th February 1867. |
| Robert Lockhart Dalglish | February | 27, | 1867 | Retired, 20th July 1867. |
| E. P. Stewart | July | 20, | 1867 | Promoted, 7th July 1869. |
| C. E. Croker-King | July | 7, | 1869 | Promoted, 17th July 1872. |
| Arthur Dingwall Fordyce | August | 21, | 1872 | — |
| PAYMASTERS. | ||||
| Alexander Bannerman | February | 25, | 1804 | — |
| James Ferguson | March | 21, | 1805 | 2nd Battalion of 1804. Deceased. |
| John Chisholm | December | 11, | 1817 | Retired. Succeeded by Paymaster Taylor. |
| M. G. Taylor | August | 26, | 1836 | Exchanged to 45th Foot. |
| E. Evans | July | 7, | 1846 | Retired, 22nd April 1853. |
| Joseph Webster | April | 22, | 1853 | Retired, 1st April 1864. |
| Charles Skrine | April | 1, | 1864 | — |
| QUARTER-MASTERS. | ||||
| Archibald Macdougal | March | 8, | 1793 | Retired. |
| Alexander Wishart | February | 10, | 1794 | 2nd Battalion of 1794. Establishment reduced. |
| Duncan Macrae | January | 23, | 1801 | To 76th Foot as Ensign. |
| John Leavoch | February | 11, | 1804 | Promoted from Paymaster’s Clerk. He carried the Queen’s colour at Assaye and Argaum. |
| John Macpherson | April | 17, | 1804 | 2nd Battalion of 1804. Retired. |
| Alexander Waters | June | 30, | 1808 | — |
| William Smith | April | 19, | 1810 | — |
| William Gunn | August | 6, | 1812 | Paymaster in Cape Mounted Rifles, May 31, 1839. |
| Joseph Webster | May | 31, | 1839 | Promoted Paymaster, 22nd April 1853. |
| Patrick Carroll | April | 22, | 1853 | Retired on Full-pay, 12th September 1856. |
| Charles Skrine | September | 12, | 1856 | Promoted Paymaster, 1st April 1864. |
| Alexander Weir | April | 26, | 1864 | — |
| SURGEONS. | ||||
| Thomas Baillie | March | 8, | 1793 | Died in India, 1802. |
| William Kennedy | 1794 | 2nd Battalion of 1794. | ||
| John Macandie | November | 17, | 1802 | — |
| Thomas Draper | April | 17, | 1804 | 2nd Battalion of 1804. Promoted Deputy Inspector-General. |
| Neil Currie | September | 1, | 1808 | — |
| William Munro | June | 3, | 1813 | To Half-pay. |
| John M’Roberts, M.D. | November | 13, | 1817 | — |
| Robert Henry Bolton, M.D. | October | 30, | 1823 | — |
| Duncan Henderson | March | 23, | 1826 | Exchanged to 14th Foot. |
| John M’Andrew | February | 15, | 1833 | Appointed to 40th Foot. |
| James Burt | July | 29, | 1836 | Appointed to 16th Dragoons. |
| Archibald Alexander | October | 3, | 1845 | Exchanged to 50th Foot. |
| Arthur C. Webster | March | 23, | 1849 | Transferred to 10th Hussars. |
| Joseph Jee, V.C. & C.B. | June | 23, | 1854 | Exchanged to 1st Dragoons, 20th Sept. 1864. |
| L. C. Stewart | September | 20, | 1864 | Promoted, 17th March 1867. |
| J. Meane | March | 8, | 1867 | Appointed to the Staff, 6th March 1869. |
| V. M. M’Master, V.C. | March | 6, | 1869 | Died, 22nd January 1872. |
| A. W. Beveridge, M.D. | February | 17, | 1872 | — |
| Assistant-Surgeons.—John Macandie (1795), Alex. Young (1795), John Bowen (1803), Wm. Munro (1805),Alex. Leslie (1805), Walter Irwin (1810), John Hughes (1811), Wm. Macleod (1814), George Maclean (1814),Duncan Henderson, M.D. (1817), Alex Duncan (1826), James Thomson (1826), Arthur Wood, M.D. (1826),James Young (1826), Wm. Robertson (1832), W. H. Allman (1842), John Innes (1842), G. Archer, M.D. (1839),J. Mitchell, M.D. (1843), D. R. M’Kinnon (1844), W. Bowie, M.D. (1844), J. Leitch, M.D. (1846), J. M’Nab,M.D. (1847), A. S. Willocks (1852), E. K. O’Neill (1854), V. M. M’Master (1855), S. S. Skipton, M.D. (1857), A.W. Beveridge, M.D. (1857), P. Kilgour (1866), N. Wade (1867), W. Johnston, M.D. (1872). | ||||
DRESS OF THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS,
THE FULL HIGHLAND COSTUME.
Officers.—Kilt and belted plaid of Mackenzie tartan; scarlet Highland doublet, trimmed with gold lace according to rank, buff facings (patrol jacket and trews for fatigue dress); bonnet of black ostrich plumes, with white vulture hackle; Menzies tartan hose, red garter knots, and white spatterdashes (shoes and gold buckles, and Mackenzie tartan hose and green garter knots for ball dress); sporran of white goat’s hair, with eight gold tassels (two long black tassels undress); buff leather shoulder-belt, with gilt breast plate; red morocco dirk belt, embroidered with gold thistles; dirk and skean-dhu, mounted in cairngorm and silver gilt; the claymore, with steel scabbard; round silver-gilt shoulder brooch, surmounted by a crown. The field officers wear trews, shoulder plaid, and waist belt. The Cabar Feidh on all appointments, with the Elephant, superscribed “Assaye.”
Mess Dress.—Scarlet shell jacket, with buff rolling collar and facings, and gold shoulder-knots; Mackenzie tartan vest, with cairngorm buttons.
Sergeants.—Same as privates, with the exception of finer cloth and tartan. Staff sergeants wear the buff cross-belt and claymore, and shoulder plaid with brooch.
Privates.—Kilt and fly of Mackenzie tartan; scarlet Highland doublet, buff facings (buff jacket and trews for fatigue dress); bonnet of black ostrich plumes, with white hackle; sporran of white goat’s hair, with two long black tassels; Menzies tartan hose, red garter knots, and white spatterdashes; the Cabar Feidh and the Elephant on the appointments.
Band.—Same as privates, with the exception of red hackles, grey sporrans, buff waist-belts and dirks, and shoulder plaids and brooch.