Centre-Piece of Officers’ Plate.
Described on [page 800].
SUCCESSION LIST OF COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OF THE 93RD SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS.
COLONELS.[578]
| Names and Titles. | Date of Appointment. | Date of Retirement. | Remarks. | ||||
| William Wemyss of Wemyss | Aug. | 25, | 1800 | 1822 | Died. | ||
| Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., G.C.B. | Feb. | 8, | 1822 | June | 4, | 1822 | Removed to 51st Foot. |
| Sir Hudson Lowe, K.C.B. | June | 4, | 1822 | ||||
| Sir John Cameron, K.C.B. | July | 23, | 1832 | May | 31, | 1833 | Removed to 9th Foot. |
| Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.B | May | 31, | 1833 | July | 15, | 1840 | Removed to 38th Foot. |
| Sir James Douglas, K.C.B. | June | 15, | 1840 | April | 10, | 1850 | Removed to 42nd Royal Highlanders. |
| William Wemyss | Mar. | 10, | 1850 | Nov. | 30, | 1852 | Died Colonel. |
| Lt.-General Edward Parkinson, C.B. | Dec. | 10, | 1852 | 1858 | Died Colonel. | ||
| Lord Clyde (Sir Colin Campbell), G.C.B., K.S.I., D.C.L. | Jan. | 15, | 1858 | June | 22, | 1860 | Removed to Coldstream Guards. Raised to the Peerage, Aug. 16, 1858. Died Aug. 14, 1863. |
| Lt.-General William Sutherland, | June | 4, | 1860 | 1862 | Died Colonel. | ||
| Lt.-General Alex. Fisher Macintosh, K.H | June | 3, | 1862 | Aug. | 28, | 1868 | Died Colonel. |
| Lt.-General Charles Craufurd Hay | Aug. | 29, | 1868 | Died Colonel. | |||
| Lt.-General Sir Henry William Stisted, K.C.B. | Sept. | 28, | 1873 | ||||
| LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. | |||||||
| Alexander Halket | Aug. | 25, | 1800 | May | 3, | 1810 | To 104th Foot. |
| George Johnstone | May | 3, | 1810 | ||||
| Andrew Creagh | Sept. | 29, | 1814 | Mar. | 7, | 1822 | Removed to 81st Foot. |
| William Wemyss | Mar. | 16, | 1815 | ||||
| Henry Milling | Mar. | 7, | 1822 | Dec. | 26, | 1822 | From 81st Foot. Retired without joining the regiment. |
| The Hon. Sir Charles Gordon | Dec. | 26, | 1822 | Retired on Half-pay. Died in command of 42nd in 1835. | |||
| Duncan M’Gregor | Mar. | 23, | 1826 | ||||
| Robert Spark | July | 28, | 1838 | ||||
| Lorenzo Rothe | Feb. | 21, | 1852 | ||||
| William Bernard Ainslie, C.B. | Oct. | 21, | 1853 | Jan. | 25, | 1856 | Retired. |
| Alex. Sebastian Leith Hay | April | 16, | 1855 | ||||
| The Hon. Adrian Hope | Jan. | 25, | 1856 | April | 16, | 1858 | Retired on Half-pay, Nov. 10, 1856, and in March 1857 brought in from Half-pay as second Lt.-Col. Killed in action, April 16, 1858. |
| John A. Ewart, C.B. | April | 16, | 1858 | Sept. | 30, | 1859 | Exchanged to 78th. |
| Henry William Stisted, C.B. | Sept. | 30, | 1859 | Exchanged from 78th. | |||
| Robert Lockhart Ross | Dec. | 21, | 1860 | ||||
| Frederick William Traill Burroughs, C.B. | Aug. | 10, | 1864 | Oct. | 29, | 1873 | Retired on Half-pay. |
| Erskine Scott Francis G. Dawson | Nov. | 29, | 1864 | ||||
| William M’Bean, V.C. | Oct. | 29, | 1873 | ||||
FOOTNOTES:
[568] His portrait will be found on the Plate of [Colonels of the 91st, 92nd, and 93rd regiments].
[569] At Guernsey, on May 6, 1802, died at the age of 40, Sergeant Sam. M’Donald, well known at the time by the appellation of “Big Sam.” He served in the American War, was afterwards fugleman to the Royals, and subsequently lodge porter at Carlton House. In 1793 he was appointed sergeant in the Sutherland Fencibles, joining the 93rd when it was raised. He measured 6 ft. 10 in. in height, 4 feet round the chest, was strongly built, muscular, and well-proportioned. His strength was prodigious, but he was never known to abuse it. His tomb was restored by the non-commissioned officers of the 79th Cameron Highlanders in 1820, and in 1870 by the officers of the 93rd.
[570] In 1813 a second battalion was added to the regiment. It was formed at Inverness, and after some instructions in discipline, was destined to join the army under the Duke of Wellington in France; but owing to the peace of 1814 this destination was changed to North America. This battalion was embarked, and landed in Newfoundland, where it was stationed sixteen months, and then returning to Europe in 1815, was reduced soon after landing.