Name |
Dates in Existence |
Commander |
Location |
Cheshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
17 November
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel Clement
Stafford Courtenay |
|
Devon and
Cornwall Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
15 November
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel Robert
Hall |
Ireland |
(Loyal) Durham
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
26 February
1795 - 1801 |
Colonel Barrington
Price |
Ireland |
(Loyal) Essex
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25 October
1794 - 1801? |
Colonel James
E. Urquhart |
Ireland |
Royal Lancashire
Volunteers [raised as Lord Grey de Wilton's Regiment of Fencible
Infantry] |
16 October
1794 -1801 |
Colonel Thomas Egerton, 1st
Baron Grey de� Wilton |
Ireland |
The Prince� of Wales, His Regiment
of Fencible Infantry [later Leicester or "The Prince� of
Wales" His Regiment of Fencible Infantry] |
15 November
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel Thomas
Parkyns |
Ireland |
Royal Manx
Corps of Fencible Men, 1st Battalion |
20 February
1793 - 1802 |
LCCmdt John Murray, 4th Duke
of Atholl� |
three companies
|
Royal Manx
Fencibles, 2nd Battalion |
7 April 1795
- 1802 |
Colonel Lord
Henry Murray |
Ireland |
Northampton
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25 October
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel John
Manners Kerr |
Ireland |
Northumberland
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
28 February
1795 - 1801 |
Colonel Francis
Blake |
Ireland |
Loyal Nottingham
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25� October 1794 - 1801 |
Colonel James
O'Connor |
Ireland |
Colonel Pollen's
Regiment of Fencible Infantry [or Surrey Rangers] |
26 November
1798 - 1802 |
Colonel George
A. Pollen |
Overseas
service: 1800-1802 |
Scilly Isle
Coy of Fencible Infantry |
19 April
1796 - 1801 |
Captain Henry
Gudgeon |
one company
|
(Loyal) Somerset
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
30 October
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel William
F. Forster |
Ireland |
Suffolk Regiment
of Fencible Infantry |
30 October
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel John
Robinson |
Ireland |
Warwick,
Royal Birmingham Regiment |
1 December
1798 |
Colonel James
Rann |
|
York Regiment
of Fencible Infantry |
30 October
1794 - 1801 |
Colonel Granville
Anson Chetwynd Stapylton |
Ireland |
Name |
Dates in Existence |
Commander |
Location |
**Princess
of Wales's [or Aberdeen Highland] Regiment of Fencible Infantry
|
25 October
1794 - 11 September 1803 |
Colonel James
Leith |
Ireland |
Angus Volunteers
Company of Fencible Men |
27 February
1794 -1799 |
Major Cmdt
John Fraser |
later two
companies |
*Angusshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
20 October
1794 - 19 July 1802 |
Colonel Archibald
Douglas |
Ireland |
**1st Argyllshire
Regiment of Fencible Men (raised as 5th Regiment of Fencible Men)
|
1 March 1793
- 1799 |
Colonel George
Campbell, Marquis of Lorne |
|
**2nd Argyllshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25 October
1794 - 24 July 1802 |
Colonel Henry
Mordaunt Clavering |
Ireland |
**3rd Argyllshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25 June 1798
- 3 July 1802 |
Colonel Archibald
McNeill of Colonsay; |
Volunteered for General Service�
Gibraltar 1800, 1801, 1802 |
Breadalbane
Regiment of Fencible Infantry, [raised as 4th Regiment of Fencible
Men or Perthshire Regiment of Fencible Men] |
1 March,
1793 - 28 July 1802 |
Colonel Sir
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane |
|
**1st Battalion
|
1 March 1793
- 18 April 1799 |
Lieutenant
Colonel William Morrison |
Ireland |
**2nd Battalion
|
�1 March 1793
- 18 April 1799 |
Lieutenant
Colonel Andrew McDouall of Logan |
Ireland |
*3rd Battalion
|
9 December
1794 - 28 July 1802 |
Lieutenant
Colonel John Campbell of Achallader |
Ireland |
(Loyal) British
Highland Fencible Regiment |
24 October
1794 - 1802 |
Colonel Sir
Robert Stuart, Bart |
Lisbon 1800
|
*Caithness
Legion of Fencible Men |
15 November
1794 - 1802 |
Colonel Sir
Benjamin Dunbar of Hempriggs, Bart. |
Ireland |
**Royal Clan
Alpine Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
21 September
1798 - 24 July 1802 |
Colonel Alexander
McGregor Murray of Napier Rushy |
Volunteered
for General Service in Europe, Ireland |
*Duke of
York's Own (Banffshire) Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
26 July 1798
- 1802 |
Colonel Andrew
Hay of Mountblairey |
Ireland, Gibraltar
1800, 1801, 1802 |
*Dumbartonshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
14 August
1794 - 5 October 1802 |
Colonel Colin
Campbell of Stonefield |
Guernsey,
Ireland as Light Infantry |
*The Earl
of Elgin's Regiment of Fencible Infantry [also known as Elgin's
Fencible Highlanders] |
28 November
1794 - 15 October 1802 |
Colonel Thomas
Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin |
Ireland |
; Fifeshire
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
20 October
1794 - 11 April 1803 |
Colonel James
Durham of Largo |
Ireland 1797-1803
|
**Fraser
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
20 October
1794 - 12 October 1802 |
Colonel James
Fraser of Belladrum |
Ireland |
**Glengarry
Regiment of Fencible Men or 'British Highland Regiment' |
14 August
1794 - 1 July 1802 |
Colonel Alexander
MacDonell of Glengarry |
Jersey, Guernsey
, Ireland |
**Loyal Inverness
Highlanders Regiment of Fencible Infantry [or Duke of York's Loyal
Inverness Highland Fencibles] |
21 November
1794 - 25 August 1802 |
Colonel John
Baillie of Dunean |
Ireland &
volunteered for General Service 1801 (in Ireland became known as
the Duke of York's Royal Inverness-shire Highlanders) |
**The Regiment
of the Isles or MacDonald Fencibles |
29 May 1798
- 16 July 1802 |
Colonel Sir
Alexander Wentworth Macdonald, 2nd Lord Macdonald |
|
The Loyal
Macleod or Princess Charlotte of Wales's Fencible Regiment |
15 June 1798 - 11� June 1802 |
Colonel John
Macleod of Colbeck |
Ireland |
**Lochaber
Fencible Highlanders |
15 June 1798
- 26 June 1802 |
Colonel Donald
Cameron of Lochiel |
Ireland |
North Lowland
Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
15 November
1794- 6 August 1802 |
Colonel Thomas
Balfour |
Ireland (may
have worn trews) |
*West Lowland
Regiment of Fencible Men or Western Fencibles (raised as 3rd Regiment
of Fencible Men) |
1 March 1793
- 26 March 1799 |
Colonel Hugh
Montgomerie |
May have worn
highland dress |
**The Northern
Regiment of Fencible Men or Gordon Fencibles (raised as 6th Regiment
of Fencible Men) |
1 March 1793
- 1799 |
Colonel Alexander
Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon |
|
Orkney &
Shetland Battalion of Fencible Men |
20 April
1793 - 1799 |
Major Cmdt.
Thomas Balfour |
three companies
|
**Perth (Highland)
Regiment of Fencibles (known as Perthshire Highlanders) |
30 October
1794 - 1802 |
Colonel William
Robertson of Lude |
Ireland |
*Prince of
Wales's (Own) his Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
15 June 1798
- 21 May 1802 |
Colonel Sir
William Johnston, Bart. |
Ireland, Gibraltar
1800, 1801, 1802 |
**Reay Highlanders
(known variously as Caithness Reay or Reay Highland Regiment, Reay
Regiment of Fencible Highlanders and Mackay Highlanders) |
25 October
1794 - 13 October 1802 |
Colonel Mackay
Hugh Baillie of Rosehall |
Ireland |
**Ross-shire
Highland Regiment |
20 November
1794 - 1802 |
Major Cmdt
Colin Mackenzie of Mountgerald |
two companies
|
**Ross &
Cromarty Rangers |
11 January
1797 - 27 July 1802 |
Colonel Lewis
Mackenzie of Scatwell |
Ireland and
volunteered for General Service in Europe |
*Rothesay
& Caithness Regiment of Fencible Men (raised as 8th Regiment
of Fencible Men) |
7 March 1794
� July 1802 |
Colonel Sir
John Sinclair of Ulbster, Bart. |
|
1st Battalion
|
7 March 1794
- 6 May 1799 |
Lieutenant
Colonel Sir James Sinclair, 12th Earl of Caithness |
|
2nd Battalion
[known as Caithness Highlanders in 1799 after 1st Battalion disbanded]
|
19 November
1794 - July 1802 |
Lieutenant
Colonel James Fraser |
Ireland and volunteered for
General Service in Europe� |
Shetland
Battalion |
28 February
1798 - 1802 |
Major Cmdt.
George Malcolmson |
Two companies
|
Southern
Regiment of Fencible Men or South Fencibles (raised as 7th Regiment
of Fencible Men) |
1 March 1793
- 12 April 1799 |
Colonel James
Hope, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun |
|
**Strathspey
Regiment of Fencible Men (also Grant or Strathspey Regiment of Fencible
Men) (raised as 1st Highland Fencible Regiment) |
1 March 1793
- April 1799 |
Colonel Sir James Grant of�
Grant, Bart. |
|
**Sutherland
Regiment of Fencible Men (raised as 2nd Regiment of Fencible Men)
|
1 March 1793
- March 1799 |
Colonel William
Wemyss of Wemyss |
Ireland |
Loyal Tarbet
Regiment |
27�� July 1798 - 10 June 1802 |
Colonel Sir
Edward Leslie of Tarbet House, Bart. |
|
The (Loyal)
Tay Regiment of Fencible Infantry |
25 October 1794 - 28� June
1802 |
Colonel Robert
Anstruther of Balcaskie |
Ireland |
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