{{short description|Infantry regiment of the British Army}} {{for|other units with the same regimental number|74th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)}}
The '''74th Regiment of Foot''' was an [[infantry]] regiment of the [[British Army]] from 1758 to 1763.
== History == It was formed raised in August 1756<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Franklin |first=Carl E. |url=http://archive.org/details/britisharmyunifo0000fran |title=British Army uniforms from 1751 to 1783 : including the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence : including both cavalry and infantry, an illustrated guide to uniforms, facings and lace |date=2012 |publisher=Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military |others= |isbn=978-1-84884-690-6 |pages=225}}</ref> at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] as the 2nd Battalion of the [[36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot|36th Regiment of Foot]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Chichester |first=Henry Manners |url=https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Records_and_Badges_of_the_British_Army/mHYMAQAAIAAJ |title=Records and Badges of the British Army |last2=Burges-Short |first2=George |date=1970 |publisher=Muller |isbn=978-0-584-10903-0 |pages=420 & 733 |language=en}}</ref> and saw service in the [[British capture of Senegal|British Expedition against Fort Louis]].<ref name="PSYW">{{cite web |title=1758 - British expedition against Fort Louis in Senegal - Project Seven Years War |url=https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758_-_British_expedition_against_Fort_Louis_in_Senegal |website=www.kronoskaf.com |publisher=Project Seven Years War |access-date=20 August 2021}}</ref>
By an order signed on June 15th, 1758, the Battalion was renamed 74th Regiment of Foot.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Lawson |first=Cecil C. P. |url=https://books.google.fr/books/about/A_History_of_the_Uniforms_of_the_British.html?id=OIPfAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y |title=A History of the Uniforms of the British Army |date=1941 |publisher=P. Davies |pages=94-95 |language=en}}</ref> After the success of the [[Gorée|Goree]] expedition four companies of the new 74th were assigned garrison duty in [[Saint-Louis, Senegal]]. The others left in July 1758<ref>{{Cite book |last=Todd |first=William |url=https://www.google.fr/books/edition/The_Journal_of_Corporal_Todd_1745_1762/avwWAQAAIAAJ |title=The Journal of Corporal Todd, 1745-1762 |date=2001 |publisher=Sutton Publishing for the Army Records Society |isbn=978-0-7509-2778-9 |pages=281 & 287 |language=en}}</ref> and saw service in the [[Jamaica]] during the [[Second Maroon War]].<ref name=":1" /> They were disbanded in Jamaica in 1763.<ref name=":0" />
== Uniform == The 74th Foot had deep green [[Facing colour|facings]], like the 36th Foot.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
==Regimental Colonels== *1758–1761: Maj-Gen. Hon. Sharrington Talbot *1761–1763: John Irwin
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/074-758.htm |title=74th Regiment of Foot |publisher=regiments.org |access-date=4 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718185146/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/074-758.htm |archive-date=18 July 2006 }}
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