# 74th Regiment of Foot

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Infantry regiment of the British Army

For other units with the same regimental number, see [74th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)](/source/74th_Regiment_of_Foot_(disambiguation)).

The **74th Regiment of Foot** was an [infantry](/source/Infantry) regiment of the [British Army](/source/British_Army) from 1758 to 1763.

## History

It was formed raised in August 1756[1] at [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne) as the 2nd Battalion of the [36th Regiment of Foot](/source/36th_(Herefordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot)[2] and saw service in the [British Expedition against Fort Louis](/source/British_capture_of_Senegal).[3]

By an order signed on June 15th, 1758, the Battalion was renamed 74th Regiment of Foot.[4] After the success of the [Goree](/source/Gor%C3%A9e) expedition four companies of the new 74th were assigned garrison duty in [Saint-Louis, Senegal](/source/Saint-Louis%2C_Senegal). The others left in July 1758[5] and saw service in the [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica) during the [Second Maroon War](/source/Second_Maroon_War).[2] They were disbanded in Jamaica in 1763.[1]

## Uniform

The 74th Foot had deep green [facings](/source/Facing_colour), like the 36th Foot.[1][4]

## Regimental Colonels

- 1758–1761: Maj-Gen. Hon. Sharrington Talbot

- 1761–1763: John Irwin

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) Franklin, Carl E. (2012). [*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*](http://archive.org/details/britisharmyunifo0000fran). Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military. p. 225. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84884-690-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84884-690-6).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_2-1) Chichester, Henry Manners; Burges-Short, George (1970). [*Records and Badges of the British Army*](https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Records_and_Badges_of_the_British_Army/mHYMAQAAIAAJ). Muller. pp. 420 & 733. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-584-10903-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-584-10903-0).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PSYW_3-0)** ["1758 - British expedition against Fort Louis in Senegal - Project Seven Years War"](https://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758_-_British_expedition_against_Fort_Louis_in_Senegal). *www.kronoskaf.com*. Project Seven Years War. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:2_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:2_4-1) Lawson, Cecil C. P. (1941). [*A History of the Uniforms of the British Army*](https://books.google.fr/books/about/A_History_of_the_Uniforms_of_the_British.html?id=OIPfAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y). P. Davies. pp. 94–95.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Todd, William (2001). [*The Journal of Corporal Todd, 1745-1762*](https://www.google.fr/books/edition/The_Journal_of_Corporal_Todd_1745_1762/avwWAQAAIAAJ). Sutton Publishing for the Army Records Society. pp. 281 & 287. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7509-2778-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7509-2778-9).

- ["74th Regiment of Foot"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060718185146/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/074-758.htm). regiments.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/074-758.htm) on 18 July 2006. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

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