71st Regiment of Foot (1745)
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| 71st Regiment of Foot | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1745–1746 |
| Country |  Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Engagements | Jacobite rising of 1745 |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel of the Regiment | John Manners, Marquess of Granby |
The 71st Regiment of Foot, or Granby's Regiment, was a regiment in the British Army from 1745 to 1746.
In response to the Jacobite rising of 1745, the regiment was raised on 4 October 1745 in Rutland by Lord John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.[1] Lord Manners' son, John, Marquess of Granby, received a commission as colonel of the regiment.[2] Its lieutenant-colonel was John Stanwix.[1] The new regiment was nicknamed "The Leicester Blues"[3] and received the rank 71st.[4]
Granby's Regiment was the only one of its type that raised the full quota of 780 recruits.[5][6][7] It was declared "half complete" on November 4 and ready to move three days later.[8] The ten regiment's companies were scattered: six at Leicester, two at Loughborough and two at Harborough but on November 12, the regiment was to be assembled at Newcastle upon Tyne.[9] Then, to prevent any Jacobite attempt to reach London, it went either to Lichfield or Warwick.[4]
In December, the regiment was part of Cumberland's Army that successfully besieged Carlisle.[10]
On January 9, the regiment was ordered to Newcastle, as the Jacobite Army stayed in the North.[4] Even though the regiment was never moved northwards beyond Newcastle, the young Marquess of Granby went to the front as a volunteer on the Duke of Cumberland's field staff and saw active service in the last stages of the insurrection, being present at the Battle of Culloden.[5]
In Newcastle the regiment mutinied because they had not been paid but Granby paid the money owed out of his own pocket before they were due to be disbanded.[5]
The regiment was ordered back to Leicester on 27 June 1746 and disbanded in the second half of August[4][9] or on December 25.[3]
Uniform
References
- 1 2 Lawson, Cecil C.P. (1963) [1941]. A History of the Uniforms of the British Army. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Norman Military Publications. pp. 25–27.
- ↑ Massie, Alastair W. (2004). "John Manners, Marquess of Granby". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17958. Retrieved 29 April 2012. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Manners, John (1721-1770)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Reid, Stuart (2012). Cumberland's Culloden Army, 1745-46. Men-at-arms. Illustrated by Gerry Embleton. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-847-3.
- 1 2 3 White-Spunner, Barney (2006). Horse Guards. Macmillan. p. 232. ISBN 978-1405055741.
- ↑ Manners, Walter Evelyn (1899). Some Account of the Military, Political, and Social Life of John Manners Marquis of Granby. Macmillan & Company. pp. 17–26.
- ↑ The British Chronologist: Comprehending Every Material Occurrence, Ecclesiastical, Civil, Or Military, Relative to England and Wales, from the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time. Vol. 2. G. Kearsley. 1775. p. 406.
- ↑ Atkinson, C. T. (1944). "Jenkins' Ear, the Austrian Succession War and the 'Forty-Five: Gleanings from Source in the Public Record Office". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 22 (91): 280–299. ISSN 0037-9700.
- 1 2 3 Cormack, Andrew (2004). "The Noblemen's Regiments Raised for Service in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-1746". Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research. 82 (332): 279–290. ISSN 0037-9700.
- ↑ Reid, Stuart (1996). 1745: A Military History Of The Last Jacobite Uprising. New York: Sarpedon Publishers. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-885119-28-5.