The 76th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army from 1756 (when it was originally created the 61st Regiment of Foot) to 1763. The regiment was redesignated the 76th Foot in 1758 when a number of lower numbered (and thus senior) regiments divided into two. In 1758 the second battalion of the 76th regiment itself became the

86th Regiment of Foot The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot to form the Royal Irish Rifles in 1881. Histor ...

. The regiment disbanded in 1763.

Regimental Colonels

*1756–1761: Lt-Gen.

George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard (15 March 1710 – 16 October 1769) was an Irish soldier and politician. Early life He was the eldest son of George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard by his wife Mary, daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mou ...

(Viscount Forbes) *1761–1763: Lt-Gen.

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