86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment) | |
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Active | 1779–1783 |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
The 86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment) was a British regiment raised for service in the American Revolutionary War. [1]
It was raised in England in July 1779 by Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland, in the area around Newark, Nottinghamshire and Grantham, Lincolnshire. The colonel was Anthony St Leger. [2] The regiment had yellow facings on their red coats. [3] It was sent to the Leeward Islands in January 1780. Five companies stationed on Tobago were captured June 1781. [3]
The regiment returned to England and was disbanded in 1783 at York. [2]