36th Regiment of Foot, 1742 (c)

Engraving from, 'A Representation of the Cloathing of His Majesty's Houshold and of all the Forces upon the Establishments of Great Britain 1742', a volume of 104 coloured engravings, published 1742 (c).

This regiment was raised by William Caulfeild, 2nd Viscount Charlemont, in Ireland in 1701. In the 1740s it was ranked as the 36th Regiment and this numeral was incorporated into its title in 1751. One of the unit's nicknames was 'the Saucy Greens' due to the green facings on its uniform.