2nd Tangier Regiment

The 2nd Tangier Regiment was raised by the then-Governor of Tangier Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough in 1662.{{Cite web |title='The Royal City of Tangier with the lines and fortifications when it is was ataqued [sic] by ye Moores in May, 1680' {{!}} Online Collection {{!}} National Army Museum, London |url=https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1971-02-33-397-1 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=collection.nam.ac.uk}}

Part of the standing army of King Charles II, the regiment's intended role was to serve as a garrison for the Colony of Tangier, but that was evacuated four years later. After a number of changes of name, it became the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot when regimental numbers were introduced in the British Army in 1751.