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List of British fencible regiments#Scottish fencibles

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This is a list of British fencible regiments. The fencibles (from the word {{not a typo|defencible}}) were British Army regiments raised in Great Britain and in the colonies for defence against the threat of invasion during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars in the late 18th century. Usually temporary units, composed of local volunteers, commanded by Regular Army officers, their role was, as their name suggests, usually confined to garrison and patrol duties, freeing up the regular Army units to perform offensive operations.

The article is broken into two periods the first list is for the fencible regiments raised during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence the first was raised in 1759 two years after the start of the Seven Years' War and the last was disbanded in 1783 when active hostilities with the America colonies ended and the British recognised the de facto existence of the United States of America to be formalised by the Peace of Paris (1783).

There is a far larger list for the French Revolutionary Wars and the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The regiments were raised during a time of great turbulence in Europe when there was a real fear that the French would either invade Great Britain or Ireland, or that radicals within Britain and Ireland would rebel against the established order. There was little to do in Britain other than garrison duties, escorting and guarding prisoners as happened at Edinburgh Castle and some police actions.{{cite news|title= Fifty-six prisoners|newspaper= The Scots Magazine |date= 1 December 1778|page= 53}}

In Ireland there was a French supported insurrection in 1798 and British fencible regiments were engaged in some minor pitched battles. Some regiments served outside Great Britain and Ireland. Several regiments performed garrison duties on the Channel Islands and Gibraltar. A detachment of the Dumbarton Fencible Regiment escorted prisoners to Prussia, and the Ancient Irish Fencibles were sent to Egypt where they took part in the operations against the French in 1801.

When it became clear that the rebellion in Ireland had been defeated and that there would be peace between France and Britain in 1802 (The preliminaries of peace were signed in London on 1 October 1801) the Fencible regiments were disbanded. The final ratification of the Peace of Amiens was concluded in March 1802. When hostilities were renewed with France during the Napoleonic Wars the British used alternative methods to defend the Home Nations (see for example the Additional Forces Acts 1803) and with the exception of the Royal Manx Fencibles (third corps, 1803–1811) no more fencible regiments were raised for home defence.

Several fencible regiments were raised in the early 1800s in Britain for the defence of Canada, some of these saw active service during the Anglo-American War of 1812 (see the section (Further information).

List of fencible infantry regiments raised prior to 1793

The total number of British fencible infantry regiments raised during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence was nine, of which six were Scottish, two were English and one was Manx.

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|Argyll Regiment

|Highland dress. Facings yellow

All the fencible regiments raised prior to 1793 were required to serve only in the country in which they were raised, except in time of invasion. All the Scottish ones, except the South Fencibles, wore the full Highland garb {{harv|Scobie|1914|p=353}}.

|Colonel John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=353}}

|July 1759

|March 1763{{cite news|title= Last week|newspaper= Newcastle Courant |date= 19 March 1763|page= 2}}

|When embodied was 1,000 strong. Quartered in different parts of Scotland until the peace of Paris (1763), when it was disbanded in Glasgow.

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|Sutherland Regiment

|Highland dress. Facings yellow

|Colonel William Sutherland (1735-1766), 18th Earl of Sutherland.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=353}}

|July 1759

|1763

|Raised July 1759, but the officers' commissions were dated in August. 1,500 men assembled within nine days after his Lordship had arrived in the north with his Letters of Service, but the authorised establishment being only 1,000 men, the remainder had to be rejected.{{cite news|title= Scotland|newspaper= Saunders's News-Letter|date= 5 May 1779|page= 1}} Permission, however, was afterwards given to augment the strength to 1,100 men. This corps was remarkable for the fine appearance of the men, as well as for their peaceable, domiciliated habits in quarters. After doing garrison duty in various parts of Scotland it was disbanded.

SH

|Argyll, or Western Fencible Regiment or Western Regiment of Fencible Men.

|Highland dress. Facings yellow

|Colonel Lord Frederick Campbell.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=353}} Lieut-Colonel Sir James Campbell Bart.{{cite news|title= War Office|newspaper= Caledonian Mercury| date= 30 September 1778|page= 2}}

|February 1778

|April 1783

|Embodied at Glasgow. Volunteered to extend its services to any part of the world where their country required them. This offer was accepted, but their services were not required abroad. Served in Scotland, and disbanded at Glasgow.

{{anchor|South Fencible Regiment}}SL

|South Fencible Regiment or Southern Regiment of Fencible Men.

|Facings green

|Colonel Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=353}} Lieut-Colonel Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet.

|10 April 1778

|1 April 1783

|Embodied at Edinburgh. Called out in 1779 to deal with a mutiny by elements of Scottish regiments.{{cite news|title= Mutiny Trial|newspaper= The Scots Magazine|date= 7 June 1779|page= 307}} Offered to serve in any part of Great Britain. Served in Scotland. Disbanded at Dalkeith.

SH

|Duke of Gordon's North Fencibles or Northern Regiment of Fencible Men.

|Highland dress. Facings Yellow

|Colonel Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=354}} Lieut-Colonel Lord William Gordon.{{cite news|title= War Office|newspaper= Caledonian Mercury |date= 30 September 1778|page= 2}}

|May 1778

|1783

|Embodied at Aberdeen. Served in Scotland. In 1781 three companies under Major Mercer were deployed to engage with muskets and cannon a French privateer, the Fearnought engaged in taking two privateers (the Hazard and the Liberty moored at Aberdeen. The Fearnought escaped with both vessels, later setting fire to one.{{cite news|title= Aberdeen|newspaper= Dublin Evening Post |date= 5 June 1781|page= 3}} Disbanded at Aberdeen.

SH

|2nd Sutherland Regiment

|Highland dress. Facings Yellow

|Colonel William Wemyss of Wemyss.{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=354}}

|January 1779

|1783

|Embodied at Fort George. Were stationed principally in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. Distinguished for "the sobriety, probity, and the most scrupulous and orderly attention to duty" of its men.{{harvnb|Scobie|1914|p=354}} cites General Stewart of Garth In November 1780 a party of Sutherland fencibles held off an attack by boats from a privateer, Rohan Soubife of Dunkirk,on a Brig they had driven into Portlethen. The fencibles drove off the privateers, killing and wounding a number without loss to themselves.{{cite news|title= On Monday|newspaper= Aberdeen Press and Journal |date= 20 November 1780|page= 4}} Disbanded at Fort George.

En

|Lord Fauconberg's Regiment or Fauconberg's Fencibles{{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=354}}

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|Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg{{cite news|title= Preferments|newspaper= The Scots Magazine|date= 2 August 1779|page= 56}} Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dundas (1780){{cite news|title= A list of the House of Commons |newspaper=The Scots Magazine|date= 1 April 1781|page= 47}}

|1779

|1783

|Raised in 1779 in Yorkshire. Confined to garrison duty in England and disbanded in Yorkshire in 1783, (described as Lord Faunconberg's Regiment of Yorkshire Volunteers).{{cite news|title= Newcastle|newspaper= Newcastle Chronicle|date= 5 April 1783|page= 2}}

En

|North's Fencibles or Cinque Ports Battalion of Fencible Infantry. {{sfn|Scobie|1914|p=354}}

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| Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. George Augustus North,son of Hon. Col. Cinque Ports Lord North

|1779

|1783

|Raised in 1779, in the Cinque Ports. Confined to garrison duty in England and disbanded in 1783.

Mx

|Manx Fencible Corps

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|

|1779

|1783

|{{anchor|Manx Fencible Corps}}First corps.{{sfn|MNHL staff|2012|p=4}} Raised in 1779 in the Isle of Man, consisted of three companies of infantry, disbanded in 1783.{{sfn|MNHL staff|2012|p=4}}

List of fencible cavalry regiments raised between 1793 and 1803

The British cavalry and light dragoon regiments were raised to serve in any part of Great Britain and consisted of a force of between 14,000 and 15,000 men.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}{{sfn|Haydn|1866|p=297}} Along with the two Irish regiments, those British regiments that volunteered for service in Ireland served there. Each regiment consisted of eighteen commissioned officers and troops of eighty privates per troop. The regiments were always fully manned as their terms of service were considered favourable. The reduction of Fencible Cavalry was announced to take place on the 25th March, 1800.{{cite news|title= The Reduction|newspaper= Oxford Journal |date= 8 March 1800|page= 4}} Early in 1800 all of the regiments were disbanded.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}The only commissioned officers who received half-pay, were the adjutants; and the quarter-masters were given a stipend of two shillings per day {{harv|TT|1861|p=305}}

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First Regiment Fencible Cavalry (Light Dragoons){{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}As a result of their offer to serve anywhere, they were allowed to wear, on the dexter side of their helmets, a blue ribband, and also on the front thereof, a silk coronet of the same colour.{{cite news|title= |newspaper= Aberdeen Press and Journal |date= 11 February 1799|page= 3}}Colonel The Honourable John Villiers; Lieutenant-colonel Lord Viscount James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown. {{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=13}}14 March 1794Unless otherwise noted, the date raised for the fencible cavalry regiments is given as the date of the commander of the regiment was commission as commander as listed in {{harv|British War Office|1797}}.Early 1800Not even a name for this unit was given in the War Office announcement in May 1794.{{cite news|title= War Office|newspaper= Derby Mercury |date= 29 May 1794|page= 3}} Caused a riot at Wisbech{{cite news|title= Assizes|newspaper= Cambridge Intelligencer|date= 9 September 1797|page= 3}} Stationed at Limerick in 1797.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}} In Edinburgh in 1799.{{cite news|title= This week|newspaper=Cambridge Intelligencer|date= 27 April 1799|page= 2}}
{{anchor|Ancient British Regiment}}Ancient British Regiment Fencible Cavalry Dragoons or Antient British Fencible Cavalry.{{cite news| title= A tie to British Fencible Cavalry|newspaper=Chester Chronicle |date= 5 July 1799|page= 3}}{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}Colonel Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn;{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=7}} Lieutenant-colonel R.W.Wynne, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel Gwilliam Lloyd Wardle succeeded Puleston (resigned) {{cite news|title= Antient British Fencible Dragoons |newspaper= Chester Chronicle |date= 3 January 1800|page= 3}}14 March 179410 April 1800 {{cite news|title= |newspaper= Chester Courant |date= 8 April 1800|page= 3}}Not even a name for this unit was given in the War Office announcement in May, 1794. Reported encamped at Barnet, Watford &c in 1794.{{cite news|title= |newspaper= Hampshire Chronicle |date= 10 November 1794|page= }} Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}} Based at Newry in 1797.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}
Lancashire Regiment [9].{{efn|The square bracketed numbers in this column were used in the British War Office list but no explanation is given to their significance or meaning {{harv|British War Office|1797|p=17}}.}}Colonel Thomas Peter Legh.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=17}} Lieutenant-colonel Bishop14 March 1794Early 1800not even a name announced by the War Office in May, 1794 announcement. Reported encamped at Brighton in 1794.{{cite news|title= Lewes|newspaper= Hampshire Chronicle |date= 10 November 1794|page= }} In April, 1795 they put down a mutiny by the Oxford Militia.{{cite news|title= |newspaper= Reading Mercury |date= 27 April 1795|page= 4}} In Newry in 1799.{{cite news|title=Quarters of the army in Ireland |newspaper=Derby Mercury|date= 7 March 1799|page= 3}}
Rutland Regiment of Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Rutland Regiment of Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 31 October 1794|page= 2}} or Rutland Regiment [3]Colonel Noel Edwards.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=28}}19 March 1794Early 1800reported to be encamped at Berkhamsted, St.Albans &c. in 1794.
Somersetshire Regiment [4] or Somerset Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Somerset Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser - Tuesday 23 July 1799|page= 3}}Colonel John, Earl Poulett.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=29}} Lt-col John Strode, Esq. of Southill.28 March 1794Early 1800This unit are reported offered their service anywhere in Europe in 1799.
{{anchor|Norfolk Fencibles}}Norfolk Regiment [6] or Norfolk Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Norfolk Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 16 August 1796|page= 2}}Colonel William Harbord.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=20}} Lieut-col Sir Jacob Astley, 5th Baronet10 April 1794Early 1800When the Norfolk fencible light dragoons (sic) were inspected by General Johnson at Bury in August, 1794 they consisted of six troops.{{cite news|title= Bury|newspaper= Bury and Norwich Post |date= 20 August 1794|page= 2}}
{{anchor|Cinque Ports Fencibles}}Cinque Ports Regiment [2] or CINQUE PORTS REGIMENT OF FENCIBLE LIGHT DRAGOONS{{cite news|title= Six Guineas Bounty|newspaper= Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal |date= 4 July 1794|page= 1}}Colonel Robert, Lord Hawkesbury.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=9}} Lieut-Col Addington{{cite news|title= Promotions|newspaper= Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal |date= 27 May 1794|page= 3}}1 May 1794Early 1800a six guineas Bounty was offered to each recruit and a guinea to each person bringing a recruit. The Regiment were ordered to encamp on Barham Downs in August 1794.{{cite news|title= Cinque Port regiment of Fencible light dragoons|newspaper= Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal |date= 5 August 1794|page= 4}}
Windsor Foresters or Berkshire Fencible Cavalry [5]Red with blue facingsAndrew Cormack, 'Captain Moses Ximenes and the Berkshire Fencible Cavalry', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol 97, No 389 (Summer 2019), pp. 109–19.Colonel Charles Rooke (1746-1827).;{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=33}} Lt-col Sir N. Duckenfield, Bart.1 May 1794June 1800Announced by War Office in May, 1794 as Berkshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry. 5th Regiment of Fencible Cavalry from 1798
{{anchor|Surrey Cavalry}}Surrey Regiment [7] or Surrey Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Obituary|newspaper= Gentleman's Magazine|date= 1803|page= 1087}}Colonel George, Lord Onslow.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=30}}Lt-col T.B.H. Sewell (died 1803)1 May 1794Early 1800Announced in May 1794 as Surrey Regiment of Fencible Cavalry. See also the Loyal Surrey Regiment
Hampshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Hampshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 31 October 1794|page= 2}} or Hampshire Regimentsee oil canvas by Thomas Gooch{{cite web|url= https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/colonel-thomas-cooper-everitt-182686|website= www.artuk.org|title= Colonel Thomas Cooper Everitt|accessdate= 19 February 2012}}Colonel Thomas Cooper Everitt (b.1750){{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=15}}{{sfn|British National Army Museum staff|2013}}13 April 1795Early 1800
Cornwall Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Cornwall Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 23 April 1799|page= 2}} or Cornwall Regiment [11]Colonel George, Viscount Falmouth.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=10}}14 April 1795Early 1800
Loyal Essex Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Loyal Essex Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 16 August 1796|page= 2}} or Loyal Essex RegimentBuff facings.{{sfn|Reid|2011|p=21}}Colonel Montagu Burgoyne.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=12}}20 April 1795Early 1800Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}Based at Enniskillen.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}
Berwickshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry or Berwickshire Dragoon CorpsLieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Don{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=6}}21 April 1795Early 1800Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}Based in Cork and Brandon. Quartered in Bristol in 1799.{{cite news|title= Berkshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry|newspaper=Reading Mercury |date= 26 August 1799|page= 3}}
Cambridgeshire Light Dragoons, Fencible Regiment of Cavalry.{{cite news|title= Eight Guineas Bounty|newspaper= Reading Mercury|date= 1 April 1799|page= 3}}{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}Colonel Robert Jones Adeane (1763-1823) of Babraham.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=8}}25 April 1795Early 1800Initially only a Cambridgeshire Troop of Fencible Cavalry was announced. Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}Arrived in Belfast on 7 April 1797{{cite news|title= Cambridge Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Norfolk Chronicle |date= 22 April 1797|page= 2}} Reportedly the first corps of fencible cavalry to leave this kingdom (sic).{{cite news|title= Cambridge Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Northampton Mercury |date= 15 April 1797|page= 2}} Based in Londonderry in 1797 and 1799.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}} Reported to have offered their services for any part of Europe in January 1799.{{cite news|title= Cambridge|newspaper= Stamford Mercury|date= 11 January 1799|page= 3}}
Lanark and Dunbarton RegimentBlack facings, bonnet and trews or kilt.{{sfn|Reid|2011|p=21}}Colonel William Hamilton.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=16}}2 May 1795Early 1800Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}
Dumfrieshire RegimentColonel Michael Stuart Maxwell.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=11}}4 May 1795Early 1800Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}In Drogheda, Dundalk in 1799.
Fifeshire CorpsLieutenant-Colonel Commandant John Anstruther Thomson.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=13}} (June 1796){{cite news|title= War Office|newspaper=Caledonian Mercury |date = 20 June 1796 |page= 4}}8 May 1795Early 1800Based at Antrim in 1797.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}
Warwickshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Warwickshire Corps of Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 31 October 1794|page= 2}} or Warwickshire Regiment [12].Colonel George, Earl Warwick.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=32}} succeeded by Major-General George Churchill {{cite news|title= Major-General George Churchill|newspaper= Northampton Mercury |date= 16 November 1799|page= 3}} Lieut-Col Francis Gregory of Styvechale Park (19 May 1794)Lieut-Col Charles Ed. Repington of Ilmington (17 Jan 1799){{cite news|title= Notes upon the history of the regiment|newspaper= Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser |date= 10 March 1934|page= 7}}19 May 1794April 1800On 18 September 1797 they marched from Colchester to Sheffield to relieve a cavalry regiment sent to Scotland. Coventry, April 7 the last of the 6 troops marched in here and have been disbanded.{{cite news|title= Coventry April 7|newspaper= Northampton Mercury |date= 12 April 1800|page= 3}}
Lothian (East & West) RegimentColonel John Hamilton.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=18}}29 May 1795Early 1800
Lothian (Mid) Regiment Fencible Light Dragoons.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}William Earl of Ancram.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=19}}29 May 1795Early 1800Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}Based at Dundalk.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}} In Limerick in 1799.
Sussex Regiment or Sussex Corps of Fencible CavalryMajor-commandant (later Colonel) Sir George Thomas{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=31}} Colonel Sir James St. Clair Erskine, second Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837).{{cite web|url=http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/rosslyn.htm|website= www.historyhome.co.uk|title= Rosslyn|accessdate= 3 March 2021}} Lieutenant-colonel Teesdale13 April 1795Early 1800Colonel Thomas and Lieut-colonel Teesdale were both subject to a court martial 1795{{cite news|title= Copy of a letter|newspaper= Ipswich Journal |date= 1 June 1799|page= 4}}
Princess of Wales's Regiment [13], Princess of Wales's Fencible Dragoons{{cite web|title= London Gazette|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15225/page/87/data.pdf|website= www.thegazette.co.uk|accessdate= 21 February 2021}} or Durham Regiment of Fencible CavalryColonel commandant William, Earl of Darlington.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=24}} Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Ord {{cite news|title= War-Office|newspaper= Kentish Gazette |date= 15 December 1795|page= 2}} Major-General Banastre Tarleton appointed in 1799{{cite news|title= |newspaper= Chester Courant |date= 11 June 1799|page= 3}}14 April 1795Early 1800Initially announced as Durham Regiment of Fencible Cavalry. Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}} In Scotland in 1795.{{cite news|title= Durham Regiment of Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Leeds Intelligencer |date= 22 June 1795|page= 5}} In Clonmel in 1799.
Pembrokeshire Regiment of Fencible Light Dragoons or Pembrokeshire CorpsLieutenant Colonel Commandant Henry Davis.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=22}}18 April 1795Early 1800The fencibles were in Ireland in 1797 thereby unable to participate in repelling the French at the Battle of Fishguard.
Oxfordshire RegimentColonel Thomas Parker.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=21}}20 April 1795Early 1800
New Romney Fencible Cavalry (Duke Of York's Own){{cite web|title= New Romney Fencible Cavalry (Duke Of York's Own|url=https://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/sites/default/files/archcant/1950%2062%20The%20New%20Romney%20Fencible%20Cavalry%20%28Duke%20of%20York’s%20Own%29%201794%20to%201800%20Fazan_1.pdf|accessdate= 21 February 2021|website= www.kentarchaeology.org.uk}}Red with silver lace (Blue with silver in Ireland's)Major-commandant (later Colonel) Cholmeley Dering (died 1836){{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=26}}20 April 1795*Early 1800* New Romney corps of Fencible cavalry, commanded by Major Dering are ordered to encamp on Barham Downs in August, 1794.{{cite news|title= New Romney corps of Fencible cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal |date= 5 August 1794|page= 4}} Served in Ireland.{{sfn|TT|1861|p=305}}Based at Loughlinton, Co Dublin in 1797{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}} In Wexford in 1799.
Roxburgh and Selkirkshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry or Roxburghshire Regiment of Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= |newspaper= Chester Chronicle|date= 4 March 1796|page= 3}}{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}Colonel Sir John Scott{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=27}}21 April 1795Early 1800In Denbigh in 1796, where one of their Welsh recruits deserted. Based in Connaught in 1797.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}
Princess Royal's Own RegimentColonel Andrew McDowall.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=25}}1 May 1795Early 1800
Perthshire Fencible Cavalry{{cite news|title= Perthshire Fencible Cavalry|newspaper= Kentish Gazette|date= 16 August 1796|page= 2}} or Perthshire RegimentColonel Charles Moray of Abercairny (died 1810).{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=23}}29 May 1795Early 1800Based in Galway in 1797.{{cite news|title=Mobilisation in 1797 |newspaper= Broad Arrow|date= 12 February 1876|page= 14}}
Ayrshire RegimentColonel Andrew Dunlop.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=5}}19 June 1795Early 1800

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First Regiment or Lord Jocelyn's First Regiment of Fencible Cavalry {{cite news|title= War Office|newspaper= Kentish Gazette |date= 14 November 1794|page= 2}}rowspan="2"|Fur-crested Tarleton helmets, dark blue jacket, with white cord and lace, and white britches.{{sfn|Reid|2011|p=21}}Lieutenant-Colonel Robert, Viscount Jocelyn.{{sfn|British War Office|1797|p=34}}18 July 1795Officers commissioned 21 Jul 1794. At Athlon in 1799
Second Regiment or Lord Glentworth's Second Regiment of Fencible Cavalry
  • {{Citation |author=British National Army Museum staff|year=2013|title=National Army Museum, Study collection: Colonel Thomas Cooper Everitt, with the Hampshire Fencible Cavalry drawn up in the background, 1800 (Oil on canvas by Thomas Gooch, 1800) |id=NAM Accession Number 1955-05-91-1|location=London |publisher=British National Army Museum |url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1955-05-91-1}}
  • {{Citation |author=British War Office|date=22 June 1797 |title=List of the officers of the several regiments and corps of fencible cavalry and infantry: of the officers of the militia [etc.] |edition=5 |publisher=|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=R_ENAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1] (contents)}}.
  • {{Citation |author=British War Office |year=1800|title=A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines |publisher=G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=DcegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA16 16]}}
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  • {{Citation |author=CMHG civil servants |date=29 March 2011 |title=Regiments and Units Serving in Canada 1755-1871 |page=1 |publisher=Canadian Department of National Defence |url=http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/page-538-eng.asp |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025160920/http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/cmh/page-538-eng.asp |archive-date=25 October 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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    • {{Citation|title=Royal Newfoundland Regiment of Fencible Infantry |url=http://www.niagarahistorical.museum/media/RoyalNewfoundlandRegimentofFencibleInfantry.pdf |editor-first=David |editor-last=Chilton |editor2-first=John |editor2-last=Gardner |others=Transcribed by Parnell, Maggie |date=December 2010}}
    • {{Citation |last=McGuigan |first=Ron |orig-year=2003 |date=September 2009 |url=http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/fencibles/c_fencibles2.html |title=The Forgotten Army: Fencible Regiments of Great Britain 1793 - 1816: Regiments of Fencible Infantry 1793 - 1803|publisher=napoleon-series.org}}
    • {{Citation |author=Rhgnus|date=20 February 1858 |journal=Notes and Queries |title=Fencible Light Dragoons |series=2 |volume=5 |page=155 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=File:Notes_and_Queries_-_Series_2_-_Volume_5.djvu&page=163}}

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