26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot
| 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot | |
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Colours of the regiment in 1862
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| Active | 1689–1881 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom (1801–1881) |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Line Infantry |
| Garrison/HQ | Hamilton Barracks, Hamilton |
| March | "Within a Mile of Edinburgh Town" |
| Engagements |
Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession Jacobite risings American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars First Opium War Crimean War British Expedition to Abyssinia |
Kingdom of Scotland (1689–1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
The 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881. Although the regiment took the name of its first colonel as The Earl of Angus's Regiment, it became popularly known as The Cameronians until 1751, when it was ranked as the 26th Foot. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881. The Cameronians were themselves disbanded in 1968, meaning that no Army unit today perpetuates the lineage of the 26th Foot.
It was originally raised as the Cameronian Guard by the Lords of the Convention, named after the Cameronians, followers of the Presbyterian Richard Cameron, who had been a militant leader in the struggles of the Covenanters against attempts by the Stuart monarchs Charles II and James VII to outlaw Presbyterianism and impose bishops on the Church of Scotland. This conflict culminated with the Glorious Revolution leading to a Convention of the Estates of Scotland meeting on 14 March 1689. On 11 April, the day of the English coronation, the Convention finally declared that James was no longer King of Scotland, and offered the crown jointly to William and Mary.
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