The 35th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1701 in the northern counties of Ireland by its first colonel, Arthur the third Earl of Donegal. For some years it was known unofficially as the Belfast Regiment as it was first drawn up in that city but officially its original title was THE EARL OF DONEGALS REGIMENT.
Between the deaths of King William in 1702 and good Queen
Anne in 1714 the 35th Regiment of foot was active in a number of less well
known campaigns and actions amongst them were-----------
From 1716 until 1756 the 35th Regiment of Foot found itself
relatively inactive in the peaceful environs of Ireland being stationed
several times in DUBLIN, LIMERICK, ATHLONE and KINSALE. For much of this period,
and indeed long afterwards its was know as OTWAY’regiment after their colonel
Lt. General Charles Otway.
Lt. General Charles Otway
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Unfortunately for both the soldiers of the 35th
and subsequent historians, Lt. Gen. Otway was a notoriously mean man and
kept the regiment starved of new uniforms ( Fletcher, his successor had
to sue Otway’s estate for the cost of re-uniforming the regiment in 1764
). This makes it almost impossible to gauge just what the 35th Regiment may
have actually looked like during this period since one cannot say if all
the changes in the clothing warrants were closely observed during this time--however
several accounts seem to indicate the regiment was in “rags” as it left Britain
for AMERICA and possibly its most famous encounter on that continent.
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