page_title: 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
section_title: Formation
hierarchical_section_title: 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot / History / Formation
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Robert Abercromby, the British Commander-in-Chief in India.
context_page_description: The 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot, was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1787. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 92nd Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.
context_section_description: The regiment was raised in Stirling by Colonel Robert Abercromby for service in India as the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot in October 1787. In accordance with the Declaratory Act 1788 the cost of raising the regiment was recharged to East India Company on the basis that the act required that expenses "should be defrayed out of the revenues" arising there. First assembled in June 1788, the regiment proceeded to England and embarked for India arriving there by the end of the year. It saw action at the Siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. It went on to fight at the Battle of Seedaseer in March 1799 and formed part of the storming party at the Siege of Seringapatam in April 1799 during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. It also took part in the Siege of Bharatpur in January 1805 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. It then returned home in August 1806 and then lost its Highland status due to recruiting difficulties, becoming the 75th Regiment of Foot in April 1809.
caption: Colonel Robert Abercromby, founder of the regiment, by George Romney
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