EIGHTY-NINTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Ireland.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801; also “Princess Victoria’s Coronet,” which it received with its Title in 1866 on Her Majesty presenting it with new Colours, to replace those presented by her in 1833, when Princess Victoria.
It was nicknamed during the Irish Rebellion in 1798 “Blayney’s Blood-hounds” from its Colonel’s name and its skill in tracking Irish rebels; also “The Rollickers.”
The first Regiment numbered the 89th was the 89th Gordon Highlanders, raised in 1759, and disbanded in 1765.
The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.