NINETIETH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Perthshire.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
It was nicknamed “Sir Thomas Graham’s Perthshire Grey-breeks” from its Colonel’s name when raised, and the colour of the men’s breeches.
The first Regiment numbered the 90th was the 90th Irish Light Infantry, raised in 1759; it served at Havannah 1762, and was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.