131st Regiment of Foot
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The 131st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment
of the British Army
, created in 1793 and disbanded in 1796.
The regiment was raised by General Henry Edward Fox
, with the colonelcy being transferred to Lowther Pennington, 2nd Baron Muncaster shortly thereafter.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
, created in 1793 and disbanded in 1796.
The regiment was raised by General Henry Edward Fox
Henry Edward Fox
General Henry Edward Fox was a British Army general. He also served for a brief spell as Governor of Minorca.-Family:...
, with the colonelcy being transferred to Lowther Pennington, 2nd Baron Muncaster shortly thereafter.