For the War of the Austrian succession the infantry was expanded in 1739-1743. The 1st - 10th Regiment of Marines were ranked as the 44th - 53rd in the infantry line. The Jacobite rising saw the creation of the 67th - 79th Regiment of Foot. They where in fact Provincial units for the duration and shortly after the battle of Culloden they were disbanded. After the war the Regiments of Marines were disbanded as well as seven others. The period thus ended with 49 Regiments of Foot.
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| 1737: | James Oglethorpe’s Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1739: | │ │ │ |
Edward Wolfe’s Regiment of Marines │ |
William Robinson’s Regiment of Marines │ |
Anthony Lowther’s Regiment of Marines │ |
John Wynyard’s Regiment of Marines │ |
Charles Douglass’ Regiment of Marines │ |
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Viscount Torrington’s │ |
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| 1742: | ranked as 42nd Foot │ │ |
ranked as 44th Foot and also as 1st Marines │ |
ranked as 45th Foot and also as 2nd Marines │ |
ranked as 46th Foot and also as 3rd Marines │ |
ranked as 47th Foot and also as 4th Marines │ |
ranked as 48th Foot and also as 5th Marines │ |
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Fraser’s │ |
Holmes’ │ |
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James Cochran’s │ |
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Churchill’s │ |
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| 1748: | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded |
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| 1739: | Lewis Moreton’s Regiment of Marines │ |
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| 1740: | │ │ │ |
Henry Cornewall’s Regiment of Marines │ |
William Hammer’s Regiment of Marines │ |
Charles Powlett’s Regiment of Marines │ |
Jefferie’s Regiment of Marines │ |
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| 1741: | │ │ │ |
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John Duncombe’s │ │ |
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John Bruce’s Regiment of Foot │ |
| 1742: | ranked as 49th Foot and also as 6th Marines │ |
ranked as 50th Foot and also as 7th Marines │ |
ranked as 51st Foot and also as 8th Marines │ |
ranked as 52nd Foot and also as 9th Marines │ |
ranked as 53rd Foot and also as 10th Marines │ |
ranked as 60th Foot │ │ |
| John Laforey’s │ |
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John Jordan’s │ |
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Andrew Agnew’s │ |
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| 1748: | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded |
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| 1741: | John Folliot’s Regiment of Foot │ |
John Batereau’s Regiment of Foot │ |
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| 1742: | ranked as 61st Foot │ │ |
ranked as 62nd Foot │ │ |
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Earl of Loudoun’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 64th Foot │ |
William Shirley’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 65th Foot │ |
William Pepperell’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 66th Foot │ |
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The Duke of Bolton’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 67th Foot │ |
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| 1748: | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded |
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| 1754: | raised by the same colonel 50th Regiment of Foot (American Provincials) │ |
raised by the same colonel 51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment) │ |
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| 1756: | disbanded | disbanded | ||||
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| 1745: | The Duke of Bedford’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 68th Foot │ |
The Duke of Montagu’s Ordnance Regiment ranked as 69th Foot │ |
The Duke of Ancaster’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 70th Foot │ |
John Granby’s Regiment of foot ranked as 71st Foot │ |
The Earl of Berkeley’s Regiment of foot ranked as 72nd Foot │ |
The Earl of Cholmondeley’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 73rd Foot │ |
| 1746: | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded |
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| 1745: | The Earl of Halifax’s Regiment of foot ranked as 74th Foot │ |
Falmouth’s Cornish Regiment of foot ranked as 75th Foot │ |
The Earl of Harcourt’s Regiment of foot ranked as 76th Foot │ |
The Earl Gower’s Regiment of Foot ranked as 77th foot │ |
Lord Herbert’s Regiment of foot ranked as 78th Foot │ |
Richard Edgcumbe’s Regiment of foot ranked as 79th Foot │ |
| 1746: | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded | disbanded |