92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)


The 92nd Regiment of Foot was a short-lived infantry regiment in the British Army which was raised in 1779 to provide garrison troops for the West Indies during the American Revolutionary War.
The Colonel-Commandant of the Regiment was Lt-Col. Hon. James Stuart-Wortley, second son of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute.
After spending several years stationed in Jamaica the regiment was disbanded in England after the Treaty of Paris in 1783.