Recruiting card, of Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles

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This recruiting card of the Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles for service in Ireland dates from 1799. Popularly known as the Caithness Highlanders, the regiment adopted trews for its uniform through the insistence of its Colonel, Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, an amateur antiquary, who believed that trews antedated the plaid or kilt in their antiquity as 'traditional' Scottish garb.

Caithness Highlanders - Recruiting card for service in Ireland, 1799

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-919-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1999.12
• Date: 1799
  
• Material: Recruiting card
  
• Dimensions: 121 mm H x 80 mm W
  
• What: Recruiting card
  
• Subject: Documents
  
• Who: Caithness Highlanders (British land forces)
  
• Where: Ireland
  
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