Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUTHERLAND, prop. n. A county in the North of Scotland. In various hist. combs.: 1. Sutherland Clearances, see Clearance (Suppl.); 2. Sutherland Fencible, Highlander, Regiment (a member of) a regiment raised orig. in 1759 by the Earl of Sutherland on his estates as a Fencible regiment and later in 1799 as the 93rd Foot regiment of the British Army, amalgamated with the Argyll Regiment in 1881. Also in reduced form †Sutherland, a soldier in this regiment.Sc. 1763 Edb. Museum (March) 143:
One of the Sutherlands was attacked near Nairn.Sc. 1834 United Service Jnl. (Nov.) 410:
Presentation of Colours to the 93rd or Sutherland Highlanders, at Canterbury, by his Grace Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington.Sc. 1883 R. H. Burgoyne 93rd Highlanders 1:
The Countess of Sutherland's agents lost no time in requiring a certain proportion of the able-bodied sons of her numerous tenantry to join the ranks of the Sutherland Regiment.Sc. 1964 W. P. Paul Hist. Sc. Regiments 162:
The “Thin Red Line” had triumphed over the Czar's cavalry. The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders was the only infantry regiment allowed to commemorate Balaclava on its colours.
