The first authentic instance of any regiment of this description appears in the Army List of 1684, and from the return of the general review on Putney Heath, upon the first day of October in that year. Neither the exact æra of its establishment, or that of the other maritime forces, is clearly ascertained; and it would be absurd to speculate upon dates which can yield no material result. The return which I have mentioned runs thus, and is annexed at large: "The Lord High Admiral of England, his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Albany's _Maritime Regiment of Foot_, commanded by the Honourable Sir Charles Littleton, called also the Admiral Regiment. Sir Charles Littleton, Colonel. Oliver Niclas, Lieutenant Colonel. Richard Bagett, Major. CAPTAINS. LIEUTENANTS. ENSIGNS. Col's. Co. commanded by Capt. Lt. Robt. Crawford, Capt. Lt. Philom. Powell Lt. Colonel's Co. commanded by Lieut. Edm. Yarborough Arthur Townshend Major's Co. commanded by Lieut. Theoph. Bleehenden William Pearson Geo. Littleton, Captain Lieut. Edmund Wilson James Man Sir Thomas Cutler Robert Lloyd John Hill Edward Nott Francis Hobblin Alexander Erwin Francis Ezod Francis Butler Thomas Man Edward Harris John Thorn William Somers Samuel Scudamore George Rooke Gilbert Simons Chichester Wray Henry Hewys Geo. Littleton Charles Herbert Thomas Whaley Francis Ezord Edmund Plowden William Oglethorpe Jo. Whaley State Major, or the Staff Officers of the Admiral Regiment, Richard Beauvoir, Adjutant. Tobias Legross, Quarter-Master. Samuel Tatham, Chirurgeon. John Tatham, Chirurgeon's Mate. This regiment consisted of twelve companies, without any grenadiers, had yellow coats lined with red, and their colours were a red cross, with rays of the sun issuing from each of its angles. It stood the third in seniority in the line of that day; and it may be presumed, from its subsequent reduction, that a step was obtained in it by the 4th, _then_ the Regiment of Holland, commanded by John, the second Lord Mulgrave, and now entitled The Old Buffs. Betwixt 1687 and 1698, there were several maritime regiments raised for the purposes, and under the regulations I have stated. They were Colonels Mordaunt, Colt, Seymour, and Brudenell's; also, Sir Cloudesley Shovel's, my Lord Torrington's, and the Marquis of Carmarthen's; all of which were disbanded during the currency of 1697 and 1698.