The foregoing pages contain numerous instances of the valuable qualities of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. The campaigns of King William III., and the victories obtained by the Duke of Marlborough, afforded many opportunities for the TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT to evince its bravery. In subsequent years the battles of _Dettingen_, _Fontenoy_, _Culloden_, and _Val_, enhanced its former renown;--at the capture of _Belle-Isle_ in 1761 the regiment sustained its previous character;--and the several actions during the American war increased its fame. Its services in Naples and Sicily in 1809 and 1810;--and the arduous duties on which it was employed in America in 1814, gave additional proofs of its capabilities. The Regimental Record contains also many instances of the expression of commendation by the General Officers, under whose command the Regiment has served, for its activity, discipline, and good conduct, when employed on home or colonial duties, and when occasions have occurred where military force has been required in aid of the Civil Power, and where judgment, temper, and firmness have been the means of subduing the most violent commotions. These qualities, which have been evinced for the long period of one hundred and seventy years, have rendered the TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, or THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, an ornament in the British Army, and have acquired the Approbation of the Sovereign and the Confidence of the Country. [Illustration: TWENTY FIRST, THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. _Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t. Strand._ _For Cannon's Military Records._] SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. CHARLES, (FIFTH) EARL OF MAR. _Appointed 23rd September, 1678._ CHARLES, LORD ERSKINE, succeeded to the title of EARL OF MAR, in 1668, on the decease of his father, John, fourth Earl of Mar; and in September, 1678, he raised a regiment of foot, now the TWENTY-FIRST, or the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland, in the reign of King Charles II., and also of King James II. In 1686, he was succeeded in the command of his regiment by Colonel Buchan. The Earl of Mar disapproved of the measures of King James II., and was about to embark for the Continent, in November, 1688, when the Prince of Orange landed in England. He appeared at the Convention of the Estates assembled by the Prince of Orange; but joining the disaffected party, he was arrested. He died on the 23rd of April, 1689, and was succeeded in the title by his son John, sixth Earl of Mar, whose estates were forfeited in consequence of his having erected the Standard of Rebellion in Scotland, in 1715, in favor of the Pretender, as narrated at page 18 of the Historical Record of the TWENTY-FIRST, ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. THOMAS BUCHAN. _Appointed 29th July, 1686._