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Letter from Lt Gen Robert Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Colonel of the 53rd Regiment of Foot to Col Adam Williamson, Deputy Adjutant General, 1782. Details the raising of the 53rd by Lords Gower and Chetwynd in Staffordshire, and how it was initially known as The Staffordshire Regiment. From a group of 52 letters replying to letters from Adam Williamson asking each of the Colonels of the Regiments of Foot to choose a county name, 1782.