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A former major of the Lochaber Fencibles in Scotland in the 1790s, the 41 year-old Robertson became the sole field officer present with the regiment through the latter half of 1811 and the beginning of 1812.
With Robertson alone administering the Canadian Fencibles at the beginning of 1812, it was decided to expand the regiment's establishment to include an additional major.
Temporary rank meant Eccles was a captain as long as the Canadian Fencibles were on the army establishment and, upon its disbandment, was not entitled to the pension benefits of half-pay.
The plan of raising Fencible Corps in the Highlands was first proposed and carried into effect by Mr Pitt (afterwards the Earl of Chatham), in the year 1759.
Unlike the militia regiments which were raised by ballot, the Fencibles were to be raised by the ordinary mode of recruiting, and like the regiments of the line, the officers were to be appointed and their commissions signed by the king.
Regiment of the Isles, or Macdonald Fencibles, 1799.
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