Rukunin ya tashi a Norwich daga Kanar James Cholmondeley a matsayin James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot a 1741 yayin Yaƙin Nasara na Austriya. An tura shi zuwa Scotland a 1745 kuma ya yi yaƙi da Jacobites a yakin Falkirk Muir
a watan Janairun 1746 da yakin Culloden a watan Afrilu 1746 a lokacin tashin hankali na Jacobite. An tura rundunar zuwa Flanders a cikin bazara na 1747 don yin aiki a cikin War of Succession na Austrian kuma ya ga aikin a yakin Lauffeld a watan Yuli na 1747. An sanya shi a matsayin 59th Regiment of Foot a 1747 amma an sake sanya shi a matsayin 48th Regiment of Foot a 1751.