Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Kanar James Cholmondeley ne ya kafa wannan rundunar a Norwich a matsayin James Cholmondeley's Regiment of Foot a shekarar 1741 a lokacin Yaƙin Nasara na Austriya. An aika zuwa Scotland a 1745 kuma ya yi yaƙi da Jacobites da
Yaƙin Falkirk Muir a cikin Janairu 1746 da Yaƙin Culloden a watan Afrilu 1746 yayin tashin hankalin 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.