 The two battalions amalgamated in India in 1816 but the regiment did not return home until March 1822.The regiment was renamed the 72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany in December 1823.The regiment embarked for South Africa again in June 1828 and saw action again the Sixth Xhosa War in 1834 before returning home in May 1840.