Quote Originally Posted by Wompet View Post
Weren't the soldiers of the highland regiments the only ones who could legally wear kilts under the law?
Technically, yes. But in reality by the time 1780 rolled around the British government was more concerned with what was going on in North America, while at the same time keeping an eye on France and that other outpost of Empire, India. Enforcing the proscription would have been (and was) counter-productive. Tartan, the pipes, kilts, and weapons of all sorts quietly returned to their rightful place in society beginning (at the latest) in the 1760s.