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| - | ===== King’s Lifeguard of Horse====== | + | ======King’s Lifeguard of Horse====== |
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| - | + | |**Flag Illustration 1**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:scots_lgd_1.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| | |
| - | |**Active**|1650 to 1651| | + | |**Flag Illustration 2**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:scots_lgd_2.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| |
| + | |**Flag Illustration 3**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:scots_lgd_3.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| | ||
| + | |**Active**|1649 to 1651| | ||
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
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| | |Earl of Eglinton| | | |Earl of Eglinton| | ||
| | |Viscount Newburgh| | | |Viscount Newburgh| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**| | | + | |**Area Raised**|Various | |
| |**Flag Colour**|Blue| | |**Flag Colour**|Blue| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|3 known| | |**Flag Design**|3 known| | ||
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| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| + | ====1649==== | ||
| + | *March to June: Remains of the Ulster army return to Scotland | ||
| + | *August: One troop formed from the returnees, known as //The Irish Troop// under Captain Cullace | ||
| ====1650==== | ====1650==== | ||
| - | *Raised | + | *April: Quartered near Inverness |
| + | *April: Battle of Carbisdale | ||
| + | *July: Eglinton commissioned Colonel of the Life Guards, Newburgh as Lt Col | ||
| + | *Regiment recruited | ||
| + | *August: Accused of oppressing Perthshire, the Estates plan to discharge the regiment but after Dunbar decide to keep it | ||
| + | *September: Quartered at St Andrews the regiment commit further abuses | ||
| + | *Quartered in Fife over the winter | ||
| + | *October: Lt Col Viscount Newburgh supports Middleton's rising | ||
| ====1651==== | ====1651==== | ||
| + | *March: Cpl Naismith of Rm Gibson's troop forces the Anstruther watch to release two women imprisoned for theft and rides off with Helen Clark, who later admits to fornication with Naismith | ||
| + | *April: Misbehaving at Dunfermline | ||
| + | *April: Eglinton and his son James captured at Dumbarton by the English while recruiting | ||
| + | *May: Assigned to the 8th cavalry brigade, consisting only of the Life Guards and to be posted in the position of honour on the right of the line | ||
| + | *June: Newburgh commissioned Colonel | ||
| + | *June: Ordered to Stirling | ||
| *September: Battle of Worcester | *September: Battle of Worcester | ||
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| A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
| - | Led in the field by the Earl of Eglinton | + | Led in the field by the Earl of Eglinton until he was captured in April 1651 and replaced by Viscount Newburgh |
| ===== Flags & Equipment===== | ===== Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| - | Charles’ Lifeguard of horse carried three cornets, recorded by Sir James Balfour. All had a blue field and gold fringe and the inscription //COVENANT FOR RELIGIONE KING AND KINGDOMES// on the reverse side. The first had a crown above a crossed sword and sceptre above the motto //NOBLIS HAEC INVICTA MISERVNT//, all in gold. The second had a crowned thistle proper surrounded by the motto //NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT// and the third had a small white saltire above the motto //PRO RELIGION ET PATRIA//. ((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)) | + | Charles’ Lifeguard of horse carried three cornets, recorded by Sir James Balfour. All had a blue field and gold fringe and the inscription //COVENANT FOR RELIGIONE KING AND KINGDOMES// on the reverse side. The first, Eglinton's, had a crown above a crossed sword and sceptre above the motto //NOBLIS HAEC INVICTA MISERVNT//, all in gold (Illustration 1). The second (Lt Col) had a crowned thistle (or just a crown?) proper surrounded by the motto //NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT// (Illustration 2) and the third (Major) had a small white (or gold?) saltire above the motto //PRO RELIGION ET PATRIA// (Illustration 3}. ((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988)). Other troops carried blue cornets with the motto //COVENANT, RELIGION, KING AND COUNTRY//. ((Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0)) |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====Charles II==== | ====Charles II==== | ||
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| ====Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton==== | ====Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton==== | ||
| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomerie,_6th_Earl_of_Eglinton|Earl of Eglinton]] | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Montgomerie,_6th_Earl_of_Eglinton|Earl of Eglinton]] | ||
| + | ====Viscount Newburgh==== | ||
| + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Levingston,_1st_Earl_of_Newburgh|James Livingston, Viscount Newburgh]] later commanded one of Charles' regiments in exile in Flanders, [[royalist:foot-regiments:lord-newburgh|Lord Newburgh’s Regiment of Foot]]. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| - | *3 troops | + | *August 1649: One troop of 40 plus officers |
| + | *June 1651: 193 Dunfriesshire and Teviotdale recruits planned | ||
| + | *June 1651: Levy increased to 263, unlikley to have materialised | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
