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Colonel Walter Scott of Heartwoodburn’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1649 to 1651 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Third Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Walter Scott |
Earl of Linlithgow | |
Area Raised | Teviotdale & Selkirk |
Perthshire | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Charles 1651 |
Later the Earl of Linlithgow’s Regiment of Horse
Covenanter cavalry regiment raised in the Third Civil War fighting at Worcester
Service History
1649
- February: Commissioned for 400 horse to be raised in Teviotdale and Selkirk
1650
- November: Quartered at Alyth
1651
- Scott dies and the regiment passes to the Earl of Linlithgow
- Quartered in Angus
- January: Recruits raised in Perthshire
- May: Assigned to the Montgomerie’s 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- September: Battle of Worcester