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Lord Conway’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1642 to |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Protestant |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Lord Conway |
Lord Blayney | |
Area Raised | Ulster |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Laggan Army |
Monro 1642 | |
Monro 1646 |
Ulster protestant regiment of foot serving in the Confederate War, fighting at Benburb
Later Lord Blayney's Regiment of Foot
Service History
1642
1643
1644
1645
- Ulster Colonels request that Mr Edward Conway replace his father, Lord Conway, as Colonel, the regiment being quartered in a very wasted part of the country3)
1646
- January: Lord Blayney commanding in place of Lord Conway
- June: Battle of Benburb
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
In January 1642 1000 muskets and 1500 swords were ordered to be sent to Conway's and Clotworthy's regiments, but these didn't arrive until March 6)
Notable Officers
A list of the unit's officers is shown in Army List of the Ulster British Forces, 1642-1646. by Kevin Forkan. Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 59 (2005), pp. 51-65 available via JSTOR. A list of the regiment's officers is also shown in An English Army for Ireland by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press.
Lord Conway
Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway and Viscount Killultagh previously served as commander of the King's horse at the Battle of Newburn Ford in the Second Bishops' War of 1640.
Lord Blayney
Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney (d. 1646) was Lt Col. of Conway's foot from 1642 and took over the regiment in 1645. He was killed at the Battle of Benburb.
Strength
- 1641-2: 1000 men
- June 1642: 1000 men