Lord Claneboys’ Regiment of Foot
Active | 1641 to 1649 |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Protestant |
Royalist | |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Lord Claneboys |
Area Raised | Down & Antrim |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | Red and White |
Flag Design | Unknown |
Field Armies | Monro 1642-6 |
Montgomery 1649 |
Also known as the Earl of Clanbrassil's Regiment of Foot
Ulster settler regiment of foot from County Down fighting at Benburb
Service History
1641
- Claneboys raises a regiment of 1000 under the King's commission1).
- November: Relief of Lisnegarvey
1642
- April to August: Quartered in Co. Down
- July: Paid by the English Parliament
- July: Detachment of 500 assigned to a force intended to march on Limerick2)
1643
- August to September: Siege of Charlemont
1644
- January: 1st Lord Claneboys dies
- 2nd Lord Claneboys petitions Ormond to succeed his father as Colonel3)
1645
1646
- June: Battle of Benburb
1647
1648
1649
- September: Mustered at Ballycoine
- December: Battle of Lisnegarvey?
Notes
Claneboys' foot were heavily defeated at Benburb, losing Lt Col. Crawford and three captians. Claneboys joined Monro's Scots fighting on behalf of the Royalists in 1649 but was defeated at Lisnegarvey by the Parliamentarians Venables and Coote and surrendered soon after.
Coats, Flags and Equipment
The regiment carried red and white colours made from taffeta sarsenet, but the design of these flags is unknown4).
Notable Officers
James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboys
James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye died in 1644 at the age of 84.
James Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Claneboys
James Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Claneboye succeeded his father and was created 1st Earl of Clanbrassil in 1647. He was a very fat young man.
Officer Lists
Lists of the unit's officers are 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, An English Army for Ireland by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press and The Battle of Benburb 1646. Clive Hollick, Mercier Press, 2011.
1642
Mustered at Killyleagh in April5) and at various points in Co. Down in July/August6)
- Colonel James Hamilton, Lord Claneboys
- Captain-Lieutenant Thomas Twedie
- Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton
- Major John Hogg
- Captain James Moore
- Captain Valentine Payne
- Captain James Hathorne
- Captain Humphrey Burrowes
- Captain Robert Boyde
- Captain James Hamilton (killed at Benburb, he was buried at St Patrick's church Benburb where there is an extant memorial)
- Captain Alexander Hamilton