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Marquis of Ormond’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1656 to 1661 |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | Anglo-Spanish War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | Marquis of Ormond |
Richard Grace | |
Area Raised | Flanders |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Charles II 1658 |
Also Colonel Richard Grace’s Regiment of Foot
Regiment raised for Charles II in exile from Irishmen in Flanders, they fought at the Battle of the Dunes
Service History
1656
- Raised in Flanders from Irish Royalists
1657
1658
- June: Battle of the Dunes
1659
1660
1661
- November: Muster only 80 men
Notes
The regiment's history is discussed in Firth, C. H. (1898), Royalist and Cromwellian Armies in Flanders, 1657-1662, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, pp. 67–119
Charles II began to raise an army at Bruges in Flanders in 1656, having signed a treaty to ally with Spain against France and Cromwellian England. Ormond led a regiment of exiled Irish Royalists, commanded in the field by Col. Richard Grace. These had previously been in Spanish employ, then French, and now re-joined the Spanish under Grace. In July 1658 the regiment fought at the Battle of the Dunes in Muskerry’s brigade, but the French and English Protectorate forces were victorious. Despite the defeat Ormond's regiment retired off the field in good order. |They remained in Flanders until the end of 1661 when, reduced to only 80 men, they were probably incorporated into the other Irish regiments in Flanders.
Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
Marquis of Ormond
Richard Grace
Strength
- April 1657: Estimated at 700 men by English news-sheets