Earl of Dunfermline’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1648 |
1651 | |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Second Civil War |
Third Civil War | |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Earl of Dunfermline |
Area Raised | Fife |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Hamilton 1648? |
Charles 1651 |
Covenanter cavalry troop of the Second Civil War and a regiment raised in the Third Civil War and fighting at Worcester
Service History
1648
- May: Dunfermline commissioned colonel and a troop raised in Fife
- September: Likely disbanded
1651
- January: Dunfermline commissioned colonel of horse for Fife
- April: Quartered in Fife
- June: Troopers accused of fornication at Dunfermline with Janet Campbell and Katherine Bulbie, a vile harlot
- May: Assigned to Montgomerie's 2nd Cavalry Brigade
- September: Battle of Worcester
Notes
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
Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
Earl of Dunfermline
Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline was a Royalist, accompanying Charles to the Netherlands in 1649-50.
Strength
- May 1648: established as a single troop of 80 horse