Earl of Queensberry’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1640 to 1641 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Second Bishops’ War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Earl of Queensberry |
Area Raised | Dumfriesshire |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Leslie 1640-1 |
Covenanter horse forming part of Leslie’s army in the Second Bishops’ War
Service History
1640
- Raised in Dumfriesshire
- April: Serving as a border guard
- Join Leslie’s army at Duns?
- August to August 1641: Occupy Newcastle
1641
- August: Return to Scotland and disbanded after the Treaty of London
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