Earl of Traquair’s Regiment of Horse
| Active | 1645 |
| 1648 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Covenanter | |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Second Civil War | |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Lord Linton |
| Earl of Traquair | |
| Area Raised | Peebles |
| Dumfries | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Montrose 1645 |
Also Lord Linton's Troop of Horse
Troop sent to and deserting from Montrose’s army in 1645, then a Covenanter regiment of horse raised by the Engagers in 1648
Service History
1645
- September: Traquair sends a troop of horse under his son, Lord Linton, to join Montrose’s army
- September: Lord Linton and his troop desert Montrose on the eve of the Battle of Philiphaugh
1648
- May: Traquair commissioned Colonel of a troop of 80 horse to be raised in Peebles and Dumfries
- Traquair allegedly raises a whole regiment of 600 horse
- July: Preston campaign
- August: Serving under Middleton
- August: Battle of Winwick Pass
- August: Flee with Hamilton from Warrington to Malpas where Traquair and his son, Lord Linton, are captured
Notes
A history of the unit in Covenanter service is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0
Flags
Notable Officers
Earl of Traquair
Lord Linton
Traquair's son, also named John Stewart, he was suspected of betraying Montrose’s whereabouts to Leslie prior to Philiphaugh
Strength
- 1645: One troop
- 1648: One troop of 80 authorised; 600 horse allegedly raised
