Lord Erskine’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1651 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Third Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Lord Erskine |
Area Raised | Dumbarton |
Stirling | |
Clackmannan | |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Charles 1651 |
Covenanter cavalry regiment raised in the Third Civil War and fighting at Worcester
Service History
1650
- December: Erskine nominated colonel of horse for Dumbarton, Stirling and Clacmannanshire
1651
- January: Erskine commissioned colone
- Raised in Stirling, Clackmannan and Dumbarton
- May: Assigned to Van Druske’s 6th Cavalry Brigade
- May: Illegally cessing Renfrewshire, moved out of Dumbartonshire
- 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