Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1651 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Third Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Lt Colonel | Hamilton |
Area Raised | Clydesdale |
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Flag Design | |
Field Armies |
Covenanter horse raised from Massey’s troop early in 1651
Service History
1650
- December: A troop raised by Sir Edward Massey is re-assigned to Hamilton
1651
- Assigned recruits from Clydesdale
- April: At Dumbarton
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
Notable Officers
Hamilton
Identity uncertain, perhaps one of Lt Cols William or John Hamilton serving the Covenanters earlier?