Sir William Balfour’s Troop of Horse

Horse briefly serving in Ulster during the Confederate War

• Raised as Balfour’s troop to support the Ulster Army, along with Sir Robert Adair of Kinhilts Troop of Horse
• Balfour instead serves Parliament in England, raising Sir William Balfour’s Regiment of Horse and Sir William Balfour’s Lifeguard of Horse
• Balfour’s troop serving in Ireland

• Balfour’s troop serving in Ireland

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

In 1642 the troop were in Parliament's pay¹⁾. Balfour never commanded the troop in Ireland, instead becoming a Parliamentarian Colonel, there is no more mention of the troop after 1643, likely they disbanded or were absorbed into another unit. Perhaps they joined George Monro’s Horse

Sir William Balfour

• 1642: 69 men and officers in a single troop