Colonel William Stewart’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1644 to 1645 |
1649 to 1651 | |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Third Civil War | |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | William Stewart |
John Bannatyne | |
Viscount Kenmure | |
Area Raised | Wigton & Kirkcudbright |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Leslie 1650 |
Browne 1650 | |
Charles 1651 |
Later Lieutenant Colonel John Bannatyne's, then Viscount Kenmure's Regiment of Horse
Covenanter Horse of the First and Third Civil Wars fighting at Dunbar and Worcester
Service History
1644
- May: Sinclair's troop raised
1645
- June: Issued lances
1649
- February: Stewart commissioned colonel to raise a regiment of horse anew in Wigton and Kirkcudbrightshire
1650
- Detachment sent to form Sir Robert Adair of Kinhilts Regiment of Horse
- 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar - 2 troops
- September: Now under Bannatyne's command, ordered to Fife to protect Burntisland
- October: Ordered north to join Browne
- October: Battle of Newtyle
- Serving under Leslie?
- December: Quarter at Kincarne and Dunblane on the way to join Montgomery
- Over-winter in Angus
1651
- May: Assigned to Massey's 5th Cavalry Brigade
- June: Bannatyne dismissed and Kenmure made colonel
- July: Worcester campaign
- September: Battle of Worcester, flee north and disperse, Kenmure captured
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
Sinclair raised a troop of horse during the First Civil War, that likely served alongside his Regiment of Foot. It was last mentioned in 1645 and was disbanded by 1647. In 1649 Stewart raised a new regiment that fought at Dunbar, himself just escaping, he left the regiment to be commanded by Lt Col Bannatyne. In June 1650 Kenmure, an Engager, was given command in place of Bannatyne and led the regiment to defeat at Worcester.
Flags & Equipment
In 1645 the troop was issued 36 lances.
Notable Officers
William Stewart of Castlestewart
Lt Col John Bannatyne of Corehouse
Viscount Kenmure
Robert Gordon, 4th Viscount Kenmure, supported the Royalists throughout the Civil Wars
Strength
- 1644-5: A single troop
- February 1649: 240 horse planned to be levied
- August 1649: 130 horse planned to be levied
- May 1650: Edinburgh supplies 12 recruits
- July: 110 troopers to be levied from Galloway