Lieutenant Colonel John Hamilton’s Troop of Horse
Active | 1643 to 1649 |
Country | Ireland |
Allegiance | Protestant |
Covenanter | |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Type | Horse |
Captain | John Hamilton |
Area Raised | Ulster |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Monro |
Ulster horse raised by the Covenanters and fighting at Benburb
Service History
1643
- September: Raised to replace British horse after the Cessation
1644
- Summer: Serve on campaign with Monro
1645
- Quartered at Lecale, County Down
1646
- January: Ordered by the English to disband, but refuse
- June: Battle of Benburb
1647
1648
1649
- December: Battle of Lisnagarvey?
Notes
Furgol 1) mentions Hamilton being commissioned as Routmaster of a troop, presumably for service in England in 1644, the troop being mustered and paid in 1645. This could be a second troop in addition to the Ulster troop or perhaps refers to the Ulster unit.
Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
Lt Col John Hamilton
Lieutenant Colonel of Lord Lindsay’s Regiment of Foot in Monro's Covenanter Army of Ulster. He was still leading 50 horse against Parliamentarian troops in 1649, which might have been the same unit.
Strength
- A single troop of about 62 men in 1643
- 1644-5: 52 troopers, 4 officers, 4 others (Furgol)
- 50 men in 1649?
See Also
Links
1)
Edward M. Furgol A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0