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Lord Gordon’s Regiment of Horse

Active1644-1646
CountryScotland
AllegianceCovenanter
Royalist
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeHorse
ColonelLord Gordon
Nathaniel Gordon
Lord Lewis Gordon
Area RaisedVarious
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesBalfour 1644
Argyll 1644
Montrose 1645
Huntly 1646

Later led by Nathaniel Gordon, then Lord Lewis Gordon

Gordon horse originally raised for the Covenanters but changed sides to the Royalists and fought alongside Montrose

Service History

1644

1645

1646

Notes

Flags

Notable Officers

A list of the regiment's officers in Covenanter service is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550

Lord Gordon

Lord George Gordon, first son and heir of George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly was killed at the Battle of Alford in July 1645.

Viscount Aboyne

James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne, was the second son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly. He continued in armed resistance to the Covenanters until captured in December 1647, whereupon he escaped and fled to France. In 1649 he died in France, some say of grief at the King's execution.

Nathaniel Gordon

Killed at Alford

Lord Lewis Gordon

Lord Lewis Gordon the third son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly succeeded his father as 3rd Marquis of Huntly in 1649. He has been characterised as either heroic or rash to the point of insanity.

Strength

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