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Lord Kerry’s Regiment of Foot

Flag Illustration1)
Active1642-1645
CountryEngland
AllegianceProtestant
Royalist
ConflictsIrish Confederate War
First Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelLord Kerry
William St Leger
Duke of York
Area RaisedLondon
Coat ColourWhite?
Flag ColourBlack and Red
Flag DesignGyronny
Field ArmiesInchiquin 1642-3
Oxford 1644-5

Later the Duke of York’s Regiment of Foot, led by Sir William St Leger

Regiment of foot raised by the Adventurers for service in Ireland, returning to England in 1643 to fight for the Royalists

Service History

1642

1643

1644

1645

Notes

Raised by the Merchant Adventurers of London, authorized by Parliament, for Lord Kerry for service in Ireland, they were led by their Lieutenant Colonel, William St Leger. They returned to England in 1643 joining Sir William Vavasour’s force opposing Massey at Gloucester. Joining the Oxford Army, they served on the 1644 campaigns and were destroyed at Naseby.

Coats, Flags and Equipment

The regiment carried red and black flags of a gyronny pattern 3).

Coat colour in April 1644 deduced to be white by Peachey and Prince but not confirmed. The regiment were issued suits of clothes at Bristol, supplied by Thomas Bushell4).

On arrival in Munster the local commander Lord Inchquin complained that the regiment had been sent unarmed, their allocated weapons having been used instead to equip Parliament's army raised for the Civil War.

Notable Officers

A list of the regiment's officers is also shown in An English Army for Ireland by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press.

Lord Kerry

Patrick Fitzmaurice, 19th Baron Kerry

William St Leger

Duke of York

Prince James, second son of King Charles I. Honorary colonel when the regiment returned to England

Officer Lists

June 1642, for service in Ireland

August 1642, for service in Ireland

“Resolved, &c. That the Lord of Kerry shall have a Commission for the Raising and Transporting of…One thousand for his own Regiment…” 6)

Strength

See Also

1) Flag image by kind permission of Wargames Designs
2) , 7) An English Army for Ireland by Ian Ryder. Partizan Press
3) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846
4) Original research by Victor Judge aka '1642'
5) A List of the Field Officers…, London 1642. British Library Thomason Tracts E 669 f6 (32)
6) Journals of the House of Commons II 729