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Lord Newburgh’s Regiment of Foot

Active1656 to 1662
CountryScotland
AllegianceRoyalist
ConflictsAnglo-Spanish War
TypeFoot
ColonelLord Newburgh
Sir William Urry
Area RaisedFlanders
Coat Colour
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesCharles II 1658

Also Sir William Urry’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment raised for Charles II in exile from Scotsmen in Flanders, they fought at the Battle of the Dunes

Service History

1656

1657

1658

1659

1660

1661

1662

Notes

The regiment's history is discussed in Firth, C. H. (1898), Royalist and Cromwellian Armies in Flanders, 1657-1662, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, pp. 67–119

Charles II began to raise an army at Bruges in Flanders in 1656, having signed a treaty to ally with Spain against France and Cromwellian England. Originally to be Lt Gen Middleton's Regiment, instead Middleton was sent on a diplomatic mission to Poland and the regiment of exiled Scots Royalists was given to Lord Newburgh, being led in the field by Sir William Urry. In July 1658 the regiment fought at the Battle of the Dunes in Muskerry’s brigade, but the French and English Protectorate forces were victorious. They remained in Flanders, in garrison at Mardyke after the Restoration, but were amalgamated into one of the Irish regiments in 1662.

Flags and Equipment

Notable Officers

Lord Newburgh

James Livingston, Lord Newburgh

Sir William Urry

Sir William Urry, brother of the multiple turncoat Sir John Urry.

Strength

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