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The Duke of York’s Regiment of Horse

Active 1643 to 1646
CountryEngland
AllegianceRoyalist
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeHorse
ColonelSir Charles Cavendish
Sir Samuel Tuke
Area Raised
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies

Also Sir Charles Cavendish’s Regiment of Horse, later Sir Samuel Tuke’s Regiment of Horse

Royalist regiment of horse nominally led by Prince James the Duke of York but in fact by Cavendish, then Tuke during the First Civil War

Service History

1643

1644

1645

1646

Notes

Coats and Flags

Notable Officers

James, Duke of York

Prince James, second son of King Charles I.

Sir Charles Cavendish

Charles Cavendish, second son of the Earl of Devonshire, was killed at the Battle of Gainsborough by James Berry, Cromwell's Captain-Lieutenant.

Sir Samuel Tuke

Sir Samuel Tuke

Strength

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