| Active | 1639 |
| 1644 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Bishops’ War |
| First Civil War | |
| Type | Horse |
| Captain | Gordon of Haddo |
| Area Raised | Aberdeenshire |
| Flag Colour | White? |
| Flag Design | Plain? |
| Field Armies | Aboyne 1639 |
Scots Royalist troop of horse, perhaps cuirassiers, engaged in the First Bishop’s war of 1639
Gordon of Haddo’s troop, together with Ogilvy of Banff’s troop, formed the Scots Royalist cavalry at the very first skirmish of the Civil Wars, the Trot o’ Turriff on the 14th of May 1639. One of these troops were equipped with full cuirassier armour and bore ane hankerciffe upon a lance as a colour1). Despite routing the Covenanters at Turriff, the Royalists were defeated by the Earl Marischall in June 1639 at Megray Hill. Raised again in 1644, they probably surrendered at Kellie Castle in May.
As well as the First Bishop’s War, Sir John Gordon of Haddo (1610-1644) also led Scots Royalist forces to briefly seize Aberdeen in March 1644, but was cornered at Kellie Castle in Fife in May 1644, surrendering to the Marquis of Argyll. He was then tried for high treason and beheaded at Mercat Cross in Edinburgh on 19th July 1644.
One troop only