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| + | ======Alexander Keith of Ludquharn’s Regiment====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
| + | |**Active**|1639| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot?| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Alexander Keith| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Buchan| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Montrose 1639| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Scots Covenanter contingent from Buchan serving in the Aberdeen area in the First Bishops’ War // | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1639==== | ||
| + | *Raised in Buchan | ||
| + | *May: Skirmish at the Trot o’ Turriff | ||
| + | *May: Occupy Aberdeen | ||
| + | *May: Capture Foveran and Lockhall House | ||
| + | *June: Skirmish at Brig o’ Dee? | ||
| + | *June: Occupy Aberdeen? | ||
| + | *June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks | ||
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| + | =====Notes==== | ||
| + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
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| + | Probably not formally regimented, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’. | ||
| + | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Alexander Keith of Ludquharn ==== | ||
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| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
