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Earl of Buccleugh’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1643 to 1648 |
| Country | Scotland |
| Allegiance | Covenanter |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Second Civil War | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Earl of Buccleugh |
| Walter Scott | |
| William Baillie | |
| Area Raised | Tweeddale |
| Coat Colour | Grey |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Leven 1643-5 |
Later Colonel Walter Scott’s, then Colonel William Baillie’s Regiment of Foot
Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army, subsequently continuing as part of the Scots New Model Army
Service History
1643
- Raised
1644
- April to July: Siege of York
- 2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor
- July: Siege of York
- July to October: Siege of Newcastle
1645
- July to September: Siege of Hereford
1646
1647
- Form part of the Scots New Model Army
- Taken over by Baillie
Notes
Coats, Flags & Equipment
The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets.
Notable Officers
Lists of the regiment's officers =are shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550 and in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1
Earl of Buccleugh
Col Walter Scott
Took over the regiment in 1645
Col William Baillie
William Baillie took over the regiment in 1648 when Lieutenant General.
