Lord Kilpont’s Regiment of Foot

Scots regiment of foot raised for the Covenanters but defecting to Montrose

• August: Raised 500 Highlanders in Perthshire and Monteith
• September: Stationed at Hill of Buchanty, thy are surprised by Montrose and defect to the Royalists
• 1st September: Battle of Tippermuir - 500 men
• September: Disperse after the death of Kilpont

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

Raised as a Covenanter militia regiment to defend Perthshire from the Royalists, they may have been un-uniformed or dressed in the typical Scots hodden grey. At Tippermuir Kilpont commanded the bowmen of Montrose's force, probably including those from his own regiment. There is some controversy as to whether Kilpont's were armed entirely with bows, a mixture of weapons, or more conventionally with pike and muskets.

Lord Kilpont, or Kinpont, was murdered by Major Stewart after Tippermuir

Killed Kilpont.

• August 1644: 500 men