Earl of Traquair’s Regiment of Horse

Troop sent to and deserting from Montrose’s army in 1645, then a Covenanter regiment of horse raised by the Engagers in 1648

• September: Traquair sends a troop of horse under his son, Lord Linton, to join Montrose’s army
• September: Lord Linton and his troop desert Montrose on the eve of the Battle of Philiphaugh

• May: Traquair commissioned Colonel of a troop of 80 horse to be raised in Peebles and Dumfries
• Traquair allegedly raises a whole regiment of 600 horse
• July: Preston campaign
• August: Serving under Middleton
• August: Battle of Winwick Pass
• August: Flee with Hamilton from Warrington to Malpas where Traquair and his son, Lord Linton, are captured

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

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair

Traquair's son, also named John Stewart, he was suspected of betraying Montrose’s whereabouts to Leslie prior to Philiphaugh

• 1645: One troop
• 1648: One troop of 80 authorised; 600 horse allegedly raised