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| - | //Covenanter cavalry regiment raised in the Third Civil War // | + | //Gordon horse raised in the Third Civil War but remaining in Scotland// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| ====1651==== | ====1651==== | ||
| - | *Raised in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire | + | *June: Ordered to be raised from heritors in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire |
| - | *Serving in Northern Scotland | + | *July: Ordered to Stirling but instead remain in Northern Scotland recruiting |
| - | *November: Surrender | + | *August: Rendezvous with Balcarres |
| + | *September to October: Quarter at Rothiemay | ||
| + | *November: Surrender to the English | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====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 | ||
| ===== Flags & Equipment===== | ===== Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly==== | ====Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly==== | ||
| - | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gordon,_3rd_Marquess_of_Huntly|Lord Lewis Gordon]] the third son of [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/george-gordon-marquis-of-huntly|George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly]] succeeded his father as 3rd Marquis of Huntly in 1649. He served in [[covenanter:horse-regiments:lord-gordon|Lord Gordon’s Regiment of Horse]] for the Royalists in the First Civil War and has been characterised as either heroic or rash to the point of insanity. | + | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gordon,_3rd_Marquess_of_Huntly|Lord Lewis Gordon]] the third son of [[http://bcw-project.org/biography/george-gordon-marquis-of-huntly|George Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly]] succeeded his father as 3rd Marquis of Huntly in 1649. He served in [[covenanter:horse-regiments:lord-gordon|Lord Gordon’s Regiment of Horse]] for the Royalists in the First Civil War and has been characterised as either heroic or rash to the point of insanity during that time. In contrast he achieved little in 1651. |
| ====Capt Patrick Gordon==== | ====Capt Patrick Gordon==== | ||
| Better known as //Steilhand the Mosser//, he led his troop on independent raids. | Better known as //Steilhand the Mosser//, he led his troop on independent raids. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | *August 1651: 600 horse | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
