Sir Frederick Hamilton’s Regiment of Horse

Covenanter regiment of horse serving with Callendar then returning to Scotland under Leslie

• Raised in Kirkcudbright
• June: Taking of Morpeth
• July: Taking of Hartlepool
• July to September: Siege of Newcastle
• August: Routmaster Henry Drummond’s Troop of Horse join the regiment, Drummond promoted to Lt Col
• September: Return to Scotland
• September: Quartered in Aberdeenshire

• May: Battle of Auldearn (Lt Col Drummond's troop)
• Return to England
• July to September: Siege of Hereford
• November to May 1646: Siege of Newark

• May: Taking of Newark

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550

A Swedish Army veteran. He had previously commanded forces around his estate in ireland For a full Biography see Dominic Rooney The Life and Times of Sir Frederick Hamilton 1590-1647 Four Courts Press, (2013), ISBN 9781846823961.

Previously served as Routmaster of an independent troop of horse under Callendar

• January 1646: 313 troopers