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| - | |**Active**|1644 to 1646| | + | |**Active**|1644 to 1647| |
| |**Country**|Scotland| | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
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| |**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Sir Frederick Hamilton| | |**Colonel**|Sir Frederick Hamilton| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|Kirkcudbright| | + | |**Area Raised**|Ulster & Kirkcudbright| |
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
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| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| - | *Raised in Kirkcudbright | + | *February: Hamilton commissioned colonel |
| - | *June: Taking of Morpeth | + | *August: Hamilton brings his and Robert Hamilton's Ulster troops to Scotland |
| - | *July: Taking of Hartlepool | + | *August: [[covenanter:horse-regiments:henry-drummond|Routmaster Henry Drummond’s Troop of Horse]], [[covenanter:horse-regiments:sir-mungo-campbell-of-lawers|Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawer’s Troop of Horse]], [[covenanter:horse-regiments:sir-james-hamilton-of-preston|Sir James Hamilton of Preston's Troop of Horse]] join the regiment being formed around Newcastle |
| - | *July to September: Siege of Newcastle | + | |
| - | *August: [[covenanter:horse-regiments:henry-drummond|Routmaster Henry Drummond’s Troop of Horse]] join the regiment, Drummond promoted to Lt Col | + | |
| *September: Return to Scotland | *September: Return to Scotland | ||
| - | *September: Quartered in Aberdeenshire | + | *Autumn: Serving under Argyll |
| + | *September to December: Quartered in Aberdeenshire | ||
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *[[covenanter:horse-regiments:sir-mungo-campbell-of-lawers|Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawer’s Troop of Horse]] leave the regiment | ||
| *May: Battle of Auldearn (Lt Col Drummond's troop) | *May: Battle of Auldearn (Lt Col Drummond's troop) | ||
| *Return to England | *Return to England | ||
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| ====1646==== | ====1646==== | ||
| *May: Taking of Newark | *May: Taking of Newark | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | *February: Disbanded | ||
| =====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===== | ===== Flags===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
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| ====Lt Col Henry Drummond==== | ====Lt Col Henry Drummond==== | ||
| Previously served as Routmaster of an independent troop of horse under Callendar | Previously served as Routmaster of an independent troop of horse under Callendar | ||
| + | ====Officer List August 1644==== | ||
| + | *Col. Sir Frederick Hamilton (raised in Ulster) | ||
| + | *Lt. Col. Sir Patrick Mackie of Larg | ||
| + | *Maj. Henry Drummond (previously independent troop under Callendar), Lt Col by 1645 | ||
| + | *Capt. Robert Hamilton, son of Sir Frederick (raised in Ulster) | ||
| + | *Capt. Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawers (previously independent troop under Callendar) | ||
| + | *Capt. Sir James Hamilton of Preston (previously independent troop under Callendar) | ||
| + | *Capt. Omachie | ||
| + | *Capt. Auchterlonie | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| - | *January 1646: 313 troopers | + | *August 1644: 480 authorized |
| + | *March 1645: 294 troopers, 54 officers, 15 others in 7 troops | ||
| + | *January 1646: 316 troopers in 8 troops | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
