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-=====Sir James Hamilton of Preston's Troop of Horse======+======Sir James Hamilton of Prestons Troop of Horse======
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 +<WRAP right>
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 +|**Active**| 1644|
 +|**Country**|Scotland|
 +|**Allegiance**|Covenanter|
 +|**Conflicts**|First Civil War|
 +|**Type**|Horse|
 +|**Captain**|Sir James Hamilton|
 +|**Area Raised**|Lanarkshire|
 +|**Flag Colour**| |
 +|**Flag Design**| |
 +|**Field Armies**|Callendar 1644|
 +</​WRAP>​
 +
 +//Troop of Scots horse serving under Callendar//​
 +
 +===== Service History =====
 +
 +====1644====
 +  *February: ​ Raised in Lanarkshire and mustered in Glasgow
 +  *June: Join Callendar
 +  *August: Merged in to [[covenanter:​horse-regiments:​sir-frederick-hamilton|Sir Frederick Hamilton’s Regiment of Horse]]
 +
 +=====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=====
 +=====Notable Officers=====
 +====Sir James Hamilton====
 +=====Strength=====
 +  * A single troop
 +=====See Also======
 +===== Links =====