Colonel John Fitzgerald’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment raised for Charles II in exile from Irishmen in Flanders, ending up in Tangiers

• March: Arrive at Mardyke from Beauvais
• June: Reduced to 10 companies
• November: Shipped to Tangiers

• January: Arrive at Tangiers
• Incorporated into the ‘Old Tangiers Regiment’

The regiment's history is discussed in Firth, C. H. (1898), Royalist and Cromwellian Armies in Flanders, 1657-1662, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, pp. 67–119

Part of Charles II’s forces in Flanders, the regiment is first noted in 1661 and CH Firth was unable to shed any light on its previous history. Comprised of Irish soldiers, Fitzgerald’s joined their countrymen at Mardyke in 1661 then were shipped to Tangiers, where they were eventually incorporated into the ‘Old Tangiers Regiment’.

January 1662: 395 men

Firth, C. H. (1898), Royalist and Cromwellian Armies in Flanders, 1657-1662, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, pp. 67–119