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Marquis of Ormond’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1656 to |
| Country | Ireland |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | Anglo-Spanish War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Marquis of Ormond |
| Richard Grace | |
| Area Raised | Flanders |
| Coat Colour | |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | Charles II 1658 |
Also Colonel Richard Grace’s Regiment of Foot
Regiment raised for Charles II in exile from Irishmen in Flanders, they fought at the Battle of the Dunes
Service History
1656
- Raised in Flanders from Irish Royalists
1657
1658
- June: Battle of the Dunes
Notes
Charles II began to raise an army at Bruges in Flanders in 1656, having signed a treaty to ally with Spain against France and Cromwellian England. Ormond led a regiment of exiled Irish Royalists, commanded in the field by Col. Richard Grace. These had previously been in Spanish employ, then French, and now re-joined the Spanish under Grace. In July 1658 the regiment fought at the Battle of the Dunes in Muskerry’s brigade, but the French and English Protectorate forces were victorious.
