Earl of Loudon’s Regiment of Foot

Covenanter Regiment of Foot of the Bishops' and Civil Wars, forming part of Leven’s army, then returning to Scotland to oppose Montrose

• Raised in Ayrshire
• Join Leslie’s army at Duns Law
• June: Standoff at Duns Law
• June: Disbanded following the Treaty of Birks

• Raised anew in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire
• Join Leslies' army at Duns
• August: Battle of Newburn Ford
• August: to August 1641: Occupy Newcastle

• August: Return to Scotland and disbanded after the Treaty of London

• Raised anew in Glasgow

• March: Battle of Hylton
• April to July: Siege of York
• 2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor
• July: Siege of York
• July to October: Siege of Newcastle

• Return to Scotland
• May: Battle of Auldearn
• August: Battle of Kilsyth

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

The regiment was one of the three responsible for the Scots victory at Newburn Ford in August 1640.

The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets.

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

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudon

• Loudon led 1200 horse and foot at Duns Law in 1639
• 1640: 1200 men
• Estimated 100 men at Kilsyth
• Could form only two companies after Kilsyth

Loudon's Regiment are re-enacted by the Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote of the English Civil War Society.