Lord Carnegie’s Regiment of Foot

Covenanter regiment of foot serving in the Bishops' Wars, on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War and raised again in the Third Civil War

• Raised in Angus
• March: With Montrose at Aberdeen
• April: Disbanded?

• Raised anew in Angus
• Join Leslie’s army at the Borders
• August to August 1641: Occupy Newcastle

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

• Raised anew in Forfarshire
• July: Preston campaign
• August: Battle of Winwick Pass
• August: Surrender to the New Model Army at Winwick and Warrington

• December: Ordered to be levied

• Re-raised in Forfarshire

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 have been identified from those captured during the Preston campaign. As was common for Scots foot regiments, the Colonel's company carried a white flag while other companies carried coloured flags. The white flag had a gold crest with the motto dread GOD and a scroll with the inscription COVENANT FOR RELIGION KING AND KINGDOMES. Flags of the other companies were red with white saltire and central wreath. The wreath either enclosed red stars or heraldic devices representing each captain. The inscription was Covenant for Religion Croune and Kingdomes.¹⁾

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1

Son of the 1st Earl of Southesk and brother-in-law of Montrose

• 1640: 800 men