Sir James Lumsden’s Regiment of Foot
| Active | 1650 to 1651 | |
| Country | Scotland | |
| Allegiance | Covenanter | |
| Conflicts | Third Civil War | |
| Type | Foot | |
| Colonel | Sir James Lumsden | |
| Harie Sinclair | ||
| Area Raised | Fife | |
| Coat Colour | ||
| Flag Colour | Yellow | |
| Flag Design | White saltire | |
| Field Armies | Leslie 1650 | |
| Charles 1651 |
Covenanter regiment of foot serving at Dunbar in the Third Civil War
Later Colonel Harie Sinclair’s regiment of Foot
Service History
1650
- July: Raised in Fife
- September: Battle of Dunbar
- Taken over by Sinclair?
1651
Notes
Probably taken over by Sinclair after Lumsden’s capture at Dunbar, but not certain.
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Flags captured at Dunbar tentatively identified as yellow with white saltires and no lettering and one badly damaged plain yellow with the fragmentary inscription KING…. 1)
Notable Officers
Sir James Lumsden
Lumsden was Lieutenant General of the foot at Dunbar and previously served as the second Colonel of Lord Gordon’s foot in the First Civil War.
Harie Sinclair
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988
