Sir Frederick Hamilton’s Regiment of Horse

Covenanter regiment of horse serving with Callendar then returning to Scotland under Leslie

• February: Hamilton commissioned colonel
• August: Hamilton brings his and Robert Hamilton's Ulster troops to Scotland
• August: Routmaster Henry Drummond’s Troop of Horse, Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawer’s Troop of Horse, Sir James Hamilton of Preston's Troop of Horse join the regiment being formed around Newcastle
• September: Return to Scotland
• Autumn: Serving under Argyll
• September to December: Quartered in Aberdeenshire

• Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawer’s Troop of Horse leave the regiment
• May: Battle of Auldearn (Lt Col Drummond's troop)
• Return to England
• July to September: Siege of Hereford
• November to May 1646: Siege of Newark

• May: Taking of Newark

• February: Disbanded

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

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

A Swedish Army veteran. He had previously commanded forces around his estate in ireland For a full Biography see Dominic Rooney The Life and Times of Sir Frederick Hamilton 1590-1647 Four Courts Press, (2013), ISBN 9781846823961.

Previously served as Routmaster of an independent troop of horse under Callendar

• Col. Sir Frederick Hamilton (raised in Ulster)
• Lt. Col. Sir Patrick Mackie of Larg
• Maj. Henry Drummond (previously independent troop under Callendar), Lt Col by 1645
• Capt. Robert Hamilton, son of Sir Frederick (raised in Ulster)
• Capt. Sir Mungo Campbell of Lawers (previously independent troop under Callendar)
• Capt. Sir James Hamilton of Preston (previously independent troop under Callendar)
• Capt. Omachie
• Capt. Auchterlonie

• August 1644: 480 authorized
• March 1645: 294 troopers, 54 officers, 15 others in 7 troops
• January 1646: 316 troopers in 8 troops