Sir James MacDowall of Garthland’s Troop of Horse

Covenanter troop of horse raised by the Engagers in 1648

• May: MacDowall commissioned Colonel of a troop of horse
• September: Likely disbanded after the Treaty of Stirling

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

Little has come to light of the troop’s activities.

Laird of the MacDowalls, he served as a commissioner to the army in Ulster, facilitating the transfer of Munro’s expeditionary force to England.

• 1648: One troop of 80 authorised