Wenceslaus Hollar pictures of the Tangiers garrison c1669-73

 Wars of Louis Quatorze: The Granadeers Rant is a song from the 1680s Dumbarton's

George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton

 George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton - Wikipedia

Portrait by Henri Gascar

Dumbarton's Drums (Late 17th Century Scottish March) - Fife & Drum

 JG Baroque says

A while ago, my attention was brought to this melody by a listener, who was kind enough to provide me with a print from 1724 (entitled "Musick for Allan Ramsay's collection of 71 Scotch Songs"), where it is listed as "Dumbarton Drums". It is still today used as a regimental march by the Royal Scots Regiment, which also happens to be the oldest line regiment in the British army, founded in 1633. The tune carries elements from an older folk song called "I serve a worthy lassie", but this version has gotten its name from General George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, who commanded the regiment from 1653 until his fall from grace after the Glorious Revolution in 1688. This arrangement is somewhat slower than what you usually hear, both because the soldiers marched slower in the 17th century than they do today, but also because it allows the beautiful melody to come forth. The march is probably one of the oldest regimental marches still in use in the British army.

First Foot Guards 1685 R Mitchard and AI

 

Tangier - 1680 : The diary of Sir James Halkett

 

North Star Military Figures

 

Coldstream Guards 1672 North Star 1672 - North Star Military Figures

''One of my favourite painted regiments we have in our 1672 range.
The musketeers in the regiment were uniformed in red with green facings, but then the pikemen were dressed in reverse, green with red facings.
The officers in this period were not expected to wear the regimental uniform, so we painted the Ensigns in their civilian fineries.
The flags I consider to be right for this period. They were green in a slightly later period, and then white with red cross into the 1680s. Iain at Flags of War kindly produced these for us.
Sadly, I don't think they actually fought as a regiment in the 1670s. Elements were sent to Tangiers and Virginia to fight, and also to France to be part of the 'English Regiment' in the service of Louis XIV but were uniformed in grey for that conflict.
The regimental motto 'Nulli Secundus' was created in this period. They were put into the Royal Guard following the Restoration of the Monarchy, but were placed 2nd Senior regiment of the Household Troops. Their motto was a reply to that position as they were an older regiment than the 1st Foot Guards (The Grenadier Guards), the Coldstream's history going back to the Civil War.''

Review at Putney Heath 1684

 'On the 1st of October, sixteen companies of the Royal Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Sir James Hackett, were reviewed, with a number of other corps, by Charles II,. on Putney Heath. ''The Coldstream, my Lord Dumbarton's, and the Admiral's Battalions, successively exercised all three by beat of drum, the military postures of pike, sword, and musket, every man dexterously discharging his duties with an exact and general readiness, to the great delight of their Majesties and Royal Highnesses, who vouchsafed, all the time of exercise, to grace the arms with their presence. The other two battalions of the Royal Regiment had not fallen short of the like performance, if illness of weather, when they just intended it, had not prevented{ the day proving wet and showery was a general impediment from proceeding at that time to any other motions customary upon the like reviews: and all decamped sooner than otherwise they would have done.''

Tropper's sword Oxford Blues

 Troopers Sword of The Earl Of Oxford's Regiment Of Horse, Rare. SN 914 – West Street Antiques

by Graham Turner

Wars of Louis Quatorze: Earl of Oxford's Regiment 1685

Coldstream Guard Grenadier 'Draw Your Dagger' -

by Ralph Mitchard

 A grenadier of the Coldstream Guards from the late 1670s. Plug bayonet's were initially like this.

AN ABRIDGEMENT OF THE ENGLISH Military Discipline. 1676

Gripping Beast

 Lurkio Restoration Revamped Packs now available in the 15mm Renaissance range section

https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/Restoration--category...

Bacon's Rebellion

 

troops sent to crush the Rebellion by G Embleton

Started today in 1676. Wiki

Prince Rupert's son

 This was posted by Mark Turnbull author. 

''Dudley Bard, illegitimate son of Prince Rupert, was born c.1666. Rupert sent him to Eton, but with Titus Oates' wild Popish Plot, the prince prudently sent Dudley abroad.

On Rupert's death in 1682, Charles II gave Dudley £100, and the boy became a captain in the Coldstream Guards. His commander was Lord Craven.

Dudley fought for James VII/II at Sedgemoor and was killed at the Siege of Buda in 1686.''

Teviot's Last Stand

 Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this article from Military Modelling in 1986. I remember this article. 

Royal troops at Tangiers

 

No Man's Land, Multi-Period, Living History Event 2025 by WARTOG.

 The group depicted is the The Troop. 

Close up of a painting by Danckerts of Whitehall at Berkeley Castle

 Thanks to Simon Conolly. Artist wiki

‘View of Plymouth’ by Hendrick Danckerts 1673

 Read about it here

The English military discipline. ... 1672.

 Unfortunately the illustrations don't accurately depict 1672.

Cavalry officer 1680

 Anyone know what regiment he was in?

Thomas Lucy (1655–1684).
Artist:  Godfrey Kneller.
Year 1680

From the National Trust

Oil painting on canvas, Captain Thomas Lucy (c.1655-1684) and an unidentified enslaved groom by Godfrey Kneller (Lubeck 1646/9 – London 1723), signed and dated G. Kneller (GK in monogram) f.1680. A full-length portrait with Captain Thomas Lucy positioned slightly to the left and a black groom to the right. Lucy is wearing long buff-coloured jerkin with blue and gold embroidered cuffs, white and orange silk fringed sash, lace jabot and hat held in left hand. The groom, controlling a horse, has a metal collar around his neck and is dressed in blue and scarlet. A troop of cavalry can be discerned in the background. Captain Thomas Lucy (c.1655–84) inherited Charlecote in 1677 and served as Captain of the Household Guards during the Dutch Wars of the 1670s. Note on the unidentified groom: The unidentified groom wears a conspicuous metal collar, indicative of enslavement. It is not known if Kneller painted this unidentified figure from a model or if it is a portrait of a real groom in Captain Lucy's household.

The Troop Riding through History

 While on the subject of Restoration cavalry it would be churlish not to mention the Troop flying the flag for Baroque cavalry. Facebook page