While on the subject of Restoration cavalry this painting is worth revisiting. Description at the National Army Museum page
Monday, 25 November 2024
James Scott at the siege of Maastricht in 1673, painted by Jan Wyck c. 1675
I was wondering if the trooper behind Monmouth was from Sir Henry Jones's regiment of Light Horse [pssibly Henry Jones who was Monmouth's bodyguard and killed by a bullet to the throat. .
in 1671 Jones obtained permission to expand the Gens d'Armes into a full-sized light cavalry regiment under his own command. The regiment known as Sir Henry Jones's Regiment of Light Horse or the English Regiment of Light Horse in France was about 500 strong. Jones was its first colonel and Ferdinando Lyttelton its first lieutenant-colonel.[15][16] Jones tried to recruit men from his own troop in the Royal Horse Guards; much to his annoyance, there were few volunteers. Jones was killed by a bullet through the throat whilst he was attending the Duke of Monmouth at the siege of Maastricht in 1673.[5]
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Bevil Skelton (1641–1696)
Celebrated diplomat. I am interested in his time commanding a battalion of Foot in the Franco-Dutch war. Biography
This bn was drawn from the standing regts in England. It went over to France in 1672 to replace the eight companies of the Royal English which had been disbanded. Once across the Channel, Skelton's was retained as a seperate unit and acted as the 2nd Bn The Royal English. In 1673 this bn was granted seniority over the original battalion as it was composed of guardsmen. This caused great jealousy betwen the two formations.
The companies of Skelton, Daniell and Sackville were recalled to England in Apr 1674. John Churchill assumed command of the remaining five companies and amalgamated them with the Earl of Peterborough's Regiment to form a new regiment which continued in France until 1677.
Services
1674 Rhine Theatre under Turenne, Battle of Entzheim
1675 Battle of Altenheim
1676 Siege of Philippsburg
Sunday, 24 November 2024
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