- Colonel: John Campbell, 1st Earl
of Loudoun
- Lieutenant Colonel: Robert Home
- Majors: John Haldane (1643-1644),
Alexander Dickson (1645-1647)
- Minister: Ninian Campbell
This unit was also known as the
Chancellor's regiment, because Loudoun was Lord Chancellor
of Scotland. He received his commission in late August 1643.
Both the lieutenant colonel and major had served in the
European armies. The men were recruited primarily from the
presbyteries of Glasgow and Paisley. The regiment consisted
of ten companies. In January and February 1644 the regiment
was with Leven's main army in England, serving at Hilton
and the siege of York. At Marston Moor Loudoun's Foote was
brigaded with the Tweeddale Foote in the Scottish infantry
reserve. It saw little action and was routed by the left
wing royalist horse. The regiment returned to the Newcastle
area in mid August and took part in the siege,and the storming
of the town on the 19th of October, where it suffered moderate
casualties. As of the 31st of January 1645 the regiment
mustered 895 men and officers. By March the unit returned
to Scotland leaving two companies which remained in England
until the army evacuated the country in early 1647.
Eight companies of Loudoun's served in Scotland from the
15th of March 1645 to February 1647. They served under Lieutenant
General Baillie and Major General Urry. On the 8th of May
they marched out against Montrose's army encamped at Auldearn.
The regiment was present at the battle on the 9th, from
which it escaped with heavy losses. In August the Estates
ordered that 800 men should be raised to replace the regiments
losses.
At the battle of Kilsyth they held the left of the front
line adjacent to Home's Foote. These two regiments were
ordered to hold their ground; instead they advanced against
the MacLeans positioned opposite them. They wasted much
shot, but eventually they came to grip with the royalists.
Clanranald reinforced the MacLeans, and both regiments charged
the Covenanters. The fiercest fighting of the battle took
place here before the two Covenanter regiments broke and
fled. The losses suffered at Kilsyth effectively destroyed
the regiment. Nothing was heard of it again until January
1646 when the officers petitioned the Estates for five months'
pay.
On the 4th of February 1647 the Estates issued an order
for all save one company (which was reserved for the General
of Artillery's foote in the New Model Army) to disband on
the 9th.
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