No Quarter Given

The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46

Christian Aikman, Christian Aikman

• Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781906000141
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Military & Maritime History
• Index: History

A unique historical record compiled from the rolls made by the Hanoverian army of the Duke of Cumberland after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Every Scottish regiment present at the battle has been recorded and the following are detailed: Stewarts of Appin, Atholl Brigade, Bannerman of Elsick's, Cameron of Locheil's, Chisholm of Strathglass', Duke of Perth's, Earl of Cromartie's, Forfarshire (Ogilvy's), Frasers of Lovat, Gordon of Glenbucket's, Lord Lewis Gordon's, Grants of Glenmoriston, Grante's Artillery, MacDonald of Clanranald's, MacDonald of Glencoe's, MacDonnell of Glengarry's, MacDonnell of Keppoch's, MacGregor's, Mackinnon's, Lady Mackintosh's, MacLachlan's, MacLean's, MacLeod of Raasay's, Macpherson of Cluny's, Manchester, Monaltrie's and Balmoral, John Roy Stuart (Edinburgh) and Stoneywood's (Aberdeen). The cavalry consists of: Fitzjames' Horse, Hussars, Kilmarnock's Horse, The Lifeguards (Elcho's Troop, Balmerino's Troop), Perthshire Horse, Pitsligo's Horse and the Ecossais Royale. This is a unique and essential record of this important period of British History. Fully indexed.

Cavalry — FitzJames’ Horse

Two French vessels reached Aberdeen on 22nd February 1746, from one of which landed a squadron of FitzJames’. The second ship that carried money, arms and cannon left for Peterhead. Two of the transport ships, the Bourbon and the Charité had been taken by Commodore Knowles on 24th February with the result that three other squadrons of FitzJames’ and the bulk of the Irish Piquets (about 359 of all ranks) were lost to the Prince. FitzJames’ Horse, originally raised by King James VII in France in 1691, had passed into French service in 1698.

Unfortunately there were no horses, these being all in the captured transports. The horses from Kilmarnock’s Troop were given to FitzJames’ and the former were reformed as infantry.

The uniform of a trooper of FitzJames’ was a red coat turned up with royal blue, tin buttons, placed in pairs, yellow skin breeches, a black tricorne hat, laced with silver and beneath the coat, a breastplate only, of iron painted black. In the case of the officers, the coat and hat were laced with gold. Prior to the battle of Culloden, all the horse came under the command of Lord John Drummond, who had been assigned the duty of preventing the enemy from crossing the Spey. Like the rest of the cavalry, FitzJames’ played its part in patrolling and bringing in intelligence.

At the Battle of Culloden the Horse were on the right wing of the second line next to Lord Elcho’s Lifeguards. Their strength was about 70.

When the Prince was finally persuaded to retire, he was escorted by a few of FitzJames’ to the Bridge of Faillie, over the Water of Nairn where he dismissed them. They went to Inverness where they surrendered to Cumberland; and being French subjects, all of those who were taken were treated as prisoners of war and were either discharged or ‘pardoned on condition of perpetual banishment’. The remnants of the regiment eventually returned to France.

Stella Strathnairn Primrose

Reference – FitzJames’s Horse by Major A.

Mackenzie Annand.

CAVALRY – FITZJAMES’ HORSE

Colonel
EAS, SGP	MacDonald, Sir John, Inspector of Cavalry	T. Culloden. Banished

Captains
SGP	(Adjutant) Baggot, Mark, (or Matthew), (Hussars)	T. Culloden. Discharged
SM	Bagot, Thomas	T. Culloden. Paroled
SGP	Baggot, William	T. Culloden. Discharged
SGP	Brenan, William	T. 28.4.46. Discharged
MS	Stack, Robert, Ireland (Served in de Lally’s Regiment as Lieut. at Fontenoy, May 1745.)	T. Discharged

Quartermasters
SGP	Molloy, Phillipe	T. Culloden. Discharged
SGP	Nugent, Francois	T. Culloden. Banished
SGP	Nugent, Patrick	T. Culloden. Banished
SGP	Shea (Creagh), Robert	T. Culloden. Discharged

Lieutenants
SGP	Barnaval (or Barnwell), Basil	T. Culloden
SGP, SM	Nugent, John (Jean)	T. Culloden. Paroled, Banished

Cornets
SGP	De Cooke	T. at sea?
SGP	Moore, William, (26)	T. Culloden. Banished

Other Ranks
AP	Boy, Jan, France	T. Culloden
SGP	Clerk, Laurence	Surrendered May ’46
SGP	Drysdale, Nathaniel, (14), Aberdeen, servant to Barnaval	T. discharged
SGP	Dubeis, William, France	T. discharged
SGP	Jackson, James, Ireland	T. discharged
SGP	Louden, James, Hampshire	T. transported
SGP	William, John, sailor, Chester	T. pardoned
SGP	Woodhouse, Jeremy, Norfolk, (deserter, Palquet’s)	T. fate unknown

Cavalry – Hussars

The Hussars were raised in Edinburgh after the Battle of Prestonpans and were commanded by Colonel Baggot, a French/Irish officer in the French service. Murray of Broughton was their titular colonel. A force of about 70–80 marched into England with the Prince. Following on from the surrender of Carlisle the Prince sent Colonel Lachlan MacLachlan to Lord Strathallan at Perth, with orders to send down reinforcements which had been assembled there and the Colonel was escorted by 16 Hussars. Later when the Duke of Perth left for Scotland from Preston on 13 December to bring down...