by Rudy Scott Nelson
BURGUNDY RED. King's Lifeguard; Queen's Lifeguard; Sir Richard Molynelck RED UNIFORMS. Prince Rupert's Firelocks, Lord General's Rgt under Earl of Lindsey then Lord of Forth; Sir Allan Apsley; Edward Hopton; Sir Jacob Astley; Sir Bernard Astley; Marquis of Hertford; Sir Thomas Salsbury; Sir Charles Lloyd; Richard Fielding; Sir William Savile; Lord Inchquin; Sir Gilbert Houghton; Lord Byron ?; maybe Sir William Pennyman and Sir Henry Bard for a short period. Prince of Wales/ Charles ? under Woodhouse; Duke of York under Sir William St Leger; Sir John Owens ?; YELLOW UNIFORMS. Sir Gilbert Talbot; Sir Charles Vavasour; Sir John Paulet; Sir Matthew Appleyard; Sir Francis Gamul ?; Sir Rawdon (Mustard shade) GREEN UNIFORMS (mainly a Hunter shade). Robert Broughton; Henry Tiller's Irish; Earl of Northhampton; Cpt Sanford's Firelock Company; Sir Thomas Blagges Catholic Rgt; Col Manus O'Cahan's Irish Rgt with russet pants BLUE UNIFORMS. Prince Charles Rgt ? ; Lord Hopton; Prince Rupert; Thomas Lunsford; Henry Lunsford; Charle Gerard; Bagot's Rgt, various Midland Rgts, Sir John Belasyse; Sir William Pennyman at some point; Sir James Pennyman; Sir Richard Page; Sir Edward Stradling; John Stradling; Richard Fielding; Anthony Thelwall; John Frescheville ; Sir Grenville; Sir John Owen ?; Sir Godolphin; Sir George Lisle (Royal shade); Sir Nicholas Slanning (Mid-blue shade); BLACK UNIFORMS. Sir Thomas Blackwell; Earl Rivers Rgt under various Colonels GRAY UNIFORMS. Thomas Pinchbeck; Sir Henry Bard; Sir Thomas Glenham; maybe some of Newcastles rgts ?. WHITE UNIFORMS. (Always referred to as off-white rather than a powder white shade) Lord Percy; Sir Stephen Hawkins; Marquis of Newcastle 'Whitecoats': Ralph Dutton; Sir Lewis Dyve ?; Richard Bolle; John Lamplugh; Sir George Lisle ? PURPLE with a Bluish tint Uniform. Sir Richard Bagot Examples of clothing colors and those of Standards found among Royalist Horse Regiments Prince Maurice Dragoons = Red guidon, Mid-Red coat, gray pants ?
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