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Friday, 10 August 2012

RP No 84 NYW/Jacobite Sutherland's Horse



Another Jacobite regt to add to the collection, Hugh Sutherland's Horse. There is no record of what Sutherland's wore or what their flags looked like so both are my best guess and pure conjecture.
I went for a red coat with red cuffs and kept the flag as red. The 1st Squadron's flag has the JR cypher while the second has the coat of arms for the name Sutherland.
The regt fought at both The Boyne and at Aughrim. At the Boyne they were under the Command of Major-General Dominic Sheldon and were on the right wing wing of the Jacobite lines along with The Duke of Berwick's troop of Lifeguard's, Tyrconnell's Horse and Parker's Horse.
Along with the regts mentioned Sutherland's fought bravely at the Boyne, holding up the whole Williamite advance for half an hour, and at the end only had around 30 men left.

King James said of the regts


"did their duty with great bravery, and though they did not break the enemy's foot, it was more by reason of the ground not being favourable than for want of vigour, for after they had been repulsed by the foot they rallied again and charged the enemy's horse and beat them every charge".

1st Squadron



2nd Squadron

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51 comments:

  1. Curt10 August 2012 at 01:50

    Very nice, Ray! In this period how many troopers would be in an average cavalry regiment?

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    1. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 01:52

      180 Curt!

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    2. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 02:08

      26 officers, 180 troopers exactly Curt.....

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    3. Ray Rousell10 August 2012 at 02:08

      This is one of the smaller regts from the perios at only 6 troops totalling 210 men in all, compared to say Purcell's Horse who had 12 troops totalling 462 men.

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    4. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 02:09

      This regiment was one of the smallest.....

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    5. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 02:18

      I know quite a lot about this period as Ray bores me to tears about it all the time.

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    6. Curt10 August 2012 at 17:22

      Thank you, both Fran and Ray! You are both scholars and gent-... Well, you're both scholars, yup, for sure.

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  2. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 01:51

    You guessed wrong as my ancestors were there and they wore perrywinkle blue!!

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  3. TamsinP10 August 2012 at 01:53

    Yet another lovely unit Ray :)

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  4. Jay10 August 2012 at 01:58

    Awesome reds. :D

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  5. Lead Legion10 August 2012 at 02:08

    Lovely Ray.

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  6. Dan10 August 2012 at 02:33

    Very nice work!

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  7. Jason Meyers10 August 2012 at 02:36

    Nicely done Ray!

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  8. Scottswargaming10 August 2012 at 02:58

    Wow! you must have bazillions of these units down now Ray? How many more to go till the project is completed?
    Fine work as always.

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    1. Ray Rousell10 August 2012 at 03:16

      Another 12ish infantry and another 6 odd cav regts............I think???

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  9. Unknown10 August 2012 at 02:59

    You've done a nice job with this bunch Ray, but I did hear that they wore blue.

    Hey Rousell, I'm painting my first 15mm figures and I must say they look a damn sight better than the shite you've been turning out on your blog for years.

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    1. Ray Rousell10 August 2012 at 03:15

      Cheeky bleedin' Cow!

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    2. The Angry Lurker10 August 2012 at 03:24

      It's very true though!

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    3. Ray Rousell10 August 2012 at 03:29

      And stop voting for yourself on the bloody mouse thing as well!!

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    4. Unknown10 August 2012 at 05:18

      I voted for you, you arsemonkey and you know it. I figured you needed at least one vote.

      Give him a right hook ya big Irishman and tell him it's a kiss from Katie!

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  10. PaintPig10 August 2012 at 04:35

    When do you take over from Armstrong and Miller? Who the top? bwahahahahaaaaa, matte heathens

    Nice work Ray, your nearly there ol'boy?

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  11. PanzerKaput10 August 2012 at 06:47

    Great work again Ray I love the flags

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  12. Sander10 August 2012 at 07:04

    Great work Ray, whatever Anne says! don't let the "missus" get under your skin!

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  13. Phil10 August 2012 at 07:50

    This Hugh Sutherland's Horse regiment is looking very nice Ray, love the flags also...

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  14. H.R10 August 2012 at 08:17

    what a weird hobby! yet i like it
    Lovers' Shore

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  15. Simon Quinton 10 August 2012 at 08:22

    Very nicely done Ray. Nice bit of history

    LOL at the comments. Love you guys for your banter Cheers me up now end!

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  16. Dr. Willett's Workshop10 August 2012 at 08:34

    Great job considering the scale.

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  17. john10 August 2012 at 09:44

    more great stuff..shouldnt be surprised...the history review is great as well.cheers
    john

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  18. Sgt Steiner10 August 2012 at 10:03

    Another excellent unit and the red fairly plausible for these Oirish rebels :-)

    You trying to do the period on a one to one basis !?

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  19. Clint10 August 2012 at 10:12

    Somehow you manage to complete units in the time it takes for me to complete single figures. Well done mate, always good to see your figures!

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  20. Ian10 August 2012 at 10:28

    As always a nice unit,so only about 20 units to go. Should be all over by Christmas ;-)

    Ian

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  21. Michael Awdry10 August 2012 at 10:32

    Another great unit, but having even more fun reading the comments! You really are having a a time of it at the moment.

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  22. Rodger10 August 2012 at 11:31

    Very well done again Ray.

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  23. David Cooke10 August 2012 at 11:38

    Nice looking Regiment Ray!

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  24. MrLee10 August 2012 at 12:23

    Bloody nice painting and another great unit.

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  25. Melanie10 August 2012 at 14:41

    Very nice!

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  26. Jay10 August 2012 at 15:50

    Another fine royal red regiment rides with resoluteness! Fine job, Ray!

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  27. Juan Mancheño10 August 2012 at 17:13

    Another unit and another bit of very interesting information. Thank you a lot. This period is really beautiful.

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  28. Dalauppror10 August 2012 at 17:45

    Good work Ray !

    Best regards Michael

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  29. The Happy Whisk10 August 2012 at 19:05

    The second to last is my favorite shot. Though similar to the last one. It's looks slightly different.

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  30. Neil Scott10 August 2012 at 21:28

    Another great looking unit Ray

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  31. D411 August 2012 at 03:38

    Sweet figures. The red makes 'em more dramtic to me, but it's really the history that brings them to life innit

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  32. Paul11 August 2012 at 23:10

    very nice work Ray and some nice colours as well.

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  33. Thanos12 August 2012 at 19:12

    Hail to the galloping cavalry!
    Nice work Ray!! :)

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  34. Anonymous13 August 2012 at 09:07

    Lovely pieve... as usual! And a great at which you are completing these!

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  35. kingsleypark13 August 2012 at 20:49

    Nice looking unit again Ray. How many more units to you have to paint up before you have the complete OoB for the Boyne???

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    1. Ray Rousell14 August 2012 at 06:11

      err?? around another 5 Jacobites and around another 5 for the Williamites, I could use sub units for the Williamites but.........

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  36. Captain Richard's miniature Civil War14 August 2012 at 05:02

    Your flags look great, Ray

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  37. Anonymous7 September 2012 at 06:27

    thanks for posting.

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