The regiment was one of those
ordered to be raised by James II to meet the challenge of Monmouth's Rebellion
of 1685, loyal residents of Devon, Somerset and Dorset were formed into a
regiment, under the command of Henry, Duke of Beaufort.
Following Monmouth's defeat, at
the Battle of Sedgemoor, the Duke relinquished command of the Regiment to his
son. Charles, Marquis of Worcester was
appointed its Colonel on 26th October 1685. In 1687, he it turn was succeeded
by William, Viscount Montgomery. However, in the autumn of 1688, while
stationed at Hull, the Regiment declared allegiance to William III and all
Roman Catholic officers were arrested including Viscount Montgomery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John
Hanmer was appointed the Regiment's new Colonel on 31st December 1688. Six
months later, on 15th June 1689, Hanmer's Regiment of Foot arrived in Ireland
as part of William III's forces resisting James II's attempt to regain his
kingdoms.
The Regiment saw action at the
lifting of The Siege of Londonderry and then in July 1690 at The Battle of the
Boyne. The following year it was present at the siege and the surrender of
Limerick.
Hanmer was the son of Sir Thomas
Hanmer, 2nd Baronet of Hanmer and his first wife Elizabeth Baker. In 1659, he
was elected Member of Parliament for Flint in the Third Protectorate
Parliament. He was knighted on 9 August 1660 and was High Sheriff of
Gloucestershire from 1664 to 1665, In October 1669 he was elected MP for
Evesham for the Cavalier Parliament. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death
of his father in 1678. In 1681 he was elected MP for Flintshire . He was
elected MP for Flint again in 1685. Hanmer married Mary Alston, daughter of
Joseph Alston, of Netherhall, Suffolk. He was killed in a duel in 1701 leaving
no issue, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew Thomas.
Excellent work Ray!
ReplyDeleteNice looking regiment Ray! I do like those closeups on the figures as it's nice to see the details of the brushwork.
ReplyDeleteI downloaded one of your flags to use as a template for one I have to make. It's from a post you gave us permission to do the download.
Excellent go for it Anne, I'm very interested what you come up with!
DeleteGreat looking unit you got there Ray. The donkey in the background picture cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteHe's called Fran!
DeleteNice looking ! Thank's for the history lesson, i don't know this war !
ReplyDeleteI actually really dig the details from the side. The fingers of the right hand.. I like them for some reason.
ReplyDeleteWonderful regiment Ray, bases and painting. A regiment with a eventful history! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYet another regiment rolls of the Ray palette. Well painted as ever and some history to digest. Nice one Ray.
ReplyDeleteSee yuo Sunday.
Thanks and will do!
DeleteWow. Great work Ray!
ReplyDeleteCheers Phil!
DeleteTraitors and Turncoats, lol. Great history on the regiment, as always Ray. Great painting skill of those little wee men too.
ReplyDeleteThey did swap around alot!
DeleteAnother beautiful regiment, Ray! Your work never ceases to please and amaze!
ReplyDeleteThanks Bard!
DeleteGreat Ray and a great wee bit of history. Good to see they saw sense and joined the Glorious Revoloution.
ReplyDeleteYou must have a fair number of figures now.
Far too many already and still more to come!!
DeleteGreat looking regiment, the flag those simple in design compared to some of your previously done looks very good. I like the history as well interesting that they changed sides.
ReplyDeleteA lot of regts did change sides during the Glorious Revolution.
DeleteVery very nice Ray.
ReplyDeleteinformative, as usual. :D
ReplyDeleteSweet looking outfit Ray. Good to see you are still busy.
ReplyDeleteNice models. It is always interesting to ead something about the regiments you are painting and the flags you offer for download. As far I escaped the clutches of another building site in my wargames room but it is getting harder everythime I watch you models....
ReplyDeleteJust give in now Markus, it will save time in the end.
DeleteNice looking unit and excellent background
ReplyDeleteAs usual, very high quality work!
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Your ploughing through regiments like a cheetah on speed!
ReplyDeleteGood looking unit Ray !
ReplyDeleteI love the detail on their faces, Ray. It looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI like 'em! I really like your bases. I'm about to dive into a re-basing project for my British Napoleonics and I'm scouting out basing styles that I like.
ReplyDeleteRelentless production of very appealing units !!
ReplyDeleteAnother great looking unit - love that backdrop too. Best, Dean
ReplyDeleteGreat looking pics!
ReplyDeleteAgain you use that nice backdrop, and again you put figures in front of it! Can't you do it the othet way around? :-D
ReplyDeleteExcellent painted unit Ray!
Greetings
Peter
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Very nice unit and paint job. I also like the bases.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Mike
Great looking unit Ray and I really like the effort you put into writing up the background.
ReplyDeleteChristopher
Very nice work, Sir Ray! I notice that there is not one bald head in the bunch?
ReplyDeleteNope they were known to be very hairy back then!
DeleteLovely work, Ray! Quite like that backdrop as well.
ReplyDeleteA great work, Ray.
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this? I'm so confused...very nice!!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely jubbly. Have you many more of these guys to go?
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