LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| "Scotland for Ever." By kind permission of the Artist, and by arrangement with the proprietors of the copyright, Messrs. S. Hildesheimer & Co., Ltd. | Frontispiece |
| Facsimile of "Ane Account deu be Thomas Dalzell of Bins for his Fathers funerall, to George Porteous the 2 of Sept 1685" | ix. |
| Facsimile of a letter to General Dalzell, dated 30th December, 1654, wholly in the King's own hand | xiii. |
| "Generall Thomas Dalyell who served Charles the Second King of Great Brittaine as Major Generall of his Army at the Battle of Worcester and thereafter being taken prisoner by the Rebells after long imprisonment made his escape out of the Tower of London went to Muscovie where he served the Emperor of Russia as one of the Generals of his Forces against the Polanders and Tartars till the year 1665 when he was recalled by King Charles the second and thereafter did command His Majesties Forces at the defeat of the Rebells at Pentland Hills in Scotland and continued Lieutenant Generall in Scotland when His Majestie had any standing Forces in that Kingdom till the year of his death 1685 in the Raigne of our present Soveraigne James the second of Great Brittaine" | 1 |
| Facsimile of Charles II.'s Commission, dated 19th July, 1666, appointing "Generall Thomas Dalzell 'Captaine' of a Troupe of Horse" | 2 |
| Facsimile of Charles II.'s Commission, dated 19th June, 1679, appointing "Generall Thomas Dalzell 'Lieutenant Generall' over all the Forces within our ancient Kingdome of Scotland" | 6 |
| Facsimile of Charles II.'s Commission, dated 11th November, 1681, appointing "Lieutenant Generall Thomas Dalzell 'Colonell' of a Regiment of Dragoones to be formed out of the three Companies of Dragoones already standing in that our Kingdome" | 8 |
| Facsimile of Warrant of Charles II., granting "certain revenues to Thomas Dalzell as Lieutenant Generall in command of the Forces in Scotland" | 16 |
| Facsimile of James II.'s Commission, dated 30th March, 1685, appointing "Generall Thomas Dalzell 'Lieutenant Generall' over all our Forces within our ancient Kingdome of Scotland" | 18 |
| Facsimile of Warrant of William and Mary, 1692, confirming the title "Our Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons" | 20 |
| His Excellency, John, Earl of Stair | 21 |
| Facsimile of "Signatures of Colonel Agnew's Troop, for receipt of Bountie Monie for Campaigne of 1704" | 29 |
| Field Marshal John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, K.T. Born 1673; died 1747. From the painting at Lochinch | 30 |
| Grenadier Cap of the Scots Greys, 1743, preserved in the Museum of the United Service Institution | 36 |
| Farm Buildings, Lochinch, Castle Kennedy, Wigtonshire. The farm buildings were used as barracks by the Scots Greys under command of John, Earl of Stair | 36 |
| Charles Ewart, Sergeant in the Scots Greys, carrying off the Eagle belonging to one of the most distinguished divisions of the French Infantry at the Battle of Waterloo | 60 |
| The Grave of Ewart, who captured the Eagle at Waterloo | 61 |
| Facsimile of "Muster Role of Waterloo Men 2nd (or R.N.B.) Regiment of Dragoons." Rouen, 11th September, 1815 | 64, 65 |
| Facsimile of "Signatures of Officers present of the 2nd (or R.N.B.) Regiment of Dragoons entitled to share of Prize Money granted for the Waterloo Campaign." Canterbury, 29th May, 1817 | 69 |
| Hoof of a Charger of the Greys at Balaclava | 76 |
| Captain Toosey Williams | 78 |
| Memorial to the Memory of Fallen Heroes of the Royal Scots Greys, Edinburgh | 85 |
| From a Coloured Drawing in the British Museum, dated 1742 | 136 |
| General Dalzell's Comb | 139 |
| General Thomas Dalzell's Dagger and Spoon | 140 |
| An Officer of the Royal Scots Greys, about 1834. From a rare print kindly lent by Messrs. Robson & Co. | 141 |
| An Officer in Levée Dress, Crimean period | 142 |
| Anitchkoff Palace, St. Petersburg, 2nd of February, 1895—The Emperor of Russia accepting the Picture, presented by the Officers, of H.I.M. as Colonel-in-Chief marching past at the head of the Regiment | 155 |
| Colonel Clarke | 173 |
| John, Earl of Craufurd | 176 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Hankin, present with the Greys at Waterloo | 201 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Hippisley | 205 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel James Charles Maberly | 220 |
| Lord Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore | 227 |
| H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, Colonel-in-Chief of the Scots Greys | 229 |
| General Nugent | 230 |
| Colonel Sanderson | 241 |
| Colonel H. J. Scobell | 242 |
| The Right Honourable John, Earl of Stair | 246 |
| Colonel Wallace | 255 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Welby | 256 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Coventry Williams | 258 |
| Regimental Standards | 282 |
Colonel-in-Chief
His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II., Emperor of Russia
Colonel
Major-General A. S. M. Browne
Lieutenant-Colonel
Coventry Williams
Major (2nd in command)
A. D. Miller
Majors
C. B. Bulkeley-Johnson
W. F. Collins
A. Lawson
Captains
Hon. R. H. Lindsay
A. G. Seymour
Hon. A. J. M. St. Clair
F. Swetenham
R. D. Fordyce
W. Long
[1]H. B. Towse
G. G. Middleton
W. E. Lawrence
[1]H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught
Lieutenants
W. McC. Duguid McCombie
Hon. A. M. Henley
C. R. Pawson
F. A. U. Pickering
S. J. Hardy
J. M. F. Sprot
[1]A. R. Moncrieff
[1]E. H. Bonham
[1]P. R. Laurie
[1]M. J. C. S. Johnstone
[1]A. B. Winch
Second Lieutenants
[1]M. Borwick
[1]T. E. Estcourt
[1]J. J. Readman
E. J. Hardy
J. M. Wilson
[1]Viscount Ebrington
Adjutant
Capt. W. Long
Riding Master
G. Parker (Hon. Captain)
Quarter Master
T. M. Ross (Hon. Lieutenant)
[1] This list is taken from the June Army List and checked with that for July, 1907. The officers marked with an asterisk are those who joined while the book was passing through the press.
Generall Thomas Dalyell who served Charles the Second King of Great Brittaine as Major Generall of his Army at the Battle of Worcester and thereafter being taken prisoner by the Rebells after long imprisonment made his escape out of the Tower of London went to Muscovie where he served the Emperor of Russia as one of the Generals of his Forces against the Polanders and Tartars till the year 1665 when he was recalled by King Charles the second and thereafter did command His Majesties Forces at the defeat of the Rebells at Pentland Hills in Scotland and continued Lieutenant Generall in Scotland when His Majestie had any standing Forces in that Kingdom till the year of his death 1685 in the Raigne of our present Soveraigne James the second of Great Brittaine.
HISTORICAL RECORDS
OF THE
ROYAL SCOTS GREYS.