The Glorious Revolution - James II's Army at Salisbury - Part 1: Horse

"Prospect of Hounslow Heath"

I can find no list or order of battle for the Royal Army that was set to oppose William of Orange's invasion in November 1688, only round numbers. These vary from 20 to 35,000, and a letter of John Ellis' written on November 24th captures a happy medium of 27,000. The following list is drawn from The Army of James II, 1685-1688 by Stephen Ede-Borrett:

Horse

Units raised before 1685
1st Troop of Horse Guards	300	Red/blue
2nd Troop of Horse Guards	300	Red/green
3rd Troop of Horse Guards	300	Red/yellow
Oxford Blues	480	Blue/red
Royal Regiment of Dragoons	480	Red/blue
Scots Lifeguards	120	Red/white
Scots Horse*	360	Red/yellow
Scots Dragoons	360	Red/grey
Units raised during James II’s reign
Queen Consort’s Horse	540	Crimson/yel.
Lord Peterborough’s Horse	240	Crimson/red
Lord Plymouth’s Horse	240	Crimson/green
Lord Thanet’s Horse*	240	Crimson/red
Lord Arran’s Horse	240	Crimson/white
Lord Shrewsbury’s Horse	240	Crimson/buff
Princess Anne’s Horse	240	Crimson/yel.
Queen Dowager’s Horse	240	Crimson/green
Princess of Denmark’s Dragoons	360	Red/pink
Queen’s Dragoons	360	Red/yellow
Berkeley’s Dragoons* (Irish)	360	Red
Units raised in 1688
Marquis de Miremont’s Horse*	240	Crim
Lord Brandon’s Horse*	240	Crim
Slingsby’s Horse*	240	Crim
Holman’s Horse*	240	Crim
Lord Salisbury’s Horse*	240	Crim/orange

(*) represents units which were disbanded in 1689.

Notes

1. Total Horse is 7,200, or 6,000 excluding the newly raised troops.
2. Most regiments were split into companies of 60 men, except for the Guards.
3. The units which James II inherited in 1685 were all veteran, having helped put down the 1679 Covenanter Rebellion, and Argyll's and Monmouth's Rebellions in 1685. 
4. The units that were raised during James II's reign were all trained and equipped, but had never had any experience in battle. 
5. The last five units were all raised in 1688, and may not have been ready for battle in November, and would have been considered raw and inexperienced.

Works Cited

Ede-Borrett, Stephen. The Army of James II, 1685-1688. Warwick, England: Helion & Company, 2017. 

Coming up next: James II's Army at Salisbury - Part 1: Foot

Soli Deo Gloria!