Ryswick. They were re-organised in 1706-7 under different Colonels; and, as in those days each regiment was named after its Colonel, the mistake arose that these re-formed regiments were new and additional regiments. I begin by giving an account of the regiments as originally raised.[1]
I. Schomberg’s Horse — afterwards Ruvigny’s (Earl of Galway’s).
Frederick, first Duke of Schomberg, raised this regiment in England. Dumont de Bostaquet gives a list of its officers, as raised in July 1689 (he omits their Christian names).
The Colonel-in-chief was the Duke. The field officers next to him were Colonel de Romaignac, Colonel de Louvigny, Major de La Bastide, Major le Chevalier de Sainte-Hermine. Each company had four officers in permanent full-pay, — a captain, lieutenant, cornet, and quarter-master. The full-pay officers in the Compagnie Colonelle were Captain d’Avene, Lieutenant Dallons, Cornet le Comte de Paulin, and Quartermaster Vilmisson. The other officers were styled officiers incorpores; they seemed to have received a good sum of money as bounty (un gratification) on being enrolled, but not to have drawn any pay except when on active duty. The names of the captains having the command of companies were D’Avène (or D’Avesnes), De Casaubon, De Belcastel, De la Fontan, De Moliens, De Cussy, De Tugny, and De Varengues. De Bostaquet was an older captain; but having come to us from the Dutch service, he was passed over in the distribution of commands. He says as to the above-named captains, “The officers coming direct from the service of France have been preferred to others, who had quitted her service at an earlier date. This occasions some jealousies and murmurs; but I try to rise above such vexations, as I left my country in quest, not of my fortune, but of liberty of conscience.” The other captains were regimental subalterns with the rank of captain in the army. They were Captains Darènes, Bernaste, Montault, La Roche, La Millière, De Maricourt, Brasselaye, Des Loires, La Coudrière, Valsery, De Hubac, La Fabreque, Vesian, Boncour (sen.), Vesancé, Petit, Des Moulins, Louvigny (jun.), Dolon, Questebrune, D’Antragues, Montargis, Bostaquet, La Grangerie, Saint-Tenac, De Passy, Hautcharmois, La Roquière, Boudon, Champaigné, De Saint-Cyr Soumain, De L’Isle, Monpas, Deppe, Jonquière, D’Escury, Vivens, Baron De Neufville, and Brugières.
The names of the lieutenants, cornets, and quartermasters on permanent full-pay were Lieutenants Dallons, Mazeres, De Salles, Coulombières, Le Cailletière (sen.), Maisonneuve, Braglet, and La Lande. Cornets, Le Comte de Paulin, Maleragues, D’Hours, Le Marquis de la Barre, Vervillon, Couterne, Bancelin and Dumay. Quartermasters, Vilmisson, Thomas, Verny, Lineau, Samson, Ricard, La Roque, and Chapelle.
The other officers were, Lieutenants Maillerays, Clervaux, Rochemont, Blanzac, Boudinot, Londigny, Des Ouches, La Bouchetière, De Lisle, Le Blanc, Tessonière, Lentillac, Duvivier, Pinsun, Dumarest, La Casterie, Boisribeau, Liverne, Mercier, Fontane, Rumigny, Pascal, La Bessède, Chabrières, Pineau, Frement, La Cloche, Moncornet, La Boissonnade, Du Buy, Deserre, Liscour, Boncour (jun.), Cailletière (jun.), Dalbey, Gourdonnel, Bernard, Sisolles, La Batie, Fontanie, Boismolet, Eschelberghe, Augeard, Rouse, Beraud du Pont, La Boulaye, Deschamps, La Brosse-Fortin, Cassel, Dornan, Tournier, La Serre, Chateauneuf, La Malquière, Guiraud, Rouvière, Lavit, Rozet du Causse, Solègre, and Tobie-Rossat. Cornets, Boisragon, Rochemont (sen.), Père de Fontenelles, Blanzac (jun.), Lizardière, Moncal, D’Ericq, Rivery, Lacour, Laserre, Gaubert, Duchesne, La Bastide Barbu, La Rouvière, La Coste, Dolon (jun.), Lubières, Dupuy, Loulin, Boncour (jun.), Lassau, Constantin (sen.), Feron [Teron?], Constantin (jun.), La Basoche, Soumain de Vallière, La Loubière, De Lamy, Grenier, Arabin de Barcelle, Le Roux, Duval, Duchessoy, Lameryes, Théron, La Roque, Beaujeu, Fongrave, Laume, Cambes, Du Lac, and La Balanderie.
From the MSS. in the British Museum, I extract the following list of Officers unable to proceed to Ireland on account of age or sickness:—
Captains — De Passy, Des Moulins, Dequestebrune, Dolon.
Lieutenants — De Boissonade, Du Vivier, Berau-Dupont.
Cornets — De la Bosoche, Beauleu.
Schomberg’s Regiment of Horse arrived in Ireland after the surrender of Carrickfergus, and proved itself to be an admirable corps. Some of the officers were victims of the sickly season at Dundalk. Captain De Brugière and Cornet Bancelin died in the camp. The Chevalier De Sainte- Hermine obtained sick leave, and went homeward, but did not get beyond Chester, where he died. Captain Brasselaye also sailed from the same cause, and died at Windsor. Lieutenant Maillerays was killed in a skirmish with King James’s outposts. Colonel De Louvigny died in winter quarters, as also did Captain La Grangerie, who served in De Moliens’ company along with Dumont de Bostaquet.
- ↑ Puissar’s regiment was an English infantry regiment; what Dumont de Bostaquet calls “Le regiment de l’Anié,” must have been the English regiment of cavalry commanded by Sir John Lanier.
