CHAPTER VIII

Composition of the Greys at their first recorded muster in 1683, from the original Roll in Edinburgh--pay of the regiment--account of money paid by the Greys' Quartermaster in 1688, from an original document of the Greys--List of Officers, past and present.

APPENDIX

Extracts from orders of the Scots Greys' Troop Orderly Book--notes of Inspection Returns, from the Record Office--a notable prayer, commending the Greys to favour--copies of two holograph letters of Charles II. relating to Thos. Dalzell, and translation of General Dalzell's Russian commission, furnished by Captain Lindsay--entry from the original MS. in the General Register House, Edinburgh, 1685--extract from "Papers connected with the Royal Scots Dragoons," 1696--1704-6 (two letters from General Dalzell)--extract from order in Record Office, 1684--muster-roll, 1702-3--account of the Waterloo Ball, from reprint in the _Globe_, 1906--extract from pamphlet, "Military and Biographical Notices of the Fallen Heroes," 1815--extract from contemporary pamphlet relating to cavalry losses at Waterloo--letter of William Knox, 1759--anecdotes of the Greys--song, "The Bonnie Scots Greys," by A. C. E. Welby--inscription on mural tablet in memory of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Thomas Pate Hankin, Kt.--extract from letter written by the Hon. Charles Hamilton to his brother, during the Westphalian campaign--notes on Creichtoun's Memoirs, and on General Dalyell, by J. B. Dalzell, Esq.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_Facing Page_

"+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.

HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS.