Phase 3e - The Military establishment raised by James II against William in 1688 - 'The Glorious Revolution'

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'New' regiments were hastily commissioned in 1688 to meet the threat presented by the Prince of Orange's 'invasion', some of which were retained by William, others disbanded, and some authorised, but never actually raised

Among those which 'survived' the abdication of James II, and were taken into the English establishment were

John Hale's Regiment (disbanded 1699)

Henry Gage's Regiment

Solomon Richards' Regiment of Foot

The Duke of Newcastle's Regiment 

Archibald Douglas' Regiment of Foot

Bevil Skelton's Regiment of Foot (disbanded 1701)

John Carne's Regiment of Foot

The Earl of Stafford's Regiment of Foot

Other regiments were raised by James II on the Scottish and Irish establishments, many of which were either disbanded early in 1689 or they subsequently transferred to the Jacobite cause

Two regiments remained on the Scottish establishment

This, effectively, was the army which was 'inherited' by William III and Mary

We have chosen four 'periods' over this date span to reflect how military style changed, and also offer the generally available references which we have used, or suggest, as additional information