Centre for Robert Burns Studies

Below is the alphabetised listing of all who held commissioned rank in the armies of the Jacobite cause, or those who held such rank in other armies and were actively associated with that cause.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

[Jacobite army units]

[Dataset classifications]

[Abbreviations]

E

• E, Charles. Colonel of a Foot Regiment raised in England and Captain of a company therein. 19 May 1711.
  Source: HMC SP I:240.
• ECCLESTON, Thomas. Captain, John Parker’s Regiment of Horse.
  Source: D’Alton, 223.
• ECHLIN, Robert. Lieutenant-General, 1715.
• EDGAR, John (d1788). Volunteer, Life Guards, 1745. Son of Alexander and Margaret Skinner. Fled to America, captured by French, taken to France, commissioned in Ogilvy's Regiment.
  Source: Peerage; Dobson (1995).
  Classification: French service.
• EDMONSTONE, James of Newton. Standard-bearer, Sheriffmuir.
  Source: PMH.
• EDWARDS, John. Lt, George Talbot’s Coy, The King’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 4.
• EGAN, -. Lt, O’Brien’s Coy, Lord Clare’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 769.
• EGAN, -. Ensign, Daniel Egan’s Coy, Lord Kilmallock’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 434.
• EGAN, Carberry, Ensign, Miles Bourke’s Coy, Lord Ulick Galway’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 291.
• EGAN, Daniel. Captain, Lord Kilmallock’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 434.
• EGAN, James. Ensign, Terence Magrath’s Coy, Lord Ulick Galway’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 291.
• EGAR, John. 2^nd Lt, Berwick's Picquets. T on Louis XV of Dunkirk.
  Source: NLS MS 7073.
  Classification: French service.
• EG(G)AN, Cormack. Cornet, Col. Carroll’s Troop, Lord Dongan’s Dragoons.
  Source: D’Alton, 256.
• EGAN, Daniel. QM, Eustace’s Troop, Sir Neill O’Neill’s Dragoons.
  Source: D’Alton, 299.
• ELLICOTT, Thomas. Lt, Edmund Fitzmaurice’s Coy, Colonel Roger McEllicott’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 735.
• ELLIOT, -. Lt, Ecossais Royales, 1744.
  Source: Hindley, 143.
  Classification: French Service.
• ELLIOTT, John. Lt, John Barrett’s Coy, Colonel John Barrett’s Regiment of Horse.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 684.
• ELLIOTT, John. Lt, Royal Scots, 1744.
• ELPHINSTONE, Arthur, 6^th LORD BALMERINO (1688-1746). Defected to Jacobites after Sheriffmuir, where he was British officer; Colonel, 1716; Colonel, 2^nd (Balmerino's) Life Guard Troop, 1745. Taken and executed, 18 August 1746.
  Source: HMC SP III:164.
  Classification: Executed.
• ENNIS, -. Lt-Col, 1692.
  Source: HMC SP I: 74-75.
• ENNIS, John. Lt-Col, Colonel Edward Butler’s Regiment of Infantry. Previously a Major in the French Army, when he volunteered to serve King James in Ireland early in 1689, and was thus qualified for the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of this Regiment.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 579-581.
  Classification: French service.
• ERRINGTON, Lancelot. Sea Captain, 1715. Of Ponteland. Escaped.
  Source: Gooch (1995).
  Classification: Naval.
• ERRINGTON, Thomas. Captain, 1715. Of Beaufront. Forfeited.
  Source: Gooch (1995).
• ERSKINE, Alexander, EARL OF MAR (1675-1732). Lt-Gen and GOC Scotland, 1715.
• ERSKINE, David (ARESKIN). Major, 2 June 1716.
  Source: HMC SP II:202.
• ERSKINE, David. Lt-Col, Edinburgh Dragoons.
  Source: Ramelet Stuart.
  Classification: Spanish Service.
• ERSKINE, Francis Lt in Panmure's Regiment of Foot, 1715, 2 i/c 4^th coy: 2 sgts, 2 cpls, 31 men and chaplain, roll 39. Son to Laird of Kirkboddo.
  Source: NRS GD 45/1/201; CS V. 175 indicates he was an ensign shot for desertion.
• ERSKINE, James (b1672). Captain, 2^nd bn Ogilvie's. Brother to Lord Dun.
• ERSKINE, John. Ensign in 2^nd bn Ogilvy's (Forfarshires), 1745; possibly later Captain. Nephew to Lord Dun; Merchant apprentice in Montrose; pardoned.
  Source: Rosebery; Dobson (1995); MR.
• ESMOND [ESMONDE], Robert. Captain, Colonel Charles Cavenagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 383.
• ESMOND [ESMONDE], Walter. Captain, Colonel Charles Cavenagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 383.
• EUSTACE, -. Lt, Lord Dongan’s Dragoons.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 448.
• EUSTACE, -. Ensign, Colonel Sir Maurice Eustace’s Coy, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, -. Lt, Anthony Eustace’s Coy, Colonel Charles Cavenagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 383.
• EUSTACE, Anthony. Captain, Colonel Charles Cavenagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 383.
• EUSTACE, Christopher. Lt, Eustace’s Troop, Sir Neill O’Neill’s Dragoons. Taken prisoner at the siege of Derry, in the attack at the Windmill.
  Source: D’Alton, 299; D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, James. Captain, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, John. Ensign, Edward Masterton’s Coy, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, Matthew. Ensign, Valentine Browne’s Coy, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, Sir Maurice of Castlemartin, Bart. Captain of Foot, Ireland, 1689. Colonel, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry, 1690. In 1686 he was constituted a Privy Councillor. Attainted in 1691. He died in France in 1698.
  Source: NLS ACC 5820; Childs (2007), 88; D’Alton, 61; D’Alton v. 2, 443, 448.
• EUSTACE, Nicholas. Captain, Sir Neill O’Neill’s Dragoons.
  Source: D’Alton, 299; D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, Richard. Lt, Edward Masterton’s Coy, Sir Maurice Eustace’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 443.
• EUSTACE, Richard. Lt-Col, Lord Viscount Gormanston’s Regiment of Infantry, 2 June 1690. Wounded at the siege of Derry, in the attack at the Windmill. Attainted in 1691. Peter Barnewall is also noted as Lt-Col of Gormanston’s Infantry.
  Source: NLS ACC 5820; D’Alton v. 2, 232, 238, 448.
• EUSTACE, Rowland. Ensign, Christopher Jans’ Troop, Sir Michael Creagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 650.
• EVANS, -. Colonel, 1717.
  Source: HMC SP IV:362).
• EVERARD, Rev. -. Chaplain, Christopher, Lord Slane’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 339.
• EVERARD, -. Lt.-Col.
  Source: D’Alton, 248.
• EVERARD, -. Captain, Christopher, Lord Slane’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 339
• EVERARD, Andrew. Ensign, Patrick Fagan’s Coy, Sir Michael Creagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton, 247; D’Alton v. 2, 650.
• EVERARD, James. Captain, Thomas Butler’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton, 247; D’Alton v. 2, 402.
• EVERARD, Sir John. Captain, Nicholas Purcell’s Regiment of Horse. KIA Aughrim.
  Source: D’Alton, 239; D’Alton v. 2, 784.
  Classification: KIA.
• EVERARD, Lucas [Luke]. Captain, Christopher, Lord Slane’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton, 247; D’Alton v. 2, 339.
• EVERARD, Patrick. Lt, Terence McDermott’s Coy, Sir Michael Creagh’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton, 247; D’Alton v. 2, 650.
• EVERS, -. Ensign, Aylward’s Coy, Colonel Edward Butler’s Regiment of Infantry.
  Source: D’Alton v. 2, 579.
• EVERS, Gerard. Lt, Lord Dunsany’s Troop, Luttrell’s Regiment of Horse.
  Source: D’Alton, 189, 206-07.
• EVERS, Ralph. Cornet, Lord Dunsany’s Troop, Luttrell’s Regiment of Horse.
  Source: D’Alton, 189.