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Mitre cap worn by an officer of the Royal Ecossais
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This cap was worn by a grenadier officer of the Royal Ecossais, a Scottish infantry regiment in the French Army. Made of dark blue velvet and scarlet silk, it is embroidered with the French fleur-de-lys and the Scottish thistle.
The Royal Ecossais was raised in 1744 and discharged in 1752. Their officers were Scots and Irish, often exiled Jacobites, and the soldiers were of many European nationalities, including Scots, Irish and English.
The French ship L'Esperance' was captured by the Royal Navy on 25 November 1745, on her way to Scotland to support the Jacobite Rebellion. The French supported Prince Charles Edward Stewart (Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart) and supplied troops which were present at the Battle of Culloden.
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- Online ID: 000-000-100-314-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
The Thistle at War
Project description View all records in project - Ref: National Museums Scotland M.1996.59
- Date: 1745 - 1746
1745-46 - Material: Velvet
Mitre cap, military - Dimensions: 383 mm H x 300 mm W x 25 mm D
- What: Mitre cap, military
- Subject: Uniform : headwear
- Who: French Army
Prince Charles Edward Stewart or Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) (associated)
Royal Ecossais regiment - Where: France (place of origin)
Scotland (where worn) - Event: Jacobite Rebellion
- Description: Mitre cap of a grenadier officer of the Royal Ecossais, captured on the French ship L'Esperance' on its way to Scotland to support the Jacobite Rebellion, 25 November 1745.
- References:
- McCorry Helen Rats, lice and Scotchmen in Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 1994, LXXII, 291, 142-159
- Wood, Stephen The Auld Alliance: Scotland and France, the military connection Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1989
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