Sir William Balfour, Scottish professional soldier

Sir William Balfour of Pitcullo, c. - e1578 - 1660, Scottish professional soldier who served in the Thirty Years War and as a general with the Roundheads or Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War. In armour on horseback armed with an axe. Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Colonel of a Regiment under the Earl of Essex. From the unique equestrian plate in Earl Spencer's copy of Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 1704. Copperplate engraving from Samuel Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits Consisting of Original Plates, George Jones, 102 St Martin's Lane, London, 1816

102 St Martins Lane Clarendon Consisting Of Original Plates Earl Spencer Facsimile Gallery Of Rare Portraits George Jones Parliamentarian Print Dealer Roundheads Samuel Woodburn Tower Of London

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