Yet More Royalist Command
Two more PP characters are re-appropriated to be somebody else.
I had thought long and hard as to whether I would actually use these figures, the ensigns quickly made their way onto fleabay, the personalities have sat in a drawer awaiting their fate. Each figure has a much thicker base than the normal PP figures, which accentuates the size difference. Figures also have their name in raised detail on the base. I needed to trim down the bases. Thinner bases would help blend the personalities into the rest of my armies.
Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont (This is the Charles I figure. PP missed a trick by not sculpting the figure wearing his Order of the Garter riband, which makes it much easier to change who the figure is.)
Henry has graced these pages before with his Regiment of Foot.
Bard had travelled considerably, having visited Paris, and journeyed on foot through France, Italy, Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt. It is alleged that during his sojourn in the last country he surreptitiously got possession of a copy of the Koran which was the property of one of the mosques, and which he appropriated and afterwards presented to King's College, Cambridge, his old college.
Bard had an expensive, extravagant lifestyle, his wealthy brother, Maximilian picking up the tab. Bard was a polygot, which led to serving Charles I, with whom he became a favourite.
He was one of the earliest to take up arms in the King's behalf, obtaining through the Queen his commission as a colonel. He distinguished himself at York, and at the battle of Cheriton Down, was severely wounded, lost an arm, and was taken prisoner.
In May of 1646 he received his discharge and on again joining the King received the reversionary grant of the office of Governor of the Island of Guernsey and Captain of Cornet Castle. Later he was appointed to the command of a brigade and was made governor of Camden House, Gloucestershire. Failing to hold this post against the assaults of the Parliamentarians, he burned the house to the ground.
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland (This was the Rupert figure, very surprised that it didn't come with a Boye figure.)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, was the younger brother of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, a Parliamentarian. Henry's loyalty was debatable, often swapping his allegiance, eventually earning distrust from both sides.
A close friend of Charles I and Buckingham, Rich performed conducted negotiations for Charles' marriage to Henrietta Maria of France in 1625. In 1636, he was appointed Groom of the Stool.
Appointed General of Horse for the Bishops' Wars, Rich would give evidence against Strafford at his impeachment.
A moderate, Rich stayed in London rather than joining sides at the outbreak of the First Civil War. By early 1643 he had rallied to the King at Oxford.
After peace talks between Charles and Parliament broke down in late 1647, he fought for the Royalists in the Second Civil War and was captured in July 1648.
He was executed in March 1649.
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