Aleander Leslie's Regiment of Foote

Alexander Leslie was the illegitimate son of George Leslie, and raised as a foster child of the Campbells of Glenorchy.

He entered the service of Sweden in 1608; by 1627 he was a full Colonel, and was knighted by the King of Sweden.

Leslie enjoyed the trust of Gustavus 2 Adolphus, and in 1628 he successfully defended Stralsund as  Sweden entered the 30 Years War. In 1631, he organized the Scottish troops in Swedish service. He was present at the Battle of Lutzen in 1632, where Gustavus Adolphus perished in battle. 

Alexander L:eslie was made a Marshal of Sweden in 1636, and was one of the commanders at the Battle of Wittstock later that year. By 1637, he had returned to Scotland. He lead the Covenanter armies very successfully during the first and second Bishop's Wars, and  was created 1st Earl of Levin by King Charles I in 1641. 

Leslie was senior commander at the Battle of Marston Moor, when the Scottish army combined with 2 Parliamentary armies under Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester decisively defeated the Royalist army under Prince Rupert. He had charge of Charles I when the King surrendered to the Covenanter forces 1646,  subsequently transferring the King to his Presbyterian allies in Parliament.  He retired in 1647, and took no active part in the disastrous Dunbar campaign against Cromwell. 

Figures are by Old Glory, coats are painted Delta Wedgewood Blue, a light to medium grey with a very strong blue tone.