Horse Guards [UK]

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	[Troops of] Horse Guards
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	Note: From 1658 to 1788, the Horse Guards existed as independent troops. They were placed on the English establishment in 1661 with the founding of the modern Regular British Army.

	*1st Troop* [1658-1788]
	1658	1st, or His Majesty's Own Troop of Horse Guards formed in exile in Holland from followers of Charles II
	1746	absorbed 3rd Troop
	1788.06.08	absorbed 1st Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
	1788.06.25	reorganised, to form 1st Regiment of Life Guards

	*2nd Troop* [1659-1788]
	1659	Monck's Life Guards raised for Spanish service
	1660	3rd, or The Duke of Albemarle's Troop of Horse Guards
	1661	3rd, or The Lord General's Troop of Horse Guards
	1670	2nd, or The Queen's Troop of Horse Guards
	1746	absorbed 4th Troop
	1788.06.08	absorbed 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards
	1788.06.25	reorganised, to form 2nd Regiment of Life Guards

	*3rd Troop* [1658-1746]
	1658	2nd, or The Duke of York's Troop of Horse Guards formed in exile in Holland from followers of Charles II
	1670	3rd Troop of Horse Guards
	1746	disbanded (absorbed by 1st Troop)

	*4th Troop* [1661-1683]
	1661.05.04	4th Troop of Horse Guards raised on English establishment
	1683	disbanded

	*4th Troop* [1687-1689]
	1687	4th, or Lord Dover's Troop of Horse Guards
	1689	disbanded

	*4th Troop* [1661-1746]
	1661.04.02	Scots Troop of Horse Guards raised on Scottish establishment
	1709	4th Troop of Horse Guards placed on British establishment
	1746	absorbed by 2nd Troop

	*[Scottish] Troop* [1661-1676]
	1661.05.01	Earl of Middleton's Troop of Horse Guards raised on Scottish Establishment for attendance on Lord High Commissioner
	1663.10.08	disbanded
	1664.11	The Earl of Rothe's Troop of Horse Guards re-formed on Scottish Establishment for attendance on Lord High Commissioner
	1676.03.01	disbanded

	*4th Troop* [1689-1699]
	1660	Earl of Portland's Troop of Horse Guards raised for Dutch service
	1689	4th Troop of Horse Guards placed on English establishment
	1699	returned to Dutch service

	*5th Troop* [1664-1676]
	1664.11	5th Troop of Horse Guards
	1676.01.01	disbanded

	*6th Troop* [1664-1685]
	1664.11	6th Troop of Horse Guards
	1685.01.01	disbanded in Ireland


		Deployment and Service
		1st Troop of Horse Guards, by Stephen Luscombe and Charles Griffin (The British Empire)
		2nd Troop of Horse Guards, by Stephen Luscombe and Charles Griffin (The British Empire)


	3rd Troop: Dettingen¹ 4th Troop: Dettingen² 1. Awarded 1882 to 1st Life Guards. 2. Awarded 1882 to 2nd Life Guards.

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	*1st Troop* [1658-1788]
	1658	?
	1660.05.17	Lt-Gen. Charles (Gerard), 1st Earl of Macclesfield (Viscount Brandon)
	1668.09.16	Gen. James (Scott), 1st Duke of Monmouth & Buccleuch, KG, PC
	1679.11.29	Col. Christopher (Monck), 2nd Duke of Albemarle, KG
	1685.08.01	Lt-Gen. Louis (de Duras), 2nd Earl of Feversham, KG
	1689.04.02	Lt-Gen. Richard (Lumley), 1st Earl of Scarbrough
	1699.03.09	Maj-Gen. Arnold Joost (van Keppel), 1st Earl of Albemarle, KG
	1710.07.26	Col. Henry (Bentinck), 1st Duke of Portland
	1713.07.07	Col. John (Ashburnham), 1st Earl of Ashburnham
	1715.05.10	Gen. John (Montagu), 2nd Duke of Montagu, KG, KB
	1721.09.20	Lt-Gen. Henry (Herbert), 9th Earl of Pembroke
	1733.07.04	Gen. John (Fane), 7th Earl of Westmorland (Baron Catherlough)
	1737.06.21	Gen. John (Montagu), 2nd Duke of Montagu, KG, KB [reappointed]
	1737.08.30	Gen. John (West), 1st Earl de la Warr, KB
	1766.03.21	Lt-Gen. John (West), 2nd Earl de la Warr (Viscount Cantelupe)
	1777.12.12	Gen. William John (Kerr), 5th Marquess of Lothian, KT [to 1788]

	Colonels, 1st Troop, by Stephen Luscombe and Charles Griffin (The British Empire)

	*2nd Troop* [1659-1788]
	1659.11.23	Col. Sir Philip Howard
	1685.02.11	Lt-Gen. George (Fitzroy), Duke of Northumberland, KG
	1689.04.20	Gen. James (Butler), 2nd Duke of Ormonde, KG [also 1st Gds, 4th Gds; Capt-Gen.]
	1712.01.04	Lt-Gen. George (Fitzroy), Duke of Northumberland, KG [reappointed]
	1715.02.08	Gen. Algernon (Seymour), Earl of Hertford, 7th Duke of Somerset
	1740.05.06	Gen. Charles (Spencer), 3rd Duke of Marlborough, KG
	1742.04.25	Gen. Charles (Cadogan), 2nd Lord Cadogan
	1776.10.02	Gen. Lord Robert Bertie
	1782.03.20	F.M. Sir Jeffrey (Amherst), 1st Lord Amherst, KB [to 1788; also 2nd Tp Horse Gren Gds, 3rd Foot, 15th Foot; Col.-in-Chief, 60th Foot; C-in-C North America; Gov. Virginia]

	*3rd Troop* [1658-1746]
	1658	?
	1660	Col. Charles (Berkeley), 1st Earl of Falmouth
	1665.06.07	Lt-Gen. Louis (de Duras), 2nd Earl of Feversham, KG
	1685.08.01	Gen. John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough, KG
	1688.11.29	Lt-Gen. James (FitzJames), Duke of Berwick, KG
	1689.04.01	Gen. John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough, KG [reappointed]
	1692.01.23	Gen. Richard (Savage), 4th Earl Rivers (Viscount Colchester)
	1703.03.02	Lt-Gen. Charles (Butler), 1st Earl of Arran
	1715.02.08	Gen. George (Cholmondeley), 2nd Earl of Cholmondeley, (Viscount Malpas) (Lord Newborough)
	1733.05.08	Gen. William Anne (Keppel), 2nd Earl of Albemarle, KG, KB
	1745.04.25	F.M. James (O'Hara), 2nd Lord Tyrawley (Lord Kilmaine) [to 1746; also 2 Tp HGG, 5th Horse, 3rd Dragoons, 14th Dragoons, Coldstream Gds, 7th Foot, 10th Foot; Gov. Minorca 1753, Gov. Gibraltar 1756-57]

	*4th Troop* [1661-1683, 1687-1689]
	1661.05.04
	1683	disbanded
	1687	Lt-Gen. Henry (Jermyn), 1st Baron Dover, 3rd Baron Jermyn of St Edmundsbury [to 1689]

	*4th Troop* [1689-1699; Dutch service 1660-89, 1699- ]
	1689

	*Scots Troop* [1661-1709] *4th Troop* [1709-1746]
	1661.04.02	Col. James (Livingston), 1st Earl of Newburgh
	1671.01.28	Col. John (Murray), 1st Marquess of Atholl, KT
	1678.10.26	Col. James (Graham), 3rd Marquess of Montrose
	1684.05.01	Col. George (Livingston), 4th Earl of Linlithgow
	1688.12.31	Col. James (Douglas), Earl of Drumlanrigg, 2nd Duke of Queensberry
	1696.05.25	Maj-Gen. Archibald (Campbell), 1st Duke of Argyll
	1703.09.29	F.M. John (Campbell), 2nd Duke of Argyll, KG, KT (Earl of Islay, Lord Lorne) [also R Horse Gds, 3rd Horse, 3rd Foot, Lorne's Foot(1), Lorne's Foot(2), Argyll's Foot; Gov. Minorca 1712-16; MGO 1725-40]
	1715.01.11	Col. John (Cochrane), 4th Earl of Dundonald
	1719.04.21	Col. George Forrester (Baillie), 5th Baron Forrester [also 2nd Tp Horse Gren Gds, 30th Foot]
	1727.03.09	F.M. Richard (Boyle), 2nd Viscount Shannon [also 7th Horse, 25th Foot, Shannon's Marines; C-in-C Ireland]
	1740.12.25	Brig-Gen. Francis (Howard), 1st Earl of Effingham
	1743.04.01	Lt-Gen. John (Lindsay), 20th Earl of Crawford [to 1746; also 2nd Tp Horse Gren Gds, 2nd Dgns, 25th Foot, 42nd Hldrs; AG 1739-43]

	*[Scottish] Troop* [1661-1676]
	1661.05.01	Charles (Middleton), 2nd Earl of Middleton [to Oct. 1663]
	1664.11	John (Leslie), Duke of Rothes (7th Earl of Rothes) [to 1676]

	*5th Troop* [1664-1676]
	1664.11

	*6th Troop* [1664-1685]
	1664.11


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	Musicians:
	The Band of the Life Guards, by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
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		The Household Cavalry Museum, Windsor (Regimental site)
		The Household Cavalry Museum, Windsor (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		The Household Cavalry Museum, Windsor (Simonides listing)


	Full Histories:
		Cannon, Richard. *Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1835. London : Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards, W. Clowes and Sons, 1837. (Historical records of the British Army*)
		Cannon, Richard. *Historical record of the Life Guards : containing an account of the formation of the corps in the year 1660 and of its subsequent services to 1836. 2nd ed. London : Longman, Orme ; Clowes, 1840. (Historical records of the British Army*)