NAMES.Dates of Appointment.Dates of Removal, &c.
 
T. O'Brien O'Loghlin19 Feb.1799Exchanged to 1st life guards on 14 August 1801.
Hon. James Butler14 October1799Retired from the service on 14 October 1800.
Henry Browne14 October1800Retired from the service in August 1804.
James Gambier14 August1801Retired 25th June 1802.
Neil Talbot25 June1802Promoted in August 1805 to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment.
Richard Pigot4 August1804Promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the 21st dragoons on the 1st May 1806.
Thomas Smith14 Nov.1805Retired from the service in July 1807.
F. B. Hervey8 May1806Promoted to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment on 2nd August 1810.
Hon. Charles Butler9 July1807Retired from the service on 30th January 1812.
John Chapman2 August1810Exchanged to the 3rd dragoon guards with Major Brotherton on 26th March 1812.
Charles Massey Baker30 January1812Promoted to be lieut.-colonel in the regiment.
Thos. W. Brotherton26 March1812Promoted to be lieut.-colonel by Brevet on the 19th May 1814, and exchanged to the half-pay of the 22nd light dragoons, on the 25th September 1820. He was nominated Aide-de-Camp to the King, with the rank of colonel, on the 22nd July 1830, and appointed Commandant of the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone on the 8th February 1832. He was promoted major-general on 23rd November 1841, and on the 17th August 1842 was appointed to the staff of the Northern District and stationed at York. On the 1st January 1847, he was nominated Inspecting-General of the Cavalry in Great Britain.
T. P. Milles30 Sept.1819Retired from the service in February 1828.
Hon. Henry Percy12 October1820Retired from the service in September 1824.
William Beckwith14 Feb.1828Promoted to be lieut.-colonel unattached in 1833.
Edward Lane Parry16 April1829Retired from the service in July 1835.
J. W. Simmons Smith17 July1835Retired in June 1838.
Charles Barton1 June1838Retired from the service in November 1842.
Edward Harvey30 April1841Promoted to be lieutenant-colonel on the augmentation of the regiment in May 1845.
Francis H. Stephens25 Nov.1842Exchanged to the 1st dragoons on 3rd February, 1843.
Charles P. Ainslie3 Feb.1843At present serving in the regiment.
Thomas Jones16 May1845Retired in May 1845.
Wm. Henry Archer16 May1845Exchanged to the 5th dragoon guards in September 1846.
John Wallace King8 Sept.1846At present serving in the regiment.
 


The following list of the principal Battles, Sieges, and Actions which took place in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814, was prepared by the special command of His late Majesty King William the Fourth:—

[N.B. Honorary distinctions were granted for the nineteen actions marked thus *.]

Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards, 7th Nov., 1835.

1808.
Lourinha15th August.
*Roleia17th ditto.
*Vimiera21st ditto.
*Sahagun, Benevente, &c. (Cavalry actions).20th and 29th December.
 
1809.
*Corunna.16th January.
Passage of the Vouga10th May.
Grigon, Heights of11th ditto.
Passage of the Douro }
and }12th ditto.
Capture of Oporto }
Salamonde16th ditto.
*Talavera27th and 28th July.
 
1810.
Barba del Puerco19th March.
Ciudad Rodrigo surrendered to Marshal Ney10th July.
Almeida surrendered24th ditto.
Affair on the Coa24th ditto.
Taking up the Lines at Busaco25th and 26th Sept.
*Busaco27th ditto.
Coimbra, Capture of8th October.
 
1811.
*Barrosa5th March.
Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, and Foz d'Arronce11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th ditto.
Campo Mayor25th ditto.
Guarda29th ditto.
Sabugal3rd April.
Olivença15th ditto.
*Fuentes d'Onor3rd and 5th May.
Badajoz, Siege of (raised 15th May)8th to 15th ditto.
Barba del Puerco11th ditto.
*Albuhera16th ditto.
Usagre (Cavalry Action)25th ditto.
Badajoz, Second Siege (raised 11th June)30th May to 11th June.
Affair near Campo Mayor22nd June.
El Bodon25th September.
Aldea de Ponte27th ditto.
Arroyo dos Molinos28th October.
Tarifa31st December.
 
1812.
*Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of (taken 19th January)8th to 19th January.
*Badajoz, Third Siege of (taken 6th April)17th March to 6th April.
Almaraz19th May.
Llerena11th June.
Villares, Heights of22nd ditto.
Forts of Salamanca (taken 27th June)18th to 27th ditto.
Castrajon18th July.
*Salamanca22nd ditto.
Ribera24th ditto.
Majalahonda (Cavalry Action)11th August.
Occupation of Madrid12th ditto.
Fort Retiro, Madrid, capitulated14th ditto.
Seville, Capture of27th ditto.
Burgos, Fort St. Michael, near19th September.
——— Siege of (raised 20th October)20th Sept. to 20th Oct.
Actions on the Retreat from Burgos23rd, 25th, 27th, 28th, and 29th Oct.
Puente larga, on the Xarama30th October.
Alba de Tormes10th and 11th Nov.
 
1813.
Castalla13th April.
Salamanca26th May.
Morales (Cavalry Action)2nd June.
Tarragona, Siege raised by Sir John Murray13th ditto.
{ Hormaza12th ditto.
On the Ebro.   { Osma18th ditto.
{ Bayas19th ditto.
*Vittoria21st ditto.
Villa Franca and Tolosa24th and 25th ditto.
Bastan, Valley of4th, 5th, and 7th July.
St. Bartholomew, near St. Sebastian17th ditto.
Pass of Maya25th ditto.
Roncevalles25th ditto.
St. Sebastian, Assault of (failed)25th July.
Attack on General Picton's Division27th ditto.
* Pyrenees28th July to 2nd Aug.
*St. Sebastian, Assault and Capture31st August.
St. Marcial, Heights of31st ditto.
Ordal, Pass of12th and 13th Sept.
Bidassoa, Passage of7th October.
———— forcing Enemy's Lines9th ditto.
*Nivelle10th November.
*Nive9th to 13th December.
 
1814.
Hellette14th February.
Garris, near St. Palais, Heights of15th ditto.
Arrivarette ditto17th ditto.
Passage of the Adour23rd and 24th ditto.
*Orthes27th ditto.
{ Aire2nd March.
{ Vic Bigorre18th ditto.
Affairs at { Tarbes20th ditto.
{ St. Gandens22nd ditto.
Cavalry Affair near Toulouse8th April.
*Toulouse10th ditto.
Sortie from Bayonne14th ditto.

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