Uniform.—Scarlet (1715-84); Blue (1784-1830); Scarlet (1830-42); Blue (from 1842). Facings, White (1715-68); Black (1768-84); Yellow (1784-1817); Scarlet (1817-30); Blue (1830-42); Scarlet (from 1842). Plume, Scarlet.
Regimental Badges.—"Plume of the Prince of Wales," "The Rising Sun," "The Red Dragon" (in honour of the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., whose crests they were); also "The Sphinx," for Egypt (1801).
Nickname.—"The Supple Twelfth."
Notes.—Originally raised in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire, it served in Ireland, from 1717, for seventy-six years. In Egypt it captured a French Convoy with Colours.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 12th, Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers. 1715-1842. Illustrated with a plate. [London: Parker. 1842]
The Sphinx.