1747
In 1747, Major-General Thomas Wentworth died at Turin, where he was employed in a diplomatic capacity, and was succeeded in the Colonelcy of the Second Irish Horse, by Major-General Thomas Bligh, from the Twelfth Dragoons.
1748
1749
On the conclusion of a treaty of peace at Aix-la-Chapelle, a considerable diminution was made in the strength of the regular army, and in 1749 the establishment of the Second Irish Horse was reduced to twenty-one private men per troop.
1751
From the period of the formation of the regiment, several alterations had, from time to time, been made in the uniform and standards. The practice of having a standard to each troop had been discontinued, and one to each squadron was substituted. In 1742, King George II. caused a series of coloured engravings, representing the uniform of the several regiments of the army to be executed; and, as a few alterations had subsequently been made, a warrant was issued on the 1st of July, 1751, regulating the standards, colours, and clothing of the several regiments, from which the following particulars have been extracted relative to the Second Irish Horse:—
Coats.—Scarlet, the facings and lapels of full green; the button-holes worked with yellow, the buttons set on two and two; and a long slash pocket in each skirt.
Waistcoats } full green.
Breeches }
Hats.—Three-cornered cocked-hats, bound with yellow lace, and ornamented with a brass loop and a black cockade.
Boots.—Made of jacked leather.