Raised in 1794.
Thirtieth,—by Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Carden;—disbanded in 1796.
Thirty-first,—by Lieut.-Colonel William St. Ledger;—disbanded in 1796.
Thirty-second,—by Lieut.-Colonel H. J. Blake;—disbanded in 1796.
Thirty-third,—by Lieut.-Colonel J. Blackwood;—disbanded in 1796.
Soon after the re-commencement of hostilities with France in 1803, the Seventh, Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Light Dragoons were equipped as Hussars. Since the termination of the war in 1815, the Third and Fourth Dragoons have been changed from heavy to light; the Ninth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Light Dragoons have been constituted Lancers; and the Eighth and Eleventh Light Dragoons have also been equipped as Hussars.
At this period (1847), the Cavalry of the British Army consists of twenty-six regiments—thirteen Heavy and thirteen Light; and is composed of three regiments of Cuirassiers, ten of Heavy Dragoons, four of Light Dragoons, five of Hussars, and four of Lancers.