Historical Record of the Fourth, or Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards. / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685; and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838 - Richard Cannon

CONTENTS.

Anno		Page
1685	The Duke of Monmouth's rebellion	[1]
——	Six independent troops of horse raised	[3]
——	Constituted a regiment of Cuirassiers	—
——	Obtains rank as Sixth Regiment of Horse	[4]
——	Arms and equipment	—
——	Reviewed by King James II.	[5]
1686	Establishment, and names of officers	[6]
——	Reviewed by King James II.	[7]
1687	————, and employed on the King's duty	—
1688	The Revolution	[8]
1689	Accession of William III.	[9]
——	Employed on the King's duty	[10]
1690	Obtains rank as Fifth Regiment of Horse	[11]
1691	Proceeds on foreign service	[12]
1692	Battle of Steenkirk	—
1693	——— Landen	[13]
1695	Covering the siege of Namur	[15]
1696	Attack on a French outpost	[16]
1697	Peace of Ryswick	—
——	Returns to England	[17]
1698	Proceeds to Ireland	—
1746	Styled First Irish Horse	[22]
1751	Uniform, standards, &c.	[23]
1788	Reduced to the quality of Dragoons, and styled Fourth Dragoon Guards	[31]
——	Styled the Fourth, or Royal Irish Dragoon Guards	[33]
1793	Proceeds to England	[34]
1795	Returns to Ireland	—
1796	Disturbed state of Ireland	[35]
——	A French force arrives at Bantry Bay	—
1797	Alterations in the equipment, &c.	[36]
1798	Rebellion in Ireland	[37]
——	Action at Naas	—
——	———— Prosperous and Carlow	[38]
——	———— near Gorey	[39]
——	———— at Ovidstown, Goff's Bridge, and Arklow	[40]
——	———— Vinegar Hill	[41]
——	———— Gore's Bridge and Kildare	[43]
1799	Proceeds to England	[44]
——	Horses' tails docked	—
1800	Marches to Scotland	—
1802	Returns to Ireland—Alteration in the clothing	[45]
1803	Bonaparte's threat of invading England	—
——	Field officers released from the charge of troops	[46]
1804	Embarks for England	—
1805	St. Patrick's fund established in the regiment	[47]
1806	Proceeds to Scotland—Returns to England	—
1808	Riots at Manchester, &c.	[48]
——	Men's hair cut short, and powder discontinued	[49]
1809	Troop Quartermasters replaced by Troop Serjeant-Majors	—
1810	Riots in the Coal districts	—
1811	Six troops proceed to Portugal	[50]
1812	Covering the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo	[51]
——	———————— Badajoz	—
——	Skirmish at Llerena	[52]
——	Advances to Madrid	—
——	Retreats to Portugal	—
1813	Returns to England	[54]
——	Regimental school established	—
1814	Peace concluded—The establishment reduced	[55]
1814	Proceeds to Ireland	—
1814	Alteration in the uniform	[56]
1815	War proclaimed—The establishment augmented	—
——	Peace restored—The establishment reduced	[57]
1818	Embarks for England	—
1819	Alteration in the uniform	[58]
1820	Riots at Wakefield and Sheffield	[59]
1821	Marches to Scotland	—
1822	Embarks for Ireland	[60]
1826	————— England	[61]
——	Riots at Dudley, Wolverhampton, and Lichfield	—
1827	Alterations in the uniform	[62]
1830	Marches to Scotland	[64]
——	Lace changed from silver to gold	—
1831	Riots at elections in Scotland	—
1832	Embarks for Ireland	[66]
——	Riots in Ireland	—
1834	Ditto	[71]
1835	Embarks for England, and stationed at Brighton	[74]
1837	Riots at elections in England	[77]
1838	Attends the coronation of Queen Victoria	[78]
——	Her Majesty approves of the regiment bearing the Harp and Crown, in addition to the Star of the Order of St. Patrick	[79]
——	The conclusion	—

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.

Anno		Page
1685	James Earl of Arran, K.T.	[81]
1688	Charles Earl of Selkirk	[83]
——	Charles Godfrey	—
1693	Francis Langston	[84]
1713	George Jocelyn	[85]
1715	Sherrington Davenport	[86]
1719	Owen Wynne	—
1732	Thomas Pearce	[87]
1739	James Lord Tyrawley	[88]
1743	John Brown	[89]
1762	James Johnston	[90]
1775	James Johnston	—
1778	George Warde	[92]
1803	Miles Staveley	—
1814	Sir Henry Fane, G.C.B.	[93]
1827	Sir George Anson, G.C.B.	[94]

PLATES.