Boots,—reaching to the knee.
Cloaks,—scarlet, with white capes.
Horse Furniture,—of white cloth; the holster caps and housings having a border of white lace with a black edge; XVII, L. D. to be embroidered upon the housings, upon a scarlet ground, within a wreath of roses and thistles; the king's cipher, with the crown over it, and XVII, L. D. underneath, to be embroidered on the holster caps; the officers to have a silver tassel on their holster caps, and at each corner of their housings.
Officers,—to be distinguished by silver lace or embroidery; silver epaulettes; and crimson silk sashes worn round their waists.
Quarter Masters,—to have no lace or embroidery on their coats; to have silver epaulettes, and crimson sashes.
Serjeants,—to be distinguished by narrow silver lace, and crimson and white sashes.
Trumpeters,—to wear hats with white feathers; white coats faced with scarlet, and ornamented with white lace with a black edge; red waistcoats and breeches.
Guidons,—the first, or King's, guidon to be of crimson silk; in the centre the rose and thistle conjoined, and crown over them, and His Majesty's motto, Dieu et mon Droit, underneath; the white horse in a compartment in the first and fourth corners; and XVII, L. D. on a white ground, in a compartment in the second and third corners: the second and third guidons to be of white silk; in the centre the "Death's Head" on a crimson ground, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk, and the motto "Or Glory," underneath; the white horse on a red ground, in the first and fourth compartments; and the rose and thistle conjoined, upon a red ground, in the second and third compartments; the third guidon to be distinguished by a figure 3, on a circular red ground, underneath the motto.
1770
Colonel John Hale, having been appointed Governor of Limerick, was succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by Colonel George Preston, from the lieut.-colonelcy of the Scots Greys, by commission dated the 2nd of November, 1770.