Circumstances having occurred to induce the Duke of York to vacate Holland, the regiment returned to England in December, and was stationed at Canterbury.
1800
1801
In the year 1800 the Queen's Own light dragoons were stationed at Windsor and Hounslow, to perform the escort duty for the royal family; in 1801 they were quartered at Reading, with detached troops in Sussex, from whence they were removed to Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
Lieut.-General Sir David Dundas was removed to the Scots Greys in May, 1801, and the lieut.-colonel of the Seventh, Colonel Henry W. Lord Paget (now Marquis of Anglesey), was advanced by King George III. to the colonelcy of the regiment, as a special mark of royal favour and approbation for his personal merit, and for the excellent state of discipline and efficiency manifested on all occasions by the corps under his orders.
1802
1803
Peace having been concluded with the French republic, in 1802, the establishment of the regiment was reduced; but in 1803, the treacherous conduct of Napoleon Bonaparte gave rise to another war, and the establishment was again augmented. When Bonaparte made his ostentatious, but vain, preparations for the invasion of Great Britain, the Seventh were stationed at Ipswich and Norwich, and were held in readiness to repel the invaders, should they venture to approach the shores of Britain.
1804
In 1804 the establishment was augmented to ten troops.
1805
1807
In 1805 directions were received for the light dragoon appointments and clothing to be changed for those of Hussars; the alteration took place on the 25th of December, 1807; and the regiment subsequently obtained the designation of "Seventh, or Queen's Own, Regiment of Hussars."