The Thirteenth Dragoons withdrew from Linlithgow to Edinburgh, and when the Duke of Cumberland took the command of the army and advanced against the rebels, the regiment was left at Edinburgh, and directed to patrole along the roads leading westward to prevent the insurgents receiving intelligence.
On the 17th of February, 1746, the colonelcy was conferred on Philip Naizon, from the lieut.-colonelcy of the first royal dragoons.
The rebellion in Scotland was suppressed by the decisive battle of Culloden, on the 16th of April, 1746.
1748
1749
In 1748, a treaty of peace was concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle; the dragoon regiments on foreign service returned to England, and in the early part of 1749, the Thirteenth Dragoons embarked for Ireland.
1751
Colonel Philip Naizon died in January, 1751, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the Thirteenth Dragoons by Major-General Sir Charles Armand Powlet, K.B. from the ninth regiment of foot. This officer died in November of the same year, and was succeeded by Colonel the Honorable Henry Seymour Conway, from the thirty-fourth regiment of foot.
The following particulars respecting the uniform and guidons of the regiment, have been extracted from a royal warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751.
Coats,—scarlet, double-breasted, without lappels, lined with light green; slit sleeves turned up with light green; the button-holes ornamented with narrow yellow lace; the buttons flat, of yellow metal, set on three and three; a long slash pocket in each skirt; and a yellow worsted aiguillette on the right shoulder.
Waistcoats and Breeches,—light green.