| NAMES. | Dates of | Dates of Removal, &c. |
| | Appointment. | |
+---------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| T. O'Brien O'Loghlin| 19 Feb. 1799 | Exchanged to 1st life guards |
| | | on 14 August 1801. |
| | | |
| Hon. James Butler | 14 October 1799 | Retired from the service on |
| | | 14 October 1800. |
| | | |
| Henry Browne | 14 October 1800 | Retired from the service in |
| | | August 1804. |
| | | |
| James Gambier | 14 August 1801 | Retired 25th June 1802. |
| | | |
| Neil Talbot | 25 June 1802 | Promoted in August 1805 to |
| | | be lieut.-colonel in the |
| | | regiment. |
| | | |
| Richard Pigot | 4 August 1804 | Promoted to the |
| | | lieut.-colonelcy of the |
| | | 21st dragoons on the 1st |
| | | May 1806. |
| | | |
| Thomas Smith | 14 Nov. 1805 | Retired from the service in |
| | | July 1807. |
| | | |
| F. B. Hervey | 8 May 1806 | Promoted to be |
| | | lieut.-colonel in the |
| | | regiment on 2nd August |
| | | 1810. |
| | | |
| Hon. Charles Butler | 9 July 1807 | Retired from the service on |
| | | 30th January 1812. |
| | | |
| John Chapman | 2 August 1810 | Exchanged to the 3rd dragoon |
| | | guards with Major |
| | | Brotherton on 26th March |
| | | 1812. |
| | | |
| Charles Massey Baker| 30 January 1812 | Promoted to be |
| | | lieut.-colonel in the |
| | | regiment. |
| | | |
| Thos. W. Brotherton | 26 March 1812 | Promoted to be |
| | | lieut.-colonel by Brevet |
| | | on the 19th May 1814, and |
| | | exchanged to the half-pay |
| | | of the 22nd light |
| | | dragoons, on the 25th |
| | | September 1820. He was |
| | | nominated Aide-de-Camp to |
| | | the King, with the rank of |
| | | colonel, on the 22nd July |
| | | 1830, and appointed |
| | | Commandant of the Cavalry |
| | | Depot at Maidstone on the |
| | | 8th February 1832. He was |
| | | promoted major-general on |
| | | 23rd November 1841, and on |
| | | the 17th August 1842 was |
| | | appointed to the staff of |
| | | the Northern District and |
| | | stationed at York. On the |
| | | 1st January 1847, he was |
| | | nominated Inspecting- |
| | | General of the Cavalry |
| | | in Great Britain. |
| | | |
| T. P. Milles | 30 Sept. 1819 | Retired from the service in |
| | | February 1828. |
| | | |
| Hon. Henry Percy | 12 October 1820 | Retired from the service in |
| | | September 1824. |
| | | |
| William Beckwith | 14 Feb. 1828 | Promoted to be lieut.-colonel|
| | | unattached in 1833. |
| | | |
| Edward Lane Parry | 16 April 1829 | Retired from the service in |
| | | July 1835. |
| | | |
| J. W. Simmons Smith | 17 July 1835 | Retired in June 1838. |
| | | |
| Charles Barton | 1 June 1838 | Retired from the service in |
| | | November 1842. |
| | | |
| Edward Harvey | 30 April 1841 | Promoted to be |
| | | lieutenant-colonel on the |
| | | augmentation of the |
| | | regiment in May 1845. |
| | | |
| Francis H. Stephens | 25 Nov. 1842 | Exchanged to the 1st dragoons|
| | | on 3rd February, 1843. |
| | | |
| Charles P. Ainslie | 3 Feb. 1843 | At present serving in the |
| | | regiment. |
| | | |
| Thomas Jones | 16 May 1845 | Retired in May 1845. |
| | | |
| Wm. Henry Archer | 16 May 1845 | Exchanged to the 5th dragoon |
| | | guards in September 1846. |
| | | |
| John Wallace King | 8 Sept. 1846 | At present serving in the |
| | | regiment. |
+---------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
The following list of the principal Battles, Sieges, and Actions
which took place in the Peninsular War from 1808 to 1814, was
prepared by the special command of His late Majesty King William
the Fourth:--
[N.B. Honorary distinctions were granted for the nineteen actions
marked thus *.]
_Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards, 7th Nov., 1835._
1808.
Lourinha 15th August.
* Roleia 17th ditto.
* Vimiera 21st ditto.
* Sahagun, Benevente, &c. (Cavalry actions). 20th and 29th December.
1809.
* Corunna. 16th January.
Passage of the Vouga 10th May.
Grigon, Heights of 11th ditto.
Passage of the Douro}
and } 12th ditto.
Capture of Oporto }
Salamonde 16th ditto.
* Talavera 27th and 28th July.
1810.
Barba del Puerco 19th March.
Ciudad Rodrigo surrendered to Marshal Ney 10th July.
Almeida surrendered 24th ditto.
Affair on the Coa 24th ditto.
Taking up the Lines at Busaco 25th and 26th Sept.
* Busaco 27th ditto.
Coimbra, Capture of 8th October.
1811.
* Barrosa 5th March.
Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, and Foz } 11th, 12th, 14th, and
d'Arronce } 15th ditto.
Campo Mayor 25th ditto.
Guarda 29th ditto.
Sabugal 3rd April.
Olivença 15th ditto.
* Fuentes d'Onor 3rd and 5th May.
Badajoz, Siege of (raised 15th May) 8th to 15th ditto.
Barba del Puerco 11th ditto.
* Albuhera 16th ditto.
Usagre (Cavalry Action) 25th ditto.
Badajoz, Second Siege (raised 11th June) 30th May to 11th June.
Affair near Campo Mayor 22nd June.
El Bodon 25th September.
Aldea de Ponte 27th ditto.
Arroyo dos Molinos 28th October.
Tarifa 31st December.
1812.
* Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of (taken 8th to 19th January.
19th January)
* Badajoz, Third Siege of (taken 6th April) 17th March to 6th April.
Almaraz 19th May.
Llerena 11th June.
Villares, Heights of 22nd ditto.
Forts of Salamanca (taken 27th June) 18th to 27th ditto.
Castrajon 18th July.
* Salamanca 22nd ditto.
Ribera 24th ditto.
Majalahonda (Cavalry Action) 11th August.
Occupation of Madrid 12th ditto.
Fort Retiro, Madrid, capitulated 14th ditto.
Seville, Capture of 27th ditto.
Burgos, Fort St. Michael, near 19th September.
------ Siege of (raised 20th October) 20th Sept. to 20th Oct.
Actions on the Retreat from Burgos {23rd, 25th, 27th,} Oct.
{28th, and 29th }
Puente larga, on the Xarama 30th October.
Alba de Tormes 10th and 11th Nov.
1813.
Castalla 13th April.
Salamanca 26th May.
Morales (Cavalry Action) 2nd June.
Tarragona, Siege raised by Sir John Murray 13th ditto.
{ Hormaza 12th ditto.
On the Ebro. { Osma 18th ditto.
{ Bayas 19th ditto.
* Vittoria 21st ditto.
Villa Franca and Tolosa 24th and 25th ditto.
Bastan, Valley of 4th, 5th, and 7th July.
St. Bartholomew, near St. Sebastian 17th ditto.
Pass of Maya 25th ditto.
Roncevalles 25th ditto.
St. Sebastian, Assault of (failed) 25th July.
Attack on General Picton's Division 27th ditto.
* Pyrenees 28th July to 2nd Aug.
* St. Sebastian, Assault and Capture 31st August.
St. Marcial, Heights of 31st ditto.
Ordal, Pass of 12th and 13th Sept.
Bidassoa, Passage of 7th October.
-------- forcing Enemy's Lines 9th ditto.
* Nivelle 10th November.
* Nive 9th to 13th December.
1814.
Hellette 14th February.
Garris, near St. Palais, Heights of 15th ditto.
Arrivarette ditto 17th ditto.
Passage of the Adour 23rd and 24th ditto.
* Orthes 27th ditto.
{ Aire 2nd March.
{ Vic Bigorre 18th ditto.
Affairs at { Tarbes 20th ditto.
{ St. Gandens 22nd ditto.
Cavalry Affair near Toulouse 8th April.
* Toulouse 10th ditto.
Sortie from Bayonne 14th ditto.
London: Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, For Her
Majesty's Stationery Office.
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