1688-90. Colonel The Earl of Devonshire's Regiment of Horse; also the
Tenth Horse.
1690-91. Schomberg's Horse.
1691-1720 (?). Colonel The Duke of Leinster's (or The Eighth) Horse;
also (on succession to the title) Schomberg's Horse.
1720-46. Colonel (afterwards Earl) Ligonier's (The Eighth) Horse.
1746-88. The 4th (or "Black") Irish Horse.
1788 (from). The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1692-97. Flanders.
1695. Namur.
1702-14. Germany.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Ruremonde.
1702. Liége.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
1709. Tournay.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1710. Douay.
1710. Bethune.
1710. St. Venant.
1710. Aire.
1711. Boucham.
1711. Quesnoy.
1742-45. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1760-63. Germany.
1760. Warbourg.
1761. Kirk Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1763. Grœbenstein.
*1846-47. South Africa (1st Kaffir War).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1882-84. Egypt.
1882. Kassassin.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1688). Facings, Black (from 1688).
Note.--In 1751 the waistcoat and breeches were buff.
Helmet-plume, Black and White.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Coronet of Her Majesty the Empress and
Queen of Germany and Prussia as Princess Royal of Great Britain
and Ireland." Quite recently, however, the War Office has
sanctioned the adoption, as the regimental badge, of the arms,
crest, and motto of Earl Ligonier. Previously the regimental
device consisted of 7/DG within the Garter circumscribed
"Princess Royal's." On buttons and other appointments the Royal
Cypher, Crown, and Wreath are used in one or other combination.
NICKNAMES.--"The Black Horse" or "The Blacks" (from its facings).
"Ligoniers" (from its Colonel's name, 1720-49). "Straw-boots"
(from wearing wisps of straw to keep the legs dry when engaged
in quelling agricultural riots in the south of England, _tempus_
George II.). "The Virgin Mary's Body-Guard" (in the reign of
George II. the regiment was sent to assist the Archduchess Maria
Theresa of Austria).
NOTES.--In 1688 five regiments of horse raised by James II.
marched with the Earl of Devonshire to meet the Princess Anne on
her flight from London. On accession she commissioned them for
permanent service. They wore cuirasses till 1699, and resumed
them from 1707-14.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 7th, or Princess Royal's
Regiment of Dragoon Guards._ 1685-1839. Illustrated with plates.
[London: Longman. 1839.]
The First (Royal) Dragoons.
"_Spectemur Agendo._"
[Illustration: THE CREST OF ENGLAND.]
[Illustration: THE EAGLE (for capture at Waterloo).]