1765 Lord Robert Manners 122 1782 Philip Honeywood 123 1785 Richard Burton Philipson 124 1792 Sir William Fawcett, K.B. 125 1804 Richard Vyse 127 1825 Sir William Payne, Bart. 128 1831 Samuel Hawker, G.C.H. 129 LIST OF PLATES. The Uniform of 1687 to face page 6. " 1838 " 112. THE THIRD, OR PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENT OF DRAGOON GUARDS, BEARS ON ITS STANDARDS AS A REGIMENTAL BADGE A CORONET, WITH A PLUME OF THREE FEATHERS, A RISING SUN, AND A RED DRAGON, WITH THE MOTTO "_ICH DIEN_," AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS,-- "TALAVERA"--"ALBUHERA"--"VITTORIA"--"PENINSULA." HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE THIRD, OR PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENT OF DRAGOON GUARDS. [Sidenote: 1685] In the month of June, 1685, when the Duke of Monmouth raised the standard of rebellion in the west of England, many of the nobility and gentry displayed their loyalty by raising forces for the service of their Sovereign; and during the alarm and consternation which prevailed throughout the country, Thomas Earl of Plymouth,--a nobleman highly distinguished for loyalty and attachment to the crown,[7]--a veteran who had fought the battles of his King against the forces of Cromwell,--raised a troop of horse in Worcestershire; another troop was raised by Claudius Earl of Abercorn in Oxfordshire; a third by Henry Lord Eyland at St. Alban's and its vicinity; a fourth by Henry Lord Grey at Dunstable and other towns in Bedfordshire; a fifth by Lionel Walden, Esq., at Huntingdon and its vicinity; and a sixth by Mr. Ambrose Brown in the neighbourhood of Dorking;[8] and, when the decisive battle of Sedgemoor, with the capture and execution of the Duke of Monmouth, had destroyed the hopes of the disaffected, the six troops raised by the above distinguished noblemen and gentlemen were incorporated into a regiment, which ranked as FOURTH HORSE; and the corps thus formed having been continued in the service of the crown until the present time, it is now distinguished by the title of the THIRD, OR PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENT OF DRAGOON GUARDS, and the various operations in which it has been engaged, with the part it has taken in battles, sieges, and other occurrences, through many eventful periods of history, form the subject of this brief memoir.