Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham – future Prime Minister, was an officer in the regiment (1731–36) until after arriving in Parliament. Banastre Tarleton – cavalry officer during the American Revolution Alfred Hutton – author, antiquarian and swordsman Francis Younghusband – soldier, explorer, spiritualist Sir David Dundas – Colonel, 1813–1820 John Doogan – a private who received the Victoria Cross, First Boer War 28 January 1881 Laing's Nek, South Africa James Lockhart Little – Rider who won the 1848 Grand National steeplechase Colonels-in-Chief Colonels-in-Chief were as follows: 1896–1914: HIM Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary Regimental colonels Regimental colonels were as follows: The Queen's Regiment of Horse 1685–1692: Lt-Gen. Sir John Lanier 1692–1717: Gen. Hon. Henry Lumley The King's Own Regiment of Horse – (1714) 1717–1721: Col. Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 1721–1733: F.M. Sir Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham 1733–1742: Lt-Gen. Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 1743–1752: Gen. Sir Philip Honywood, KB 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards – (1751) 1752–1763: Lt-Gen. Humphrey Bland 1763–1779: Gen. John Mostyn 1779–1796: F.M. Sir George Howard, KB 1796–1810: Gen. Sir William Augustus Pitt, KB 1810–1813: Gen. Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield 1813–1820: Gen. Sir David Dundas, GCB 1820–1821: Gen. Francis Edward Gwyn 1821–1827: Gen. William Cartwright 1827–1840: Gen. Sir Henry Fane, GCB 1840–1851: Gen. Hon. Sir William Lumley, GCB 1851–1859: Gen. Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart, GCB (Lord Greenock) 1859–1868: Gen. Sir Thomas William Brotherton, GCB 1868–1872: Gen. Sir James Jackson, GCB, KH 1872–1886: Gen. Henry Aitchison Hankey 1886–1908: Lt-Gen. Sir James Robert Steadman Sayer, KCB 1908–1926: Maj-Gen. William Vesey Brownlow, CB 1st King's Dragoon Guards – (1921) 1926–1940: Lt-Gen. Sir Charles James Briggs, KCB, KCMG 1940–1945: Brig-Gen. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, KStJ 1945–1953: Brig. Sidney Howes, DSO, MC 1953–1959: Brig. John Gerard Edward Tiarks See also British cavalry during the First World War References Sources External links Regimental museum 1-001 Dragoon Guards 1-001 1959 disestablishments in the United Kingdom King's Dragoon Guards 001 DG1 Military units and formations established in 1685 Dragoon Guards 001 Military units and formations disestablished in 1959 Mary of Modena George I of Great Britain