Great Britain

1^st Life Guards

2^nd Life Guards

The Royal Horse Guards

1^st The Royal Dragoons

	Kingdom of England
1658:	several Troops of Horse Guards raised and disbanded until: │
1661:	│ │ │ │ │			The Royal Regiment of Horse Earl of Oxford’s ranked 1st Horse │	The Tangier Horse │ │ │ │
1674:	│ │			│ │	ranked 1st Dragoons │
1678:	│ │ │ │	1st Troop of Grenadiers 2nd Troop of Grenadiers 3rd Troop of Grenadiers │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1683:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	The King’s Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons Duke of Marlborough’s │
1685:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Earl of Clarendon’s │
1688:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Berwick’s │	Robert Clifford’s │
1688:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Hamilton’s │	Earl of Clarendon’s │
1689:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Anthony Heyford’s │
1690:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	The Royal Regiment of Dragoons Edward Matthews’ │
1693:	│ │	Horse Grenadier Guards │		│ │	│ │
1697:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Earl of Strafford’s │
1703:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Northumberland’s │	│ │
1707:	Kingdom of Great Britain
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1709:	│ │ │ │	1st Troop, 2nd Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1712:	│ │	│ │		Earl Rivers’s │	│ │
1712:	│ │	│ │		Earl of Peterborough’s │	│ │
1715:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Argyll’s │	Viscount Cobham’s │
1717:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Bolton’s │	│ │
1721:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Charles Hotham’s │
1723:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Humphrey Gore’s │
1733:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Argyll’s │	│ │
1739:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Duke of Marlborough’s │
1739:	│ │	│ │		│ │	Henry Hawley’s │
1740:	│ │	│ │		Earl of Hertford’s │	│ │
1742:	│ │	│ │		Duke of Argyll’s │	│ │
1742:	│ │	│ │		Earl of Hertford’s │	│ │
1746:	1st Troop, 2nd Troop, Horse Guards │	│ │ │ │		removed from ranking │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1750:	│ │	│ │		The Royal Horse Guards Blue │	│ │
1751:	│ │ │	│ │ │		│ │ │	1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons │
1777:	│ │	│ │		│ │	1st (Royal) Dragoons │
1788:	both 1st Troops formed	both 2nd Troops formed		│	│
	1st Regiment of Life Guards │	2nd Regiment of Life Guards │		│ │	│ │
1801:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1819:	│ │ │	│ │ │		The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) │	│ │ │
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1877:	1st Life Guards │ │	2nd Life Guards │ │		The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) │	│ │ │
1882:	│ │ │	│ │ │	The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1882:	│ │	│ │	disbanded	│ │	│ │
1899:	│ │ │	│ │ │	The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1901:	│ │	│ │	disbanded	│ │	│ │
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1914:	│ │ │	│ │ │	The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1914:	│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
1916:	│ │	│ │	from reserve personel The Household Battalion	│ │	│ │
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1918:	1st Battalion, The Guards Machine Gun Regiment │	2nd Battalion, The Guards Machine Gun Regiment │	disbanded	3rd Battalion, The Guards Machine Gun Regiment │	│ │ │ │
1918:	1st Life Guards │ │	2nd Life Guards │ │		The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) │	│ │ │
1921:	│ │	│ │		│ │	1st The Royal Dragoons │
1922:	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1922:	The Life Guards			│	│
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1940:	│ │ │			│ │ │	transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │
1948:	│			│	│
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1961:	│ │ │			│ │ │	The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) │
1969:	│ │			The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
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1992:	The Household Cavalry Regiment │
2023:	│

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