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| 17th Century and earlier | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | Modern Regiment Name |
| Two troops of Life Guards formed
in exile in Holland from followers of Charles II in 1658.
Placed on English Establishment at Restoration in 1661 |
2nd Troop absorbed into 1st Troop
1746
1st Regiment of Life Guards formed 1788 |
1st Life Guards 1877 | The Life Guards 1922 | Household Cavalry
Regiment (HCR)
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) Comprises:
The Life Guards are the senior Regiment in the British Army. |
| Monck's Life Guards raised for Spanish
service 1658.
Renamed 1660 as the 3rd, or Duke of Albemarle's, Troop of Guards |
2nd Regiment of Life Guards formed 1788 | 2nd Life Guards 1877 | ||
| The
Royal Regiment of Horse, or Horse Guards
Re-formed 1661 and ranked as 1st Horse |
Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) 1877 | The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) 1969 | ||
| The Tangier Horse raised 1661 | 1st Royal Dragoons 1877 |