1st Troop of Horse Guards
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The 1st Troop of Horse Guards was formed from King Charles II's exiled followers in the Netherlands.
c. 1750 painting of a 1st Troop of Horse Guards private (left)
c. 1750 painting of a 1st Troop of Horse Guards trumpeter
Major-General John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu,, styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British Army officer, courtier and the fifth Grand Maste
1st Troop of Horse Guards
…1713 John, Baron Ashburnham —Ashburnham's Horse Guards (7 July 1713 - 10 May 1715) 1715 John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu —Duke of Montagu's Horse Guards (10 May 1715 - 20 September 1721) 1721 Henry, Lord Herbert —Herbert's or Earl of Pembroke's Horse Guards (20 September…
Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709
1740 portrat of Montagu by George Knapton
Monument to Montagu in St Edmund's church, Warkton
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole