HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY INFORMATION - HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY -

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

COLONEL IN CHIEF

Colonel-in-Chief

The Life Guards
and
The Blues And Royals

The Household Cavalry comprises
The Life Guards and The Blues And Royals

The Colonel-in-Chief of each Regiment is
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

On 24 July 1815, the Prince Regent - as a mark of his
"high approbation of the distinguished bravery and
good conduct" of the First and Second Regiments
at the Battle of Waterloo - was pleased to declare himself
Colonel-in-Chief of both the Regiments of
The Life Guards.

Since 1821 the Colonels-in-Chief
have by tradition been the reigning monarch.

Colonels-in-Chief since 1815

July 1815 -

January 1820 -

June 1830 -

June 1837 -

January 1901 -

May 1910 -

January 1936 -

December 1936 -

April 1952 -

January 1820

June 1830

June 1837

January 1901

May 1910

January 1936

December 1936

February 1952

The Prince Regent

King George IV

King William IV

The Prince Of Wales (for Queen Victoria)

King Edward VII

King George V

King Edward VIII

King George VI

Queen Elizabeth II