Chapter I: Front Matter

THE HISTORY OF THE

SECOND DRAGOONS

"Royal Scots Greys"

"Scotland for Ever."

By kind permission of the Artist, and by arrangement with the proprietors of the Copyright, Messrs. S. Hildesheimer & Co. Ltd.]

THE HISTORY OF THE
SECOND DRAGOONS
"Royal Scots Greys"

BY

EDWARD ALMACK, F.S.A.

_With Forty-four Illustrations_

LONDON
1908

LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.

+Aberdeen University Library+, per +P. J. Anderson+, Esq.,
Librarian

+Edward Almack+, Esq., F.S.A.

Mrs. +E. Almack+

+E. P. Almack+, Esq., R.F.A.

Miss +V. A. B. Almack+

Miss +G. E. C. Almack+

+W. W. C. Almack+, Esq.

+Charles W. Almack+, Esq.

+Army & Navy Stores+, Ltd., London, S.W.

Lieut.-Col. +Ashburner+, late Queen's Bays

His Grace The +Duke of Atholl, K.T.+, etc., etc.

+C. B. Balfour+, Esq.

+G. F. Barwick+, Esq., Superintendent, Reading Room, British
Museum

Lieut. +E. H. Bonham+, Royal Scots Greys

Lieut. +M. Borwick+, Royal Scots Greys

Messrs. +Bowering & Co.+, Booksellers, Plymouth

Mr. +W. Brown,+ Bookseller, Edinburgh

Major +C. B. Bulkeley-Johnson+, Royal Scots Greys

Messrs. +Cazenove & Son+, London, W.C.

Major +Edward F. Coates+, M.P., Tayles Hill, Ewell, Surrey

Major +W. F. Collins+, Royal Scots Greys

+W. J. Collins+, Esq., Royal Scots Greys

Capt. +H.R.H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, K.G., G.C.V.O.+, Royal
Scots Greys

The Hon. +Henry H. Dalrymple+, Lochinch, Castle Kennedy,
Wigtonshire

+Cyril Davenport+, Esq., F.S.A.

+J. Barrington Deacon+, Esq., Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth

Messrs. +Douglas & Foulis+, Booksellers, Edinburgh

+E. H. Druce+, Esq.

Second Lieut. +Viscount Ebrington+, Royal Scots Greys

Mr. +Francis Edwards+, Bookseller, London, W.

+Lord Eglinton+, Eglinton Castle, Irvine, N.B.

Lieut. +T. E. Estcourt+, Royal Scots Greys

Capt. +R. D. Fordyce+, Royal Scots Greys

Mr. +H. G. Gadney+, Bookseller, Oxford

The +Galignani Library+, Booksellers, Paris

+J. Hamilton+, Esq., Houldsworth, Castlebank, Lanark, N.B.

Second Lieut. +E. J. Hardy+, Royal Scots Greys

Lieut. +S. J. Hardy+, Royal Scots Greys

Capt. +Claudius Shirley Harris+, 90, Woodstock Road, Oxford

Capt. The Hon. +A. M. Henley+, 5th Lancers, York

+Walter Johnson+, Esq., Armcliffe Hall, Northallerton

Mr. +G. P. Johnston+, Bookseller, Edinburgh

+Percy R. Laurie+, Esq., Royal Scots Greys

Capt. +W. E. Lawrence+, Royal Scots Greys

Major +A. Lawson+, Royal Scots Greys

Major The Hon. +R. H. Lindsay+

Capt. and Adj. +W. Long, D.S.O.+, Royal Scots Greys

Lieut. +C. J. A. Maberly+, 5th Lancers

Mrs. +N. Maberly+, 14 The Avenue, Clifton, Bristol

Messrs. +Macniven & Wallace+, Booksellers, Edinburgh

Lieut. +W. M. Duguid McCombie+, Royal Scots Greys

Capt. +Geo. Middleton+, Royal Scots Greys, Wilderness, Kelmarsh,
Northampton

Col. +A. D. Miller+, D.S.O., Royal Scots Greys

+W. R. Mitchell+, Esq., 68, Washington Place, New York, U.S.A.

Lieut. +A. R. Moncrieff+, Royal Scots Greys

Second Lieut. Hon. +F. C. Montgomerie+, Royal Scots Greys

+Alexander Moring+, Esq.

+Clement O. E. Nicholson+, Esq., late Royal Scots Greys

+H. Stafford O'Brien+, Blatherwyche Park, Wansford,
Northamptonshire

+Cecil W. Otway+, Esq., Royal Scots Greys

Second Lieut. +H. D. Pender+, Royal Scots Greys

Lieut. +F. A. U. Pickering+, Royal Scots Greys

+J. J. Readman+, Esq.

Messrs. +Robson & Co.+, Booksellers, London, W.

The Right Hon. The +Earl of Rosebery, K.G.+, etc., etc.

Capt. Hon. +A. J. M. St. Clair+, Royal Scots Greys

Mrs. +Sanderson+, "Glenlaggan," Parton, N.B.

Major-General +H. Scobell, C.B.+, Commander 1st Cavalry Brigade,
Aldershot

Capt. +A. G. Seymour+, Royal Scots Greys

The +Signet Library+, Edinburgh

Col. +Smythe+, of Methven

+J. M. F. Sprot+, Esq., of Riddell, Roxburghshire, Lieut. Royal
Scots Greys

+John Stansfeld+, Esq., late Capt. Royal Scots Greys, Dunninald,
Montrose

Capt. +F. Swetenham+, Royal Scots Greys

+Toronto Public Library+

Capt. +H. B. Towse+, Royal Scots Greys

Col. +F. J. A. Wallace+, Arrandale, Ayre, N.B.

Lieut.-Col. +Welby+, M.P., 26, Sloane Court, Chelsea, S.W.

Col. +Coventry Williams+, late Royal Scots Greys

Second Lieut. +J. M. Wilson+, Royal Scots Greys

+A. B. Winch+, Esq., Royal Scots Greys