ABSTRACT
On 22 March 1841 the squadrons of the 11th Hussars began to march out of Brighton Barracks for the last time. After Cardigan’s acquittal, the regiment had been ordered on ‘Queen’s Duty’, to provide escorts for royal journeys and state visits. The new Headquarters were to be at the Hounslow Barracks, with detachments at Hampton Court, Kensington and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. As the Kensington squadron passed through Hyde Park on 23 March, the carriageway was lined by spectators who had gathered to admire the men’s ‘fine soldier-like bearing, and the handsome appearance of their accoutrements’. 1
