The dandies of the Stuart armies, these Private Gentlemen were the ancestors of todays Household Cavalry Lifeguards whose service to Crown spans over 350 years.
Armed with sword, flintlock pistol and carbine the Gentlemen are a striking sight in scarlet coats, honouring those Cavaliers who had followed Charles II in exile, experiencing the Restoration and the reign of “The Merry Monarch”.
In due course many were to stay loyal to their Oath and follow Charles’s brother James to Ireland, where they were to serve under that most gallant of Lifeguards officers Patrick Sarsfield, first Lord Lucan and leader of The Wild Geese in exile.