History and traditions of the 14th/20th King's Hussars
14th Hussars Commanding Officer’s
Between the period 1715 and 1887 it was not unusual for the Regiment to have several Lieutenant Colonels appointed at the same time, although only one of them commanded. A number of those who commanded succeeded from positions of second or even third Lieutenant Colonel appointments.
1715 – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Killigrew
1716 – Lieutenant Colonel Solomon Rapin
1717 – Lieutenant Colonel William Boyle
1720 – Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Newcomin
1731 – Lieutenant Colonel H. Desgrangues
1737 – Lieutenant Colonel William Wright
1749 – Lieutenant Colonel James Norris
1754 – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Earle
1773 Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Burgoyne, Bart. (Later Major General)
1802 – Lieutenant Colonel John Michel (Later General)
1803 – Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hawker, G.C.H. (Later General)
1805 – Neil Talbot appointed second Lieutenant Colonel
1811 – Lieutenant Colonel Felton Bathurst Hervey
1819 – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Massey Baker
1829 – Lieutenant Colonel John Townsend (Later Colonel)1845 – Lt Col William Havelock
1845 – Edward Harvey appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1848 – Lieutenant Colonel John Wallace King C.B.
1850 – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Edward Doherty C.B. (Later General)1857 – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Steuart C.B. (Later Lieutenant General)
1857 – Charles Philip de Ainslie appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later General)
1861- Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Scudamore (Later Major General)1861- Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Russell, Bart., C.B. (Later Colonel)1864 – Lieutenant Colonel Pearson Scott Thompson C.B. (Later Major General)1876 – Lieutenant Colonel Francis Pemberton Campbell1876 – Lieutenant Colonel William Arbuthnot C.B. (Later Major General)1881 – Lieutenant Colonel John Hunter Knox (Later Colonel)
1881 – Francis Shirley Russell C.M.G. appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General)
1885 – Lieutenant Colonel Charles Falkiner Morton (Later Colonel)
1885 James Dennis appointed second Lieutenant Colonel (Later Colonel)
1887 – Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blackburne Hamilton (Later Colonel)1891 – Lieutenant Colonel The Hon George Hugh Gough C.B. (Later Colonel)1896 – Lieutenant Colonel Augustus John English1899 – Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert Henry Claude Hamilton (Later Colonel)1901 – Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Donough John O’Brien (Later Brigadier General)1907 – Lieutenant Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson V.C., C.B. (Later Colonel)1911 – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Campbell Stephen C.B. (Later Brigadier General)1915 – Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Ernest Lynedoch Hill-Whitson1916 – Lieutenant Colonel Robert Westbrook Hewitt D.S.O.1917 – Lieutenant Colonel Edgar James Bridges M.C.1919 – Lieutenant Colonel The Hon. Hugh Edward Joicey D.S.O., J.P.1919 – Lieutenant Colonel Reginald Vincent Kempenfeldt Applin D.S.O.1921 – Lieutenant Colonel John Gilbert Browne C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.
