Charles Shaw Lefevre took over command of the North Hampshire Yeomanry from his father of the same name who was the first commander of the Basingstoke Troop, the founding unit of the Hants Yeomanry. His father died in 1823 and Charles Jr commanded the North Hants Cavalry from 1831 to 1868. The portrait shows him in the blue and silver dress uniform of the Hampshire Yeomanry c1870 while he was Honorary Colonel (1868-1888)
1794 Born 22 Feb
1821 Lieutenant in North Hants Yeo
1832 MP for North Hampshire
1839 Speaker of the House of Commons, until 1857
1857 Elevated to Viscount Eversley
1857 Governor of the Isle of Wight, until his death in 1888
1868 Appointed Honorary Colonel of Hampshire Yeomanry, 16 June
1888 Died on 28 December.
