| 1660 – 1783 | 1783 – 1861 | 1861 – 1922 | 1922 – |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household Cavalry | Household Cavalry | Household Cavalry | Household Cavalry |
| 1st Troop of Life Guards of Horse | 1st Regiment of Life Guards | 1st Life Guards | Life Guards |
| 2nd Troop of Life Guards of Horse | 2nd Regiment of Life Guards | 2nd Life Guards | Life Guards |
| 3rd Troop of Life Guards of Horse (disbanded 1746) | |||
| 4th Troop of Life Guards of Horse (disbanded 1746) | |||
| 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards (1788 into 1st Life Guards) | |||
| 2nd Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards (1788 into 2nd Life Guards) | |||
| The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards | The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) | The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) | The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) |
| Dragoon Guards | Dragoon Guards | Dragoon Guards | Dragoon Guards |
| The King’s Own Regiment of Horse (2nd Horse) | 1st Dragoon Guards (The King's) | 1st Dragoon Guards (The King's) | 1st Dragoon Guards (The King's) |
| The Queen’s Own Regiment of Horse (3rd Horse) | 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queen's) | 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queen's Bays) | 2nd Dragoon Guards (The Queen's Bays) |
| The 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards (4th Horse) | 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) | 3rd Dragoon Guards (The Prince of Wales's) | 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) |
| The 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (5th Horse, 1st Irish Horse) | 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) | 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) | 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
| The 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (6th Horse, 2nd Irish Horse) | 5th Dragoon Guards | 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) | 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| The King’s Carabiniers (7th Horse, 3rd Irish Horse) | 6th Dragoon Guards | 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) | 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) |
| Ligonier’s Horse (8th Horse, 4th Irish Horse) | 7th Dragoon Guards (The Princess Royal's) | 7th Dragoon Guards (The Princess Royal's) | 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
| Dragoons | Dragoons | Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers | Amalgamated Cavalry Regiments |
| The Royal Regiment of Dragoons (1st) | 1st Regiment of Dragoons (Royal) | 1st Dragoons (The Royal) | 1st Dragoons (The Royal) |
| Royal North British Dragoons (2nd) | 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (Royal North British) | 2nd Dragoons (The Royal Scots Greys) | 2nd Dragoons (The Royal Scots Greys) |
| The King’s Own Regiment of Dragoons (3rd) | 3rd Regiment of Dragoons (King's Own) | 3rd Hussars (The King's Own) | 3rd Hussars (The King's Own) |
| The Princess Anne of Denmark’s Dragoons (4th) | 4th Regiment of Dragoons (Queen's Own) | 4th Hussars (Queen's Own) | 4th Hussars (Queen's Own) |
| The Royal Dragoons of Ireland (5th) | 5th Regiment of Dragoons (Royal Irish) | 5th Lancers (Royal Irish) | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers |
| The 6th or Inniskilling Dragoons | 6th Regiment of Dragoons (Inniskilling) | 6th Dragoons (The Inniskillings) | 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| The Queen’s Own Dragoons (7th) | 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Queen's Own) | 7th Hussars (The Queen's Own) | 7th Hussars (The Queen's Own) |
| 8th Dragoons | 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons (The King's Royal Irish) | 8th Hussars (King's Royal Irish) | 8th Hussars (King's Royal Irish) |
| 9th Dragoons | 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 9th Lancers (Queen's Royal) | 9th Lancers (Queen's Royal) |
| 10th Dragoons | 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) | 10th Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) | 10th Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) |
| 11th Dragoons | 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) | 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) |
| 12th Dragoons | 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons (The Prince of Wales's) | 12th Lancers (The Prince of Wales's Royal) | 12th Lancers (The Prince of Wales's Royal) |
| 13th Dragoons | 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 13th Hussars | 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) |
| 14th Dragoons | 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons (The Duchess of York's Own) | 14th Hussars (King's) | 14th/20th King's Hussars |
| 1st or King’s Royal Light Dragoons (15th) | 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons (The King's) | 15th Hussars (The King's) | 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars |
| 2nd or The Queen’s Light Dragoons (16th) | 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Queen's Own) | 16th Lancers (The Queen's) | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers |
| 17th Light Dragoons | 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) | 17th/21st Lancers |
| 18th Light Dragoons | 18th Regiment of Light Dragoons (King's Irish) | 18th Hussars | 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) |
| 19th Light Dragoons | 19th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 19th Hussars | 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars |
| 20th Jamaica Light Dragoons (1791) | 20th Regiment of Light Dragoons | 20th Hussars | 14th/20th King's Hussars |
| 21st Light Dragoons (disbanded 1763, and again in 1783) | 21st Regiment of Light Dragoons | 21st Lancers | 17th/21st Lancers |
| 22nd Regiment of Light Dragoons | |||
| 23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons |
