Rutland Yeomanry Cavalry

The Rutland Yeomanry Cavalry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised as the Rutland Fencible Cavalry in Rutland in 1794 and finally disbanded in 1825.

The regiment was raised following a meeting on 31 March 1794, at Oakham Castle, where it was resolved to form three troops of fencible Light Dragoons; it was the first regiment to be accepted by the Crown as complete. In 1803 it was absorbed into the Rutland Legion, a mixed force of volunteer cavalry and infantry. When the Legion was disbanded in 1825, the Leicestershire Yeomanry began to recruit from Rutland, and no subsequent yeomanry regiment was raised.

The Riding School built for the Rutland Fencibles by the MP Gerard Noel Edwards now houses the Rutland County Museum.

References

• Mills, T.F. "Rutland Yeomanry Cavalry". regiments.org. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved April 16, 2007. Includes chronological index of titles.
• Steppler, Glenn A. - Britons, to arms! - The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier and the Volunteer Tradition in Leicestershire and Rutland. Budding Books, Stroud, 1997