The 14th King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the
British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for two centuries, including
the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 20th Hussars to form the
14th/20th King's Hussars in 1922.
The regiment was raised in the south of England by
Brigadier-General James Dormer as James Dormer's Regiment of Dragoons, and
ranked as the 14th Dragoons, in 1715 as part of the response to the Jacobite
rebellion. The regiment was renamed for Princess Frederica in 1798 as the 14th
(The Duchess of York's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and allowed to use
the Prussian Eagle as its badge. The regiment was dispatched to Lisbon in
December 1808 to join Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army which was engaged in the
Peninsular War.