4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Badge of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
Active1685–1922
Country Kingdom of England (1685–1707)

 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1746, 1788–1800)
 Kingdom of Ireland (1746–1788)

 United Kingdom (1801–1922)
Branch British Army
TypeCavalry
RoleLine Cavalry
Size1 Regiment
Nickname(s)The Blue Horse, The Mounted Micks, The Buttermilks
Motto(s)Quis separabit (Who shall separate us?)
MarchQuick: St Patrick's Day
Slow: 4th Dragoon Guards
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lieutenant-General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton

Field Marshal James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley
General George Warde
General Sir Henry Fane
General Sir George Anson
General Sir Edward Cooper Hodge

Brigadier-General Horace Sewell

The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers. It was renamed as the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in 1788 and service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), to form the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in 1922.