Irish cavalry regiments 1850s?

[MarieC]

My ggrandfather Edmund Huband-Smith was born in Dublin in 1837, studied divinity at Trinity College Dublin and was ordained to the Anglican ministry in Lichfield, Staffordshire in 1861.  Later that decade he emigrated to Australia, where he spent the rest of his life.

He was reputedly a very fine horseman, and there is a family story that he belonged to a cavalry regiment before entering the ministry.  It is just possible that he may have done this for a couple of years.  But I have absolutely no idea whether it is possible to research this.  I know that Irish records have many large gaps.

Can anyone help or advise me - please??  I'd be most grateful for any assistance!

MarieC

[ainslie]

These old cavalry regiments had Irish links:
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
The Inniskillings ((6th Dragoons)
8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
5th Royal Irish Lancers
Most if not all will have been merged and re-titled, but some Googling may bring contacts, museums etc.
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[km1971]

Hi Marie

If he attended university he is likely to have been an officer in a regular regiment. However I could not find any information on the London Gazette site so my guess is that, if the story is true, he was in a yeomanry outfit, or even a cadet attached to Trinity College. If any information survives it is more likely to be in the Library of Ireland than in Kew, as they did not come under the War Office then.

Ken

[ainslie]

Ken
The cadet idea sounds good, as many volunteer outfits - mostly rifle corps - sprang up  in and after 1859.
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[km1971]

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Not in Ireland

ken

[ainslie]

Should have thought.
Tks
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[MarieC]

Thanks guys!

I'll try googling for those regiments.

I may try contacting Trinity College, though goodness knows if they'll have any information.

Sadly, if there is information in the National Library of Ireland, I won't be able to look for it any time soon, as I'm in Australia. 

Thanks again

MarieC