17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (1759)

17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (disambiguation)17th Regiment of Light Dragoons April 2022 thumb|upright|1760 painting of a regimental private The 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons was a light cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1759 and disbanded in 1763. It was raised in Scotland by Captain Lord Aberdour in 1759, for service in the Seven Years' War, and disbanded following the Treaty of Paris in 1763."On the institution of light cavalry", p. xxiv, in Historical record of the fourteenth, or the King's, regiment of Light Dragoons, by Richard Cannon. London: Parker, Furnivall. 1847. Digitised copy References Category:Light dragoon regiments of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1759 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1763 Category:1759 establishments in Great Britain Category:Cavalry regiments of the British Army