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==History== | ==History== | ||
The brainchild of [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]], the Corps had [[Harry Burnett Lumsden|Lt. Harry Lumsden]] as its commandant and [[W.S.R. Hodson]] (the Hodson of ''[[Hodson's Horse]]'') as second-in-command. On 6 February 1847 Lumsden wrote to his father " I have just been nominated to raise the corps of Guides. It will be the finest appointment in the country".<ref>'Lumsden of the Guides'(London, 1899) by P. Lumsden and G. Elsmie; p.28.</ref> A few months later, on 16 September 1847 Hodson wrote to his brother "..of my good fortune... I am to be the Second-in-Command with the Corps of Guides".<ref>'Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson' (London, 1859), edited by George H. Hodson; p.47.</ref> | The brainchild of [[Henry Montgomery Lawrence|Sir Henry Lawrence]], the Corps had [[Harry Burnett Lumsden|Lt. Harry Lumsden]] as its commandant and [[W.S.R. Hodson]] (the Hodson of ''[[Hodson's Horse]]'') as second-in-command. On 6 February 1847 Lumsden wrote to his father " I have just been nominated to raise the corps of Guides. It will be the finest appointment in the country".<ref>'Lumsden of the Guides'(London, 1899) by P. Lumsden and G. Elsmie; p.28.</ref> A few months later, on 16 September 1847 Hodson wrote to his brother "..of my good fortune... I am to be the Second-in-Command with the Corps of Guides".<ref>'Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson' (London, 1859), edited by George H. Hodson; p.47.</ref> | ||