Eliott's Tailors
Preserved but no longer current.
The 15th (King's) Hussars. In 1759 Lieutenant-Colonel Eliott (later Lord Heathfield, hero of Gibraltar) enlisted a large number of tailors into a cavalry regiment modelled after the Prussian hussars. This regiment so highly distinguished themselves, that George III granted them the honour of being called "the King's.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Eliott's Tailors” mean?
The 15th (King's) Hussars. In 1759 Lieutenant-Colonel Eliott (later Lord Heathfield, hero of Gibraltar) enlisted a large number of tailors into a cavalry regiment modelled after the Prussian hussars. This regiment so highly distinguished themselves, that George III granted them the honour of being called "the King's.
Is “Eliott's Tailors” formal or informal?
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