17th United States Congress | 17th | Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby | 17th Academy Awards | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen | William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon | Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk | Michigan's 17th congressional district | Florida's 17th congressional district | 9th/12th Royal Lancers | 17th parallel south | Omaha Lancers | John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany | Fortifications of Copenhagen (17th century) | 17th Space Surveillance Squadron | 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry | 17th Politburo of the Communist Party of China | 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China | 17th Critics' Choice Awards | 17th Cavalry Regiment (United States) | 17th Cavalry Regiment | Virginia Lancers | ''The Card Players'', 17th-century painting by Theodoor Rombouts | Texas's 17th congressional district | Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | Rochester Lancers | Queen's Royal Lancers | Phaedrig O'Brien, 17th Baron Inchiquin | Michael Bowes-Lyon, 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | John Winslow (17th century) |
Educated at Wellington, he commissioned into the 17th Lancers and attended Staff College in Poona, India, before serving on the Northwest Frontier and with the Gordon Highlanders during the Boer War, where he received the Queen's South Africa Medal bearing the clasps for South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Cape Colony.
She was born Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine, the daughter of William Henry Kennedy-Erskine (1 July 1828 – 15 September 1870) of Dun,Forfarshire, a Captain in the 17th Lancers and Catherine Jones (d. 13 February 1914), the only daughter of William Jones of Henllys, Carmarthenshire.
John Elley (died 1839), Governor of Galway, Colonel of the 17th Lancers, a British cavalry officer who fought with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars