It was raised on 5April 1760, as the 21st Light Dragoons (Royal Forresters) by John, Marquis of Granby, and Lord Robert Sutton.
Palmes' daughter was the second wife of Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton of Aram, who was elevated to the peerage in 1645 for his services to the Royalist cause.
Along with Robert Sutton, he became a non-commissioned officer in the newly formed 1st South Carolina Volunteers.
Robert Sutton, 1st Baron Lexinton (1594–1668), Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire in 1625 and again in 1640
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Robert I. Sutton, professor of management science and engineering in the Stanford Engineering School
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