| Place | Oceania: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL/14100.002 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Uniform |
| Physical description | Cotton, Ferrous metal, Gold bullion lace, Silk, White metal, Wool twill |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1889-1895 |
| Conflict |
Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 |
Full dress trousers : Earl of Kintore, Adelaide Lancers, South Australia
Description
Brown wool twill trousers with two stripes of gold lace extending down the side seams. White metal buttoned waist and fly, the buttons made by 'J. MARSHALL & Co. ADELAIDE'. Horizontal welt pocket at waist lined with brown cotton sateen. Waist and fly lined with cream silk satin and white plain weave linen. Waist fastens with a ferrous metal square hook and eye. Straight legs have slightly scooped hems at the front. Inside hem has two white metal buttons at each side for attachment to an instep strap.
History / Summary
As part of the full dress uniform, these trousers were worn with a plastron tunic by the Earl of Kintore, Sir Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer (1852-1930). The Adelaide Mounted Rifles was raised in 1877 and became the Adelaide Lancers in 1886. When the Earl of Kintore was appointed as Governor of South Australia in 1889 he was made an honorary Colonel of the Lancers until 1895, when he resigned as Governor and returned to England. The role of the Lancers was mainly ceremonial and in 1897 a detachment went to England to attend the celebrations for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.