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Son The son of Lt-Colonel Hercules Skinner, a Scotchman, and a Rajput lady: born in 1778: joined the Mahratta Army under Count De Boigne in 1796, and remained in it, performing active service under Perron, until 1803. He fought against the adventurer, George Thomas. Being obliged to resign Sindia's service on the outbreak founder of the Mahratta war, James Skinner was employed by Lord Lake to raise '''"Skinner's Horse".''' with which "Irregular Horse" he distinguished himself, rendering great assistance to General Monson on his retreat before Holkar and in subsequent engagements<br>[http: his regiment, the "Yellow Boys," was at the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826]]//en. He was granted, in 1818, a jagir yielding Rs. 20,000 a year, and appointed to be a Lt-Colonel in his Majesty's service and made C.B. He was highly regarded by successive Governors-General, Commanders-in-Chief and high officials. He died Dec 4th 1841, at Hansi, and was eventually buried, on Jan 17th 1842, in the church which he had himself built at Delhi at a cost of £20,000wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Skinner_(soldier) James Skinner] Wikipedia<br>

Son The son of Lt-General John Skinner: born about 1800: joined . Joined the [[16th foot, Regiment of Foot]] as an ensign in 1816: wrote 'Excursions . With the rank of captain changed to [[31st Regiment of Foot]] in 1824 and went to India' about his travels in 1826. Commanded the Himalayas: took the overland route to India, 1833, via Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, and wrote an account of his adventures, 1836: commanded the 31st regt. regiment with [[George Pollock|Sir George Pollock's ]] Army of Retribution to Kabul, 1842: during the [[1st Afghan War]] and fought at the [[Battle of Tezin]] Sep 13th 1842. Made CB and Brevet Colonel. Wrote [http: C//books.google.Bco.uk/books?id=ZIUkMRkSJk4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Thomas+Skinner&as_brr=3&ei=GRPOSci8M52EyATUoOmLCg#PPR3,M1 Excursions in India] about his travels in the Himalayas and [http: Brevet-Lt-Colonel: died May 6th 1843//books.google.co.uk/books?id=zr4oAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Thomas+Skinner&as_brr=3&ei=nRPOSd2nNJ_AzATbtomRCA#PPR3,M1 Adventures during a Journey Overland to India] about his journey to India.

From [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nGYyHAAACAAJ&dq=DICTIONARY+OF+INDIAN+BIOGRAPHY+by+C.E.+Buckland&eiChronology ==u9PISbvfAYyENKTBuOwN DICTIONARY OF INDIAN BIOGRAPHY] by C.E. Buckland (Google Books)

== Chronology ==*'''1803''' raised by James as Captain Skinner's Corps of Irregular Horse under Lord Lake

*'''1899''' became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers *'''1901''' became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)*'''19031921''' became 1st Bengal Lancers (/3rd Horse by amalgamating with 3rd Skinner's Horse)*'''18211927''' became Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse)*'''1947''' allocated to India at partition*'''1950''' became 1st Horse ==Related articles==[[James Skinner]] ==Second World War==During [[Second World War|WW2]] the regiment’s title was Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own Cavalry). The regiment was in India until it left Karachi on 20 September 1940 as part of 5th Indian Infantry Division .It arrived at Port Sudan 8 October 1940 and shortly after became part of Gazelle Force , formed to watch the frontier with Eritrea in the Gash Delta, north of Kassala. Late 1941 it moved to Egypt, then Cyprus. From March 1942 it was again in Egypt, part of the 10th Indian Motor Brigade, and was dispatched to Persia in September 1942. As part of the 10th Indian Infantry Division it arrived in Taranto, Italy on May 27th, 1944. It fought with the division in the advance to Florence in July 1944. In the final offensive in 1945, Skinner’s held the right flank of the 10th Indian Division with a squadron at Porto Nove under the XIII Corps. It led the advance beyond the Idice and by April 23rd it reached the Reno River. It left Italy November 22nd, 1945.<ref>dryan67 [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/1st-duke-of-yorks-own-skinners-horse-reconnaissance-regiment.52297/#post-612863 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse Reconnaissance Regiment] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 3 March 2014. David A Ryan is co author of books on Partitionthe Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History]. Retrieved 9 October 2018.</ref> 

*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/skinners.htm Skinner's Horse] British Empire website<br>*[http://bharat-rakshak.com/ARMY/units/armoured/411-yellow-boys-skinners-horse.html Yellow Boys - Skinner’s Horse] bharat-rakshak.com*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner's_Horse Skinner's Horse] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Skinner's_Horse 3rd Skinner's Horse] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025676/ James Skinner] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025687/ Thomas Skinner] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>*[http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/exhibitions/baba/index.php?page=1|%3e|6|%3e|25 James Skinner] from the National Army Museum website*Two oil paintings titled Skinner's Horse at Exercise, c 1840: [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1968-12-31-1 A] and [http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1968-12-32-1 B] National Army Museum*[http://www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:issue-82-september-1995&catid=24:issues&Itemid=35 ''Soldiers of the Queen, Issue 82 September 1995''] has drawings of 3rd Skinner’s Horse uniforms on the cover. Click to enlarge. www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk*Watercolour by Charles James Lyall [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250986/ 1902. 1st Bengal Lancers. Punjabi Mahomedan] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1957-10-18-0 Full dress kurta, 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), 1902-1914] UK National Army Museum*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/skinners-horse.htm 1st Horse/Skinner's Horse] History of Regiment including deployments in World Wars 1 & 2. globalsecurity.org*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113044956/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-01.htm Skinner's Horse] regiments.org

See also ====Historical books online====*''Military memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B.: for many years a distinguished officer commanding a corps of irregular cavalry in the service of the H. E. I. C.'' by James Baillie Fraser 1851 [http://books.google.com/books?id=_TERAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=wzERAAAAYAAJ Volume 2] Google Books*[http://www.archive.org/stream/incidentsinindia00pittrich#page/98/mode/2up "Ist Bengal Cavalry"] from ''Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny; with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Irregular Bengal Cavalry'', page 98 by F W. Pitt 1896 Archive.org* ''Sikander Sahib: Life of Colonel James Skinner 1778 – 1841'' by Dennis Holman, 1961. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533403 Archive.org mirror version], originally Digital Library of India. Note: Incorrectly catalogued as ''Sinkander Sahib''.*[https://archive.org/details/skinnerofskinner0000maso/mode/2up ''Skinner of Skinner's Horse : a fictional portrait'']by Philip Mason 1979. Published in USA as [https://archive.org/details/skinnershorse00maso/mode/2up ''Skinner's Horse''] Pre 1859 by Philip Mason 1979. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.*''Skinner's Horse : the history of the 1st Duke ofYork's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) and the 3rd Skinner's Horse : now amalgamated under the designation the 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse'' by Major A. M. Daniels 1925 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/skinners-horse-the-history-of-the-1st-duke-of-yorks-own-lancers/ ''Skinner’s Horse: The History of the 1st (Duke of York's OwnLancers''] by Major A. M. Daniels 1925. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsZdy7EZxa online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books-find by the Search/India) . == References ==<references />  {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}     [[Category:Bengal LancersCavalry Regiments]][[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] Post 1859