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In one of the earliest colour representations of a regimental uniform of Charles II's Standing Army, Colonel Egerton wears the uniform of an officer of the King's Troop of Horse Guards (later the Life Guards). Egerton fought on the Royalist side in the Civil Wars of Britain (1639–1651), commanding his own regiment of horse. He rapidly gained promotion and by 1645 was a major-general. The following year he surrendered Ludlow Garrison to a Parliamentary force and was later implicated in various royalist conspiracies for which he was sent briefly to the Tower of London. After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Egerton became lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel in the 1st King's Troop of Horse Guards and was also the Member of Parliament for Staffordshire.