Whereas We have thought fit to Order a Regiment of Light Dragoons to be forthwith formed under your Command which is to consist of Six Troops with Four Serjeants, Four Corporals, One Trumpeter, One Hautboy, and Fifty four Private Men in each Troop, beside the usual Number of Commissioned Officers; These are to Authorize you by beat of Drum or otherwise to raise so many men in any County or part of Our Kingdom of Great Britain, as shall be wanted to complete the said Regiment, to the Numbers above mentioned. And all Magistrates, &c., Given &c. this 24th day of September 1781, in the Twenty first Year of Our Reign.
By His Majesty’s Command,
C. Jenkinson.
To Our Trusty and Well-beloved Sir John Burgoyne Bart. Colonel of Our 23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, or to the Officer appointed by Him to raise Men, for Our said Regiment.
In the London Gazette, for the same date, the following appointments are made.
23rd Light Dragoons.
Colonel Sir John Burgoyne, Bart. of 14th Dragoons is appointed to be Colonel.
Major John Floyd of 21st Dragoons to be Lieutenant Colonel.
Captain Thomas Nash of 16th Dragoons to be Major.
To be Captains of Troops.