Historical Record of the Third, or Prince of Wales' Regiment of Dragoon Guards / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838

by Richard Cannon

'H. FOX.'

The establishment of the regiment, with the rates of pay of each rank, is given in the following table, copied from the War-Office records.

THIRD REGIMENT OF DRAGOON GUARDS.
	Per Diem.
Staff Officers.	£.	s.	d.
The Colonel, as Colonel, 15s.; allowance for servants 4s. 6d.		19	6
Lieut.-Colonel, as Lieut.-Colonel		9
Major, as Major		5
Chaplain		6	8
Surgeon		6
Adjutant		5
The First Troop.
Captain 8s.; 3 horses 3s.; in lieu of servants 4s. 6d.		15	6
Lieutenant 4s.; 2 horses 2s.; in lieu of servants 3s.		9
Cornet 3s.; 2 horses 2s.; in lieu of servants 3s.		8
Quartermaster, for himself and horse 4s.; in lieu of servants 1s. 6d.		5	6
3 Serjeants, each at 2s. 9d.		8	3
3 Corporals, each at 2s. 3d.		6	9
2 Drummers, each at 2s. 3d.		4	6
1 Hautboy		2
59 Dragoons, at 1s. 9d. each for man and horse	5	3	3
Allowance to widows		2
For clothing lost by deserters		2	6
For recruiting expenses		2	4
For agency		1	2
Five Troops more, of the same numbers	42	13	9
Total per Diem	£53	15	8
Total per Annum £19,630		18	4

1748

The regiment, having thus been constituted the Third Dragoon Guards, was disposed in quarters at Leicester and Coventry, where it passed that and the following summer, and in the autumn of 1748 marched to Durham and Newcastle.

After the decease of Field-Marshal Wade, in February, 1748, the Colonelcy was conferred on the Honourable Charles Howard.

1749
1750

In the succeeding year the regiment was stationed at York and Barnard Castle; and in 1750 at Loughborough, Norwich, and North Yarmouth.

1752
1753
1754