British Army

      21 February 1816

      An ACCOUNT, showing the Average Numbers, and Expense, of The MILITARY and NAVAL Establishments maintained by this Country, in the several Periods of Peace, from the Treaty of Utrecht to the Commencement of the American Wars; so far as the same can be ascertained.

      Number of Men voted for the
      Year Army Navy
      1715 - 10,000
      1716 - 10,000
      1717 - 10,000
      1718 - 10,000
      1719 - 13,500
      1720 14,469 -
      1721 14,249 -
      1722 14,294 -
      1723 18,294 -
      1724 18,264 -
      1725 18,264 -
      1726 18,226 -
      1727 26,383 -
      1728 22,955 15,000
      1729 22,955 15,000
      1730 17,709 10,000
      1731 17,709 10,000
      1732 17,709 8,000
      1733 17,709 8,000
      1734 17,704 20,000
      1735 25,744 30,000
      1736 17,704 15,000
      1737 17,704 10,000
      1738 17,704 10,000
      1739 17,704 12,000
      1740 28,852 35,000
      174 29,033 40,000
      1742 35,554 40,000
      1743 23,610 40,000
      1744 19,028 30,000
      1745 15,768 40,000
      1746 49,229 40,000
      1747 33,030 40,000
      1748 49,939 40,000
      1749 18,857 17,000
      1750 18,857 10,000
      1751 18,857 8,000
      1752 18,857 10,000
      1753 18,857 10,000
      1754 18,857 10,000
      1755 18,857 12,000
      1756 34,263 50,000
      1757 49,749 55,000
      1758 53,777 60,000
      1759 52,543 60,000
      1760 57,294 70,000
      1761 64,971 70,000
      1762 67,676 70,000
      1763 56,360 30,000
      1764 17,532 16,000
      1765 17,421 16,000
      1766 17,306 16,000
      1767 16,754 16,000
      1768 17,253 16,000
      1769 17,142 16,000
      1770 17,666 16,000
      1771 23,432 40,000
      1772 17,547 25,000
      1773 17,070 20,000
      1774 18,024 20,000
      1775 17,547 18,000

      Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, 21st February 1816. C. Arbuthnot.