Government of Great Britain & Ireland

The Government of Great Britain & Ireland is the central government of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The government is led by the prime minister, who selects all the remaining ministers. The prime minister and the other most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet. The Cabinet is the ultimate decision-making body of the executive within the Westminster system of government in traditional constitutional theory. The government is responsible for administrating the British Empire which rules from the deserts of South Africa all the way to the tropical jungles of the West Indies. The British Empire covers a giant 5,635,697 sq miles. It is true that the sun shall never set upon the British Empire.

The British Empire

Map of the British Empire in 1753 ~ The King's Domains

Note: There are more territories, but these mark the King's official domains, which are held directly under his power.

Social Information

Social Information	Recorded Information
Population	173,374,000 (estimated)
Demonym	British, Briton
Ethnic Groups	European (English, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Germanic, French, Spaniard, Dutch, etc)
	Asian (Indo-Aryan, Siamese, Pacific Islander, etc)
	African
	American Indian
	Various minority groups
Primary Religious Sect	Christianity (Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, etc)
	Hinduism
	Sikh
	Islam (Sunni, Shia, etc)
	Buddhism (Vajrayana, Theravada, etc)
	Various Pagan religions
Primary Languages	English (Official)
	Celtic (Scots, Gaelic, Welsh, Manx, Cornish (nearly extinct by 1750), Ulster-Scots)
	Norman (Jerriais, Guernésiais, Sercquiais, Auregnais)
	Indo-Aryan (Marathi, Sanskrit, Hindustani, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Pashto, Kannada, Assamese, Tamil, Gorkhali)
	Austroasiatic (Ayutthayan Thai, Burmese, Siamese, Mon, Khmer, Malay)
	Afrikaans
	German
	French
	Spanish
	Dutch
	Portuguese
	Various indigenous tongues

Political Information

The Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is ruled by a single monarch between the 17th Century to present day except during the interregnum of William III and Mary II. Unlike the co-monarchy period, the single monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain is ruled by the power of a single crown, the Crown of England. Then after the co-monarchy period of Queen Anne, George I and now our king, George II lead as a single monarch. Due to English Bill of Rights, and later the English Act of Settlement the succession to the throne was to go to a English monarch, rather than the Scottish alternative, due to the Act of Security. The adoption of the Act of Settlement required that the British monarch be a protestant descendant of Sophia of Hanover, which helped install George I as King and begin the Hanoverian Dynasty.

Legislative power was vested in the Parliament of Great Britain, which replaced the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland after the Act of Union of 1707. After the succession of the Parliament of England. The Parliament of Great Britain included three elements: the House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Crown-in-Parliament. England and Scotland were given seats in both the House of Lords and the House of Commons of the new parliament.

Today, Parliament's main roles are examining and challenging the work of the current government, debating and passing all laws and enabling the Government to raise taxes. Much of the work of the House of Commons takes place in committees, made up of around 3 to 50 MPs. These committees examine issues in detail, from government policy and proposed new laws, to wider topics like the economy.

There are currently 64 constituencies composing the House of Commons: 42 are in England, 15 in Scotland, and 7 in Wales.

Here is the Constitution of Great Britain. This British constitution is not just one single document but is drawn from legislation, treaties, judicial precedents, convention, acts of parliament and etc.

N.B.: the official designation is the "United Kingdom of Great Britain"

Political Information	Recorded Information
Official Long Name	The Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland
Official Short Name	The British Empire
System of Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Seat of Power (Capital)	London, England
Head of State (Monarch)	His Britannic Majesty King Frederick Augustus I
Head of Government (Prime Minister)	The Duke of Newcastle
Legislative Branch (Parliament)	Bicameral legislature, with a hereditary/appointive House of Lords and an elected House of Commons

Diplomatic Policies

Country/Faction	Diplomatic Stance
Kingdom of France	Allied (Protected State)
Holy Roman Empire	Neutral (Trade)
Habsburg Empire	Neutral (Trade)
Electorate of Bavaria	Allied (Trade)
Republic of the Seven United Netherlands	Allied (Trade)
Republic of the Swiss	Neutral (Trade)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Allied (Trade)
Kingdom of Prussia	Allied (Trade)
Russian Empire	Allied (Trade)
Qing Dynasty of China	Allied (Trade)
Kingdom of Joseon	Allied (Trade)
Electorate of Saxony	Allied (Trade)
Kingdom of Naples	Allied (Trade)
Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan	Allied (Trade)
Sultanate of Morocco	Allied (Trade)
Kingdom of Denmark-Norway	Allied (Trade)
Papal States	Neutral (Trade)
Kingdom of Sweden	Neutral
Barbary Coast	Hostile (Embargo)
Ottoman Empire	Neutral (Trade)
Zand Dynasty of Persia	Allied (Trade)
Trinh lords of Northern Vietnam	Unknown
Nguyen lords of Southern Vietnam	Unknown
Kingdom of Champasak	Unknown
Kingdom of Vientiane	Unknown
Kingdom of Luang Phrabang	Unknown
Kingdom of Mrauk U (South Burma)	Allied (Protectorate)
Kingdom of Lanna	Indifferent
Kingdom of Portugal	Allied (Protected State)
Thirteen Colonies	Allied (Protectorate)
Kingdom of Mysore	Allied (Princely State)
Dominion of Rio de la Plata	Allied (Protectorate)
Kingdom of Spain	Allied (Trade)
Viceroyalty of New Spain	Allied (Trade)

Key:

Allied = Nations or groups that have joined in an amity and association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose (such as a military alliance, or a non-aggression pact); trade is normally if not always established between allied nations.
Friendly = Nations or groups that share a mutual understanding, and have enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity; cooperation is likely and negotiation is welcomed. Alliances or treaties of union besides trade are nonexistent.
Neutral = Not aligned with or in other terms; acting in a non-belligerent stance(not supporting any side or taking any position in a controversy by not assisting or participating in a dispute or war between others).
Indifferent = Having no particular interest or sympathy with one another in foreign affairs; apprehensive towards each other's actions and policies, but non-belligerent towards them; trade is not normally established between indifferent nations, but embargoes are likely, but uncommon.
Hostile = Not in engaged in armed conflict; in a state of disagreement, uneasy peace, and characterised as unsympathetic towards each other. Embargo is common between hostile nations
At War = Engaged in armed conflict or state of total war; in a state of disagreement, usually of more than two nations or smaller groups engaged in armed hostilities. Embargo is common between nations at war.
Unknown = Diplomatic relations not yet established or faction not yet discovered.
(Trade) = Indicates the basic economic concept that involves multiple (two) parties participating in the voluntary negotiation and then the exchange of one's goods and services for desired goods and services that someone else possesses. Diplomatic stance does not directly affect this instance, but being aligned with a faction does increase the probability of a successful trade negotiation.
(Embargo) = Indicates a partial or complete prohibition or ban on trade and commerce with a particular nation or a group of nations. Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is imposed, whether it is to display international disapproval, or respond to a hostile act that does not warrant a declaration of war.
(Protectorate) = A protectorate is a territory which is not formally annexed but in which, by treaty, grant or other lawful means, the Crown has ultimate power and jurisdiction. Trade is automatically established upon the declaration of a protectorate.
(Princely State) = A princely state (also called a native state or Indian state) is a semi-independent state within the British EIC Indian Empire where a native Indian prince held rule on behalf of the British rather than them holding direct control over the state. Princely states can not have relations with other states without British approval.
(Protected State) = A protectorate differs from a "protected state". A protected state is a territory under a ruler which enjoys His Britannic Majesty's protection, over whose foreign affairs he exercises control, but in respect of whose internal affairs he does not exercise jurisdiction.

Economic Information

Economic Information	Recorded Information
Currency	British Pound Sterling (£)
His Majesty's Treasury Total (£)	£626,524,000
Empire Networth	£986,278,000
Yearly Empire Income	£82,682,000
Yearly Tax Income	£8,064,000
GDP (per Capita)	£78,879,125
System of Economy	Mercantilism
Sphere of Influence	International

Trade

Great Britain ranks first for the total metric tonnage of its merchant navy and holds approximately 850,000 metric tons (840,000 Imperial tons).
In the Mediterranean, British merchants sell shortcloth and kerseys in Smyrna and Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire as well as in Naples, Messina, Palermo, Malta, Alicante, Valencia. All British Mediterranean trade is regulated and dominated by the British Levant Company.
In West Africa, British merchants buy slaves (on average 68,000 Africans per year) and transport them to be sold in the Americas. Slave trade is the richest part of British trade at this current time. British Calabar is one of the major slave-trading ports on the Bight of Benin, the Slave Coast.
In South Africa, the Cape Colony originated in 1652 as a settlement of the Dutch East India Company. With the development of its trading empire in Southeast Asia, the company sought to establish a refreshment station on the shipping route from Europe. In 1726, Cape Colony was ceded from the Dutch Republic to the British after a costly war that relinquished occupation of the Dutch West Indies. Cape Colony became an important resupply depot for ships of the British East India Company allowing the trade company to expand itself greatly into the Indian subcontinent in the many years to come.
In India, the East India Company is very active. It has three autonomous presidencies: Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Madras (present-day Chennai) and Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). As of 1748, annual dividends yielded an average of 12%. However, during times of war, deficits replaced benefits. Perception of local taxes (diwani), sales of custom licenses (dastaks) and loans of military services to local princes were the only means to cover the expenses of the war. The company buys pepper, spices, tea, indigo, textiles (muslin, shawl, calico), leather, jewellery, woollen carpet and saltpetre. It sells wool, velvet, metal, glass, European liqueurs, weapons, and horses.
In Burma, the British has, since 1735, a counter at Cape Negrais at the southwestern tip of the Irrawaddy delta where they bought teak. In 1744, a British Officer was proclaimed the King of Siam, after he had killed the current king, Rama I. A year later, in 1745, the young officer gifted the entire Kingdom to King George, who rewarded the officer with its governorship. Burma, and Siam was later included in the East India Company's Raj.
On Borneo, the East India Company has a counter at Banjarmasin since 1738, which is supplied by the East India Company's province of Singapore. The city-state was first made a colony by King James I of England in 1612, on the basis of the Eastern Asian Colonization Charter (also acquired from the charter was India, Taiwan, and Shanghai).
In China, British merchants primarily purchase tea. Great Britain is the first country where the consumption of tea has spread among a large part of the population. However, tea is not the only merchandise that merchants are bringing back from China. They also purchase silk, cotton fabric, varnish, nacre, lacquer, China being very self-sufficient, most of the merchandises must be paid in silver by the British merchants. Commerce with China is currently dwarfed by trade/colonial expansion in India.
Commerce with the 13 colonies of continental North America is regulated by the Navigation Acts of 1651 and 1660 which reserves all trade to British vessels. Furthermore most exports (tobacco, sugar, molasses, indigo, furs, wood, naval furniture) from these colonies has to be exclusively destined to Great Britain while exports of grains, flour, rice, vegetables, fruits and salted fish can be sent to any nation. Imports have to be transported by ships coming from British ports. The only other imports tolerated is currently wines (from Madeira, Azores and Canary Islands) and salt destined to fisheries. Since 1733, prohibitive duty fees on sugar and molasses theoretically prevent any trade between British and French colonies. However, these measures just promote smuggling in and out of French and Spanish Antilles, mostly dominated by pirates, and foreign privateers. Furthermore, the 13 colonies are not allowed to establish heavy industry (for ex: foundries) but naval construction is promoted and subsidised.

Major Industries

Textiles
Metallurgy
Agriculture
Weaponry
Sugar cane
Wool
Spices
Timber
Shipping

The War Office

The War Office, responsible for the Army, was originally the Secretary at War's office. The first holder of the post was killed in battle - at sea - against the Dutch in 1666. It was not at first a big spending Department; office expenses for six months of 1673 amounted to £14 9s 0d. Horse Guards remained the military nucleus of the British Army, however through the years of increasing importance, the War Office has become the political epicentre for the British Army and the Royal Navy.

War Office departments

Office of the Secretary at War (Government Position)
Department of the Master-General of the Ordnance (Professional Position)
Department of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces (Professional Position)

- Office of the Paymaster of the Forces (Government Position)

British Military Ranks

( ) - denotes another term for rank.

Royal Army	Royal Navy
Cadet (matross)	Landsman
Private (Trooper/Gunner)	Ordinary Seaman
Corporal (Bombardier)	Able Seaman
Sergeant	---
Sergeant Major	---
Quartermaster	Petty Officer
Adjutant	Standing Officer
Second Lieutenant (Cornet/Ensign)	Midshipman (Master's Mate)
Lieutenant	Master (Acting lieutenant)
Captain Lieutenant	---
Captain	Lieutenant
Major	Lieutenant-Commander
Lieutenant Colonel	Master and Commander (Commander)
Colonel	Post-Captain
Brigadier General (Brigadier)	Commodore
Major General	Rear Admiral
Lieutenant General	Vice Admiral
General	Admiral
Field Marshal (Master-General)	Admiral of the Fleet (Senior Naval Lord)

The Royal Navy

The Admiralty

The oldest of the Departments of the War Office is the Admiralty, responsible for the Navy. In 1546 Henry VIII created a Navy Board to oversee the administrative affairs of the naval service; policy direction, operational control and maritime jurisdiction remained in the hands of the Lord High Admiral. From 1628 this post was more often than not filled by a "committee" of Lords Commissioners - the Board of Admiralty, whose head was the First Lord, the Minister who was the political master of the Navy. For 200 years the Navy was run by these two Boards, under a system devised largely by Samuel Pepys. The organisation served well enough during the wars with the Spanish, Dutch and French, but relations between the two boards were not always harmonious.

Main article: The Royal Navy of Great Britain & Ireland

Personnel Statistics

Royal Navy Information	Recorded Information
Total Ships	922 Battle-ready warships
Total Naval Personnel active	738,550
Total Naval Personnel Reserve	68,000
Naval Personnel	578,175
Marine Personnel	150,375

First Rate Ships of the Line

Royal Sovereign (102) (1701)
Britannia (100) (1719)
Royal William (100) (1719)
Royal George (100) (1756)
Victory (100) (1737)

Second Rate Ships of the Line

Malborough (96) (1706)
St. George (96) (1726)
Barfleur (90) (1716)
Union (90) (1709)
Namur (90) (1729)
Prince George (90) (1701)

Third Rate Ships of the Line

Boyne (80) (1739)
Cambridge (80) (1695)
Chichester (80) (1695)
Cornwall (80) (1726)
Princess Amelia (80) (1755)
Ranaelagh (80) (1697)
Shrewsbury (80) (1713)
Culloden (74) (1747)
Devonshire (74) (1745)
Invincible (74) (1747)
Magnamine (74) (1748)
Monarch (74) (1747)
Berwick (70) (1743)
Burford (70) (1722)
Captain (70) (1743)
Essex (70) (1740)
Expedition (70) (1740)
Hampton Court (70) (1709)
Ipswich (70) (1730)
Kent (70) (1746)
Northumberland (70) (1743)
Princess Royal (70) (1728)
Stirling Castle (70) (1742)
Vanguard (70) (1748)
Cumberland (66) (1739)
Pembroke (66) (1733)
Bedford (64) (1741)
Elizabeth (64) (1737)
Fougueux (64) (1747)
Mars (64) (1746)
Monmouth (64) (1742)
Nassau (64) (1740)
Revenge (64) (1742)
Rippon (64) (1712)
Royal Oak (64) (1741)
Somerset (64) (1748)
Suffolk (64) (1739)
Yarmouth (64) (1748)

Fourth Rate Frigates

Anson (60) (1747)
Augusta (60) (1736)
Canterbury (60) (1745)
Defiance (60) (1744)
Deptford (60) (1732)
Dreadnought (60) (1742)
Dunkirk (60) (1754)
Exeter (60) (1697)
Kingston (60) (1740)
Lyon (60) (1738)
Nottingham (60) (1745)
Princess Louisa (60) (1744)
Preston (60) (1742)
St. Albans (60) (1747)
Sunderland (60) (1724)
Superb (60) (1736)
Windsor (60) (1742)
Tiger (60) (1747)
Warwick (60) (1733)
Worcester (60) (1735)
Eagle (58) (1745)
Tilbury (58) (1745)
Trident (58) (1744)
Antelope (54) (1741)
Bristol (54) (1711)
Mermaid (54) (1708)
Oxford (54) (1727)
Panther (54) (1709)
Assistance (50) (1747)
Advice (50) (1745)
Centurion (50) (1732)
Chester (50) (1708)
Colchester (50) (1746)
Gloucester (50) (1745)
Greenwich (50) (1747)
Hampshire (50) (1641)
Harwich (50) (1743)
Isis (50) (1747)
Leopard (50) (1741)
Lichfield (50) (1746)
Nonsuch (50) (1741)
Norwich (50) (1745)
Portland (50) (1744)
Ruby (50) (1745)
Salisbury (50) (1745)
Severn (50) (1747)
Stratford (50) (1735)
Sutherland (50) (1741)
Tavestock (50) (1747)

Fifth Rate Frigates

Jersey (48) (1698)
Angelsea (44) (1742)
Assurance (44) (1747)
Chesterfield (44) (1745)
Crown (44) (1747)
Diamond (44) (1741)
Dover (44) (1740)
Eltham (44) (1736)
Enterprise (44) (1709)
Fowey (44) (1744)
Faversham (44) (1741)
Folkeston (44) (1741)
Gloire (44) (1747)
Gosport (44) (1741)
Hastings (44) (1741)
Hector (44) (1743)
Humber (44) (1748)
Jason (44) (1747)
Lark (44) (1744)
Launceston (44) (1741)
Liverpool (44) (1741)
Lynn (44) (1741)
Penzance (44) (1747)
Poole (44) (1745)
Prince Edward (44) (1745)
Rainbow (44) (1747)
Roebuck (44) (1743)
Sapphire (44) (1743)
Southsea Castle (44) (1745)
Thetis (44) (1747)
Torrington (44) (1743)
Pearl (42) (1726)
Adventure (40) (1741)
Ambuscade (40) (1745)
Falkland (36) (1744)
Tartar (32) (1733)
Bellona (30) (1747)
Renown (30) (1747)

Sixth Rate Frigates

Lyme (28) (1740)
Unicorn (28) (1748)
Amazon (26) (1745)
Aldborough (24) (1743)
Alderney (24) (1743)
Arundel (24) (1746)
Biddeford (24) (1740)
Blandford (24) (1741)
Boston (24) (1748)
Bridgewater (24) (1740)
Centaur (24) (1746)
Deal Castle (24) (1746)
Experiment (24) (1740)
Fox (24) (1746)
Garland (24) (1742)
Glasgow (24) (1745)
Greyhound (24) (1741)
Margate (24) (1746)
Mercury (24) (1746)
Port Mahon (24) (1740)
Ranger (24) (1747)
Rose (24) (1755)
Sheerness (24) (1743)
Shoreham (24) (1744)
Siren (24) (1745)
Solebay (24) (1742)
Sphynx (24) (1748)
Squirrel (24) (1707)
Surprise (24) (1745)
Tryton (24) (1745)
Wager (24) (1739)
Winchelsey (24) (1740)
Scarborough (23) (1740)
Grand Turk (22) (1745)
Inverness (22) (1746)
Gibraltar (20) (1727)
Dolphin (20) (1731)
Hind (20) (1744)
Lively (20) (1740)
Seahorse (20) (1748)

Unrated Sloops of War

Weasle (16) (1745)
Porcupine (16) (1746)
Albany (14) (1747)
Badger (14) (1745)
Baltimore (14) (1714)
Comet (14) (1742)
Falcon (14) (1745)
Fortune (14) (1746)
Fame (14) (1745)
Ferret (14) (1743)
Grampus (14) (1746)
Hazard (14) (1746)
Hornet (14) (1745)
Jamaica (14) (1710)
Kingfisher (14) (1745)
Merlin (14) (1744)
Otter (14) (1742)
Raven (14) (1745)
Shark (14) (1732)
Speedwell (14) (1744)
Swallow (14) (1745)
Terrible (14) (1730)
Terror (14) (1741)
Trial (14) (1744)
Viper (14) (1746)
Vulture (14) (1744)
Wolf (14) (1742)

Unrated Brigantines

Firedrake (12) (1741)
Fly (12) (1732)
Galgo (12) (1742)
Grenado (12) (1742)
Spence (12) (1730)
Swift (12) (1721)
Mediator (10) (1742)
Achille (8) (1744)
Achillies (8) (1748)
Aetna (8) (1746)
Adventure (6) (1748)

His Majesty's Shipyards

Woolwich (Great)
Chatham (Great)
Portsmouth (Great)
Deptford (Great)
Plymouth (Great)
Harwich (Large)
Southampton (Large)
Blackwall (Large)
Liverpool (Large)
Bucklers-Hard (Large)
Hull (Large)
Bristol (Medium)
Northam (Medium)
Burseldon (Medium)
Frindsbury (Medium)
Woolbridge (Medium)
Redbridge (Medium)
Cowes (Medium)
Tyne (Small)
Shoreham (Small)
Newcastle (Small)
Limehouse (Small)
Rortherhithe (Small)
Shoreham (Small)
Chichester (Small)
Poole (Small)
Sandwich (Small)
Ipswich (Small)
Gosport (Small)
Dover (Small)
Medway (Small)
Wapping (Small)
Lynne (Small)
Folkestone (Small)
Beaulieu (Small)
Kinsale (Small)
Torbay (Small)
Halifax (Small)
Boston (Small)
Port Royal (Small)

Home Fleet

Location: Spithead

Total: 18 Ships of the Line,

Royal Sovereign (102) (1701)
Britannia (100) (1719)
Royal William (100) (1719)
Royal George (100) (1756)
Victory (100) (1737)
Malborough (96) (1706)
St. George (96) (1726)
Barfleur (90) (1716)
Union (90) (1709)
Namur (90) (1729)
Prince George (90) (1701)
Princess Amelia (80) (1755)
Ranaelagh (80) (1697)
Shrewsbury (80) (1713)
Culloden (74) (1747)
Invincible (74) (1747)
Northumberland (70) (1743)
Princess Royal (70) (1728)
Dunkirk (60) (1754)
Exeter (60) (1697)
Kingston (60) (1740)
Lyon (60) (1738)
Preston (60) (1742)
St. Albans (60) (1747)
Sunderland (60) (1724)
Superb (60) (1736)
Warwick (60) (1733)
Worcester (60) (1735)
Eagle (58) (1745)
Oxford (54) (1727)
Panther (54) (1709)
Norwich (50) (1745)
Portland (50) (1744)
Ruby (50) (1745)
Greenwich (50) (1747)
Hampshire (50) (1641)
Harwich (50) (1743)
Isis (50) (1747)
Leopard (50) (1741)
Assistance (50) (1747)
Advice (50) (1745)
Centurion (50) (1732)
Chester (50) (1708)
Jersey (48) (1698)
Angelsea (44) (1742)
Assurance (44) (1747)
Chesterfield (44) (1745)
Crown (44) (1747)
Diamond (44) (1741)
Dover (44) (1740)
Eltham (44) (1736)
Enterprise (44) (1709)
Fowey (44) (1744)
Faversham (44) (1741)
Folkeston (44) (1741)
Gloire (44) (1747)
Gosport (44) (1741)
Lyme (28) (1740)
Unicorn (28) (1748)
Amazon (26) (1745)
Aldborough (24) (1743)
Alderney (24) (1743)
Arundel (24) (1746)
Biddeford (24) (1740)
Blandford (24) (1741)
Boston (24) (1748)
Bridgewater (24) (1740)
Centaur (24) (1746)
Deal Castle (24) (1746)
Weasle (16) (1745)
Porcupine (16) (1746)
Albany (14) (1747)
Badger (14) (1745)
Baltimore (14) (1714)
Firedrake (12) (1741)
Fly (12) (1732)
Galgo (12) (1742)

North America Squadron

Location: Halifax

Total:

Chichester (80) (1695)
Cornwall (80) (1726)
Magnamine (74) (1748)
Monarch (74) (1747)
Stirling Castle (70) (1742)
Pembroke (66) (1733)
Royal Oak (64) (1741)
Somerset (64) (1748)
Yarmouth (64) (1748)
Canterbury (60) (1745)
Defiance (60) (1744)
Deptford (60) (1732)
Dreadnought (60) (1742)
Sutherland (50) (1741)
Tavestock (50) (1747)
Hastings (44) (1741)
Humber (44) (1748)
Jason (44) (1747)
Lark (44) (1744)
Launceston (44) (1741)
Wager (24) (1739)
Winchelsey (24) (1740)
Glasgow (24) (1745)
Greyhound (24) (1741)
Margate (24) (1746)
Experiment (24) (1740)
Fox (24) (1746)
Terror (14) (1741)
Trial (14) (1744)
Viper (14) (1746)
Vulture (14) (1744)
Wolf (14) (1742)
Swift (12) (1721)
Mediator (10) (1742)
Achille (8) (1744)

Mediteranean Fleet

Location: Gibraltar

Total:

Boyne (80) (1739)
Cambridge (80) (1695)
Captain (70) (1743)
Essex (70) (1740)
Ipswich (70) (1730)
Kent (70) (1746)
Hampton Court (70) (1709)
Cumberland (66) (1739)
Bedford (64) (1741)
Elizabeth (64) (1737)
Gloucester (50) (1745)
Nonsuch (50) (1741)
Roebuck (44) (1743)
Sapphire (44) (1743)
Penzance (44) (1747)
Bellona (30) (1747)
Renown (30) (1747)
Sphynx (24) (1748)
Squirrel (24) (1707)
Speedwell (14) (1744)
Swallow (14) (1745)
Terrible (14) (1730)

Minorca Squadron

Location: Port Mahon

Total:

Nassau (64) (1740)
Revenge (64) (1742)
Nottingham (60) (1745)
Princess Louisa (60) (1744)
Canterbury (60) (1745)
Trident (58) (1744)
Mermaid (54) (1708)
Stratford (50) (1735)
Hector (44) (1743)
Poole (44) (1745)
Surprise (24) (1745)
Tryton (24) (1745)
Scarborough (23) (1740)
Grand Turk (22) (1745)
Grampus (14) (1746)
Hazard (14) (1746)

West Indies Squadron

Location: Port Royal

Total:

Berwick (70) (1743)
Burford (70) (1722)
Expedition (70) (1740)
Fougueux (64) (1747)
Mars (64) (1746)
Monmouth (64) (1742)
Windsor (60) (1742)
Tiger (60) (1747)
Tilbury (58) (1745)
Salisbury (50) (1745)
Severn (50) (1747)
Colchester (50) (1746)
Southsea Castle (44) (1745)
Thetis (44) (1747)
Torrington (44) (1743)
Liverpool (44) (1741)
Lynn (44) (1741)
Mercury (24) (1746)
Port Mahon (24) (1740)
Ranger (24) (1747)
Rose (24) (1755)
Inverness (22) (1746)
Gibraltar (20) (1727)
Dolphin (20) (1731)
Comet (14) (1742)
Falcon (14) (1745)
Fortune (14) (1746)
Fame (14) (1745)
Ferret (14) (1743)
Achillies (8) (1748)
Aetna (8) (1746)
Adventure (6) (1748)

East Indies Squadron

Location: Calcutta

Total:

Devonshire (74) (1745)
Vanguard (70) (1748)
Rippon (64) (1712)
Suffolk (64) (1739)
Anson (60) (1747)
Augusta (60) (1736)
Antelope (54) (1741)
Bristol (54) (1711)
Lichfield (50) (1746)
Prince Edward (44) (1745)
Rainbow (44) (1747)
Pearl (42) (1726)
Adventure (40) (1741)
Ambuscade (40) (1745)
Falkland (36) (1744)
Tartar (32) (1733)
Sheerness (24) (1743)
Shoreham (24) (1744)
Siren (24) (1745)
Solebay (24) (1742)
Garland (24) (1742)
Hind (20) (1744)
Lively (20) (1740)
Seahorse (20) (1748)
Hornet (14) (1745)
Jamaica (14) (1710)
Kingfisher (14) (1745)
Merlin (14) (1744)
Otter (14) (1742)
Raven (14) (1745)
Shark (14) (1732)
Grenado (12) (1742)
Spence (12) (1730)

Ships & Ship Types

Ship Type (Class)	Number in Navy	Number of Guns	Men per Vessel
Ship of the Line (Heavy 1st, 2nd Rate)	63	80 - 102	220 - 260
Ship of the Line (Light 3rd, 4th Rate)	98	56 - 72	150 - 200
Frigates (Fifth and Sixth rate)	172	24 - 50	90 -140
Merchant Vessels (East Indiaman & Galleons)	147	12 - 68	20 - 128
See images of Frigate, Brig, and Galleon Post Ships ( Small Sixth rate and lower)	132	11 -38	48 - 13
Sloops (all classes)	109	6 - 24	30 - 120
Brig/Cutter/Schooner (Below Sixth rate)	201	8 - 32	10-80

Gallery of Royal Navy Paintings

British Army

Total Army Personnel Active: 695,033 men

Total Army Personnel reserve: 456,100 men

See: West Indies forces

Professional Infantry: 491 Regiments *618,296 men (£3,091,475)
Professional Cavalry: 112 Regiments *50,176 men (£250,880)
Professional Artillerymen: 109 Companies *2,600 men ~ 654 cannons (£13,000)
Independent Battalions: 16 Battalions *8,048 men (£32,192)
Militia Infantry: 17 Regiments *15,130 men (£75,650)
Army Personnel: 783 (£5,481)
British Army Upkeep: Total: 695,033 men (£3,475,165)

Regiments of Cavalry

Regiment Strength Colonel/Commander Location

1st (The Blues) Royal Regiment of Horse Guards 429 H. Conway's England
1st Regiment of Life Guards 448 Lord Harrington's England
1st (King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 386 G. Howard's England
1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons 362 Lord Amherst's England
2nd Regiment of Life Guards 446 Lord Townshend's England
2nd (Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 367 W. Fawcett's England
2nd (Royal North British, Royal Scots Greys) Regiment of Dragoons 285 James Johnston's England
3rd (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 372 G. Warde's Ireland
3rd (King's own) Regiment of Dragoons 286 Lord Southampton's England
4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 362 T. Bland's Ireland
4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons 335 Lord Howard's England
5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards 358 Lord Pembroke's England<
5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons 388 R. Cunninghame's Ireland
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards 380 Lord Carhampton's Ireland
6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons 374 Huntington's England
7th (Princess Royal's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 385 C. Grey's Ireland
7th (Queen's own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 285 H. Clinton's Scotland
8th (King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 285 F. Lascelle's Ireland
9th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 295 F. Mocher's Ireland
10th (Prince of Wales's own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 285 HRH Prince of Wales's England
11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 305 S. Hodgson's England
12th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 385 J. Steuart's Ireland
14th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 299 R. Sloper's Ireland
15th (King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 292 Lord Dorchester's England
16th (Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 295 W. Harcourt's England
17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 395 Lord Lincoln's Ireland
18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 325 Lord Drogheda's Ireland
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 512 W. Howe's India
20th (Jamaica) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 420 G. Sandford's West Indies
21st Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 402 T. R. Beaumont's America
22nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 387 Viscount Fielding's America
22nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 294
23rd Regiment of Dragoons 302 W. Fullarton's
23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 289
24th Regiment of Dragoons 345 W. Loftus's
24th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 285
25th Regiment of Dragoon Guards 389 F. E. Gwyn's
25th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 305
26th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 295 R. Manner's
27th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 278 W. Blathwayte's
28th Regiment of (Duke of York's Own) Dragoons 325 R. Laurie's England
29th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 308 Lord Heathfield's
30th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 312 J. C. Carden's
31st Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 298 W. C. St. Leger's
32nd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 302 H. J. Blake's
33rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons 287 J. S. Blackwood's

Regiments of Foot Guard

< Regiment Strength Colonel/Commander Location

1st Regiment of Foot Guards 1,845 Duke of Gloucester's England
2nd (Coldstream) Regiment of Foot Guards 1,184 Duke of York's England
3rd Regiment of Foot Guards 1,184 Duke of Argyll's England

Regiments of Foot

Regiment Strength Colonel/Commander Location

1st (Royal Scots) Regiment of Foot 1st Battalion 689 Lord Adam Gordon's West Indies
1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion 548 Lord Adam Gordon's Gibraltar
2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot 1,399 D. Jones's England
3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot, Buffs 1,275 T. Hall's England
4th (The King's own) Regiment of Foot 1,125 G. Morrison's Nova Scotia
5th (The Northumberland) Regiment of Foot 1,058 E. Stopford's Canada
6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1,325 Ralph Abercromby's New Brunswick
7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fuzileers) 1,020 Duke of Kent's Canada
8th (King's) Regiment of Foot 1,259 B. Armstong's Ireland
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 987 A. Leslie's West Indies
10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 999 R. Keith's West Indies
11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 1,275 J. Grant's England
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 1,299 W. Picton's Ireland
13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1,103 G. Ainslie's West Indies
14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1,257 G. Hotham's England
15th (Yorkshire East Riding) Regiment of Foot 1,298 J. I. Hamilton's West Indies
16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 902 T. Bruce's West Indies
17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot 978 G. Garth's Ireland
18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot 1,305 J. Sebright's Gibraltar
19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot 1,298 D. Graeme's Scotland
20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 867 W. Hyde's West Indies
21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers) 798 J. Murray's Nova Scotia
22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot 1,058 D. Dundas' Ireland
23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) 1,088 R. Grenville's Ireland
24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1,009 W. Tayler's Canada
25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot 1,278 Lord G. Lennox's England
26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot 1,210 W. Erskine's Nova Scotia
27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 958 E. Massey's Ireland
28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 1,021 R. Prescott's Ireland
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1,305 Lord Cathcart's England
30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot 1,217 T. Clarke's England
31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot 1,187 J. Stuart's Ireland
32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 1,312 Lord Ross's Gibraltar
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot 750 Lord Cornwallis' America
34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot 936 Lord F. Cavendish's Ireland
35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 1,001 H. Fletcher's Ireland
36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot 1,592 H. St. John's India
37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1,201 R. Dalling's Scotland
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 765 R. Pigot's West Indies
39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 999 R. Boyd's America
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1,109 G. Osborn's Ireland
41st Regiment of Foot 769 T. Stirling's Ireland
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot 999 H. Munro's Scotland
43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 919 E. Smith's Ireland
44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot 1,201 C. Rainsford's Ireland
45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1,002 J. Adeane's West Indies
46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 897 J. Vaughan's West Indies
47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot 1,125 A. Williamson's West Indies
48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot 879 P. Tonyn's West Indies
49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1,108 A. Maitland's West Indies
50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot 1,317 T. Wilson's Gibraltar
51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 862 R. Napier's West Indies
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 1,438 C. Trapaud's India
53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 989 R. Elphinstone's Scotland
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1,029 M. Frederick's Guernsey
55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot 928 L. Tottenham's Ireland
56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot 763 R. Walsh's Ireland
57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 1,044 J. Campbell of Strachur's Scotland
58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot 1,201 G. Scott's Ireland
59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot 1,068 D. Lindsay's Jersey
60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot 1,997 Lord Amherst's America
60th Regiment of Foot 1st Battalion 680 A. Clarke's Canada
60th Regiment of Foot 2nd Battalion 459 G. Christie's Canada
60th Regiment of Foot 3rd Battalion 540 W. Rowley's West Indies
60th Regiment of Foot 4th Battalion 468 J. Rooke's West Indies
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 1,239 S. Morris's Gibraltar
62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 879 E. Mathew's West Indies
63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot 958 Lord Balcarres' Ireland
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 499 J. Leland's Ireland
65th (2nd Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot 989 Gunning's New Brunswick
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 499 J. Gabbitt's Gibraltar
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 99 E. Browne's West Indies
68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot 1,689 J. Lambton's Gibraltar
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 1,225 H. Powell's Gibraltar
70th (Surry) Regiment of Foot 876 Lord Suffolk's Ireland
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1,308 W. Gordon's India
72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1,322 J. Murray's India
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1,255 W. Medow's India
74th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1,406 R. Venables' Switzerland
75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot 1,286 Robt. Abercromby's India
76th Regiment of Foot 1,307 T. Musgrave's India
77th Regiment of Foot 1,232 J. Marsh's India
78th (Ross-shire Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1,098 Africa
79th (Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1,201 Scotland
80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 892 H. Paget's India
81st Regiment of Foot 858 NAME's England
82nd (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 851 America
83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot 913 J. Sebright's Africa
84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot 854 E. Coote's India
85th (Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 821 NAME's West Indies
86th (County Down Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 902 G. Worge's Africa
87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot 737 NAME's Ireland
88th (Connaught Rangers) Regiment of Foot 818 J. Burgh's West Indies
89th (Blayney's Bloodhounds) Regiment of Foot 798 C. Blayney
90th (Perthshire Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot 1,026 H. Morgan's Africa
91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 902 A. Campbell's West Indies
92nd (Gordon's Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1,356 C. Gordon's India
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 993 G. Mackay's Scotland
94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers Regiment of Foot 925 J. Vaughan's America
95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 773 R. Burton's America
96th Regiment of Foot 988 G. Monson's India
97th Regiment of Foot 858 G. Stewart's Gibraltar
98th Regiment of Foot 742 NAME's West Indies
99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 687 E. Trelawny's Jamacia
100th (Campbell's Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 879 C. Campbell's Channel Islands
101st (Johnston's Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 902 J. Johnston's India
102nd (Irish Rangers) Regiment of Foot 657 E. Trench's Channel Islands
103rd (Volunteer Hunters) Regiment of Foot 511 E. Hunter's Africa
104th Regiment of Foot 863 P. Tonyn's Ceylon
105th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 1,007 D. Graeme's Malaya
106th (Black Musqueteers) Regiment of Foot 742 I. Barré's England
107th (Bengal Light European Infantry) Regiment of Foot 855 C. Beauclerk's India
108th (Madras European Infantry) Regiment of Foot 890 P. Macdougall's India
109th (Battalion of London Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 678 J. Nairne's India
110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers) Regiment of Foot 880 J. Deakin's India
111th Regiment of Foot 678 T. Ogle's India
112th (King's Royal Musqueteers) Regiment of Foot 686 E. Markham's Scotland
113th (Royal Highlanders) Regiment of Foot 853 J. Hamilton's India
114th (Royal Highland Volunteers) Regiment of Foot 740 A. McLean's India
115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders) Regiment of Foot 667 C. Crawford's Scotland
116th (Perthshire Highland) Regiment of Foot 902 J. Mackenzie's Malaya
117th (St. John's) Regiment of Foot 698 W. Leger's Burma
118th (Invalids) Regiment of Foot 702 I. Talbott's Siam
119th (Prince's Own) Regiment of Foot 915 H. Williams' Burma
120th Regiment of Foot 605 J. Toovey's Siam
121st Regiment of Foot 568 J. Rich's Africa
122nd Regiment of Foot 677 J. Leslie's Hanover
123rd Regiment of Foot 717 J. Pomeroy's Hanover
124th Regiment of Foot 612 R. Cuninghame's America

1st West India Regiment of Foot 811 J. Whyte's Jamacia
2nd West India Regiment of Foot 810 W. Myer's Jamacia
3rd West India Regiment of Foot 805 W. Keppel's Jamacia
4th West India Regiment of Foot 801 E. Nicholl's Jamacia
5th West India Regiment of Foot 797 W. Howe's British Honduras
6th West India Regiment of Foot 800 J. Whitelock's British Honduras
7th West India Regiment of Foot 800 W. L. Lewes' British Guiana
8th West India Regiment of Foot 802 R. Abercromby's British Guiana
9th West India Regiment of Foot 800 J. Sheppard's Chatham
10th West India Regiment of Foot 803 S. Gibbs' Chatham
11th West India Regiment of Foot 800 A. Leslie's Montserrat
12th West India Regiment of Foot 810 T. Sebastians' Cayman Islands
New South Wales (The Rums) Corps 752 H. Grey's Australia
O'Hara's Africa Corps: 214 C. O'Hara's Africa
Queen's Rangers 576 J. Simcoe's Canada
St. Helena Battalion 450 EIC
39 Independent Companies of Invalids 3,081 Great Britain

Hanoverian Army

The Army of Brunswick

Location: Hanover, Calenburg (10,424 Foot, 1,247 Horse)

Leib-Regiment (1,600)
von Imhoff Regiment (1,640)
von Behr Regiment (1,640)
von Zastrow Regiment (1,640)
Völschen Fusilier Battalion (1,640)
Leib & Imhoff Grenadier Battalion (588)
Behr & Zastrow Grenadier Battalion (588)
Zastrow Grenadier Battalion (588)
3rd Battalion de Légion Britannique (500)
Braunschweig Regiment of Dragoons (500)
von Roth Regiment of Hussars (747)
85 Cannon

Braunschweig Garrison

Location: Braunschweig

Leib-Regiment (1,600)
von Imhoff Regiment (800)
von Behr Regiment (800)
von Zastrow Regiment (800)
Völschen Fusilier Battalion (800)
5th Battalion de Légion Britannique (500)
55 Cannon

The Army of Hanover

Location: Hanover, Calenburg (10,900 Foot, 5,400 Horse)

Hanoverian Leibgarde zu Fuss (1,600)
de Cheusses Regiment (800)
La Chevallerie Regiment (800)
von Kielmannsegg Regiment (800)
von Brunck Regiment (800)
von Halberstadt Regiment (800)
von Wrede Regiment (800)
von Hardenberg Regiment (800)
von Zandre Regiment (800)
von Wagenheim Regiment (800)
von Hauß Regiment (800)
von Diepenbroick Regiment (800)
2nd Battalion de Légion Britannique (500)
Légion Britannique Dragoon Regiment (600)
Leibguard zu Pferd (180)
Grenadieren zu Pferd (180)
Leib-Regiment Reuter (180)
Graf von Platen Cuirassiers (360)
Dachenhausen Cuirassiers (360)
Hammerstein Cuirassiers (360)
Grothaus Cuirassiers (360)
Hodenberg Cuirassiers (360)
Walthausen Cuirassiers (360)
Breidenbach Dragoon (700)
Busche Dragoon (700)
Bock Dragoon (700)
120 Cannon

Hamburg Garrison

Location: Hamburg (7,700 Foot, 1,060 Horse)

Alt Zastrow Regiment (800)
von Sporken Regiment (800)
Jung Zastrow Regiment (800)
von Post Regiment (800)
von Block Regiment (800)
von Sachsen-Gotha Regiment (800)
von Marschalk Regiment (800)
von Scheither Regiment (800)
Fabrice Regiment (800)
1st Battalion de Légion Britannique (500)
Gilten Cuirassiers (360)
Dachenhausen Dragoon (700)
80 Cannon

Bremen Garrison

Location: Bremen (2,900 Foot, 360 Horse)

von Stolzenberg Regiment (800)
von Grote Regiment (800)
von Hodenberg Regiment (800)
4th Battalion de Légion Britannique (500)
Lückner's Hussars (360)
35 Cannon

Gallery of British Army Paintings

The British East India Company

The English East India Company is a English/British joint-stock company for med by London merchants due to their success on placing a English foothold in India when Queen Elizabeth I granted a royal charter which soon developed into a international trading company for pursuing trade with the East Indies but which ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent. The "Jewel of the Crown" refers to the British colony of India controlled by the British East India Company for it's large resources for economical and political control. The recent expansions in India are due to recent victories against other nations of powers which was had a firm hold of India before their defeat. Although they have a larger presence in the Indian subcontinent they still have trade influences meaning in turn British imperialist influences in other parts of the East Indies along with a new presence for conducting British trade in the West Indies and the rest of the Orient. For more Information about the EITC click here.

Territories/Colonies & their Governors

Note - Some territories annexed or given to Britain through treaties with the Netherlands, France, Portugal or Spain.

Note - All Governors/Chief Commissioners/Governor-Generals/Lt. Governors are decided by the King.

Great Britain & The European Continent

Territory	Secretary of State/Lord Lieutenant/Governor/Staatsminister
North England, Scotland (Northern Department)	In commission
South England, Wales (Southern Department)	In commission
Ireland	Seosamh Ó’Colmaín (MacEaston)
Hanover	Gerald von Griddle (Specks of Dust)
Gibraltar	Andrew Norrington Mallace II
Minorca	---
British Cyprus	---

West Indies

Territory	Governor/Chief Commissioner/Lieutenant-Governor/Superintendent
Port Royal/Jamaica	Emily Hullstack
Cayman Islands (Dependency of Jamaica)	Evangelina
The Bahamas (New Providence, Andros Island, Harbour Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island, San Salvador Island, Acklins, Crooked Island, Exuma, Berry Islands and Mayaguana, Unnamed islets, Etc)	Nathaniel Joseph Garland II (Sven Daggersteel)
Turks and Caicos Islands (Dependency of The Bahamas)	Laure Beauregard (Beauregard)
Padres Del Fuego	Giovanni Goldtimbers (Johnny Goldtimbers)
Kingshead (EITC Dependency)	Joseph Grey
British Leeward Islands (Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, Dominica)	Roger Atkinson
British Saint Martin	---
British Virgin Islands (Dependency of the Leeward Islands)	Richard James Humphrey Luther
British Windward Islands (Barbados, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Grenada)	Thomas McWard
British Honduras (Vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica)	Charles Salisbury (Charles)
Mosquito Kingdom (Protectorate of Great Britain)	---
British Guiana	Samuel Hornigold
British Trinidad	---
British Tobago	---

British America

New England Colonies

Colony/Province	Governor
Province of Massachusetts Bay	---
Province of New Hampshire	Peregrine Seaspark
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations	---
Connecticut Colony	---

Middle Colonies

Colony/Province	Governor
Province of New York	Eric Ironvan
Province of New Jersey	Jason Blademorgan
Province of Pennsylvania	George Stormcloud
Delaware Colony	---

Southern Colonies

Colony/Province	Governor
Province of Maryland	---
Province of Virginia	Charles Chipcloud
Province of North Carolina	Sir Francis Drake
Province of South Carolina	Robert Owsley (Robert McRoberts)
Province of Georgia	Bart Gunshot

British North America

Colony/Territory	Governor/Lieutenant-Governor
Nova Scotia	---
St. John's Island (Prince Edward Island)	Christopher Jameson (CJ)
Newfoundland Colony	Sam Wartimbers
Prince Rupert's Land	---

British Africa

The colonies of (Slave Coast) West Africa are administered by a Governor-General from Calabar, Nigeria.

Colony	Governor/Governor-General
Bight of Benin-Bonny Colony (Nigeria)	Duddley Ryder
British Gold Coast	Rodrigo Emanuel Otavio (Reo)
Sierra Leone	Fredrick Flores
Gambia Province	Geoffrey Wildgrin Mallace
British East Africa (Ethiopia)	William Brawlmartin
Cape Colony	Edward Ironskull Plankwash
British Egypt	Christopher Christoval

British India

Note: Controlled by the East India Trading Company's appointed Lieutenant-Governor. Includes recent expansions. Administered at Calcutta, Bengal by the Governor-General.

Colony/Province/Territory	Governor/Lieutenant-Governor/ Governor-General
Bengal Presidency	William Ironskull
Bombay Presidency	Richard Venables
Madras Presidency	---
Ceded and Conquered Provinces	---
Punjab Provinces	Mathew McBellows
British Baluchistan	---
Central Provinces and	Charles "Sasha " Balthazar
Berar Province	---
Saugor and Nerbudda Territories	---
Ajmer-Merwara Province	---
North West Frontier Province	Andrew Cavendish (Andrew)
Assam	---
Princely State of Mysore	Tipu Sultan Prince of India Jarot Decksteel
Nagpur Province	---
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Eliza
Ceylon	Aura Grey

British Southeast Asia/Pacific Islands

Colony/Province	Lieutenant-Governor/Governor
British Malaya	Luxor Legend
British Siam	Jeremiah Garland
British Burma	---
British Bencoolen	---
Kingdom of Hawaii (Protectorate)	Marcus Cannonshot
New South Wales	Marcus 'Charles' Livingston

British South Atlantic Ocean

Colony/Province	Lieutenant-Governor/Governor
Falkland Islands	Amador

The British Empire Paintings

Capital city of Great Britain

Our Headquarters is located in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.

Forms of Address

During debates in Parliament, MPs and peers do not refer to each other by name but by a variety of formal titles according to their status.

This polite tone is adopted in an attempt to maintain order and good humour during debates. In addition, parliamentarians do not address each other directly in debates.

Instead, MPs direct their points to the Commons Speaker addressing him directly when making their point, "Mr. Speaker, ..." and peers speak to the House of Lords as a whole.
Most MPs are referred to as "the Honourable Member for..." followed by the name of their constituency or as either "the Honourable gentleman" or "the Honourable lady".
If the MP being addressed is a member of the same party they are referred to as "my Honourable friend".
If the MP is a practising lawyer he or she is referred to as "Honourable and Learned.
If a member is a past or present member of the armed forces they may be addressed as "Honourable and Gallant".
"Right Honourable" indicates a member of the Privy Council - normally a past or present minister.
In the House of Lords, peers refer to each other as "my Noble friend", "the Noble Lord", "the Noble and Gallant Lord", or "the Noble and Learned Lord".
The Privy Council as a whole is termed "The Most Honourable" whilst its members individually, the Privy Counsellors, are entitled to be styled "The Right Honourable".
Peers are more likely to refer to members of other parties or groups as "friend" if they are friends in a real sense, even though this is not strictly correct parliamentary language while in the chamber.

Members Database

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His Majesty, Frederick Augustus I - King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire

His Majesty's Cabinet

Cabinet ministers, like all ministers, are appointed and may be dismissed by the monarch at pleasure (that is, they may be dismissed without notice or reason given, although normally they are given a courteous option to resign), on the advice of the Prime Minister. The allocation and transfer of responsibilities between ministers and departments is also generally at the Prime Minister's discretion. The Cabinet has always been led by the Prime Minister, whose unpaid office as such was traditionally described as merely primus inter pares (first among equals)

His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, Lord John-Luke Octavius Dieudonné Goldtimbers-Newcastle - Prime Minister of Great Britain, First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords, Commander-in-Chief of HM Armed Forces, 1st Duke of Edinburgh, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Learned Earl Granville, Lord Andrew Norrington Mallace II - Lord High Chancellor of the Courts, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Realm, Second Lord of the Treasury, Governor of the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar, the 3rd Earl of Bute, 1st Earl Granville, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Southwark (Lords)

Her Grace The Duchess of Monstrose, Lady Emily Hullstack - Secretary of State for the Southern Department, First Sea Lord of His Majesty's Navy, Governor of Port Royal, PC, MP for Worcestershire (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Salisbury, Lord Charles Salisbury - Master-General of the Ordnance, 6th Earl of Salisbury, KB, PC, MP for Wiltshire (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Stirling, Lord Roger Atkinson - Lord President of the Council, Lieutenant General in His Majesty's Army, Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1st Earl of Stirling, 1st Viscount Weymouth, 1st Baron Thynne, 1st Baronet of Caus Castle, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Stirlingshire (Lords)

Privy Council

The primary advisory board to HM, the King, the Privy Council acts as a formal body of advisors comprised of senior politicians whom are all members of either the House of Lords or House of Commons. The Council's main function is to meet with the sovereign once a month to counsel him, and report to him the current positions of the government. The Privy Council acts as the High Court of Appeal for the entire British Empire.

His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, Lord John-Luke Octavius Dieudonné Goldtimbers-Newcastle- Prime Minister of Great Britain, First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords, Commander-in-Chief of HM Armed Forces, 1st Duke of Edinburgh, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Learned Earl Granville, Lord Andrew Norrington Mallace II- Lord High Chancellor of the Courts, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Realm, Second Lord of the Treasury, Governor of the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar, the 3rd Earl of Bute, the 1st Earl Granville, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Southwark (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Stirling, Lord Roger Atkinson - Lord President of the Council, Major General in His Majesty's Army, Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1st Marquess of Bath, 1st Earl of Stirling, 1st Viscount Weymouth, 1st Baron Thynne, 1st Baronet of Caus Castle, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Stirlingshire (Lords)
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Salisbury, Lord Charles Salisbury - Master-General of the Ordnance, 6th Earl of Salisbury, KB, PC, MP for Wiltshire (Lords)
The Right Honourable Jason Xavier - PC, MP for Glamorganshire (Commons)
The Right Honourable Countess of Moray, Lady Sage Stormloather - 1st Countess of Moray, 1st Lady Abernethy, 1st Lady Strathearn, 1st Lady Doune, and 1st Lady St Colme, PC, MP for Moray (Lords)
Her Grace The Duchess of Monstrose, Lady Emily Hullstack - Secretary of State for the Southern Department, First Sea Lord of His Majesty's Navy, Governor of Port Royal, PC, MP for Worcestershire (Lords)
The Honourable and Gallant Sam Wartimbers - Second Sea Lord of His Majesty's Navy, Admiral of His Majesty's Navy, Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland Colony, PC, MP for Sutherland (Commons)
The Right Honourable and Gallant Sir William Ironskull - Third Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, Major in HM Marines Forces, President of Bengal, PC, MP for Sussex (Commons)
The Right Honourable and Learned Peregrine Seaspark - Lawyer, PC, MP for Nottinghamshire (Lords)

House of Lords

The Upper House of the British Parliament, and the more powerful of the two. Membership to the House of Lords is by appointment only, and is reserved for senior politicians who hold peerages with the crown.

His Grace The Duke of Newcastle, Lord John-Luke Octavius Dieudonné Goldtimbers-Newcastle - Prime Minister of Great Britain, First Lord of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords, Commander-in-Chief of HM Armed Forces, 1st Duke of Edinburgh, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
The Right Honourable and Learned Earl Granville, Lord Andrew Norrington Mallace II - Lord High Chancellor of the Courts, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Realm, Second Lord of the Treasury, Governor of the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar, the 3rd Earl of Bute, 1st Earl Granville, KT, KG, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Southwark.
His Grace The Duke of Richmond, Lord Thomas Chipshot - 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Earl of March, 1st Earl of Darnley, 1st Baron Settrington, 1st Lord Torbolton, MP for Cornwall
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Salisbury, Lord Charles Salisbury - Master-General of the Ordnance, 6th Earl of Salisbury, KB, PC, MP for Wiltshire
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Stirling, Lord Roger Atkinson - Lord President of the Council, Major General in His Majesty's Army, Governor of the Leeward Islands, 1st Marquess of Bath, 1st Earl of Stirling, 1st Viscount Weymouth, 1st Baron Thynne, 1st Baronet of Caus Castle, KB, PC, FRS, MP for Stirlingshire
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Lincoln, Lord James Goldtimbers - Lt. Colonel in His Majesty's Army, 9th Earl of Lincoln, KB, FRS, MP for the City of London
The Right Honourable Earl Spencer, Lord Geoffrey Mallace - Lt. Colonel in His Majesty's Army, 1st Earl Spencer, KB, FRS, MP for Kent
The Right Honourable and Gallant Earl of Bristol, Lord Richard James Humphrey Luther- 1st Earl of Bristol, 1st Baron Hervey, MP for Hampshire
The Right Honourable Countess Temple, Lady Aura Grey - Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Governor of British Ceylon, 1st Countess Temple, 1st Viscountess Cobham, PC, MP for Newham
The Right Honourable Countess Portsmouth, Lady Mercedes Adalia Grey-Huntington - Countess of Portsmouth, MP for Dorset
Her Grace The Duchess of Monstrose, Lady Emily Hullstack - Secretary of State for the Southern Department, First Sea Lord of His Majesty's Navy, Governor of Port Royal, PC, MP for Worcestershire
The Right Honourable Countess of Moray, Lady Sage Stormloather - 1st Countess of Moray, 1st Lady Abernethy, 1st Lady Strathearn, 1st Lady Doune, and 1st Lady St Colme, PC, MP for Moray

House of Commons

The Lower House of Parliament that is comprised of a mix of elected and applicant officials, and contrary to the House of Lords, is open to any British citizen. The Speaker of the House of Commons is the highest ranking elected official in the nation and is elected at the beginning of each session of Parliament.

The Right Honourable Sir Arthur Onslow - Speaker of the House of Commons, MP for Lancashire
The Right Honourable and Gallant Sir Duddley Ryder (Tobias Squidhayes) - Governor-General of Bight of Benin-Bonny Colony (Nigeria), MP for Norfolk
The Right Honourable and Gallant Sir Jason Blademorgan - British Citizen, MP for Suffolk
The Right Honourable Sir William Brawlmartin - Chairman and Administrator of the African Company of Merchants, Viceroy of British East Africa (Ethiopia), MP for Buckinghamshire
The Honourable and Gallant Andrew Hoffman - Commodore of His Majesty's Navy, Lieutenant Governor of Kingshead, MP for Staffordshire
The Honourable and Gallant Sam Wartimbers - Second Sea Lord of His Majesty's Navy, Admiral of His Majesty's Navy, Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland Colony, PC, MP for Sutherland
The Honourable and Gallant Luis Sailwalker - Major in HM Royal Marines, MP for Yorkshire
The Honourable and Gallant Marcus Adrienn - British Citizen, MP for Gloucestershire
The Honourable and Gallant Nathaniel Hornigold - Commodore in His Majesty's Navy, MP for Enfield
The Honourable and Gallant Alexander Ryder (Waverider) - Major in HM Royal Marines, MP for Oxfordshire
The Honourable and Learned Charles MacMorgan - Lawyer, British Citizen, MP for Perthshire
The Honourable Fredrick Flores - Governor of Sierra Leone, MP for Cheshire
The Honourable George Stormcloud - British Citizen, MP for Lincolnshire
The Honourable Simon Hullbreaker - British Citizen, MP for Montgomeryshire
The Honourable Jessie Redeagle - British Citizen, MP for Hillingdon
The Honourable Evangelina Beckett - British Citizen, MP for Cambridgeshire
The Honourable Dog Moonwhirl - British Citizen, MP for Carmarthenshire
The Honourable Christopher Roland - British Citizen, MP for Caernarfonshire
The Honourable Seosamh Ó’Colmaín (MacEaston) - British Citizen, MP for Dumfriesshire
The Honourable Eric Ironvan - British Citizen, MP for Durham
The Honourable Bismark Gottwald - British Citizen, MP for Bromley
The Honourable Aubrietta Primrose - British Citizen, MP for Surrey
The Honourable Angst - British Citizen, MP for Manchester
The Honourable Nicholas Martin Harrison - British Citizen, MP for Derbyshire
The Honourable Kyle Dreadfoot - British Citizen, MP for Lothian
The Honourable Bart Bluefish - British Citizen, MP for Flintshire
The Honourable David Sharkskull - British Citizen, MP for Fife
The Honourable Sage Heartscarlett - British Citizen, MP for Aberdeenshire
The Honourable Isabella Firespark - British Citizen, MP for Somerset
The Right Honourable and Gallant Jason Xavier - PC, MP for Glamorganshire
The Right Honourable and Learned Peregrine Seaspark - Lawyer, PC, MP for Nottinghamshire
The Honourable Willow Raidparr - British Citizen, MP for Cumberland
Rodrigo Emanuel Otavio (Reo) - British Citizen, Governor of the British Gold Coast, MP of Kent
Charles Chipcloud - British Citizen, Governor of Virginia, MP for Westminster

Cabinet Descriptions

The Sovereign - The King is a constitutional monarch: that is, he is Britain's head of state, but his executive powers are limited by constitutional rules. His role is mostly symbolic: he represents Britain on ceremonial occasions, and has the power to request the sacking of his ministers and call for fresh elections.

The Prime Minister - The head of government. It is the Prime Minister who controls the majority of Parliament, represents England in foreign visits, and is head of HM Government during parliamentary debates. Leads all political, economic, military affairs, and is the leading figure in the government next to the King and oversees government in general. The Prime Minister may be a Lord or a Common, and may also conjointly be the Leader of the House of Commons/Lords

The Secretary of State for the Southern Department & Secretary of State for the Northern Department (Foreign & Interior Affairs) - Senior positions within HM Government, instead of having one Foreign minister and one Interior minister, the duties of both are split between the two Secretaries, who also serve as the Prime Minister's deputies. The offices are cabinet-level positions, and is considered one of the Great Offices of State. They are considered a position similar to that of Foreign Minister and Interior Minister in other countries. The Secretary of State's remit includes: relations with foreign countries, matters pertaining to the empire and the overseas territories in addition to the promotion of British interests abroad, internal affairs of England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for Great Britain, including policing in England and Wales and matters of national security. The more senior Secretary of State for the Southern Department was responsible for relations with the Catholic and Muslim states of Europe.

The Lord High Chancellor (Justice) - In charge of the judicial and disciplinary department. Advisor to the monarch, and a leading figure in the Prime Minister's cabinet. May be present at both Houses, but may only sit with HM Government in the House of Commons. Presumed Speaker of the House of Lords, if present. The Lord Chancellor is the presumed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, unless a separate Lord Keeper is appointed by the monarch.

The First Lord of the Admiralty (Royal Navy) - When the office of Lord High Admiral was "put into commission" it was exercised by a board of Lords Commissioners (or "Sea Lords") headed by a First Lord of the Admiralty, and not by a single man. The office of First Lord remained a political one which did not need to be filled by a professional naval officer, although it usually was.

The Master-General of the Board of Ordnance (British Army) - A very senior British military position, usually held by a serving general. The Master-General of the Ordnance was responsible for all British artillery, engineers, fortifications, military supplies, transport, field hospitals and much else, and was not subordinate to the commander-in chief of the British military.

The Lord President of the Council (Privy Council & Officials) - The fourth of the Great Officers of State of England, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for presiding over meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval.

The Paymaster of the Forces (Recruitment) - Primary Military chief that organizes the distribution of the Armed Forces and handles recruitment offices. A key entry level position to the Cabinet. Holds the position of Treasurer of the Navy as well, which is the equivalent position for HM Sea forces.

Minister of State (minister without portfolio) - The Commander of the British Black Guard, an elite regiment within the guild, and branch of HM Armed Forces.