The regiment occupied quarters in Lincolnshire in the summer of 1717; passed the following winter in Yorkshire; and in July, 1718, was reviewed by Major-General Macartney, at Leicester. [Sidenote: 1719] [Sidenote: 1720] In July, 1719, one troop was employed in suppressing riots at Halifax. In December, 1720, the regiment was occupying quarters in Lancashire, and received orders not to permit any person to land from the Isle of Man, in consequence of a report that the plague was in that island. [Sidenote: 1721] [Sidenote: 1722] [Sidenote: 1723] [Sidenote: 1724] The regiment marched to Scotland in April, 1721; it returned to England in April, 1722; and after encamping several months near Manchester, went into quarters in the town. It encamped near York in June, 1723, from whence it marched, in the autumn, into Berkshire; and in January, 1724, detachments were employed on revenue duty on the Hampshire and Dorsetshire coast; in April following, the remainder marched into Yorkshire and Durham. [Sidenote: 1725] [Sidenote: 1726] Lieut.-General Carpenter reviewed the regiment at York, in September, 1725; and Lieut.-General Sir Charles Wills, in April, 1726. [Sidenote: 1727] On the prospect of war between Holland and the Emperor of Germany, the regiment was augmented, in February, 1727, to nine troops, and four regiments of cavalry and eight of infantry were held in readiness to assist the Dutch; but no embarkation took place. King George I. died in June of this year, on his journey to Hanover; and his son, George, Prince of Wales, succeeded to the throne: the Princess of Wales became Queen, and this regiment was honoured with the title of "THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS." It marched to the vicinity of Hounslow in October, and was reviewed on the heath, on the 28th of that month, by King George II., who was pleased to express his high approbation of its appearance and discipline. After the review it marched into cantonments in Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, with a detachment on revenue duty on the Sussex coast. [Sidenote: 1728] A detachment attended the Princess Amelia at Bath, in May, 1728; in July the regiment was reviewed at Salisbury; and in the autumn another detachment was ordered to attend the Princess Amelia at Bath. [Sidenote: 1729] [Sidenote: 1730] [Sidenote: 1731] In 1729 the establishment was reduced from nine to six troops. In 1730 the regiment occupied cantonments in Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Wiltshire; and was reviewed on Hounslow-heath, on the 15th of May, 1731, by King George II., attended by several noblemen and general officers; its warlike appearance, the condition of the horses, and the discipline of the regiment, were commended. [Sidenote: 1732] [Sidenote: 1733] [Sidenote: 1734]