1815 Sir William Payne, Baronet 81 1825 Sir Colquhoun Grant, K.C.B., K.C.H. 82 1827 Sir R. H. Vivian, Baronet, now Lord Vivian, K.C.B., G.C.H. 84 1837 Sir H. J. Cumming, K.C.H. -- [Illustration: Twelfth, The Prince of Wales's Royal Lancers.] HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWELFTH, OR, THE PRINCE OF WALES'S, ROYAL REGIMENT OF LANCERS. [Sidenote: 1715] On the 20th of January, 1715, King George I. proceeded in state to St. Paul's Cathedral, to return thanks for his peaceful accession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland; but in a short time afterwards the tranquillity of the kingdom was disturbed by the rash proceedings of the adherents of the Stuart dynasty, who were conspiring to elevate the Pretender to the throne, in which they were abetted by the courts of Louis XIV. of France and of other foreign potentates. These proceedings occasioned the army to be augmented, and in July, 1715, Brigadier-General PHINEAS BOWLES,--a warm-hearted loyalist, distinguished for his attachment to the house of Hanover,--who had acquired a reputation at the head of a regiment in the war of the Spanish succession, was commissioned to raise a corps of cavalry in the counties of Berks, Bucks, and Hants, having his general rendezvous at Reading. His Majesty's appeal to his subjects was cheerfully responded to, and a number of loyalists coming forward to hazard their lives in defence of their King and constitution, Brigadier-General Bowles was soon at the head of a regiment of six troops, which, having been continued in the service to the present time, now bears the title of THE TWELFTH, OR THE PRINCE OF WALES'S, ROYAL REGIMENT OF LANCERS. The following officers were appointed to commissions in the regiment:-- _Captains._ Phineas Bowles, _Col._ T. Strickland, _Lt.Col._ J. Orfeur, _Major_ John Pierson Giles Stevens John Prideaux _Lieutenants._ W. Wills, _Capt.Lt._ William Bourden Christopher Bland James Baker John Johnson Hugh Hilton _Cornets._ William Pomfret Thomas Johnson Richard Hull William Pierce Bret. Norton ---- Forfar. While the regiment was in quarters in Berkshire, the Pretender's standard was raised in Scotland by the Earl of Mar; but this rebellion was suppressed without Brigadier-General BOWLES's dragoons being required to proceed to the north; in October they escorted a number of state prisoners to London, who were tried, and several of them executed for endeavouring to excite the people to rebellion, and for enlisting men for the Pretender's service. [Sidenote: 1716] [Sidenote: 1717] [Sidenote: 1718] In 1716 the regiment was stationed in Gloucestershire; in 1717 in Wiltshire; and in October, 1718, it marched to Bristol, where it embarked for Ireland, to replace a regiment of dragoons ordered to be disbanded in that country.