Recapitulation.
Her Majesty the Queen |
£560,203 |
The Prince and Princess of Wales |
118,110 |
Prince Alfred |
28,302 |
Prince Arthur |
29,000 |
Princess Royal |
8,040 |
Princess Helena |
6,000 |
Princess Louise |
6,000 |
Duchess of Albany |
6,000 |
Duchess of Cambridge |
6,000 |
Princess Augusta |
3,080 |
Duke of Cambridge |
20,862 |
Prince Mary |
5,000 |
Prince Edward (of Saxe-Weimar) |
4,384 |
Prince Leiningen |
593 |
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe |
1,860 |
Households of deceased Sovereigns |
4,881 |
Grand total of 12 months' payments in connection with the Royal Family (and not including the cost of Royal Parks) |
£808,316 |
Taking together the whole of the sums paid to the first 13 individuals on this list (and to 3 others deceased) from Parliamentary Grants, the following enormous total is reached :—
Her Majesty's Civil List (£385,000) 1837-86 |
|
£18,865,000 |
Late Prince Consort's Allowance (£30,000) |
1840-61 |
630,000 |
Princess Royal (£8,000) 1858-86 |
£224,000 |
|
Dowry |
40,000 |
|
|
|
264,000 |
Prince of Wales (£40 000) 1863-86 |
£920 000 |
|
Marriage vote |
23,400 |
|
Vote in 1875 |
60,000 |
|
|
|
1,003,000 |
Princess of Wales (£10,000) 1863-86 |
|
230,000 |
Duke of Edinburgh (£15,000) 1866-74 |
£120,000 |
|
(£25,000) 1874-86 |
300,000 |
|
|
|
420,000 |
Princess Helena (£6,000) 1866-86 |
£120,000 |
|
Dowry |
30,000 |
|
|
|
150,000 |
Princess Louise (£6,000) 1871-86 |
£90,000 |
|
Dowry |
30,000 |
|
|
|
120,000 |
Late Princess Alice (£6,000) 1862-78 |
£96,000 |
|
Dowry |
30,000 |
|
|
|
126,000 |
Carried forward |
|
£21,808,000page 144 |
Brought forward |
|
£21,808,000 |
Duke of Connaught (£15,000) 1871-9 |
£120,000 |
|
(£25,000) 1879-86 |
175,000 |
|
|
|
295,000 |
Late Duke of Albany (£15,000) 1874-82 |
£120,000 |
|
(£25,000) 1882-4 |
50,000 |
|
|
|
170,000 |
Duchess of Albany (£6,000) 1884-6 |
|
12,000 |
Duke of Cambridge (£12,000) 1850-85 |
|
432,000 |
Duchess of Cambridge (£6,000) 1850-86 |
|
216,000 |
Princess Augusta (£3,000) 1843-86 |
|
129,000 |
Princess Mary (£3,000) 1850-66 |
£48,000 |
|
(£5,000) 1866-86 |
100,000 |
|
|
|
148,000 |
|
|
£23,210,000 |
In this computation only grants of Parliament are included, no account being taken of Sinecures, of Military and Naval pay, of Residences which have all been not only rent free but rates and taxes tree to boot, nor of many other items.