This was the first Act of Parliament to set the Civil List, although the custom had begun in 1689. The annual amount assigned to King William III and his household was £700,000, an amount that did not change until the beginning of the reign of George III in 1760.
This was the first legislative measure to establish the Civil List, although a precedent had existed since 1689. The annual allocation to King William III and his household was £700,000, an amount that remained unchanged until the commencement of George III's reign in 1760.