Knights of the Garter, 1694-present

  • 499 (inv 1694) Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg (1657-1713). Became in 1701 Frederick I, King of Prussia. Married the Princess Sophia, sister of George I.

  • 500 (inv 1694) George William, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards Duke of Zelle. Father of Sophia, Queen of George 1.

  • 501 (inv 1693) John George IV, Duke of Saxony.

  • 502 (inv 1692) Charles (Sackville), 6th Earl of Dorset and 1 st Earl of Middlesex. Supported the cause of William of Orange.

  • 503 (inv 1694) Charles (Talbot), 12th Earl of Shrewsbury. Afterwards 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Supporter of William III. Viceroy of Ireland. Lord High Treasurer.

  • 504 (inv 1696) William, Duke of Gloucester. Eldest son of George, Prince of Denmark and the Princess Anne, afterwards Queen Anne of England.

  • 505 (inv 1697) William (Bentinck), 1st Earl of Portland (1649-1709). Favourite courtier of William III.

  • 506 (inv 1698) John (Holles), created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Married Margaret, daughter and coheiress of Henry (Cavendish), 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

  • 507 (inv 1700) Thomas (Herbert), 8th Earl of Pembroke and 5th Earl of Montgomery. Lord High Admiral of England. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 508 (inv 1700) Arnold Joost (van Keppel), 1st Earl of Albemarle. Attended the Prince of Orange, afterwards William III, to England in 1688.

  • 509 (inv 1703) George Lewis, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Elector of Hanover (1660-1727). Afterwards GEORGE I, King of Great Britain.

  • 510 (inv 1701) James (Douglas), 2nd Duke of Queensberry. Lord Privy Seal and a Lord of the Treasury. Largely instrumental in carrying the Act of Union with Scotland.

  • 511 (inv 1702) Wriothesley (Russell), 2nd Duke of Bedford.

  • 512 (inv 1703) John (Churchill), 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). The hero of the battles of Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet.

  • 513 (inv 1703) Meinhardt (de Schomberg), 3rd Duke of Schomberg and Duke of Leinster. Present at the battle of the Boyne, at which his father was killed.

  • 514 (inv 1704) Sidney, Lord Godolphin of Rialton. Afterwards 1st Earl of Godolphin. Lord High Treasurer.

  • 515 (inv 1710) George Augustus, Electoral Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards PRINCE OF WALES. Subsequently GEORGE II, King of Great Britain.

  • 516 (inv 1710) William (Cavendish), 2nd Duke of Devonshire. Lord President of the Council.

  • 517 (inv 1710) John (Campbell), 2nd Duke of Argyll. Fought under Marlborough at Ramillies and Malplaquet. Played an important part in bringing about the Act of Union.

  • 518 (inv 1713) Henry (Somerset), 2nd Duke of Beaufort.

  • 519 (inv 1712) James 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon. Engaged the notorious duel with Lord Mohun in Hyde Park which ended fatally for both.

  • 520 (inv 1713) Henry (Grey). 1st Duke of Kent.

  • 521 (inv 1713) John, 1st Earl Poulett. First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 522 (inv 1713) Robert (Harley), 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. Lord High Treasurer. He and his son founded the famous Harleian Collection of manuscripts now in the British Museum.

  • 523 (inv 1713) Thomas (Wentworth), 3rd Earl of Strafford.

  • 524 (inv 1713) Charles (Mordaunt), 3rd Earl of Peterborough. In command of the forces in Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession.

  • 525 (inv 1714) Charles (Paulet), 2nd Duke of Bolton. A supporter of the Prince of Orange (William III), bringing him from Holland in 1688.

  • 526 (inv 1714) John (Manners), 2nd Duke of Rutland.

  • 527 (inv 1714) Lionel Cranfield (Sackville), 7th Earl of Dorset. Afterwards 1st Duke of Dorset. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 528 (inv 1714) Charles (Montague), 1st Earl of Halifax. Chancellor of the Exchequer. First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 529 (inv 1718) Frederick Lewis, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1707-51). Eldest son of George II. Afterwards PRINCE OF WALES. Father of George III.

  • 530 (inv 1718) Ernest Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards Duke of York and Albany, Bishop of Osnaburg. Youngest brother of George I.

  • 531 (inv 1718) Charles (Beauclerk), 1st Duke of St. Albans. Son of Charles II and Eleanor Gwynne.

  • 532 (inv 1718) John, 2nd Duke of Montagu.

  • 533 (inv 1718) Thomas (Pelham-Holles, formerly Pelham), 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme. First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 534 (inv 1718) James, 3rd Earl of Berkeley. Vice-Admiral of the Red. Commanded a ship in Rooke's engagement off Malaga.

  • 535 (inv 1719) Evelyn (Pierrepont), 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull. Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 536 (inv 1720) Charles (Spencer), 3rd Earl of Sunderland. First Lord of the Treasury. Lord President of the Council.

  • 537 (inv 1721) Charles (Fitzroy), 2nd Duke of Grafton. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 538 (inv 1721) Henry Fiennes (Clinton), 7th Earl of Lincoln.

  • 539 (inv 1722) Charles (Paulet), 3rd Duke of Bolton.

  • 540 (inv 1722) John (Manners), 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696-1779).

  • 541 (inv 1722) John (Ker), 1st Duke of Roxburghe. Prominent in promoting the Union with Scotland.

  • 542 (inv 1724) Richard (Lumley), 2nd Earl of Scarborough (1708-39).

  • 543 (inv 1724) Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Lord President of the Council.

  • 544 (inv 1726) Charles (Lennox), 2nd Duke of Richmond and Duke of Lennox. Served at the battle of Dettingen.

  • 545 (inv 1726) Sir Robert Walpole. Afterwards 1st Earl of Orford. The famous Minister of George I and George II. He was in fact though not in name the first Prime Minister.

  • 546 (inv 1730) William Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1721-65), 2nd son of George II. Afterwards Duke of Cumberland. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.

  • 547 (inv 1730) Philip Dormer (Stanhope), 4th Earl of Chesterfield. Ambassador to the Hague. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Author of the "Letters to his Son."

  • 548 (inv 1730) Richard (Boyle), 3rd Earl of Burlington and 2nd Earl of Cork.

  • 549 (inv 1733) William Charles Henry, Prince of Orange (1711-51). afterwards William IV de Nassau. Married the Princess Anne, eldest daughter of George II.

  • 550 (inv 1733) William (Cavendish), 3rd Duke of Devonshire. Lord Privy Seal. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 551 (inv 1733) Spencer (Compton), Earl of Wilmington. Speaker of the House of Commons.

  • 552 (inv 1738) William (Capel), 3rd Earl of Essex.

  • 553 (inv 1738) James, 1st Earl Waldegrave.

  • 554 (inv 1750) Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1720-85). Married the Princess Mary, 4th daughter of George II.

  • 555 (inv 1741) Charles (Beauclerk), 2nd Duke of St. Albans. Constable of Windsor Castle.

  • 556 (inv 1741) Charles (Spencer), 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706-58). Fought at the battle of Dettingen.

  • 557 (inv 1741) Evelyn (Pierrepont), 2nd Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.

  • 558 (inv 1741) William (Bentinck), 2nd Duke of Portland (1709-62).

  • 559 (inv 1750) Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Brother of Augusta, Princess of Wales, the mother of George III.

  • 560 (app 1746) John Adolphus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. (Not installed.)

  • 561 (inv 1750) George William Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1738-1820). Afterwards GEORGE III, King of Great Britain.

  • 562 (inv 1750) Charles William Frederick, 8th Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach.

  • 563 (inv 1750) Thomas (Osborne), 4th Duke of Leeds.

  • 564 (inv 1750) John (Russell), 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-71). Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 565 (inv 1750) Wilham Anne (van Keppel), 2nd Earl of Albemarle. Served at the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culloden.

  • 566 (inv 1750) John (Carteret), 2nd Earl Granville. Chief Governor of Ireland.

  • 567 (inv 1752) Edward Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1739-67). Afterwards Duke of York and Albany. 2nd son of Frederick, Prince of Wales.

  • 568 (inv 1752) William V. de Nassau, Prince of Orange. Son of William IV, Prince of Orange, and the Princess Anne, his wife, eldest daughter of George II.

  • 569 (inv 1752) Henry (Fiennes-Clinton, afterwards Pelham-Clinton), 9th Earl of Lincoln. Afterwards 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

  • 570 (inv 1752) Daniel (Finch), 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3d Earl of Nottingham (d. 1769)

  • 571 (inv 1752) George (Brudenell, afterwards Montagu), 4th Earl of Cardigan. Afterwards Duke of Montagu. Constable of Windsor Castle.

  • 572 (inv 1757) William (Cavendish), 4th Duke of Devonshire. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 573 (inv 1757) Henry (Howard), 4th Earl of Carlisle.

  • 574 (inv 1757) Hugh (Smithson, afterwards Percy), 2nd Earl of Northumberland. Afterwards 1st Duke of Northumberland. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 575 (inv 1757) Francis (Seymour-Conway), 1st Earl of Hertford. Afterwards 1st Marquess of Hertford. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 576 (inv 1757) James 2nd Earl Waldegrave.

  • 577 (inv 1760) Ferdinand, Prince of Brunswick-Beyern.

  • 578 (inv 1760) Charles (Watson-Wentworth), 2nd Marquess of Rockingham. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 579 (inv 1760) Richard (Grenville-Temple), 2nd Earl Temple. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 580 (inv 1762) William Henry, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805). 3rd son of Frederick Prince of Wales, and brother of George III.

  • 581 (inv 1762) John (Stuart), 3rd Earl of Bute. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 582 (inv 1771) Adolf Friedrich IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738-94). Brother of Charlotte, Queen of George

  • 583 (app 1764) George (Montague-Dunk), Earl of Halifax. Viceroy of Ireland. Lord Privy Seal. (Not installed.)

  • 584 (inv 1771) George Augustus Frederick, PRINCE OF WALES (1762-1830). Afterwards GEORGE IV, King of Great Britain.

  • 585 (inv 1771) Charles William Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince, afterwards Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Married the Princess Augusta, eldest daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Killed at the battle of Jena.

  • 586 (inv 1771) George (Keppel), 3rd Earl of Albemarle.

  • 587 (inv 1771) Henry Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1745-90). Afterwards Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn. 4th son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and brother of George III.

  • 588 (inv 1771) George (Spencer), 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817).

  • 589 (inv 1771) Augustus Henry (Fitzroy), 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811).

  • 590 (inv 1771) Granville (Leveson-Gower) Viscount Trentham. Afterwards 1st Marquess of Stafford. Lord President of the Council.

  • 591 (inv 1771) Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg, Bishop of Osnaburg (1763-1827). 2nd son of George III. Afterwards Duke of York and Albany.

  • 592 (app 1772) Sir Frederick North. Afterwards 4th Earl of Guilford. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister. (Not installed.)

  • 593 (app 1778) Henry (Howard), 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire. Lord Privy Seal. (Not installed.)

  • 594 (app 1778) William Henry (Nassau de Zulenstein), 4th Earl of Rochford. (Not installed.)

  • 595 (app 1778) Thomas (Thynne), 3rd Viscount Weymouth. Afterwards 1st Marquess of Bath. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. (Not installed.)

  • 596 (inv 1801) William Henry, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1765-1837). 3rd son of George III. Afterwards Duke of Clarence, and subsequently WILLIAM IV, King of Great Britain.

  • 597 (inv 1801) Charles (Lennox), 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox.

  • 598 (inv 1801) William (Cavendish), 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748-1811).

  • 599 (inv 1801) William (Petty), 3rd Earl of Shelburne. Afterwards 1st Marquess of Lansdowne. First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 600 (app 1782) Charles (Manners), 4th Duke of Rutland (1754-87). Viceroy of Ireland. (Not installed.)

  • 601 (inv 1801) Edward, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg, afterwards Duke of Kent (1767-1820). 4th son of George III and father of Queen Victoria.

  • 602 (inv 1801) Ernest Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg, 5th son of George III (1771-1851). Afterwards Duke of Cumberland. Succ. 1837 as King of Hanover.

  • 603 (inv 1801) Augustus Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1773-1843). Afterwards Duke of Sussex. 6th son of George III.

  • 604 (inv 1801) Adolphus Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1774-1850). Afterwards Duke of Cambridge. 7th son of George III.

  • 605 (inv 1801) William Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel. Son of the Princess Mary, daughter of George II.

  • 606 (inv 1801) Henry (Somerset), 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744-1803).

  • 607 (inv 1801) George (Nugent-Temple-Grenville), 1st Marquess of Buckingham.

  • 608 (inv 1801) Charles, 2nd Earl, afterwards 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Served in the American War. Governor-General of India. Compelled the surrender of Tippoo Sahib.

  • 609 (app 1788) John Frederick (Sackville), 3rd Duke of Dorset. Ambassador to Paris. (Not installed.)

  • 610 (inv 1801) Hugh (Percy), 2nd Duke of Northumberland.

  • 611 (inv 1801) Ernest Lewis, 5th Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg. Cousin of George III.

  • 612 (app 1790) Francis Godolphin (Osborne), 5th Duke of Leeds. Ambassador to Paris. (Not installed.)

  • 613 (inv 1801) John (Pitt), 2nd Earl of Chatham. Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 614 (inv 1801) James (Cecil), 1st Marquess of Salisbury (d. 1823).

  • 615 (inv 1801) John (Fane), 10th Earl of Westmorland. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 616 (inv 1801) Frederick (Howard), 5th Earl of Carlisle. Lord Privy Seal. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 617 (inv 1801) Henry (Scott), 3rd Duke of Buccleuch. Afterwards also 5th Duke of Queensberry.

  • 618 (inv 1801) William Frederick, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards 2nd Duke of Gloucester (1776-1834). Nephew of George III.

  • 619 (inv 1801) William Henry (Bentinck, afterwards Cavendish Bentinck), 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809). Lord President of the Council and First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 620 (app 1797) Richard 1st Earl Howe. Admiral. Defeated the French fleet in the English Channel. (Not installed.)

  • 621 (inv 1801) George John, 2nd Earl Spencer. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 622 (inv 1801) John Jeffreys (Pratt), 2nd Earl Camden. Afterwards 1st Marquess Camden. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 623 (inv 1801) John (Ker), 3rd Duke of Roxburghe.

  • 624 (inv 1805) John Henry (Manners), 5th Duke of Rutland (1778-1857).

  • 625 (inv 1805) Philip (Yorke), 3rd Earl of Hardwick. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 626 (inv 1805) Henry Charles (Somerset), 6th Duke of Beaufort (1766-1835).

  • 627 (inv 1805) John James (Hamilton), 1st Marquess of Abercorn.

  • 628 (inv 1805) George Augustus (Herbert), 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery.

  • 629 (inv 1805) George (Finch), 9th Earl of Winchilsea and 4th Earl of Nottingham (1752-1826, nephew of 570)

  • 630 (inv 1805) Philip (Stanhope), 5th Earl of Chesterfield. Ambassador to Spain.

  • 631 (inv 1805) George (Legge), Earl of Dartmouth.

  • 632 (inv 1812) George Granville (Leveson-Gower), 2nd Marquess of Stafford. Afterwards 1st Duke of Sutherland.

  • 633 (inv 1812) Francis Conway (Ingram-Seymour-Conway), 2nd Marquess of Hertford.

  • 634 (inv 1812) William (Lowther), 1st Earl of Lonsdale (d. 1844).

  • 635 (inv 1812) Richard Colley, Marquess Wellesley. Elder brother of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. Governor-General of India, with distinguished war services.

  • 636 (inv 1812) Charles (Lennox), 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1764-1819).

  • 637 (inv 1812) James (Graham), 3d Duke of Montrose (1755-1836).

  • 638 (inv 1812) Francis (Rawdon-Hastings), 2nd Earl of Moira. Afterwards Marquess of Hastings. Served the American War. Commander of the Forces in India.

  • 639 (inv 1812) Henry (Pelham-Chnton), 4th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

  • 640 (inv 1814) Arthur (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). The hero of the Peninsular War and the battle of Waterloo. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 641 (inv 1814) Alexander I, Emperor of all the Russias (1777-1825).

  • 642 (inv 1814) Louis XVIII, King of France (1757-1824).

  • 643 (inv 1814) Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835).

  • 644 (inv 1814) Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1770-1840). Father of William I, Emperor of Germany.

  • 645 (inv 1814) Robert Banks (Jenkinson), 2nd Earl of Liverpool. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 646 (inv 1814) Robert (Stewart), Viscount Castlereagh. Afterwards 2nd Marquess of Londonderry. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Fought a duel with Canning in 1808.

  • 647 (inv 1815) Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1784-1833).

  • 648 (inv 1814) William Frederick de Nassau, Prince of Orange (1772-1843). Afterwards William I, King of the Netherlands.

  • 649 (inv 1816) Leopold George Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1790-1865). Afterwards Leopold I, King of the Belgians. He married the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, only child of the Regent, afterwards George IV, in the direct line of the British Throne.

  • 650 (inv 1817) Henry, 3rd Earl Bathurst. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord President of the Council.

  • 651 (inv 1818) Henry William (Paget), 1st Marquess of Anglesey. Served in the Peninsular War, and at the battle of Waterloo where he lost a leg.

  • 652 (inv 1819) Hugh (Percy), 3rd Duke of Northumberland. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 653 (inv 1820) Richard (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville), 2nd Marquess of Buckingham. Afterwards 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

  • 654 (inv 1822) Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1768-1839).

  • 655 (inv 1823) João VI, King of Portugal (1767-1826).

  • 656 (inv 1822) George James, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley.

  • 657 (inv 1822) Francis Charles (Seymour-Conway), 3rd Marquess of Hertford.

  • 658 (inv 1823) Thomas (Thynne), 2nd Marquess of Bath.

  • 659 (inv 1825) Charles X, King of France (1757-1836).

  • 660 (inv 1826) Charles (Sackville-Germaine), 5th Duke of Dorset.

  • 661 (inv 1827) Nicholas I, Emperor of all the Russias (1796-1855).

  • 662 (inv 1827) George William Frederick (Osborne), 6th Duke of Leeds.

  • 663 (inv 1827) William George Spencer (Cavendish), 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858).

  • 664 (inv 1827) Brownlow (Cecil), 2nd Marquess of Exeter (1795-1867).

  • 665 (inv 1829) Charles (Lennox, afterwards Gordon-Lennox), 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1791-1860). Fought at the battle of Waterloo.

  • 666 (inv 1829) George, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham.

  • 667 (inv 1831) Bernard Eric Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Brother of Adelaide, Queen of William IV.

  • 668 (inv 1830) Wilhelm I, King of Württemberg (1781-1864).

  • 669 (inv 1830) John (Russell), 6th Duke of Bedford (1766-1839). Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 670 (inv 1831) Charles, 2nd Earl Grey. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of Reform Bill fame.

  • 671 (inv 1831) Augustus William Maximilian Frederick Lewis, reigning Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

  • 672 (inv 1834) Bernard Edward (Howard), 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842). Earl Marshal.

  • 673 (inv 1834) George Henry (Fitzroy), 4th Duke of Grafton (1760-1844).

  • 674 (inv 1835) Walter Francis (Montagu-Douglas-Scott), 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry (1806-84). Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 675 (inv 1835) George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (1819-78). Succ. 1851 as George V of Hanover. Nephew of King George IV of England.

  • 676 (inv 1835) George Frederick William Charles, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg. Afterwards 2nd Duke of Cambridge. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. Served in the Crimean War.

  • 677 (inv 1836) Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton and 7th Duke of Brandon (1767-1852). Ambassador to St. Petersburg.

  • 678 (inv 1836) Henry (Petty), 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne. Lord President of the Council.

  • 679 (inv 1837) George (Howard), 6th Earl of Carlisle. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 680 (inv 1837) Edward Adolphus (Seymour), 11th Duke of Somerset (1775-1855).

  • 681 (inv 1837) Charles William Frederick Emicon, Prince of Leiningen. Half-brother of Queen Victoria.

  • 682 (inv 1838) Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig, Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844). Uncle of Queen Victoria.

  • 683 (inv 1839) Edward (Smith-Stanley), 13th Earl of Derby.

  • 684 (inv 1839) William Harry (Vane), 1st Duke of Cleveland.

  • 685 (inv 1839) Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-61). Afterwards Consort of Queen VICTORIA.

  • 686 (inv 1841) George Granville (Leveson-Gower), 2nd Duke of Sutherland.

  • 687 (inv 1841) Robert (Grosvenor), 1st Marquess of Westminster.

  • 688 (inv 1842) Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1795-1861).

  • 689 (inv 1842) Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony.

  • 690 (inv 1842) Henry (Somerset), 7th Duke of Beaufort (1792-1853).

  • 691 (inv 1842) Richard Plantagenet (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville), 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 692 (inv 1842) James Brownlow William (Gascoigne-Cecil, formerly Cecil), 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (1791-1868). Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 693 (inv 1842) Henry (Vane), 2nd Duke of Cleveland.

  • 694 (inv 1844) Louis Philippe, King of the French.

  • 695 (inv 1844) Ernst (II) August Karl Johannes Leopold Alexander Eduard, reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-93). Brother of Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria.

  • 696 (inv 1844) Thomas Philip (Robinson, afterwards Weddell, afterwards de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 697 (inv 1844) James (Hamilton), 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (1811-85). Cr. 1868 1st Duke of Abercorn. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 698 (inv 1844) Charles Chetwynd, 2nd Earl Talbot. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 699 (inv 1844) Edward (Herbert, formerly Clive), 2nd Earl of Powis.

  • 700 (inv 1846) George Charles (Pratt), 2nd Marquess Camden.

  • 701 (inv 1846) Richard (Seymour-Conway), 4th Marquess of Hertford.

  • 702 (inv 1847) Francis (Russell), 7th Duke of Bedford (1788-1861).

  • 703 (inv 1848) Henry Charles (Howard), 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791-1856). Earl Marshal.

  • 704 (inv 1849) George William Frederick (Villiers) 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-70). Lord Privy Seal. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 705 (inv 1849) Frederick, 4th. Earl Spencer. Commanded a ship at the battle of Navarino.

  • 706 (inv 1851) Constantine Henry (Phipps), 1st Marquess of Normanby. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

  • 707 (inv 1851) Charles William (Wentworth-Fitzwilham), 5th Earl Fitzwilliam.

  • 708 (inv 1853) Algernon (Percy), 4th Duke of Northumberland. Admiral R.N., First Lord of the Admiralty

  • 709 (inv 1853) Charles William (Vane, formerly Stewart), 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Served as a General in the Peninsular War.

  • 710 (inv 1855) George William Frederick (Howard), 7th Earl of Carlisle. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 711 (inv 1855) Francis (Leveson-Gower), 1st Earl of Ellesmere.

  • 712 (inv 1855) George (Gordon, afterwards Hamilton-Gordon). 4th Earl of Aberdeen. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 713 (inv 1855) Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.

  • 714 (inv 1855) Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1820-78). Became in 1860 King of Italy.

  • 715 (inv 1856) Hugh, 2nd Earl Fortescue. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

  • 716 (inv 1856) Henry John (Temple), 3rd Viscount Palmerston. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 717 (inv 1856) Abdul Medjid, Sultan of Turkey.

  • 718 (inv 1857) Granville George (Leveson-Gower), 2nd Earl Granville. Lord President of the Council.

  • 719 (inv 1857) Richard (Grosvenor), 2nd Marquess of Westminster.

  • 720 (inv 1858) Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl, Crown Prince of Prussia (1831-88). Succ. 1888 as Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany. Married Victoria, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria.

  • 721 (inv 1858) Arthur Richard (Wellesley), 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807-84).

  • 722 (inv 1858) William (Cavendish), 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808-91). Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

  • 723 (inv 1858) Pedro V, King of Portugal (1837-61).

  • 724 (inv 1858) Albert Edward, PRINCE OF WALES. Afterwards EDWARD VII, King of Great Britain.

  • 725 (inv 1859) Dudley (Ryder), 2nd Earl of Harrowby. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 726 (inv 1859) Edward Geoffrey (Smith-Stanley), 14th Earl of Derby. Chief Secretary for Ireland and afterwards Prime Minister.

  • 727 (inv 1860) Henry Pelham (Pelham-Clinton), 5th Duke of Newcastle.

  • 728 (inv 1861) Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1797-1888). Became in 1871 Wilhelm I, Emperor of Germany.

  • 729 (inv 1862) Charles, Earl Canning. Governor-General of India in the time of the Mutiny.

  • 730 (inv 1862) Edward Adolphus (Seymour), 12th Duke of Somerset (1804-85).

  • 731 (inv 1862) John, 1st Earl Russell, 3rd son of John, 6th Duke of Bedford (1792-1878), and better known as Lord John Russell. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister (1846-52, 1865-66).

  • 732 (inv 1862) Anthony (Ashley-Cooper), 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. A great philanthropist.

  • 733 (inv 1862) William Thomas Spencer (Wentworth-Fitzwilliam), 6th Earl Fitzwilliam.

  • 734 (inv 1862) Frederick William Lewis Charles, Prince of Hesse. Afterwards Grand Duke Louis IV, of Hesse. Married the Princess Alice, 2nd daughter of Queen Victoria.

  • 735 (inv 1862) Friedrich Wilhelm, reigning Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819-1904).

  • 736 (inv 1863) Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1900). Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893. 2nd son of Queen Victoria.

  • 737 (inv 1863) Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey. Secretary of State for the Colonies.

  • 738 (inv 1864) George Granville William (Leveson-Gower), 3rd Duke of Sutherland.

  • 739 (inv 1864) George William Frederick (Brudenell-Bruce) 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury.

  • 740 (inv 1864) Henry (Petty-Fitzmaurice), 4th Marquess of Lansdowne.

  • 741 (inv 1865) John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer. Viceroy of Ireland. Lord President of the Council.

  • 742 (inv 1865) Harry George (Vane, afterwards Poulett). 4th Duke of Cleveland.

  • 743 (inv 1865) Luís I, King of Portugal (1838-89).

  • 744 (inv 1865) Christian IX, King of Denmark (1818-1906).

  • 745 (inv 1865) Louis III, Grand-Duke of Hesse and the Rhine.

  • 746 (inv 1865) Francis Thomas (de Grey), 7th Earl Cowper.

  • 747 (inv 1866) Henry Richard Charles (Wellesley), 1st Earl Cowley. Diplomatist. Ambassador to France.

  • 748 (inv 1866) Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1835-1909).

  • 749 (inv 1866) Frederick Christian Charles Augustus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1831-1917). Known in England as Prince Christian. Married the Princess Helena, 3rd daughter of Queen Victoria.

  • 750 (inv 1867) Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Gordon (1818-1903).

  • 751 (inv 1867) Charles Cecil John (Manners), 6th Duke of Rutland (1815-88).

  • 752 (inv 1867) Henry Charles Fitzroy (Somerset), 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-99).

  • 753 (inv 1867) Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Coburg-Gotha (1850-1942). Afterwards Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Governor-General of Canada. 3rd son of Queen Victoria. No other Knight of the Garter throughout the history of the Order has held the honour for so long a period.

  • 754 (inv 1867) Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria (1830-1916). Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 755 (inv 1867) Alexander II, Emperor of all the Russias (1818-81). Assassinated.

  • 756 (inv 1867) Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey.

  • 757 (inv 1868) John Winston (Spencer-Churchill), 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-83).

  • 758 (inv 1869) Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1853-84). Afterwards Duke of Albany. 4th son of Queen Victoria.

  • 759 (inv 1869) Stratford (Canning), Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe. Diplomatist.

  • 760 (inv 1869) George Frederick Samuel (Robinson), 2nd Earl of Ripon and 3rd Earl de Grey of Wrest. Afterwards 1st Marquess of Ripon. Lord President of the Council. Viceroy of India.

  • 761 (inv 1870) Hugh Lupus (Grosvenor), 3rd Marquess of Westminster. Afterwards 1st Duke of Westminster.

  • 762 (inv 1871) Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil.

  • 763 (inv 1872) Thomas (Dundas), 2nd Earl of Zetland (d. 1873).

  • 764 (inv 1873) Nasr ed Din, Shah of Persia.

  • 765 (inv 1873) Thomas William (Coke), 2nd Earl of Leicester.

  • 766 (inv 1876) George I, King of the Hellenes (1845-1913).

  • 767 (inv 1877) Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert of Prussia (1859-1941). Succ. 1888 as Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany. Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 768 (inv 1878) Umberto I, King of Italy (1844-1900).

  • 769 (inv 1878) Prince Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick of Hanover (1845-1923). 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. Son of George V, King of Hanover. Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 770 (inv 1878) Benjamin (D'Israeli), Earl of Beaconsfield. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 771 (inv 1878) Robert Arthur Talbot (Gascoigne-Cecil), 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903). Lord Privy Seal. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 772 (inv 1880) Francis Charles Hastings (Russell), 9th Duke of Bedford (1819-91).

  • 773 (inv 1881) Alexander III, Emperor of all the Russias (1845-1894).

  • 774 (inv 1881) Oscar II, King of Sweden and Norway (1829-1907).

  • 775 (inv 1881) Alfonso XII, King of Spain (1857-85).

  • 776 (inv 1882) Albert, King of Saxony.

  • 777 (inv 1882) William III, King of the Netherlands (1817-90).

  • 778 (inv 1883) Augustus Charles Lennox (Fitzroy), 7th Duke of Grafton (1821-1918). Served in the Crimean War.

  • 779 (inv 1883) Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, of Wales. Afterwards Duke of Clarence and Avondale. Eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

  • 780 (inv 1884) George Douglas (Campbell), 8th Duke of Argyll. Lord Privy Seal. President of the Council for India.

  • 781 (inv 1884) Edward Henry (Stanley), 15th Earl of Derby. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and for the Colonies.

  • 782 (inv 1884) Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert of Wales. Afterwards PRINCE OF WALES, and subsequently GEORGE V, King of Great Britain.

  • 783 (inv 1885) John (Wodehouse), 1st Earl of Kimberley. Viceroy of Ireland, Lord Privy Seal.

  • 784 (inv 1885) William (Compton), 4th Marquess of Northampton.

  • 785 (inv 1885) William Philip (Molyneux), 4th Earl of Sefton.

  • 786 (inv 1885) Prince Henry Maurice of Battenberg. Married the Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria.

  • 787 (inv 1886) Algernon George (Percy), 6th Duke of Northumberland (1810-99).

  • 788 (inv 1886) William (Nevill), 1st Marquess of Abergavenny.

  • 789 (inv 1886) Henry (Fitzalan-Howard), 15th Duke of Norfolk (1847-1917). Earl Marshal.

  • 790 (inv 1887) Rudolph Francis Charles Joseph, Prince Imperial of Austria (1858-89).

  • 791 (inv 1888) Charles Stewart (Vane-Tempest-Stewart), 6th Marquess of Londonderry. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 792 (inv 1889) Prince Albert Wilhelm Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929). Brother of Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany (the Kaiser), and grandson of Queen Victoria. Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 793 (inv 1890) Karl, King of Württemberg (1823-91).

  • 794 (inv 1891) Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando, Prince of Naples (1869-1947). Succ. 1900 as Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy. His banner was removed in 1940.

  • 795 (inv 1891) John James Robert (Manners), 7th Duke of Rutland (1818-1906).

  • 796 (inv 1891) George Henry, 5th Earl of Cadogan. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 797 (inv 1892) Ernst Ludwig Karl Albrecht Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine [Hesse-Darmstadt] (1868-1937). Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 798 (inv 1892) Carol I, King of Romania (1839-1914).

  • 799 (inv 1892) Spencer Compton (Cavendish), 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908). Secretary of State for War. Chief Secretary for Ireland. Lord President of the Council.

  • 800 (inv 1892) James (Hamilton), 2nd Duke of Abercorn (1838-1913).

  • 801 (inv 1892) Archibald Philip (Primrose), 5th Earl of Rosebery. Lord President of the Council and Prime Minister.

  • 802 (inv 1893) Nicholas Alexandrovitch, Grand Duke of Russia (1868-1918). Became in 1894 Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russias. Assassinated.

  • 803 (inv 1894) Gavin (Campbell), 1st Marquess of Breadalbane. Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland.

  • 804 (inv 1894) Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg (1874-99). Only son of Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 2nd son of Queen Victoria.

  • 805 (inv 1895) Henry Charles Keith (Petty-Fitzmaurice), 5th Marquess of Lansdowne. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Governor-General of Canada.

  • 806 (inv 1895) Carlos I, King of Portugal (1863-1908). Assassinated.

  • 807 (inv 1896) Christian Frederick William Charles, Crown Prince of Denmark (1843-1912). Succ. 1906 as Frederick VIII, King of Denmark.

  • 808 (inv 1897) Frederick Arthur (Stanley), 16th Earl of Derby. Secretary of State for the Colonies. Governor-General of Canada.

  • 809 (inv 1897) William Henry Walter (Montagu-Douglas-Scott), 6th Duke of Buccleuch, and 8th Duke of Queensberry (1831-1914).

  • 810 (inv 1899) Victor Alexander (Bruce), 9th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine.

  • 811 (inv 1899) Henry George (Percy), 7th Duke of Northumberland (1846-1918).

  • 812 (inv 1900) William John Arthur Charles James (Cavendish-Bentinck), 6th Duke of Portland (1857-1943).

  • 812bis(app 12.2.1901) Alexandra, Queen Consort (1844-1925), daughter of Christian IX, King of Denmark, K.G. Married Edward VII.

  • 813 (inv 1901) Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts. Field Marshal; saw active service in India, Afghanistan, and South Africa.

  • 814 (inv 1901) Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor August Ernst, Crown Prince Imperial of Germany (1882-1951). Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 815 (inv 1902) Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886-1941).

  • 816 (inv 1902) Herbrand Arthur (Russell), 11th Duke of Bedford (1858-1940).

  • 817 (inv 1902) Charles Richard John (Spencer-Churchill), 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934).

  • 818 (inv 1902) Prince Michael Alexandrovitch, hereditary Grand-Duke of Russia (1878-1918). Brother of Nicholas II. Assassinated.

  • 819 (inv 1902) Francis Ferdinand Charles Louis Joseph, Marie, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914). Assassinated.

  • 820 (inv 1902) Prince Emmanuel Philibert Victor Eugene Genes Joseph Marie, Duke of Aosta (1869-1931).

  • 821 (inv 1902) Prince Luís Filipe Maria Carlos, Duke of Braganza, Crown Prince of Portugal (1887-1908). Assassinated.

  • 822 (inv 1902) Prince Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, Duke of Albany (1884-1954). Became in 1900 reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 823 (inv 1902) Prince Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert of Connaught, only son of Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and grandson of Queen Victoria. Governor-General of the Union of South Africa.

  • 824 (inv 1902) Arthur Charles (Wellesley), 4th Duke of Wellington (1849-1934).

  • 825 (inv 1902) Cromartie (Sutherland Leveson-Gower), 4th Duke of Sutherland.

  • 826 (inv 1903) Muzaffer-ed-Din, Shah of Persia.

  • 827 (inv 1904) Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg (1848-1921). Removed 13 May 1915.

  • 828 (app 14.6.1905) Oscar Gustaf Adolf, Prince of Sweden and Norway (1858-1950). Succ. 1907 as Gustaf V, King of Sweden.

  • 829 (app 6.8.1905) Charles Henry (Gordon-Lennox), 7th Duke of Richmond and 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845-1928).

  • 830 (app 4.11.1905, inv 1906) Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan.

  • 831 (app 7.9.1906) Prince Frederick, Grand-Duke of Baden.

  • 832 (27.9.1906) Charles Robert (Wynn-Carrington), 1st Earl Carrington. Afterwards Marquess of Lincolnshire. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 833 (app 9.11.1906) Haakon VII, King of Norway (1872-1957). Married the Princess Maud, youngest daughter of Edward VII.

  • 834 (app 1.5.1908) Robert Offley Ashburton (Crewe-Milnes), 1st Earl of Crewe. Secretary of State for the Colonies. Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council.

  • 835 (app 27.6.1908) William George Spencer Scott (Compton), 5th Marquess of Northampton.

  • 836 (app 24.2.1909) John George (Lambton), 3rd Earl of Durham.

  • 837 (app 21.7.1909) William Waldegrave, 2nd Earl of Selborne. First Lord of the Admiralty. High Commissioner of South Africa.

  • 838 (app 19.11.1909) Manoel II, King of Portugal (1889-1932).

  • 838bis (app 3.6.1910) Mary, Queen Consort. Daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck. Married George V.

  • 839 (app 15.12.1910, inv 1911) Gilbert John (Elliot), 4th Earl of Minto. Governor-General of Canada. Viceroy of India.

  • 840 (app 10.3.1911) Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821-1912). His banner and crest were never placed in the Chapel.

  • 841 (app 23.6.1910, inv 1911) Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, PRINCE OF WALES. Afterwards EDWARD VIII, King of Great Britain. Created Duke of Windsor after his abdication.

  • 842 (app 19.6.1911) Adolf Friedrich V, Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1848-1914).

  • 843 (app 19.6.1911, inv 1912) John Douglas Sutherland (Campbell). 9th Duke of Argyll. Governor General of Canada. Married the Princess Louise, 4th daughter of Queen Victoria.

  • 844 (app 19.6.1911) Alexander William George (Duff), 1st Duke of Fife. Governor-General of Canada. Married the Princess Louise, afterwards Princess Royal, eldest daughter of Edward VII.

  • 845 (app 18.9.1912) Yoshihito, Emperor of Japan.

  • 846 (app 12.2.1912, inv 1913) Sir Edward Grey. Afterwards Viscount Grey of Falloden. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

  • 847 (app 19.7.1913) Charles Robert, 6th Earl Spencer.

  • 848 (app 9.5.1914) Christian X, King of Denmark (1870-1947).

  • 849 (app 22.6.1914) William (Lygon), 7th Earl Beauchamp. Lord President of the Council.

  • 850 (app 4.12.1914) Albert I, King of the Belgians (1875-1934).

  • 851 (app 1.1.1915) Edward George Villiers (Stanley), 17th Earl of Derby. Secretary of State for War.

  • 852 (app 1.1.1914, inv 1915) Edwyn Francis (Scudamore-Stanhope), 10th Earl of Chesterfield.

  • 853 (app 3.6.1915) Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum. Field Marshal. Served in the Soudan, South Africa, and World War I. Secretary of State for War.

  • 854 (app 1.1.1916) George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston. Afterwards Marquess. Viceroy of India. Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

  • 855 (app 1.1.1916) Victor Christian William (Cavendish), 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868-1938). Governor General of Canada.

  • 856 (app 1.1.1916) Charles, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst. Viceroy of India.

  • 857 (app 14.12.1916) Prince Albert Frederick George. Afterwards Duke of York, and subsequently GEORGE VI, King of Great Britain.

  • 858 (app 14.3.1917) James Edward Hubert (Gascoyne-Cecil), 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861-1947). President of the Board of Trade. Lord Privy Seal.

  • 859 (app 14.3.1917) Thomas Henry (Thynne), 5th Marquess of Bath.

  • 860 (app 3.6.1918) Henry John Brinsley (Manners), 8th Duke of Rutland (1852-1925).

  • 861 (app 9.12.1919) Charles Stewart Henry (Vane-Tempest-Stewart), 7th Marquess of Londonderry.

  • 862 (app 16.2.1921) Alfred, Viscount Milner. Secretary of State for War, and for the Colonies. High Commissioner of South Africa.

  • 863 (app 31.3.1921) Prince Henry William Frederick Albert (1900-74). Cr. 1928 Duke of Gloucester. 3rd son of George V.

  • 864 (app 27.2.1922) Henry George Charles, Viscount Lascelles (1882-1947). Afterwards 6th Earl of Harewood. Married the Princess Victoria. Alexandra Alice Mary, only daughter of King George V, afterwards Princess Royal of England.

  • 865 (app 3.3.1922) Arthur James, Earl Balfour. First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister.

  • 866 (app 20.12.1923, inv 1924) Prince George Edward Alexander Edmund. Cr. 1934 Duke of Kent (1902-42). 4th son of George V.

  • 867 (app 4.5.1924) Ferdinand, King of Romania (1865-1927).

  • 868 (app 30.4.1925) Edmund Bernard (Fitzalan-Howard), Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent. Viceroy of Ireland.

  • 869 (app 25.5.1925) Alan Ian (Percy), 8th Duke of Northumberland (1880-1930).

  • 870 (app 9.2.1925) Herbert Henry (Asquith), 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury.

  • 871 (app 1.12.1925) Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons.

  • 872 (app 17.4.1928) Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, Earl of Athlone (1874-1957). Formerly known as Prince Alexander of Teck. Married the Princess Alice, daughter of Prince Leopold, 4th son of Queen Victoria. Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. Governor of Windsor Castle.

  • 873 (app 17.4.1928) James Albert Edward (Hamilton), 3rd Duke of Abercorn (1869-1953).

  • 874 (app 17.4.1928) William Henry (Grenfell), 1st Lord Desborough (1855-1945).

  • 875 (app 11.10.1928) Hugh Cecil (Lowther), 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944).

  • 876 (app 3.5. 1929) Hirohito, Emperor of Japan. Removed in 1941, reinstated by warrant 22 May 1971.

  • 877 (app 7.6.1929) Aldred Frederick George Beresford (Lumley), 10th Earl of Scarborough (1857-1960).

  • 878 (app 3.5.1931) Edward Frederick Lindley (Wood), Lord Irwin (1881-1959). Afterwards 3rd Viscount and 1st Earl Halifax. Viceroy of India. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

  • 879 (app 3.6.1933) Victor Alexander George Robert, 2nd Earl of Lytton (1871-1947).

  • 880 (app 1.1.1934) James Richard, 7th Earl Stanhope and 13th Earl of Chesterfield (1880-1967).

  • 881 (app 1.1.1935) Charles Alfred Worsley (Pelham), 4th Earl of Yarborough (1859-1936).

  • 882 (app 2.12.1935) Leopold III, King of the Belgians (1901-83).

  • 882bis (app 14.12.1936) Elizabeth, Queen Consort (1900-2002). Daughter of Claude (Bowes-Lyon), 14th Earl of Strathmore, K.G. Married King George VI.

  • 883 (app 11.5.1937) George Herbert Hyde (Villiers), 6th Earl of Clarendon (1877-1955).

  • 884 (app 11.5.1937) Bernard Marmaduke (Howard), 16th Duke of Norfolk (1908-75). Earl Marshal.

  • 885 (app 11.5.1937) William Thomas (Cecil), 5th Marquess of Exeter (1876-1956).

  • 886 (app 11.5.1937) Claude George (Bowes-Lyon), 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855-1944). Father of Elizabeth, Queen Consort of George VI, King of Great Britain.

  • 887 (app 11.5.1937) Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy (Somerset), 10th Duke of Beaufort (1900-84).

  • 888 (app 28.5.1937) Stanley, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947). Prime Minister. First Lord of the Treasury. Lord Privy Seal. Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

  • 889 (app 7.11.1938) George II, King of the Hellenes (1890-1947).

  • 890 (app 15.11.1938) Carol II, King of Romania (1893-1953).

  • 891 (app 19.7.1939) Paul, Prince Regent of Yugoslavia (1883-1976).

  • 892 (app 1.1.1941) Edward William Spencer (Cavendish), 10th Duke of Devonshire (1895-1950).

  • 893 (app 11.6.1942) Lawrence John Lumley (Dundas), 2nd Marquess of Zetland (1876-1961).

  • 894 (app 29.10.1943) Victor Alexander John (Hope), 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887-1952).

  • 894bis (app 24.9.1944) Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1880-1962).

  • 895 (app 3.12.1946) Christopher (Addison), 1st Viscount Addison (1869-1951).

  • 896 (app 3.12.1946) Robert Arthur (Gascoyne-Cecil), 5th Marquess of Salisbury (1893-1972).

  • 897 (app 3.12.1946) Louis (Mountbatten), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79).

  • 898 (app 3.12.1946) Alan Francis (Brooke), 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883-1963).

  • 899 (app 3.12.1946) Charles Frederick Algernon (Portal), 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893-1971).

  • 900 (app 3.12.1946) Harold Rupert Leofric George (Alexander), 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969).

  • 901 (app 3.12.1946) Bernard Law (Montgomery), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887-1976).

  • 901bis (app 1947) Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (b. 1926). Subsequently Queen ELIZABETH II.

  • 902 (app 19.11.1947) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1921).

  • 903 (app 12.3.1948) William Arthur Henry (Cavendish-Bentinck), 7th Duke of Portland (1893-1977).

  • 904 (app 12.3.1948) William George Arthur (Ormsby-Gore), 4th Baron Harlech (1885-1964).

  • 905 (app 12.3.1948) Lawrence Roger (Lumley), 11th Earl of Scarborough (1896-1969).

  • 906 (app 12.3.1948) Betram Francis (Gurdon), 2nd Baron Cranworth (1877-1964).

  • 907 (app 9.4.1951) Gerald (Wellesley), 7th Duke of Wellington (1885-1972).

  • 908 (app 9.4.1951) Hugh William (Fortescue), 5th Earl Fortescue (1888-1958).

  • 909 (app 9.4.1951) Wentworth Henry Canning (Beaumont), 2nd Viscount Allendale (1890-1956).

  • 910 (app 8.5.1951) Frederik IX, King of Denmark (1899-1972).

  • 911 (app 5.12.1952) William Spencer (Leverson-Gower), 4th Earl Granville (1880-1953).

  • 912 (app 24.4.1953) Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965).

  • 913 (app 28.6.1954) Gustaf VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1882-1973).

  • 914 (app 14.10.1954) Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975).

  • 915 (app 20.10.1954) Robert Anthony (Eden), 1st Earl of Avon (1897-1977).

  • 916 (app 23.4.1955) Rupert Edward Lee (Guinness), 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874-1967).

  • 917 (app 7.4.1956) Clement Richard (Attlee), 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967).

  • 918 (app 23.4.1957) Hastings Lionel (Ismay), 1st Baron Ismay (1887-1965).

  • 919 (app 23.4.1957) Michael Guy Percival (Willoughby), 11th Baron Middleton (1887-1970).

  • 919bis (app 25.3.1958) Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands (1909-2004).

  • 920 (app 26.7.1958) Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (b. 1948).

  • 921 (app 23.4.1959) William Joseph (Slim), 1st Viscount Slim of Yarralumla (1891-1970).

  • 922 (app 23.4.1959) Hugh Algernon (Percy), 10th Duke of Northumberland (1914-88).

  • 923 (app 29.5.1959) Olav V, King of Norway (1903-91).

  • 924 (app 23.4.1960) William (Pleydell-Bouverie), 7th Earl of Radnor (1895-1968).

  • 925 (app 23.4.1960) Edward Kenelm (Digby), 11th Baron Digby (1894-1964).

  • 926 (app 2.5.1962) John de Vere (Loder), 2nd Baron Wakehurst (1895-1970).

  • 927 (app 14.5.1963) Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (1930-93).

  • 928 (app 9.7.1963) Paul I, King of the Hellenes (1901-64).

  • 929 (app 16.9.1963) Gerald Walter Robert Templer (1898-1979).

  • 930 (app 10.4.1964) Albert Victor (Alexander), 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough (1885-1965).

  • 931 (app 10.4.1964) Charles John (Lyttelton), 10th Viscount Cobham (1909-77).

  • 932 (app 23.4.1965) Basil Stanlake (Brooke), 1st Viscount Brookeborough (1888-1973).

  • 933 (app 23.4.1965) Edward Ettindene (Bridges), 1st Baron Bridges (1892-1969).

  • 934 (app 23.4.1968) Derek (Heathcoat Amory), 1st Viscount Amory (1899-1981).

  • 935 (app 23.4.1968) William Philip (Sidney), 1st Viscount De L'Isle (1909-91).

  • 936 (app 10.2.1969) Richard Gardiner (Casey), Baron Casey of Berwick (1890-1976).

  • 937 (app 23.4.1969) Alexander Francis St Vincent (Baring), 6th Baron Ashburton (1898-1991).

  • 938 (app 23.4.1970) Francis Oliver (Lyttelton), 1st Viscount Chandos (1893-1972).

  • 939 (app 23.4.1970) Cameron Fromanteel (Cobbold), 1st Baron Cobbold (1904-87).

  • 940 (app 23.4.1970) Edmund Castell Bacon, 13th Bart (1903-1982).

  • 941 (app 23.4.1970) Sir Cennyedd George Traherne (1910-95).

  • 942 (app 23.4.1971) Geoffrey Noel (Waldegrave), 12th Earl Waldegrave (1905-95).

  • 943 (app 23.4.1971) Francis Aunger (Pakenham), 7th Earl of Longford (1905-2001)

  • 944 (app 23.4.1971) Richard Austen (Butler), Baron Butler of Saffron Walden (1902-82).

  • 945 (app 24.4.1972) Hervey (Rhodes), Baron Rhodes (1895-1987).

  • 946 (app 24.4.1972) Evelyn (Baring), 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903-73).

  • 947 (app 24.4.1972) Charles Garrett Ponsonby (Moore), 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910-89).

  • 948 (app 13.6.1972) Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921).

  • 949 (app 23.4.1974) Edward Arthur Alexander (Shackleton), Baron Shackleton (1911-94).

  • 950 (app 23.4.1974) Humphrey (Trevelyan), Baron Trevelyan (1905-85).

  • 951 (app 23.4.1974) John Henry Guy (Nevill), 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914-2000)

  • 952 (app 23.4.1976) James Harold (Wilson), Baron Wilson of Rievaux (1916-95). Prime Minister.

  • 953 (app 23.4.1976) Hugh Denis Charles (FitzRoy), 11th Duke of Grafton (b. 1919).

  • 954 (app 23.4.1977) George Rowland Stanley (Baring), 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918-91).

  • 955 (app 23.4.1977) Samuel Charles (Elworthy), Baron Elworthy (1911-93).

  • 956 (app 23.4.1979) Henry Cecil John (Hunt), Baron Hunt (1910-98). Mountaineer.

  • 957 (app 23.4.1979) Paul Meerna Caedwalla Hasluck (1905-93). Governor General of Australia 1969-74.

  • 957bis (app 15.5.1979) Margarethe II, Queen of Denmark (b. 1940).

  • 958 (app 21.4.1980) Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake (1904-83). Prime Minister of New Zealand 1960-72, Governor-General 1977-80.

  • 959 (app 21.4.1980) Sir Richard Amyatt Hull (1907-89). Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1961-65.

  • 960 (app 22.4.1983) Miles Francis Stapleton (FitzAlan Howard), 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915-2002).

  • 961 (app 22.4.1983) Adm. Terence Thornton (Lewin), Baron Lewin (1920-99).

  • 962 (app 22.4.1983) Gordon William Humphreys (Richardson), Baron Richardson of Duntisbourne (b. 1915). Governor of the Bank of England 1973-83.

  • 963 (app 25.5.1983) Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden (b. 1946).

  • 964 (app 23.4.1985) Oswald Constantine John (Phipps), 4th Marquess of Normanby (1912-94).

  • 965 (app 23.4.1985) Peter Alexander Rupert (Carrington), 6th Baron Carrington (b. 1919).

  • 966 (app 9.10.1985) Edward, Duke of Kent (b. 1935).

  • 967 (app 23.4.1987) Leonard James (Callaghan), Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912-2005). Prime Minister 1976-79.

  • 968 (app 21.4.1988) Philip William Bryce (Lever), 3rd Viscount Leverhulme (1915-2000).

  • 969 (app 21.4.1988) Quinton McGarel (Hogg), Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907-2001).

  • 970 (app 17.10.1988) Juan Carlos I, King of Spain (b. 1938).

  • 970bis (app 28.6.1989) Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands (b. 1938).

  • 971 (app 23.4.1990) Lavinia Mary, Duchess of Norfolk (1916-95).

  • 972 (app 23.4.1990) Arthur Valerian (Wellesley), 8th Duke of Wellington (b. 1915).

  • 973 (app 23.4.1990) Edwin Noel Westby (Bramall), Baron Bramall (b. 1923). Chief of the General Staff 1979-82.

  • 974 (app 24.4.1992) Edward Richard George Heath (1916-2005). Prime Minister 1970-74.

  • 975 (app 24.4.1992) Matthew White (Ridley), 4th Viscount Ridley (b. 1925). Lord Stewart of the Household.

  • 976 (app 24.4.1992) John Davan (Sainsbury), Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (b. 1927).

  • 976bis (app 23.4.1994) Princess Anne, The Princess Royal (b. 1950).

  • 977 (app 23.4.1994) Sir Ninian Martin Stephen (b. 1923). Governor-General of Australia 1982-89.

  • 978 (app 23.4.1994) Robert (Leigh-Pemberton), Baron Kingsdown (b. 1927).

  • 979 (app 23.4.1994) John Francis Harcourt (Baring), 7th Baron Ashburton (b. 1928).

  • 980 (app 22.4.1995) Margaret Hilda (Thatcher), Baroness Thatcher, OM (b. 1925). Prime Minister of the UK 1979-90.

  • 981 (app 22.4.1995) Edmund Percival Hillary, KBE ONZ (b. 1919).

  • 982 (app 23.4.1996) Andrew Robert Buxton (Cavendish), 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004).

  • 983 (app 23.4.1996) Timothy James Alan Colman (b. 1929).

  • 984 (app 23.4.1996) Richard Alexander Walter George, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1944).

  • 985 (app 26.5.1998) Akihito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1933).

  • 986 (app 23.4.1999) James (Hamilton), 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934).

  • 987 (app 23.4.1999) Erskine William Gladstone of Fasque and and Balfour, 7th Bart (b. 1925).

  • 988 (app 23.4.2001) Peter Anthony, Baron Inge (b. 1935). Chief of the General Staff 1992-94.

  • 989 (app 23.4.2001) Sir Anthony Arthur Acland (b. 1930).

  • 990 (app 31.5.2001) King Harald V of Norway (b. 1937).

  • 991 (app 23.4.2003) Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy (b. 1936)

  • 992 (app 23.4.2003) Gerald Cavendish, 6th Duke of Westminster, OBE (b. 1951)

  • 993 (app 23.4.2003) Frederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, GCB, CVO (b. 1938)

  • 994 (app 23.4.2003) John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, PC, QC (b. 1931).

  • 995 (app 23.4.2005) Thomas Henry Bingham, The Lord Bingham of Cornhill, PC (b. 1933). Former Lord Chief Justice of England.

  • 996 (app 23.4.2005) John Major, CH, PC (b. 1943). Former Prime Minister.

  • 997 (app 23.4.2005) Lady Mary Soames (b. 1922, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, n. 912).

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