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ANNUAL REGISTE!^, 1805. 



into efife6V, by the cordial co-opera- 

 tion of the police and military. 



The officers appointed to guard 

 the king's person, were majors El- 

 ley and ftliller of the Royal Horse 

 Guards, 



Sir Richard Ford attended at the 

 principal entrance to St. George's 

 chapel, with a number of the Bow- 

 street officers ; and the command- 

 ing oflicer of the Royal Horse 

 Guards informed Sir Richard, he 

 should have any number of his men 

 he pleased under his Gire6lion ; in 

 consequence of which, the greatest 

 order was maintained during the 

 day. 



At ten the knights companions, 

 in the following complete habit of 

 the order, consising of 



A black Telvet helmet plnme, 

 white ostrich feather, and heron 

 sprig ; a purplevelvet mantle, lined 

 with white silk ; gold and purple 

 cordons ; collar of the order ; crim- 

 son velvet hood, and crimson velvet 

 surcoat; silver tissue jacket, and 

 puffed breeches ; white silk panta- 

 loons ; white kid shoes, silver shoe 

 roses, and silver knee ditto, gar- 

 ter, &c. 



The officers of the order in their 

 mantles, the knights e\e£t in their 

 under habits, having their caps and 

 feathers in their hands, and the hon. 

 capt. Yorke, the proxy for the earl 

 of Ilardwirkc, in his ordinary ha- 

 bit ; attended the sovereign in the 

 roj-^al apartment. 



The officers of arms, and the four 

 Serjeants at arms, with their maces, 

 attended in the presence chamber ; 

 the prebendaries and poor knights, 

 a§ also the kettle drums and house 

 trumpets in the guard-chamber. 



The hon. c;ipt. Yorke, proxy for 

 the earl of Hardwickc, walked in 



the procession, dressed in his naval 

 uniform. 



The sovereign coming under his 

 state, garter king of arms called 

 over the knights, and a procession 

 was made from t!ie royal apartment, 

 through the presence and guard- 

 chambers : the end of St. George's 

 hall ; the late private chapel ; the 

 passage leading to the great stairs ; 

 descending which, throngh the hall 

 to the great court ; and from thence 

 to the south door of St. George's 

 chapel, in the following order : 



Two fife majors. 

 Four drum-majors of the household. 



r Lamb, esq. drum-major of 



England, uncovered. 

 Fourteen trumpets. 

 Two tombrones. 

 TAvostde-rdrums. 

 All in their state dresses ; the frura, 

 pets playing the Jubilee and In- 

 stallation marchcj, alternately re-i 

 lieved by the drums and fifes. 

 Six naval officers of Travers' college, 



in their uniform. 

 Eighteen poor knights of Windsor, 

 Ten prebendaries. 

 Nine persuivants. 

 The six knights ele6t, without theip 

 mantles and caps, tIz. dukes of 

 Rutland and Beaufort; Mar- 

 quis of Abercorn ; carls 

 Chesterfield, Pembroke, 

 and Winchelsea. 

 Fifteen of the old knights in the 

 following order, viz. earl Camden, 

 eajl Spencer, earl of Westmore- 

 land, marquis of Salisbury, carl of 

 Chatham, duke of Devonshire, 

 prince William of Gloucester, duke 

 of Gloucester, duke of Cambridge, 

 duke of Sussex, duke of Cumber- 

 land, duke of Kent, duke of Cla- 

 rence, duke of York, and the prince 

 of Wales. 



Norroy 



