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APPENDIX ro CHRONICLE. 
ARTICLES FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. 
WHITEHALL, 
January 2. 
HEREAS his Royal High- 
ness the Prince Regent, 
acting in the name and on the be- 
half of his Majesty, Sovereign of 
the Most Honourable Military 
Order of the Bath, is desirous of 
commemorating the auspicious 
termination of the long and ar- 
duous contests in which this em- 
pire has been engaged, and of 
marking in an especial manner 
his gracious sense of the valour, 
perseverance, and devotion mani- 
fested by the Officers of his Ma- 
jesty’s forces by sea and land :— 
And whereas his Royal Highness 
has thought it fit, by virtue of the 
royal prerogative, and of the 
powers reserved to the Sovereign 
in the statutes of the said Most 
Honourable Military Order of the 
Bath, to advance the splendour 
and extend the limits of the said 
Order, to the end that those offi- 
cers who have had the opportuni- 
ties of signalizing themselves by 
eminent services during the late 
war, may share in the honours of 
the said Order, and that their 
names may be delivered down to 
remote posterity, accompanied by 
the marks of distinction which 
they have so nobly earned, 
The Prince Regent, therefore, 
acting in the name and on the be- 
half of his Majesty, hath been gra- 
ciously pleased to ordain as-fol- 
lows :— 
1st. The Most Honourable Mi- 
litary Order of the Bath shall 
from this time forward be com- 
posed of Three Classes, differing 
in their ranks and degrees of dig- 
nity. 
2d. The First Class of the said 
Order shall consist of Knights 
Grand Crosses ; which designa- 
tion shall be substituted hence- 
forward for that of Knights Com- 
panions ; and from the date hereof 
the present Knights Companions 
and Extra Knights of the said 
Order shall, in all acts, proceed. 
ings, and pleadings, be stiled 
Knights, Grand Crosses of the 
Most Honourable Military Order 
of the Bath. 
3d. The number of the Knights 
Grand Crosses shall not, at any 
time, or upon any account what- 
ever, exceed seventy-two; whereof 
there may be a number not ex- 
ceeding twelve so nominated and 
appointed, in consideration of 
eminent services rendered to the 
State by British subjects in civil 
and diplomatic employments. 
4th. The said Knights Grand 
