136, 
Crosses of the Order of the 
Bath, viz:— 
_His Royal Highness the Duke 
of Clarence. 
His Royal Highness the Duke 
of Kent. 
His Royal Highness the Duke 
of Cumberiand. 
- His Royal Highness the Duke 
of Cambridge. 
His Highness the Duke of 
Gloucester. 
Ith. The Second Class of the 
Most Honourable Military Order 
of the Bath shall be composed of 
Knights Commanders, who shall 
have and enjoy in all future so- 
Jemnities and proceedings, place 
and precedence before all Knights 
Bachelors of the United Kingdom, 
and shall enjoy all and singular 
the rights, privileges, and immu- 
nitles enjoyed by the said Knights 
Bachelors, 
12th. Upon the first institution 
of the Knights Commanders, the 
number shall not exceed one hun- 
dred and eighty, exclusive of Fo- 
reign Officers holding British 
commissions, of whom a number, 
not exceeding ten, may be admit- 
ted into the Second Class as Ho- 
norary Knights Commanders.— 
But in the event of actions of sig- 
nal distinction, or of future wars, 
the number may be increased by 
the appointment of Officers who 
shall be eligible according to the 
regulations and restrictions now 
established. 
_13th. No person shall be eli- 
gible as a Knight Commander of 
the Bath, who does not actually 
hold, at the time of his nomina- 
tion, a commission in his Majes- 
ty’s army or navy; such com- 
mission not being below the rank 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
of Lieutenant-Colonelinthearmy, 
or of Post Captain in the navy. 
~ 14th. The Knights Command- 
ers shall, from the publication of 
the present instrument, be en- 
titled severally to assume the dis- 
tinctive appellation of Knight- 
hood, and shall bear the Badge 
and Ensign assigned as the dis- 
tinctions of the Second Class of 
the Order, on their being duly 
invested with the same; that is 
to say, each Knight Commander 
shall wear the appropriate Badge- 
or Cognizance pendant by a red 
ribband round the neck, and for 
further honour and distinction he 
shall wear the appropriate Star, 
embroidered on -the left side of 
his upper vestment. There shall 
also be affixed in the cathedral 
church of St. Peter, Westminster, 
Escutcheons and Banners of the 
Arms of each Knight Commander, 
under which the name and title 
of such Knight Commander, with 
the date of his nomination, shall 
beinscribed. The Knights Com- 
manders shall not be entitled to 
bear Supporters, but they shall 
be permitted to encircle their 
Arms with the Red Ribband and 
Badge, appropriate to the Second 
Class of the Order of the Bath. 
And for the greater honour of 
this Class, no Officer of his Ma- 
jesty’s army or navy shall be no- 
minated hereafter to the dignity 
of a Knight Grand Cross, who . 
shall not have been appointed pre- 
viously a Knight Commander of 
the said most honourable Order. 
15th. His Royal Highness the 
Prince Regent, acting in thename 
and on the behalf of his Majesty, 
has been graciously pleased to ap- 
point and nominate the under- 
