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HERALDRY. 
crown for the time being fhall tranfmit all patents of 
Baronets hereafter to be created, as foon as may be after 
they (hall have patted thegreat feal, to the regifter or,pro¬ 
per officer of our faid College of Arms, for the purpofe of 
THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE 
GARTER. 
Inflituted by Edward III. Jan. 19, 1344. 
It will be feen, by a reference to our Table of Prece- 
authentic regiflry thereof in the faid college ; which dence, p. 45.5,; that Knights of the Garter rank before 
patent fo regiffered (hall be returned to our faid clerk all Baronets, and even before Privy Counfellors who 
of the crown for the ufe of the .perfon to whom'the are not peers. They are placed here, therefore, merely, 
fame is granted, &c. &c. &c. Given at our Court at 
St. James’s, the third day of December, 1783, in the 
twenty-fourth year.of pur reign. 
By his Majefly’s -command, 
North. 
To our trufty and well-beloved counfellor Charles 
Howard, efq. (commonly called Earl of Surrey,) 
Deputy to our Earl Marfhal, and our Hereditary 
Marfhal of England, to our Officers of our Col¬ 
lege of Arms, our Clerk of the Crown, or his 
Deputy for the time being, and all others whom 
it may concern. 
becanfe the honour is not hereditary. The Armorial 
Bearings of. fuch of the Knights as are Peers are given 
in their regular place in the Peerage; the reft will fol¬ 
low in order in the annexed Engravings. 
The habit and enfigns of this princely order are, a 
furcoat, garter, mantle, hood, george, collar, cap, 
and feathers ; the four fit ft affigned by the founder, 
Edward Ill. the others by Henry VIII. The motto on 
the garter and ftar is, Honifoit qui mal y penfe: “Evil to 
him who evil thinks.” The oarrer. which is worn on 
George R. 
Whereas by a warrant under our royal fignet and figrr 
manual, dated the third day of December, 1783 
him who evil thinks.” 
the left leg a little below the knee, is of blue velvet, 
bordered with gold. The george is the figure of St. 
George on horfeback, the patron of England, encoun¬ 
tering a dragon with a tilting fpear, and clothed in 
complete armour. The whole is of gold enamelled, and 
may be enriched with jewels, at the pleafure of the pof- 
vvere ( gracioufly pleafed to eftabliffi certain Regulations feflbil; it is worn acrofs the left ffioulder, pendent to a 
in the College of Arms for the better preventing perfons dark blue ribbon. The collar is of gold, weighing thirty 
from a (Turning the title of Baronet who had no legal ounces troy-weight, and contains twenty-fix garters, 
right thereto ; in which faid warrant is contained, among enamelled proper, in each a rofe gules, and as many 
other claufes, the following, viz. “That from and after knots of gold, to which is pendent the george, as above, 
the date thereof, the title of Baronet (ha-11 not be in- Charles II. ordained that the Knight, ffiould always, in 
ferted in any commiffion, warrant of appointment, or pub he,wear, embroidered on the left fide of their coats 
other inftrument thereafter to be iffiued to any perfon or cloaks, the crofs of St. George, furrounded with the 
claiming orufingthe faid title, from either of our offices g^ter, with rays of filver, forming a ftar of eight points, 
of fecrentry of date, or from any other of our offices -At a chapter held at St. James’s on Thurfday, Jan. 
whatever, until fuch perfon fo claiming or ufing the *7, 1805, a new ftatute was read by order of the King 
faid title, or fome one on his behalf, (hall have proved Prefent, commanding that the Order ffiould henceforth 
his right thereto in our College of Arms, and produced con fift of the Sovereign, and twenty-five Knights Com. 
a certificate thereof from the faid College, under the pamons (in which; number the Prince of Wales is 
common feal of that corporation.” But it having been included ) befides fuch lineal defendants of George II. 
reprefented unto us by our Earl Marfhal, to whom the as have been or ffia l be eleifted Knights of the fame 
cognizance of matters of this nature does properly be- Noble Order. The Knights of this Order are : 
long, that fome inconveniences have arifen in carrying The Sovereign T7 '- 1 nf e-rni- 
part of the claufes of our faid warrant into execution, Prince of Wales 
we therefore are gracioufly pleafed to fufpcnd the feve- Duke of York^ K.B. 
ral Directions and Regulations contained in our faid war- Duke of Clarence, K.T. 
rant, (except the cla-ufe which relates to fuch perfons Duke of Kent, K.P. 
as ffiall have been or may be created Baronets after the Duke of Cumberland 
date of our warrant of the third of December, 1783, as Duke of Stiflex 
aforefaid,-) till fuch other Regulations and Directions in Duke of Cambridge 
this matter may be adopted as may not be attended with Duke of Gioucefter 
the inconveniences as before recited, as may belt anfwer Elector of Hefle 
the purpofes for preventing the abufes which had crept Duke of Marlborough 
into the order of Baronets, as dated in our before-re- Duke of Grafton 
cited warrant of the third of December, 1783. Given Marquis of Buckingham 
at our Court at St. James’s, the twenty-fourth day of Duke of Devonihire 
February, 1785, in the twenty-fifth year of our reign. Duke of Northumbrland 
By his Majefty’s command, 
Sydney. 
To our trufty and well-beloved Charles Howard, 
Efq. (commonly called Earl of Surrey,) Deputy 
to our Earl Marfhal, and our Hereditary Mar- 
ffial of England, to our Officers of our College 
of Arms, our Clerk of the.Crown, or his De¬ 
puty for the time being, and all others whom it 
may concern. . ■ - 
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND , 
AND IRELAND . 
KNIGHTS BY INVESTITURE AND INSTAL¬ 
LATION. 
No knight eleft can wear the ftar or badge of any or- 
$er before he is inftalled, unlefs by fpecial difpenfation 
from his majefty, which is ufually granted to knights 
sn foreign fervice, or going abroad. 
Earl of Chatham 
Marquis of Saliffiury 
Earl of Weftmorland 
Earl of Carlifle 
Duke of Buccleuch 
Duke of Portland 
Earl Spencer 
Earl Camden 
Duke of Rutland 
Earl of Hardwicke 
Duke of Beaufort 
Marquis of Abercorn 
Earl of Winchilfea and 
Nottingham 
Earl of Chefterfield 
Earl of Pembroke and 
Montgomery 
Earl of Dartmouth- 
Marquis of Stafford 
Marquis of Hertford 
Earl of Lonfdale. 
Officers in the Order of Precedency. 
Hon Dr.Brownlow North, bifhop of Winchefter, prelate 
of the order. 
Dr. John Fiffier, bifhop of Saliffiury, chancellor. 
Hon. and Rev. Edw. Legge, dean of Windfor, regiftrar. 
Sir Ifaac Heard, knt. garter principal king of arms. 
Sir Francis Mojyneux, bart. uffier of the black rod. 
Francis Quarme, efq. deputy. 
The knights of this order are inftalled in St. George’s 
Chapel, Windfor Cattle, where their Banners are hung 
over their refpedtive (tails, and their Arms and Sup¬ 
porters on a plate of gilt brafs affixed over their feats. 
themostancientandmostnobleorderofthe 
THISTLE. 
This order was founded by James V. king of Scotland, 
in 1540; revived by James II. in 1687; and re-eftablifhed 
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