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THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER.

Instituted by King Edward III. about August, 1348. (KG)

THE SOVEREIGN.

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

  • H. R. H. The Prince Consort
  • King of Hanover
  • Duke of Cambridge
  • King of the Belgians
  • King of Wurtemburg
  • King of Prussia
  • Prince Frederick of Prussia
  • Emperor of the French
  • King of Sardinia
  • The Sultan
  • Reigning Duke of Saxe Meiningen
  • Reigning Duke of Brunswick
  • Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and
    Gotha
  • Marquess of Exeter
  • Duke of Richmond
  • Duke of Buccleuch
  • Marquess of Lansdowne
  • Duke of Sutherland
  • Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
  • Marquess of Salisbury
  • Duke of Cleveland
  • Earl De Grey
  • Marquess of Abercorn
  • Marquess Camden
  • Marquess of Hertford
  • Duke of Bedford
  • Earl of Clarendon
  • Marquess of Normanby
  • Duke of Northumberlannd
  • Earl of Carlisle
  • Earl of Aberdeen
  • Earl Fortescue
  • Viscount Palmerston
  • Earl Granville
  • Marquess of Westminster

OFFICERS OF THE ORDER.

  • Prelate—Bishop of Winchester (Dr. Sumner).
  • Chancellor—Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Wilberforce).
  • Registrar—Dean of Windsor (The Hon. and Very Rey. Gerald W ellesley).
  • Garter principal King-of-Arms—Sir Charles George Young, Knt.
  • Usher of the Black Rod—Sir Augustus W. I. Clifford, Bart., C.B.