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584 APPENDIX B 1764, June 4. Strelilz. Adolph Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, brother to the Consort of the Sovereign. 1786, Aug. 7. Cassel. Wilhelm IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, later Wilhelm I, Elector of Hesse. [John Dalrymple, styled Viscount Dal- rymple, Envoy to Prussia, and Sir Isaac Heard, Garter]. 1 79 1, Apr. 18. Gotha. Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-and-Altenburg, cousin german of the Sovereign. [Morton Eden, Envoy to Saxony, later Baron Henley, and Sir Isaac Heard, Garter]. [After this period the Missions appear to have been conducted with greater ceremony, and the Foreigners thus admitted into the order were, for the first time, reckoned as supernumerary Knights]. 1 8 13, Sep. 27. Tsplitz. Alexander I, Emperor of Russia. [William (Cathcart), Viscount, later Earl, Cathcart, K.T., Ambassador to Russia; Francis Townsend (Windsor Herald), Dep. Garter, and Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Black Rod]. 1 8 14, Aug. 22. Brussels. Willem VI, Prince of Orange-Nassau, later Willem I, King of The Netherlands. [Sir Robert Stewart, K.G., styled Viscount Castlereagh, Sec. of State for foreign affairs; Sir Isaac • Heard, Garter, and Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Black Rod]. 1 8 14, Sep. 21. Vienna. Franz I, Emperor of Austria. [Sir Robert Stewart, K.G., styled Viscount Castlereagh, Sec. of State for foreign affairs; Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, and Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Black Rod]. 1 815, May 17. Madrid. Fernando VII, King of Spain. [The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Wellesley, G.C.B., later Baron Cowley, Ambassador to Spain; the attendance of Garter being by special warrant excused]. 1822, July II. Copenhagen. Frederik VI, King of Denmark. [The Rt. Hon. Augustus John Foster, Envoy to Denmark, and Sir George Nayler, Garter]. 1823, Sep. 23. Jjuda, near Lisbon. Joao VI, King of Portugal. [Sir Ed- ward Thornton, G.C.B., Envoy to Portugal, and Sir George Nayler, Garter]. 1825, June 7. Paris. Charles X, King of France. [Hugh (Percy), Duke of Northumberland, K.G., Ambassador Extraordinary; Gran- ville (Leveson-Gower), Viscount Granville, G.C.B., Ambassador in residence to France, and Sir George Nayler, Garter]. 1827, July 8. Tzarskoi Selo, near St. Petersburg. Nikolaj I, Emperor or Russia. [Francis (Seymour-Conway), Marquess ot Hertford, K.G., and Sir George Nayler, Garter]. 1842, Oct. 8. Dresden. Friedrich August II, King of Saxony. [Thomas (Egerton), Earl of Wilton, G.C.H., and Sir Charles George Young, Garter]. 1856, Nov. I. Constantinople. Abdul Medjid Khan, Sultan of Turkey. [Stratford (Canning), Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, G.C.B., Ambassador to Turkey, and Sir Charles G. Young, Garter]. 1858, May 28. Belem, near Lisbon. Pedro V, King of Portugal. [John (Thynne), Marquess of Bath, and Sir Charles G. Young, Garter].