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London, England, 1815-01-04 00:00:00

SUITLEAIENT to the LONDON GAZETTE

Of TUISDAT, thiad of JANUARY.

WEIMESDAY, JANvAIiIr 4, 1815.

Whitehall, Jan. 2, 1E95.

Whereas Iris Royal Highness th'iPrince Regent,
acting in the name and on, the behalf:of his Atii-
jwy, Sovereign of the MOst Honourable lilitary
Order of the Bath, is desirous of commemorating
the auspicious .termination 'of the long and ar-
duous contests in which this empire has,been en-
gaged, and of marking in an especial manner his
gracious sense of the valour, perseverance, and
devotioc, manifested by the Officers of his Majes-
ty'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 Ho--
nonrable Military Order of the Bath, to advance
the splendour and extend the limits of the said
Order, to the end that those Officers who have had
the opportunities of signaliiing 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. _ •

'e Prince Regent, therefore, acting in the
name and on the behalf of.his Majesty, bath been
graciously pleased to ordain as follows
Ist. The Most Honourable Military Order of
the Bath shall from this time forward be com-
posed of Three Classes, differing iu their ranks
and degrees of dignity. -
2d. The. First Class of the said Order shall con-
sist of Knights Grand Crosses ; which designa-
tion shall be substituted henceforward for that of.
Knights Companions ; and from the date hereof
the present li.:;ights Companions and Extra
Knights of the said Order shall, in all • cts, pro-
ceedings, and pleadings, be styled Knights Grand
Crosses of the Most Honourable Military Order
of the Bath.

3d. The number of the Knights Grand CroAses
shall not, at any time, or upon any account what-
ever, exceed seventy-two whereof there may be
a number not exceeding 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 Crosses shall be.
subject to the same Rules and Ordinances, and
have, hold, and enjoy, all and singular the rights,
privileges, immunities, and advantages, which the
Knights Companions of the said Order have hi-
therto'held and enjoyed, by virtue of the statutes,
excepting as far as may be altered or affected by
the.present decree.

sih. lt shall be lawful for all the present
Knights Grand Crosses, front and after the date
hereof, to wear, upon the left site 4.,f their upper
vestment, the Star or Ensign of the said Order,
althOugh such Knight Grand Crocs may not have
been installed; and henceforward the said Star or
Ensign shall be worn by each and every Knight
Grand Cross, immediately after his being so no-
minated and appointed, provided that it shall not
be lawful for any Knight Grand Cross to w6r the
collar of the said Order, until he shall have been
formally installed, according tO the statutes, or
unless a dispensation has been granted for the
ton-observance of the ceremonial of installation.
6th. In order' to- distinguish more particularly
those 011icers of his Majesty's Forces, by sea 'and
land, upon whom the First Class of the said Or-
der hath already been, or may hereafter he, con-
ferred in consideration of especial' military ser-
vices, such Oflictn•s shall henceforth, bear upon
the Ensign or Star, and likewise upon the'lladge
of the Order, the addition of a wreath of laurel
.encircling the motto, and issuing from an escrol
inscribed " Ich Dien."

This distinction' being of a military nature, it
is not to be borne by the Knights of the First
Class, upon whom the Order shall have been, or
may hereafter he, conferred for civil services,
7th. The dignity Of a Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath,
shall henceforth upon no .account be conferred
upon any Officer in his Majesty's service, who
-shall not have attained the rank of Major-Gene-
ral in the Army, or Rear-Admiryi iti the Nary,
except as to the Twelve Knights Gland Crosses,
who may be nominated • and Appointed for civil
services.

Sth. His Royal Higlines the Prince Regent,
acting in the name and on the behalf of his Ma-
jesty, is pleased to 'declare an►l. constitute, those
whose Names are under-mentioned, to be the
Knights Grand Crosses, composing the First
Class of the Most .Honourable Military Order of
the Bath :

Military Knights Grand
Cres.res.

Civil NnigAts Grand

Crosses.

1. The Sovereign.
I. His Ro}•al Highness the
Duke of York, Acting
as Grand Master.
a. Admiral the Earl of St.

t. Sir Robert'Gunning.

Vincent. .. ...
4. General Sir Robert Aber-

2. The Earl of Malmesbury.

cromby.
6. Admiral Viscount Keith.
6. Admiral Sir John B. War-
ren, Bart.
7.. Gen. Sir Alum! Clarke.
S. Admiral Sir John Col-

9. Lord Henly.
4. Lord Whitworth.

5. Sir Joseph Banker, Bart.
6. Right Hon. Sir Arthur
Paget.
7. Sir Philip Francis.
8. Sir George H. Barlow.

pot's.
0. General Lord Hutchinson.
10. Admiral Sir John Thomas

Duckworth.
I. Admiral Sir James Sau-

9. Viscount Strangford.

mare:-
1 2. General Sir Eyrc Conte.

10. The Hun. Sir Henry Wel-
lealey.l
11. The Right Hon.SirCbarles
Stuart,
12.

ls. General Sir John Francis
Cradock.
14. General Sir David Dun-

das. •
J. Field Marshal the Duke of
16. General the Earl of Ludlow
17. Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel I
1 A. Admiral. the Earl of Northe
19. Vice-Adthiral Sir Richard .]
CO. Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir
21. Lientenaut-General Sir Jul
Vice-A.dtuiral Sir Richard
,23. General Slr David Baird. '
24,. General Sir George Beckwith.
25. Lieutenant-General Lord Niddry.
26. Lieutenant-General Sir Brent Spencer.
27. Lieutenant-General Sir John Cope Sherbrooke.
2d. Lieutenant-General Lord Beresiord.
29. Lieutenant-General Lord Lynedock.
SU. Lieutenant-General Lord Ilill.
31. Lieutenant-Gencral Sir Se !midi Anchmuty.
3'2. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Paget.
33. Lieutenant-General Lord Comber:mire.

Wellington, K. G.

iood.
iesli.
.I.Strachan.
Alexai:dcr Cochrane.
hu Stuart.
G. Keats.