List of knights of St Patrick

The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by George III at the instigation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, The 3rd Earl Temple (1753–1813; created The 1st Marquess of Buckingham in 1784). The regular creation of knights of Saint Patrick lasted until 1921, when most of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State. While the Order technically still exists, no knight of St Patrick has been created since 1936, and the last surviving knight, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, died in 1974. The King, however, remains the Sovereign of the Order. The position of King of Arms of the order was held by Ulster King of Arms; this office still exists, since 1943 it has been combined with Norroy King of Arms. St Patrick is patron of the order; its motto is Quis separabit?, Latin for "Who will separate us?": an allusion to the Vulgate translation of Romans 8:35, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"According to Galloway (pp 171–2), the motto was borrowed from the Order of the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick, but was also appropriate politically in expressing a desire for unity
The first appointments were made on 11 March 1783, and consisted of 15 Knight Founders, and in total there have been 145 appointments. The original Royal Warrant (dated 5 February 1783) specified that there were to be no more than fifteen knights of the Order at any one time, something that changed in 1821 when George IV appointed an extra six knights (although the royal warrant was not altered to reflect this change until 1830). William IV appointed an additional four knights at his coronation, and on 24 January 1833 increased the maximum number of knights to 22.
Date	Image	Name	Born/Died 	Notes
 	 	 	2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820 	Knight Founder; later Duke of Kent and Strathearn
 	 	 	13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797 	Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Clanricarde
 	 	 	April 1714 – 7 September 1790 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	1726 – 10 February 1808 	Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Thomond
 	 	 	29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822 	Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Drogheda
 	 	 	8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800 	Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Waterford
 	 	 	30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842 	Knight Founder; Later Marquess Wellesley, resigned to become a member of the Order of the Garter
 	 	 	25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	28 May 1731 – 30 March 1810 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783 	Knight Founder
 	 	 	12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828 	Later Earl of Carysfort
 	 	 	23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806 	Later Marquess of Ely
 	 	 	5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806 	
 	 	 	5 February 1770 – 10 August 1820 	Later Marquess of Ormonde
 	 	 	6 November 1745 – 9 November 1813 	
 	 	 	11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809 	Later Marquess of Sligo
 	 	 	26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832 	Later Marquess Conyngham
 	 	 	23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826 	
 	 	 	18 November 1757 – 23 October 1829 	
 	 	 	26 October 1756 – 29 June 1820 	
 	 	 	15 February 1770 – 23 September 1845 	
 	 	 	8 August 1771 – 22 April 1842 	
 	 	 	22 January 1779 – 25 March 1841 	
 	 	 	1765 – 21 August 1846 	
 	 	 	18 May 1788 – 26 January 1845 	
 	 	 	23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840 	
 	 	 	14 May 1774 – 24 May 1835 	
 	75px 	 	5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851 	Later Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
 	 	 	14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844 	
 	 	 	14 December 1777 – 8 April 1839 	Former Governor of the Cape Colony
 	 	 	25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849 	Resigned to accept membership in the Order of the Garter
 	 	 	15 July 1777 – 18 May 1838 	Later Marquess of Ormonde
 	 	 	9 April 1772 – 15 March 1851 	Custos Rotulorum of County Wicklow
 	 	 	9 September 1759 – 30 July 1836 	First Catholic appointed
 	 	 	15 August 1765 – 15 June 1835 	Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
 	 	 	27 October 1788 – 20 March 1870 	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
 	75px 	 	20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874 	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
 	 	 	3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863 	
 	 	 	8 October 1788 – 12 April 1845 	Lord Lieutenant of Down
 	 	 	20 January 1768 – 12 March 1833 	
 	 	 	11 June 1797 – 17 July 1876 	Former Master of the Robes
 	 	 	9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854 	Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
 	 	 	1787 – 14 September 1851 	Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary
 	 	 	21 October 1767 – 30 June 1856 	
 	 	 	16 August 1803 – 4 February 1874 	
 	 	 	25 February 1777 – 29 February 1860 	
 	 	 	4 May 1787 – 6 December 1870 	Lord-Lieutenant of County Cavan
 	 	 	22 September 1801 – 3 February 1856 	
 	 	 	11 February 1799 – 31 January 1866 	
 	 	 	23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884 	
 	 	 	26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861 	
 	 	 	13 February 1791 – 22 March 1869 	Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
 	 	 	17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867 	Lord Lieutenant of King's County
 	 	 	26 April 1811 – 29 March 1859 	
 	 	 	10 July 1792 – 18 August 1851 	
 	 	 	24 August 1808 – 25 September 1854 	
 	 	 	9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868 	
 	 	 	29 March 1791 – 21 April 1869 	
 	 	 	30 November 1812 – 28 April 1863 	
 	 	 	26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904 	
 	 	 	9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856 	Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford
 	 	 	7 September 1817 – 11 May 1897 	Later Earl of Dartrey
 	 	 	20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864 	
 	 	 	7 July 1805 – 25 November 1872 	Lord Lieutenant of Down and former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
 	 	 	5 August 1833 – 25 August 1889 	Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
 	 	 	3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869 	Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues)
 	 	 	10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883 	Lord Lieutenant of Antrim and former Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
 	 	 	6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868 	
 	 	 	19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904 	
 	 	 	21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902 	Later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
 	 	 	10 April 1831 – 15 January 1882 	Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
 	 	 	6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892 	Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
 	 	 	19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871 	Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
 	 	 	14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892 	
 	 	 	9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910 	Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
 	 	 	21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895 	
 	 	 	30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885 	Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
 	 	 	21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872 	Governor-General of India
 	 	 	1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942 	Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
 	 	 	14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872 	Former Comptroller of the Household
 	 	 	2 August 1841 – 11 April 1922 	
 	 	 	13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904 	
 	 	 	6 April 1836 – 26 April 1878 	Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
 	 	 	28 January 1818 – 8 September 1881 	Lord Lieutenant of Wexford
 	 	 	16 May 1825 – 9 February 1905 	Lord Lieutenant of Kerry and former Comptroller of the Household
 	 	 	29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924 	
 	 	 	18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909 	
 	 	 	26 April 1821 – 5 November 1884 	
 	 	 	12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926 	
 	 	 	15 October 1823 – 21 March 1890 	
 	 	 	5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889 	
 	 	 	6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900 	Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
 	 	 	29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885 	Former Lord Chancellor of Ireland
 	 	 	18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898 	Later Baron Clermont
 	 	 	1827–1909 	
 	 	 	26 September 1829 – 17 March 1888 	Former Lord Lieutenant of Longford
 	 	 	31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926 	
 	 	 	4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913 	Adjutant-General to the Forces
 	 	 	1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894 	Lord Lieutenant of Meath
 	 	 	8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892 	Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale
 	 	 	5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919 	Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny
 	 	 	16 October 1839 – 2 December 1914 	Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
 	 	 	9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890 	Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
 	 	 	2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915 	
 	 	 	17 November 1840 – 30 August 1908 	Chancellor of the University of Dublin
 	 	 	11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902 	Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards
 	 	 	17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896 	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
 	 	 	14 May 1839 – 8 April 1900 	Lord Lieutenant of Clare
 	 	 	21 October 1839 – 14 July 1900 	Former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
 	 	 	10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927 	Later Earl of Iveagh
 	 	 	11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898 	
 	 	 	3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936 	Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
 	 	 	30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914 	Later Earl Roberts
 	 	 	6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901 	Lord Lieutenant of Mayo
 	 	 	8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914 	
 	 	 	12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924 	Lord Lieutenant of Cork
 	 	 	10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917 	Lord Lieutenant of Galway
 	 	 	19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915 	Lord Lieutenant of Longford
 	 	 	28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911 	
 	 	 	21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924 	
 	 	 	11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907 	Colonel of the 1st Life Guards
 	 	 	2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927 	
 	 	 	31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929 	
 	 	 	29 July 1849 – 29 May 1937 	
 	 	 	31 May 1847 – 6 June 1924 	Later Viscount Pirrie
 	 	 	17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948	Master of the Horse
 	 	 	14 September 1868 – 19 December 1958 	
 	 	 	31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961 	Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary
 	 	 	24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916 	Later Earl Kitchener
 	 	 	1 March 1851 – 1 December 1920 	Chairman of the Board of Directors of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
 	 	 	2 March 1875 – 19 October 1948 	Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
 	 	 	16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947 	Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
 	 	 	14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942 	Later Earl of Midleton
 	 	 	16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946 	GOC Guards Division
 	 	 	28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925 	Later Earl of Ypres
 	 	 	6 January 1861 – 30 June 1927 	
 	 	 	30 August 1848 – 4 November 1934 	Former Director of Public Prosecutions
 	 	 	30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953 	Governor of Northern Ireland
 	 	 	23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972 	Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and, after his abdication, The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
 	 	 	31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974 	Last surviving knight
 	 	 	14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 	Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom
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