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List of knights of St Patrick

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List of knights of St Patrick

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An illustration of the insignia of a Knight 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. Charles III, 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?"

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.

DateImageNameBorn/DiedNotes
[[File:Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn by Sir William Beechey.jpg75px]]2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820Knight Founder; later Duke of Kent and Strathearn
[[File:Gilbert Stuart (1755-1829) - Portrait of William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster.jpg75px]]13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804Knight Founder
[[File:Portrait of Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl and 1st Marquess of Clanricarde (attributed to John Smart).jpg75px]]8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Clanricarde
[[File:No image.svg75px]]April 1714 – 7 September 1790Knight Founder
[[File:Murrough O'Brien, 1st Marquess of Thomond KP, PC (1726-1808), 5th Earl of Inchiquin (1777-1800), by Henry Bone.jpg75px]]1726 – 10 February 1808Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Thomond
[[File:Portrait of Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda.jpg75px]]29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Drogheda
[[File:George_Beresford,_First_Marquess_of_Waterford,_after_Gilbert_Stuart.jpg75px]]8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Waterford
[[File:Richard_Boyle,_2nd_Earl_of_Shannon_(1727-1807),_by_Joshua_Reynolds.jpg75px]]30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807Knight Founder
[[File:Jean-Etienne Liotard 03.jpg75px]]23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798Knight Founder
[[File:Richard Wellesley.jpeg75px]]20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842Knight Founder; Later Marquess Wellesley, resigned to become a member of the Order of the Garter
[[File:No image.svg75px]]25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809Knight Founder
[[File:No image.svg75px]]28 May 1731 – 30 March 1810Knight Founder
[[File:Earl of Charlemont1.jpg75px]]18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799Knight Founder
[[File:Thomas Taylour, 1st earl of Bective, by Gilbert Stuart and studio.jpg75px]]20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795Knight Founder
[[File:No image.svg75px]]18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783Knight Founder
[[File:No image.svg75px]]12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828Later Earl of Carysfort
[[File:Charles Tottenham Loftus by Thomas Lawrence.jpg75px]]23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806Later Marquess of Ely
[[File:William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont.jpg75px]]5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806
[[File:No image.svg75px]]5 February 1770 – 10 August 1820Later Marquess of Ormonde
[[File:Charles_Dillon-Lee_Martin.jpg75px]]6 November 1745 – 9 November 1813
[[File:John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo P6558 (cropped).jpg75px]]11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809Later Marquess of Sligo
[[File:No image.svg75px]]26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832Later Marquess Conyngham
[[File:William Beechey (1753-1839) - Henry De La Poer Beresford (1772–1826) - FDA-P.61-2010 - Eton College.jpg75px]]23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826
[[File:Pompeo_Batoni_-_Thomas_Tayleur,_First_Marquess_of_Headfort_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg75px]]18 November 1757 – 23 October 1829
[[File:No image.svg75px]]26 October 1756 – 29 June 1820
[[File:Marquess of Ely, Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg75px]]15 February 1770 – 23 September 1845
[[File:Henry_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Shannon_(1).png75px]]8 August 1771 – 22 April 1842
[[File:No image.svg75px]]22 January 1779 – 25 March 1841
[[File:William_O'Brien,_2nd_Marquess_of_Thomond.jpg75px]]1765 – 21 August 1846
[[File:Howe_Browne.jpg75px]]18 May 1788 – 26 January 1845
[[File:William Robinson (1799-1839) - John Willoughby Cole (1768–1840), 2nd Earl of Enniskillen, Later 1st Baron Grinstead - 631052 - National Trust.jpg75px]]23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840
[[File:No image.svg75px]]14 May 1774 – 24 May 1835
[[File:Ernest Augustus I of Hanover.PNG75px]]5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851Later Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
[[File:George_Augustus_Chichester,_2nd_Marquess_of_Donegall.jpg75px]]14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844
[[File:Du-Pr-Alexander-2nd-Earl-of-Caledon (cropped).jpg75px]]14 December 1777 – 8 April 1839Former Governor of the Cape Colony
[[File:Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 2nd Earl Talbot.jpg75px]]25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849Resigned to accept membership in the Order of the Garter
[[File:James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1777-1838),by Irish school of the 1790s.jpg75px]]15 July 1777 – 18 May 1838Later Marquess of Ormonde
[[File:No image.svg75px]]9 April 1772 – 15 March 1851Custos Rotulorum of County Wicklow
[[File:Arthur James Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall.jpg75px]]9 September 1759 – 30 July 1836First Catholic appointed
[[File:No image.svg75px]]15 August 1765 – 15 June 1835Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
[[File:The 3rd Earl of Roden.jpg75px]]27 October 1788 – 20 March 1870Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
[[File:Clanricarde1.JPG75px]]20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
[[File:Francis William Caulfield, 2nd Earl of Charlemont .PNG75px]]3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863
[[File:Arthur Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire.jpg75px]]8 October 1788 – 12 April 1845Lord Lieutenant of Down
[[File:The Three Mr Wigginses.png75px]]20 January 1768 – 12 March 1833
[[File:No image.svg75px]]11 June 1797 – 17 July 1876Former Master of the Robes
[[File:No image.svg75px]]9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
[[File:John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore; Sir Robert Thomas Wilson; Michael Bruce from NPG.jpg75px]]1787 – 14 September 1851Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary
[[File:No image.svg75px]]21 October 1767 – 30 June 1856
[[File:No image.svg75px]]16 August 1803 – 4 February 1874
[[File:No image.svg75px]]25 February 1777 – 29 February 1860
[[File:No image.svg75px]]4 May 1787 – 6 December 1870Lord-Lieutenant of County Cavan
[[File:No image.svg75px]]22 September 1801 – 3 February 1856
[[File:No image.svg75px]]11 February 1799 – 31 January 1866
[[File:No image.svg75px]]23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884
[[File:Prince Albert - Partridge 1840.jpg75px]]26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861
[[File:No image.svg75px]]13 February 1791 – 22 March 1869Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
[[File:William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse by Maull and Polyblank crop.jpg75px]]17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867Lord Lieutenant of King's County
[[File:Marquess of Waterford.jpg75px]]26 April 1811 – 29 March 1859
[[File:John Fitzgibbon 2nd Earl of Clare-cropped.jpg75px]]10 July 1792 – 18 August 1851
[[File:John Butler 2nd marquess of Ormonde.jpg75px]]24 August 1808 – 25 September 1854
[[File:Farnham statue Cavan Ireland.jpg75px]]9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868
[[File:No image.svg75px]]29 March 1791 – 21 April 1869
[[File:No image.svg75px]]30 November 1812 – 28 April 1863
[[File:George 2nd Cambridge.png75px]]26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904
[[File:Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew.png75px]]9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856Lord Lieutenant of County Wexford
[[File:No image.svg75px]]7 September 1817 – 11 May 1897Later Earl of Dartrey
[[File:Archibald_Acheson,_3rd_Earl_of_Gosford.jpg75px]]20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864
[[File:Fourth Marquess Londonderry at Mount Stewart.jpg75px]]7 July 1805 – 25 November 1872Lord Lieutenant of Down and former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
[[File:No image.svg75px]]5 August 1833 – 25 August 1889Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
[[File:Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, 1850.png75px]]3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues)
[[File:George_Chichester,_3rd_Marquess_of_Donegall.jpg75px]]10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883Lord Lieutenant of Antrim and former Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
[[File:No image.svg75px]]6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868
[[File:Richard Boyle Vanity Fair 13 January 1872.jpg75px]]19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904
[[File:Lord Dufferin.jpg75px]]21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902Later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
[[File:No image.svg75px]]10 April 1831 – 15 January 1882Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
[[File:No image.svg75px]]6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
[[File:Edwin_Richard_Windham_Wyndham-Quin,_3rd_Earl_of_Dunraven_and_Mount-Earl.jpg75px]]19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
[[File:Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda Vanity Fair 30 March 1889.jpg75px]]14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892
[[File:Eduard VII.jpg75px]]{{sortnameAlbert Edward, Prince of WalesEdward VII}}9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910
[[File:5th Marquess of Waterford.png75px]]21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895
[[File:No image.svg75px]]30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
[[File:6th Earl of Mayo.jpg75px]]21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872Governor-General of India
[[File:Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince Arthur William Patrick AlbertPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn}}1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942
[[File:No image.svg75px]]14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872Former Comptroller of the Household
2 August 1841 – 11 April 1922
[[File:No image.svg75px]]13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904
[[File:No image.svg75px]]6 April 1836 – 26 April 1878Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
[[File:No image.svg75px]]28 January 1818 – 8 September 1881Lord Lieutenant of Wexford
[[File:Earl of Kenmare Vanity Fair 26 February 1881.jpg75px]]16 May 1825 – 9 February 1905Lord Lieutenant of Kerry and former Comptroller of the Household
[[File:No image.svg75px]]29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924
[[File:No image.svg75px]]18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909
[[File:George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry - Project Gutenberg eText 20074.jpg75px]]26 April 1821 – 5 November 1884
[[File:4thEarlOfDunraven.jpg75px]]12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926
[[File:William Drogo Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester.jpg75px]]15 October 1823 – 21 March 1890
[[File:Henry JR Dawson-Damer, Vanity Fair, 1878-08-24.jpg75px]]5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889
[[File:Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.png75px]]{{sortnamePrince Alfred, Duke of EdinburghAlfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}}6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900
[[File:1stLordOHagan.jpg75px]]29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885Former Lord Chancellor of Ireland
[[File:1stLordCarlingford.jpg75px]]18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898Later Baron Clermont
[[File:William_Ulick_Tristram_St_Lawrence.png75px]]1827–1909
[[File:No image.svg75px]]26 September 1829 – 17 March 1888Former Lord Lieutenant of Longford
[[File:Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon.jpg75px]]31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926
[[File:Garnet Wolseley.jpg75px]]4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913Adjutant-General to the Forces
[[File:Thomas Taylour, Vanity Fair, 1877-03-31.jpg75px]]1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894Lord Lieutenant of Meath
[[File:Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence (1864-1892).jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince Albert Victor Christian EdwardPrince Albert Victor, Duke of ClarencePrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale}}8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892
[[File:James EWT Butler, Vanity Fair, 1878-10-12.jpg75px]]5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny
[[File:Earl_of_Erne_LCCN2014695069.jpg75px]]16 October 1839 – 2 December 1914Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
[[File:Earl of Milltown Vanity Fair 24 November 1883.jpg75px]]9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
[[File:Francis Charles Needham, Vanity Fair, 1876-10-28.jpg75px]]2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915
[[File:Lawrence Parsons.jpg75px]]17 November 1840 – 30 August 1908Chancellor of the University of Dublin
[[File:Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar 1855.jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-WeimarPrince Edward of Saxe-Weimar}}11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902
[[File:3rd Earl of Limerick.png75px]]17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
[[File:Edward_Donough_O'Brien,_14th_Baron_Inchiquin.jpg75px]]14 May 1839 – 8 April 1900Lord Lieutenant of Clare
[[File:Frederick_Lambart,_The_9th_Earl_of_Cavan.png75px]]21 October 1839 – 14 July 1900Former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
[[File:1stEarlOfIveagh.jpg75px]]10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927Later Earl of Iveagh
[[File:No image.svg75px]]11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898
[[File:King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of YorkGeorge V}}3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936
[[File:Earl Roberts of Kandahar.jpg75px]]30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914Later Earl Roberts
[[File:No image.svg75px]]6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901Lord Lieutenant of Mayo
[[File:No image.svg75px]]8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914
[[File:FourthEarlOfBandon.jpg75px]]12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924Lord Lieutenant of Cork
[[File:4th Lord Clonbrock, 1900 photograph.jpg75px]]10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917Lord Lieutenant of Galway
[[File:5thEarlOfLongford.jpg75px]]19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915Lord Lieutenant of Longford
[[File:No image.svg75px]]28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911
[[File:4thEarlOfEnniskillen.jpg75px]]21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924
[[File:24thBarondeRos.jpg75px]]11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907Colonel of the 1st Life Guards
[[File:No image.svg75px]]2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927
[[File:StateLibQld_2_205088_Earl_of_Meath.jpg75px]]31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929
[[File:2ndLordCastletown.jpg75px]]29 July 1849 – 29 May 1937
[[File:William-james-pirrie.jpg75px]]31 May 1847 – 6 June 1924Later Viscount Pirrie
[[File:Earl_Granard_LCCN2014685865.jpg75px]]17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948Master of the Horse
[[File:No image.svg75px]]14 September 1868 – 19 December 1958
[[File:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury.jpg75px]]31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary
[[File:Horatio Herbert Kitchener.jpg75px]]24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916Later Earl Kitchener
[[File:Duncannon.jpg75px]]1 March 1851 – 1 December 1920Chairman of the Board of Directors of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
[[File:Richard Walter Hely-Hutchinson, Vanity Fair, 1905-02-09.jpg75px]]2 March 1875 – 19 October 1948Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
[[File:No image.svg75px]]16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942Later Earl of Midleton
[[File:Lord_Cavan.jpg75px]]16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946GOC Guards Division
[[File:John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Bain photo portrait, seated, cropped.jpg75px]]28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925Later Earl of Ypres
[[File:No image.svg75px]]6 January 1861 – 30 June 1927
[[File:Earl of Desart Vanity Fair 16 January 1902.jpg75px]]30 August 1848 – 4 November 1934Former Director of Public Prosecutions
[[File:James Hamilton 3rd Duke of Abercorn.png75px]]30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953Governor of Northern Ireland
[[File:HRH The Prince of Wales No 4 (HS85-10-36416).jpg75px]]{{sortnameEdward, Prince of WalesEdward VIII}}23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972
[[File:Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince Henry, Duke of GloucesterPrince Henry, Duke of Gloucester}}31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974
[[File:King George VI LOC matpc.14736 A (cropped).jpg75px]]{{sortnamePrince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of YorkGeorge VI}}14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952

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References

  1. "Monarchy Today: Queen and Public: Honours: Order of St Patrick". Official website of the British Monarchy.
  2. 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
  3. Rayment, Leigh. (24 April 2008). "Leigh Rayment: Knights of St.Patrick". Leigh Rayment.
  4. Lundy, Darryl. (25 October 2008). "p. 6598 § 65971 - Person Page6598". Darryl Lundy.
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