European Heraldry

the Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath was founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

Founder Knights

His Royal Highness Prince William Augustus, later Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765)
Sir John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, , KB (1690-1749), Grand Master
Sir William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, (1700-1739)
Sir Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford, later 2nd Duke of St Albans KG KB (1696-1751)
Sir John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, KB (1680-1737)
Sir Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle KG, KB (1702-1754)
Major-General Sir Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine KB (1676-1730)
Sir George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax KB (c. 1684-1739)
Sir Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex KB (1690-1731)
Sir Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret KB (1698-1753)
Lord Nassau Powlett KB (1698-1741)
Admiral Sir George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington KB (1668-1733)
Sir George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas, later 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703-1770)
Sir John West, 7th Baron De La Warr, later 1st Earl De La Warr KB (1693–1766)
Sir Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton, later 1st Earl of Clinton and 1st Baron Fortescue KB (1696–1751)
Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, later 2nd Earl of Orford KB (1701-1751)
The Hon. Sir Spencer Compton, later 1st Earl of Wilmington KG, KB (1673-1743)
The Hon. Sir William Stanhope KB (1702-1772)
The Hon. Sir Conyers Darcy, KB (c. 1685-1758)
The Hon. Sir Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, later 3rd Earl of Scarborough (c.1691- 1752)
The Rt Hon. Sir Paul Methuen KB (c. 1672-1757)
The Rt Hon. Sir Robert Walpole, later 1st Earl of Orford KG KB (1676-1745)
The Rt Hon. Sir Robert Sutton KB (1671-1746)
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Wills KB (d.1741)
Sir John Hobart, 5th Baronet, later 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire KB (1693-1756)
Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet KB (1695-1744)
Sir Robert Clifton, later 5th Baronet KB (1690-1762)
Sir Michael Newton, later 4th Baronet KB (c. 1695-1743)
Sir William Yonge, later 4th Baronet KB (c.1693-1755)
Sir Thomas Watson-Wentworth, later 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB (1693-1750)
Sir John Monson, later 5th Baronet and later 1st Baron Monson KB (c. 1693-1748)
Sir William Morgan, KB (1700-1731)
Sir Thomas Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester, KB (1697–1759)
Sir William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin KB (1700-1777)
Sir John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel KB (1690-1754)