European Heraldry

Order of the Garter

Knights at the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800
Royal Knights and Ladies of the Garter were introduced in 1786 that did not count towards the limit of 24 Knight Companions.

• William V, (1748–1806), Prince of Orange and Nassau-Dietz, also Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. 1752
• George Augustus Frederick, (1762–1830), Prince of Wales, later George IV, King of the United Kingdom. 1765
• Charles William Ferdinand, (1735–1806), Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, later Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
• George Spencer, (1739-1817), 4th Duke of Marlborough, Marquess of Blandford, Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, Baron Churchill of Eyemouth and Baron Churchill of Sandridge. 1768
• Augustus Henry FitzRoy, (1735-1811), 3rd Duke of Grafton, Earl of Euston, Viscount Ipswich, and Baron Sudbury also Earl of Arlington, Viscount Thetford and Baron Arlington. 1769
• Granville Leveson-Gower, (1721-1803), 1st Marquess of Stafford, Earl Gower, Viscount Trentham and Baron Gower. 1771
• Prince Frederick Augustus, (1763–1827), Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, Duke of York and Albany and Earl of Ulster . 1771
• Prince William Henry (1765–1837), Duke of Clarence and St Andrews and Earl of Munster, later King William IV of the United Kingdom. 1782 The last member of the Royal family to be a regular Knight Companion.
• Charles Lennox, (1735-1806), 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, Earl of March and Darnley, Baron Settrington and Lord Torbolton, also 3ieme Duc d' Aubigny. 1782
• William Cavendish, (1748–1811), 5th Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke and 7th Baron Clifford. 1782
• William Petty, (1737–1805), 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Earl of Wycombe, Viscount Calne and Calston, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Viscount FitzMaurice and Baron Dunkeron. 1782
• William IX, (1743–1821), Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. 1786
• Henry Somerset, (1744–1803), 5th Duke of Beaufort, Marquess of Worcester. 1786
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, (1753–1813), 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham. 1786
• Charles Cornwallis, (1738-1805), 1st Marquess Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis,Viscount Brome and Baron Cornwallis. 1786
• Hugh Percy, (1742-1817), 2nd Duke of Northumberland, Earl Percy, Baron Warkworth. 1788
• Ernest II, (1745-1804), Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. 1790
• John Pitt, (1756–1835), 2nd Earl of Chatham, Viscount Pitt and 2nd Baron Chatham. 1790
• James Cecil, (1748-1823), 1st Marquess of Salisbury, 7th Earl of Salisbury,Viscount Cranborne and Baron Cecil. 1793
• John Fane, (1759–1841), 10th Earl of Westmorland, Baron Burghersh. 1793
• Frederick Howard, (1748–1825), 5th Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Howard of Morpeth, Baron Dacre of Gillesland. 1793
• Henry Scott, ( 1748–1825), 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry, Marquess of Dumfriesshire, Earl of Dalkeith, Doncaster, Drumlanrig and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross, Baron Scott of Tindale, Lord Scott of Buccleuch and Lord Scott of Whitchester and Eskdaill, Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and Dornock. 1793
• William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, (1738–1809), 3rd Duke of Portland, Marquess of Titchfield, Viscount Woodstock and Baron Cirencester. 1794
• George John Spencer, (1758–1834), 2nd Earl Spencer, Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp. 1799
• John Jeffreys Pratt, (1759–1840), 2nd Earl Camden, Viscount Bayham, Baron Camden, later 1st Marquess Camden, Earl of the County of Brecknock. 1799