List of Knights of St Patrick

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[1] 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.[1] 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.[1] 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?,[1] 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?"[2]

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).[3] William IV appointed an additional four knights at his coronation, and on 24 January 1833 increased the maximum number of knights to 22.[3]

Date  | Image  | Name[3] | Born/Died  | Notes

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11 March 1783 |  | Prince Edward Augustus | 2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820 | Knight Founder; later Duke of Kent and Strathearn
11 March 1783 |  | William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster | 13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl of Clanricarde | 8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797 | Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Clanricarde
11 March 1783 |  | Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of Westmeath | April 1714 – 7 September 1790 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | Murrough O'Brien, 5th Earl of Inchiquin | 1726 – 10 February 1808 | Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Thomond
11 March 1783 |  | Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda | 29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822 | Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Drogheda
11 March 1783 |  | George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone | 8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800 | Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Waterford
11 March 1783 |  | Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon | 30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil | 23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington | 20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842 | Knight Founder; Later Marquess Wellesley, resigned to become a member of the Order of the Garter
11 March 1783 |  | Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran | 25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown | 28 May 1731 – 30 March 1810 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont | 18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective | 20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795 | Knight Founder
11 March 1783 |  | Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely | 18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783 | Knight Founder
5 February 1784 |  | John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort | 12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828 | Later Earl of Carysfort
12 December 1794 |  | Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely | 23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806 | Later Marquess of Ely
30 March 1795 |  | William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont | 5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806 |
19 March 1798 |  | Walter Butler, 18th Earl of Ormonde | 5 February 1770 – 10 August 1820 | Later Marquess of Ormonde
19 March 1798 |  | Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon | 6 November 1745 – 9 November 1813 |
5 August 1800 |  | John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont | 11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809 | Later Marquess of Sligo
22 January 1801 |  | Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham | 26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832 | Later Marquess Conyngham
14 March 1806 |  | Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford | 23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826 |
15 May 1806 |  | Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort | 18 November 1757 – 23 October 1829 |
13 November 1806 |  | Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden | 26 October 1756 – 29 June 1820 |
3 November 1807 |  | John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely | 15 February 1770 – 23 September 1845 |
5 April 1808 |  | Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon | 8 August 1771 – 22 April 1842 |
13 February 1809 |  | Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill | 22 January 1779 – 25 March 1841 |
11 November 1809 |  | William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond | 1765 – 21 August 1846 |
24 March 1810 |  | Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo | 18 May 1788 – 26 January 1845 |
27 April 1810 |  | John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen | 23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840 |
17 December 1813 |  | Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford | 14 May 1774 – 24 May 1835 |
20 August 1821 |  | Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale | 5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851 | Later Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
20 August 1821 |  | George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall | 14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844 |
20 August 1821 |  | Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon | 14 December 1777 – 8 April 1839 |
20 August 1821 |  | Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot | 25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849 | Resigned to accept membership in the Order of the Garter
20 August 1821 |  | James Butler, 19th Earl of Ormonde | 15 July 1777 – 18 May 1838 | Later Marquess of Ormonde
20 August 1821 |  | John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath | 9 April 1772 – 15 March 1851 |
20 August 1821 |  | Arthur Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall | 9 September 1759 – 30 July 1836 | First Catholic appointed
20 August 1821 |  | James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown | 15 August 1765 – 15 June 1835 |
20 August 1821 |  | Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden | 27 October 1788 – 20 March 1870 |
19 October 1831 |  | Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde | 20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874 |
19 October 1831 |  | Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont | 3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863 |
24 November 1831 |  | Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire | 8 October 1788 – 12 April 1845 |
24 November 1831 |  | Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff | 20 January 1768 – 12 March 1833 |
27 March 1833 |  | Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham | 11 June 1797 – 17 July 1876 |
8 April 1834 |  | Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim | 9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854 |
8 April 1834 |  | John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore | 1787 – 14 September 1851 |
22 July 1835 |  | Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork | 21 October 1767 – 30 June 1856 |
22 July 1835 |  | Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth | 16 August 1803 – 4 February 1874 |
12 September 1837 |  | Thomas Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell | 25 February 1777 – 29 February 1860 |
15 April 1839 |  | Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort | 4 May 1787 – 6 December 1870 |
29 April 1839 |  | William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel | 22 September 1801 – 3 February 1856 |
13 March 1841 |  | Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown | 11 February 1799 – 31 January 1866 |
6 May 1841 |  | Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran | 23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884 |
20 January 1842 |  | Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha | 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861 |
5 June 1842 |  | William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow | 13 February 1791 – 22 March 1869 |
4 January 1845 |  | William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse | 17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867 |
4 January 1845 |  | Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford | 26 April 1811 – 29 March 1859 |
17 September 1845 |  | John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare | 10 July 1792 – 18 August 1851 |
17 September 1845 |  | John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde | 24 August 1808 – 25 September 1854 |
12 November 1845 |  | Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham | 9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868 |
9 October 1846 |  | Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall | 29 March 1791 – 21 April 1869 |
3 July 1851 |  | John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene | 30 November 1812 – 28 April 1863 |
17 November 1851 |  | Prince George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge | 26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904 |
18 November 1851 |  | Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew | 9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856 |
22 February 1855 |  | Richard Dawson, 3rd Baron Cremorne | 7 September 1817 – 11 May 1897 | Later Earl of Dartrey
22 February 1855 |  | Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford | 20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864 |
28 August 1856 |  | Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry | 7 July 1805 – 25 November 1872 |
30 January 1857 |  | George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard | 5 August 1833 – 25 August 1889 |
30 January 1857 |  | Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough | 3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869 |
3 February 1857 |  | George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall | 10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883 |
24 May 1859 |  | Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire | 6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868 |
13 June 1860 |  | Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork | 19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904 |
28 January 1864 |  | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye | 21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902 | Later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
31 March 1864 |  | Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan | 10 April 1831 – 15 January 1882[4] |
28 December 1865 |  | James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont | 6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892 |
13 March 1866 |  | Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871 |
7 February 1868 |  | Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda | 14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892 |
18 March 1868 |  | Albert Edward, Prince of Wales  | 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910 | Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
17 November 1868 |  | John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford | 21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895 |
17 November 1868 |  | John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne | 30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885 |
18 January 1869 |  | Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo | 21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872 |
30 March 1869 |  | Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert  | 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942 | Later Duke of Connaught
2 June 1869 |  | Granville Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort | 14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872 |
2 June 1869 |  | Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford | 2 August 1841 – 11 April 1922 |
2 August 1871 |  | Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt | 13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904 |
2 August 1871 |  | Thomas Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell | 6 April 1836 – 26 April 1878 |
29 February 1872 |  | Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew | 28 January 1818 – 8 September 1881 |
1 June 1872 |  | Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare | 16 May 1825 – 9 February 1905 |
20 February 1873 |  | William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel | 29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924 |
31 August 1874 |  | William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort | 18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909 |
31 August 1874 |  | George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry | 26 April 1821 – 5 November 1884 |
13 May 1876 |  | Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl | 12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926 |
3 March 1877 |  | William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester | 15 October 1823 – 21 March 1890 |
8 February 1879 |  | Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington | 5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889 |
14 May 1880 |  | Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh  | 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900 | Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
17 January 1882 |  | Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan | 29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885 |
11 April 1882 |  | Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford | 18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898 | Later Baron Clermont
8 May 1884 |  | William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth | 1827–1909 |
9 February 1885 |  | Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly | 26 September 1829 – 17 March 1888 |
9 February 1885 |  | Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon | 31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926 |
28 November 1885 |  | Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley | 4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913 |
28 November 1885 |  | Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort | 1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894 |
28 June 1887 |  | Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward  | 8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892 | Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale
26 April 1888 |  | James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde | 5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919 |
4 April 1889 |  | John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne | 16 October 1839 – 2 December 1914 |
7 February 1890 |  | Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown | 9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890 |
24 May 1890 |  | Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey | 2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915 |
29 August 1890 |  | Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse | 17 November 1840 – 30 August 1908 |
18 December 1890 |  | Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar  | 11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902 |
18 March 1892 |  | William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick | 17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896 |
5 August 1892 |  | Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin | 14 May 1839 – 8 April 1900 |
3 November 1894 |  | Frederick Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan | 21 October 1839 – 14 July 1900 |
25 February 1896 |  | Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Iveagh | 10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927 | Later Earl of Iveagh
11 February 1897 |  | James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon | 11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898 |
20 August 1897 |  | Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of York  | 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936 | Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
20 August 1897 |  | Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts | 30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914 | Later Earl Roberts
15 March 1898 |  | Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran | 6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901 |
4 March 1899 |  | Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan | 8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914 |
29 August 1900 |  | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon | 12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924 |
29 August 1900 |  | Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock | 10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917 |
10 June 1901 |  | Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford | 19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915 |
15 March 1902 |  | Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford | 28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911 |
11 August 1902 |  | Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen | 21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924 |
11 August 1902 |  | Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros | 11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907 |
3 February 1905 |  | Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo | 2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927 |
13 April 1905 |  | Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath | 31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929 |
29 February 1908 |  | Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown | 29 July 1849 – 29 May 1937 |
5 February 1909 |  | William James Pirrie, 1st Baron Pirrie | 31 May 1847 – 6 June 1924 | Later Viscount Pirrie
21 May 1909 |  | Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard | 17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948 |
13 December 1909 |  | Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran | 14 September 1868 – 19 December 1958 |
10 July 1911 |  | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury | 31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961 |
10 July 1911 |  | Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener | 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916 | Later Earl Kitchener
28 May 1915 |  | Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough | 1 March 1851 – 1 December 1920 |
18 April 1916 |  | Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore | 2 March 1875 – 19 October 1948 |
18 April 1916 |  | Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt | 16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947 |
18 April 1916 |  | St John Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton | 14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942 | Later Earl of Midleton
18 November 1916 |  | Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan | 16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946 |
4 June 1917 |  | John French, 1st Viscount French | 28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925 | Later Earl of Ypres
3 June 1918 |  | Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne | 6 January 1861 – 30 June 1927 |
18 December 1919 |  | Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart | 30 August 1848 – 4 November 1934 |
21 June 1922 |  | James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn | 30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953 |
3 June 1927 |  | Edward, Prince of Wales  | 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972 | Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and, after his abdication, The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
29 June 1934 |  | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester  | 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974 | Last surviving knight
17 March 1936 |  | Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York  | 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952 | Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom

## References[edit]

General

* Galloway, Peter (1999). The most illustrious Order: The Order of St Patrick and its knights. London: Unicorn. ISBN 0-906290-23-6.

Specific

1. ^ a b c d "Monarchy Today: Queen and Public: Honours: Order of St Patrick". Official website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
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. ^ a b c Rayment, Leigh (24 April 2008). "Leigh Rayment: Knights of St.Patrick". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. ^ Lundy, Darryl (25 October 2008). "p. 6598 § 65971 - Person Page6598". Darryl Lundy. Retrieved 22 December 2008.[unreliable source]

## Further reading[edit]

* Shaw, William Arthur; Burtchaell, George Dames (1906). "Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick.". The Knights of England. A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of knights bachelors, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. Vol. 1\. London: Sherratt and Hughes. pp. 96–106. Retrieved 15 December 2016.