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 | Born/Died | Notes |
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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 | ||||
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 | |||
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[4] | 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 | |||