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KJNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.

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Sir Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond andLennox. Elected and Invested 26th May, andInstalled 16th June 1726. Died 8th August 1750.Sir Robert Walpole, K.B. Elected and Invested26th May, and Installed 16th June 1726. CreatedEarl of Orford February 1742. Died 18thMarch 1745.

KING GEORGE THE SECOND. Became thetwenty-first SOVEREIGN OF THE ORDERon the 14th of June 1727. Elected a Companion4th April 1706. Died 25th October 1760.

Sir William Augustus of Brunswick and Lunen-burg, Duke of Cumberland, son of the Sovereign.Elected and Invested 18th May, and Installed 18thJune 1730, K.B. Died 31st October 1765.

Sir Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chester-field. Elected and Invested 18th May, and In-stalled 18th June 1730. Died 24th March 1773.

Sir Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and4th Earl of Cork in Ireland. Elected and In-vested 18th May, and Installed 18th June, 1730.Died 4th December 1753.

Sir William Charles Henry Friso, Prince ofOrange and Nassau. Elected 12th June, In-vested at the Hague, 22nd and 25th July, and In-stalled by Proxy 22nd August 1733. Died 11thOctober 1751.

Sir William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.Elected and Invested 12th June, and Installed 22ndAugust 1733. Died 5th December 1755.

Sir Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington. Elect-ed 12th June, and Installed 22nd August 1733.Died 2nd July 1743.

Sir William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex. Elected andInvested 20th February, and Installed 15th June1738. Died 9th January, 1743.

Sir James Waldegrave, 1st Earl Waldegrave.Elected and Invested 20th February, and Installedby Proxy 15th June 1738. Died 4th April 1741.

Sir Frederick, Hereditary Prince, afterwardsLandgrave of Hesse Cassel. Elected 20thMarch, and Invested at Hanover, by the Sovereign,29th June 1741, Installed 12th July 1750. Died31st October 1785.

Sir Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St. Albans.Elected and Invested 20th March, and Installed21st April, 1741. Died 27th July 1751.

Sir Charles Spencer, 2nd Duke of Marlborough.Elected and Invested 20th March, and Installed21st April 1741. Died 20th October 1758.

Sir Evelyn Pierrepont, 2nd Duke of Kingston.Elected and Invested 20th March, and Installed21st April 1741. Died 23rd September 1773.

Sir William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland.Elected and Invested 20th March, and Installed21st April 1741. Died 1st May 1762.

Sir Frederick, Duke of Saxe Gotha. Elected 2ndMay, and Invested at Gotha, 12th and 13th July1741. Installed by Proxy 12th July 1750. Died10th March 1772.

Sir John Adolph, Duke of Saxe Weissenfels.Elected 24th April 1745. Invested at Weissenfels,18th February 1746. Died, without having beenInstalled, 5th May 1746.

Sir George William Frederick, of BrunswickLunenburg, eldest son of Frederick, Prince ofWales, and grandson of the Sovereign. Elected22nd, and Invested 23rd June 1749. Installed byProxy 12 July 1750. Created Prince of Walesin April 1751. Ascended the Throne as KINGGEORGE THE THIRD, 25th October 1760.

Sir Charles William Frederick, Margrave ofBrandenburg Anspach. Elected 22nd June, andInvested at Anspach, 23rd and 24th August 1749.Installed by Proxy, 12 July 1750. Died August1757.

Sir Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds. Electedand Invested 22nd June 1749. Installed 12thJuly 1750. Died 23rd March 1789.

Sir John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford. Electedand Invested 22nd June 1749. Installed 12thJuly 1750. Died 14th January 1771.

Sir William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle.Elected and Invested 22nd June 1749. Installedby proxy 12th July 1750. Died 22nd December1754.

Sir John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville. Electedand Invested 22nd June 1749. Installed 12thJuly 1750. Died 2nd January 1763.

Sir Edward Augustus of Brunswick Lunenburg,grandson of the Sovereign. Elected and Invested13th March, and Installed by Proxy 4th June 1752,Created Duke of York and Albany April 1760.Died 17th September 1767.

Sir William, Prince of Orange and Nassau, grand-son of the Sovereign. Elected 13th March, In-vested at the Hague 5th June, and Installed byProxy 4th June 1752. Died April 1806.

Sir Henry Fiennes Pelham Clinton, 9th Earl ofLincoln. Elected and Invested 13th March, andInstalled 4th June 1752. Succeeded as Duke ofNewcastle in 1768. Died 22nd February 1794.

Sir Daniel Finch, 7th Earl of Winchelsea and3rd Earl of Nottingham. Elected and Invested13th March, and Installed 4th June 1752. Died1st August 1769.

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