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His Highness Prince Ernest Frederick Ferdinand Charles William Philip Louisof Hesse Philippsthal-Barchfeld, and George Eden, second Lord Auckland(since created Earl of Auckland), Governor-General of India, were nomi-nated, the former as an Honorary, and the latter as a Civil Knight GrandCross. They were Knighted and Invested on the 29th of August with greatceremony, in Saint George’s Hall in Windsor Castle, and were Installed byDispensation on the same day. Forty-one Knights Grand Cross attendedthe Investiture; and Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Land-gravine of Hesse Hombourg, Her Serene Highness the Duchess of SaxeWeimar, Prince George of Cambridge, the Officers of the Royal Household,and many other persons of distinction were present at the Ceremony. In theevening a Dinner of State was given by the Sovereign in the WaterlooChamber, being the first time it was opened, to the Knights Grand Cross, towhich many Noble Persons, together with the Officers of the Order, wereinvited, and their Majesties afterwards proceeded to the Drawing Room, wherethey received a party of Nobility and Gentry invited for the occasion. Onthe 12th of September, Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baronet, who haddistinguished himself by his services in India, was appointed a Civil KnightGrand Cross. He was Invested by Lord Auckland, Governor-General ofIndia, on the 14th of March; and his Installation was Dispensed with by aRoyal Warrant dated on the day of his nomination. Besides Sir Henry John-son, only one Knight Grand Cross, Sir Charles Tyler, died in 1835. TwoMajor-Generals, both Companions, and one Rear-Admiral, who was not aCompanion, were nominated Knights Commanders (26th of January, 28thof March, 3rd of June, and 10th of August), and Investitures were held onthe 13th of May, 3rd of June, and 12th of August 1835. In March in thatyear, a Colonel in the service of the East India Company was appointed aCompanion.
On the 11th of March 1836, the Knight Commander, Vice-Admiral SirGraham Moore, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael andSt. George, was appointed a Knight Grand Cross, in the room of Sir ThomasPakenham, who died in February, but whose decease was not intended to makea vacancy; 2 and he was Invested, and Installed by Dispensation on the 23rd ofthe same month. On the 11th of June, General His Serene Highness Louis
2 Vide p. 151, antea.