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Admiral, were Companions), were made Knights Commanders, and Investi-tures of Knights of that Class were held on the 21st of February. OneColonel and one Lieutenant-Colonel were appointed Companions in June,for their services in North America; and eight Post-Captains in the Royal Navy,forty-three Colonels, and twelve Lieutenant-Colonels of the Queen’s Army; and*nineteen Colonels, fourteen Lieutenant-Colonels, and eight Majors of the EastIndia Company’s Service, were nominated Companions at the Coronation.
On the 15th of April 1839, John M c Neill, Esquire, Minister Plenipo-tentiary to the Shah of Persia, was nominated and Invested as a CivilKnight Grand Cross; and on the 12th of June, Her Majesty was pleased toInvest Her Uncle, Lieutenant-General His Serene Highness Prince FerdinandGeorge Augustus Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, as an Honorary KnightGrand Cross. On the 12th of August, Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane(since created Lord Keane), a Knight Commander, and a Knight Grand Crossof the Order of the Guelphs, was appointed a Knight Grand Cross, and hewas Invested on the 17th of July 1840; and on the 25th of October 1839, thesame Dignity was conferred upon the Knight Commander Admiral Sir HenryWilliam Bayntun, who was Invested on the 6th of April 1840. The Order lostten Knights Grand Cross in 1839, namely, the Landgrave of Hesse Homburgin January, Sir Herbert Taylor in March, Count Munster in May, LordWilliam Bentinck in June, Lord Howden in July, Sir Thomas Dallas inAugust, Sir Thomas Hardy in September, Sir Henry Trollope in November,and Sir Alexander Caldwell and Sir William Hargood in December.
In April 1839, two Rear-Admirals.were made Knights Commanders;and in July the same Dignity was conferred upon a Lieutenant-General, andin October upon a Rear-Admiral, and upon a Major-General of the RoyalMarines, all of whom had been Companions. The recent affairs in which theRoyal and Company’s Army were engaged in India, caused three Colonelsof Her Majesty’s Forces, Companions of the Order, who were serving in thatCountry with the rank of Major-Generals, to be made Knights Commanderson the 20th of December. One Colonel and three Lieutenant-Colonels werenominated Companions on the 30th of March 1839, for their services inCanada; and four Post-Captains received the same Distinction in April, andanother in October. On the 20th of December in that year, four Lieutenant-Colonels of the Royal, and eight Lieutenant-Colonels and two Majors of the