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HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF

[ANNO 1839.

On the 9th of November following, a Statute was issued for regulating theappointments of the several General and Flag Officers who had been nominatedKnights Grand Cross for their services at the blockade of Valletta, or at theCapture of the Islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Santa Maura:

“ VICTORIA R.

‘ Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain‘ and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, Sovereign of the Most Distin-‘ guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Whereas by the Statutes‘ of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, bearing‘ date the sixteenth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, it‘ is among other things ordained and provided, that the number of Knights Grand‘ Cross of Our said Order shall not exceed Fifteen, exclusive of the Grand Master‘ thereof for the time being: And whereas His late Majesty, King William the‘ Fourth was pleased, by virtue of the power specially reserved to His Majesty,‘ as Sovereign of the Order, to dispense with so much of the Statutes thereof‘ as was necessary for the purpose of appointing General Sir Henry Pigot;‘ General the Right Honourable Thomas Lord Lynedoch, Knight Grand Cross‘ of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; Admiral Sir George‘ Martin, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the‘ Bath; and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton, to be Knights‘ Grand Cross of Our said Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and‘ Saint George, in consideration of their services during the blockade of Valletta,‘ in the Island of Malta, in the years 1798, 1799, and 1800; and also of‘ appointing Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, Knight Commander of thef Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be Knight Grand Cross‘ of Our said Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George,

‘ in consideration of his services at the capture of the Islands of Zante and‘ Cephalonia in the year 1809, and of the Island of Santa Maura in the year‘ 1810, as well as Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Hussey, Knight Com-‘ mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be Knight‘ Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint‘ George, in consideration of his services at the capture of Santa Maura in the‘ year 1810.

‘ And whereas We, on Our part, in pursuance of the declared intention of‘ His late Majesty to confer a similar reward on other General Officers and