ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE.

accession of Her Majesty Queen Victoria as fourth andpresent Sovereign of the Order of St. Michael and St.George, 64; state of the Order at Her Majesty’s ac-cession, 64 n .; deaths, promotions, nominations, andinvestitures between July 1837 and August 1839, 64—66; Statute issued 19th October 1839 to obviate thenecessity of issuing a special Statute whenever theLord High Commissioner in the Ionian States, theGovernor of Malta, or the Naval Commander-in-Chiefin the Mediterranean, should be appointed a KnightGrand Cross, the number to which the first Class waslimited being then full, 67; Statute 9th November1839, for regulating the appointments of Generaland Flag Officers who had been nominated KnightsGrand Cross for their services at the blockade of

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Vallette, or at the capture of the Islands of Zante,Cephalonia, and Santa Maura, 68, 69 ; Statute ofthe 8th November 1840, on the appointment of SirNicholas Harris Nicolas, the Chancellor, as a KnightGrand Cross, with reference to the Statute of 1832,which provided that the Chancellor should be theSenior Knight Commander, 71 ; nominations, in-vestitures, deaths, and promotions between Novem-ber 1839 and March 1841, 69—72; state of theOrder on 27th October 1841, 70 n. Vide Habits andEnsigns ; Appointments and Investitures ; Resigna-tions and Degradations; Precedency, Armorial Dis-tinctions, Anniversary of the Order, the Seal, Expenses,Fees, the Grand Master, Officers of the Order, andGeneral Remarks.