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MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.

[ARMORIAL BEARINGS.

Knights of the Garter have a prescriptive right to Supporters to theirArms ; and a similar privilege must be supposed, from inference and consistency,to belong to the Knights of the Thistle, and of Saint Patrick; but as everyKnight of those Orders has borne Supporters by virtue of his Peerage, noquestion respecting their right to them, as Knights of those Orders, has everarisen. By the Statutes of the Order of the Bath , 6 as well as by those ofSaint Michael and Saint George , 7 the Knights Grand Cross of each are entitledto bear Supporters to their Arms, which are to be assigned to them by GarterKing of Arms, under a Warrant from the Earl Marshal . 8

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Knights Commanders of the Bath sur-round their Arms with the Circle and Motto ofthe Order, like the Knights Grand Cross, withina Wreath of Laurel, to which the Badge is sus-pended, together with a blue Escrol, containingthe words ich dien in gold letters , 9 the Shieldbeing surmounted by a Knight’s Helmet.

6 Vide History of the Order of the Bath, pp. 66, 218, 219.

7 Vide History of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, pp. 46, 82.

B The Fees on a Grant of Supporters amount to £ 55 .

y History of the Order of the Bath, pp. 129, 219.