INTRODUCTION, MEDALS, ETC.

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GUELPHS OF HANOVER, THE ROYAL ORDERO F THE, History of, 3— 16; explanation of the reasonsfor inserting the History of this Order in the presentwork, 3 ; motive which induced the Prince Regent tofound an Order of Merit for the Kingdom of Hanover,4; Statutes of the Order issued, 12th August 1815,4—11 ; nominations to the First Class, in 1815 and1816, 12; death of King George the Third, 29thJanuary 1820, and accession of King George theFourth, the Second Sovereign and Grand Master ofthe Order, 12, 13; nominations to the First Classbetween 1820 and 1830; death of King George theFourth, 26th June 1830, and accession of King Wil-liam the Fourth, the Third Sovereign and GrandMaster of the Order, 13, 14; His Majesty’s Sove-reignty marked by the profusion with which theOrder was bestowed on his British subjects; itbeing made the reward both of Military and CivilServices, 14; remarks thereon, 14; State Dinnergiven to the Knights Grand Cross in 1831, 15; totalnumber of British subjects appointed to the Orderby his Majesty, 15, 15 n .; demise of King Wil-liam on the 20th June 1837, when the Crown ofHanover devolved upon the Duke of Cumberland,who ascended the Throne as King Ernest, theFourth Sovereign and present Grand Master of theOrder, 15 ; alterations made soon after his Majesty’saccession in the manner of wearing the decorations,15; the various Crosses of the Order conferred uponseveral officers, and a few other British subjects, infulfilment of the avowed intention of his late Ma-jesty, 16; Ensigns of the Order, description of the,

16—19; Medal of the Order described, 18; Ap-pointments and Investitures, Remarks on, 19; onRemoval or Degradation and Precedency , 20; Ar-morial Distinctions, 20, 21; Anniversary of theOrder, the 12th August, 22, Motto and Seal, 22 ;no Fees are paid on admission into the Order, 23;Grand Master, 23 ; Officers of the Order, 23 ;their Badges described, 24 ; General Remarks; theOrder now in practice, what it was always intended tobe, a Foreign Order, 25; it never gave rank or pre-cedence to the Knights in Great Britain, 25 ; on theimproper assumption of the title of “ Sir,” by somemembers of the Order, and Remarks on the subjectgenerally, 25—27 ; number of the present membersof the Order, 27 ; necessity of revising the Sta-tutes; the proper title of the Order is “The Orderof the Guelphs,” 28 ; Chronological List of the So-vereigns and Grand Masters, and of such Subjects ofGreat Britain or Ireland as have been appointed tothe several Classes of the Order, from its Institution,on the 12th August 1815 to the present time, iii—xvi.

MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS :

I. Precedency of the Knights of the Orders,3—9.

II. Remarks on wearing Decorations, 10—14.

III. Armorial Bearings of Knights of Orders,15-24.