List of Knights of St Patrick

The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783[1] by George III at the instigation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, The 3rd Earl Temple (1753–1813; created The 1st Marquess of Buckingham in 1784). The regular creation of knights of Saint Patrick lasted until 1921, when most of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State.[1] While the Order technically still exists, no knight of St Patrick has been created since 1936, and the last surviving knight, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, died in 1974.[1] The Queen, however, remains the Sovereign of the Order. The position of King of Arms of the order was held by Ulster King of Arms; this office still exists, since 1943 it has been combined with Norroy King of Arms. St Patrick is patron of the order; its motto is Quis separabit?,[1] Latin for "Who will separate us?": an allusion to the Vulgate translation of Romans 8:35, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"[2]

An illustration of the insignia of a Knight of St Patrick

The first appointments were made on 11 March 1783, and consisted of 15 Knight Founders, and in total there have been 145 appointments. The original Royal Warrant (dated 5 February 1783) specified that there were to be no more than fifteen knights of the Order at any one time, something that changed in 1821 when George IV appointed an extra six knights (although the royal warrant was not altered to reflect this change until 1830).[3] William IV appointed an additional four knights at his coronation, and on 24 January 1833 increased the maximum number of knights to 22.[3]

Date Image Name[3] Born/Died Notes
11 March 1783Prince Edward Augustus2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820Knight Founder; later Duke of Kent and Strathearn
11 March 1783William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster13 March 1749 – 20 October 1804Knight Founder
11 March 1783Henry de Burgh, 12th Earl of Clanricarde8 January 1742 – 8 December 1797Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Clanricarde
11 March 1783Thomas Nugent, 6th Earl of WestmeathApril 1714 – 7 September 1790Knight Founder
11 March 1783Murrough O'Brien, 5th Earl of Inchiquin1726 – 10 February 1808Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Thomond
11 March 1783Charles Moore, 6th Earl of Drogheda29 June 1730 – 22 December 1822Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Drogheda
11 March 1783George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone8 January 1735 – 3 December 1800Knight Founder; Later Marquess of Waterford
11 March 1783Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon30 January 1727 – 20 May 1807Knight Founder
11 March 1783James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil23 August 1730 – 6 February 1798Knight Founder
11 March 1783Richard Colley Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington20 June 1760 – 26 September 1842Knight Founder; Later Marquess Wellesley, resigned to become a member of the Order of the Garter
11 March 1783Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran25 July 1734 – 8 October 1809Knight Founder
11 March 1783James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown28 May 1731 – 30 March 1810Knight Founder
11 March 1783James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont18 August 1728 – 4 August 1799Knight Founder
11 March 1783Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective20 October 1724 – 14 February 1795Knight Founder
11 March 1783Henry Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely18 November 1709 – 8 May 1783Knight Founder
5 February 1784John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort12 August 1751 – 7 April 1828Later Earl of Carysfort
12 December 1794Charles Loftus, 1st Earl of Ely23 January 1738 – 22 March 1806Later Marquess of Ely
30 March 1795William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont5 August 1722 – 30 September 1806
19 March 1798Walter Butler, 18th Earl of Ormonde5 February 1770 – 10 August 1820Later Marquess of Ormonde
19 March 1798Charles Dillon, 12th Viscount Dillon6 November 1745 – 9 November 1813
5 August 1800John Browne, 3rd Earl of Altamont11 June 1756 – 2 January 1809Later Marquess of Sligo
22 January 1801Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham26 December 1766 – 28 December 1832Later Marquess Conyngham
14 March 1806Henry Beresford, 2nd Marquess of Waterford23 May 1772 – 16 July 1826
15 May 1806Thomas Taylour, 1st Marquess of Headfort18 November 1757 – 23 October 1829
13 November 1806Robert Jocelyn, 2nd Earl of Roden26 October 1756 – 29 June 1820
3 November 1807John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely15 February 1770 – 23 September 1845
5 April 1808Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon8 August 1771 – 22 April 1842
13 February 1809Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill22 January 1779 – 25 March 1841
11 November 1809William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond1765 – 21 August 1846
24 March 1810Howe Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo18 May 1788 – 26 January 1845
27 April 1810John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen23 March 1768 – 31 March 1840
17 December 1813Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford14 May 1774 – 24 May 1835
20 August 1821Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale5 June 1771 – 18 November 1851Later Ernest Augustus I, King of Hanover
20 August 1821George Chichester, 2nd Marquess of Donegall14 August 1769 – 5 October 1844
20 August 1821Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon14 December 1777 – 8 April 1839
20 August 1821Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot25 April 1777 – 10 January 1849Resigned to accept membership in the Order of the Garter
20 August 1821James Butler, 19th Earl of Ormonde15 July 1777 – 18 May 1838Later Marquess of Ormonde
20 August 1821John Brabazon, 10th Earl of Meath9 April 1772 – 15 March 1851
20 August 1821Arthur Plunkett, 8th Earl of Fingall9 September 1759 – 30 July 1836First Catholic appointed
20 August 1821James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown15 August 1765 – 15 June 1835
20 August 1821Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden27 October 1788 – 20 March 1870
19 October 1831Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874
19 October 1831Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont3 January 1775 – 26 December 1863
24 November 1831Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire8 October 1788 – 12 April 1845
24 November 1831Francis Mathew, 2nd Earl Landaff20 January 1768 – 12 March 1833
27 March 1833Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham11 June 1797 – 17 July 1876
8 April 1834Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854
8 April 1834John Hely-Hutchinson, 3rd Earl of Donoughmore1787 – 14 September 1851
22 July 1835Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork21 October 1767 – 30 June 1856
22 July 1835Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth16 August 1803 – 4 February 1874
12 September 1837Thomas Southwell, 3rd Viscount Southwell25 February 1777 – 29 February 1860
15 April 1839Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort4 May 1787 – 6 December 1870
29 April 1839William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel22 September 1801 – 3 February 1856
13 March 1841Joseph Leeson, 4th Earl of Milltown11 February 1799 – 31 January 1866
6 May 1841Philip Gore, 4th Earl of Arran23 November 1801 – 25 June 1884
20 January 1842Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861
5 June 1842William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow13 February 1791 – 22 March 1869
4 January 1845William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867
4 January 1845Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford26 April 1811 – 29 March 1859
17 September 1845John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare10 July 1792 – 18 August 1851
17 September 1845John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde24 August 1808 – 25 September 1854
12 November 1845Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham9 August 1799 – 20 August 1868
9 October 1846Arthur Plunkett, 9th Earl of Fingall29 March 1791 – 21 April 1869
3 July 1851John Skeffington, 10th Viscount Massereene30 November 1812 – 28 April 1863
17 November 1851Prince George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904
18 November 1851Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew9 March 1787 – 2 June 1856
22 February 1855Richard Dawson, 3rd Baron Cremorne7 September 1817 – 11 May 1897Later Earl of Dartrey
22 February 1855Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864
28 August 1856Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry7 July 1805 – 25 November 1872
30 January 1857George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard5 August 1833 – 25 August 1889
30 January 1857Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869
3 February 1857George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall10 February 1797 – 20 October 1883
24 May 1859Arthur Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire6 August 1812 – 6 August 1868
13 June 1860Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904
28 January 1864Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Baron Dufferin and Claneboye21 June 1826 – 12 February 1902Later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
31 March 1864Charles Brownlow, 2nd Baron Lurgan10 April 1831 – 15 January 1882[4]
28 December 1865James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892
13 March 1866Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871
7 February 1868Henry Moore, 3rd Marquess of Drogheda14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892
18 March 1868Albert Edward, Prince of Wales 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
17 November 1868John Beresford, 5th Marquess of Waterford21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895
17 November 1868John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885
18 January 1869Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872
30 March 1869Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert 1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942Later Duke of Connaught
2 June 1869Granville Proby, 4th Earl of Carysfort14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872
2 June 1869Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford2 August 1841 – 11 April 1922
2 August 1871Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904
2 August 1871Thomas Southwell, 4th Viscount Southwell6 April 1836 – 26 April 1878
29 February 1872Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew28 January 1818 – 8 September 1881
1 June 1872Valentine Browne, 4th Earl of Kenmare16 May 1825 – 9 February 1905
20 February 1873William Hare, 3rd Earl of Listowel29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924
31 August 1874William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909
31 August 1874George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry26 April 1821 – 5 November 1884
13 May 1876Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926
3 March 1877William Montagu, 7th Duke of Manchester15 October 1823 – 21 March 1890
8 February 1879Henry Dawson-Damer, 3rd Earl of Portarlington5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889
14 May 1880Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh 6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
17 January 1882Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885
11 April 1882Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898Later Baron Clermont
8 May 1884William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth1827–1909
9 February 1885Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly26 September 1829 – 17 March 1888
9 February 1885Thomas Spring Rice, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926
28 November 1885Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913
28 November 1885Thomas Taylour, 3rd Marquess of Headfort1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894
28 June 1887Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward 8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale
26 April 1888James Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919
4 April 1889John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne16 October 1839 – 2 December 1914
7 February 1890Edward Leeson, 6th Earl of Milltown9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890
24 May 1890Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915
29 August 1890Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse17 November 1840 – 30 August 1908
18 December 1890Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar 11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902
18 March 1892William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896
5 August 1892Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin14 May 1839 – 8 April 1900
3 November 1894Frederick Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan21 October 1839 – 14 July 1900
25 February 1896Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Iveagh10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927Later Earl of Iveagh
11 February 1897James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898
20 August 1897Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert, Duke of York 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
20 August 1897Frederick Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914Later Earl Roberts
15 March 1898Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901
4 March 1899Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914
29 August 1900James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924
29 August 1900Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917
10 June 1901Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915
15 March 1902Henry Beresford, 6th Marquess of Waterford28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911
11 August 1902Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924
11 August 1902Dudley FitzGerald-de Ros, 24th Baron de Ros11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907
3 February 1905Dermot Bourke, 7th Earl of Mayo2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927
13 April 1905Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929
29 February 1908Bernard FitzPatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown29 July 1849 – 29 May 1937
5 February 1909William James Pirrie, 1st Baron Pirrie31 May 1847 – 6 June 1924Later Viscount Pirrie
21 May 1909Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948
13 December 1909Arthur Gore, 6th Earl of Arran14 September 1868 – 19 December 1958
10 July 1911Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961
10 July 1911Horatio Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916Later Earl Kitchener
28 May 1915Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough1 March 1851 – 1 December 1920
18 April 1916Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore2 March 1875 – 19 October 1948
18 April 1916Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947
18 April 1916St John Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942Later Earl of Midleton
18 November 1916Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946
4 June 1917John French, 1st Viscount French28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925Later Earl of Ypres
3 June 1918Geoffrey Browne, 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne6 January 1861 – 30 June 1927
18 December 1919Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart30 August 1848 – 4 November 1934
21 June 1922James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953
3 June 1927Edward, Prince of Wales 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and, after his abdication, The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
29 June 1934Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974Last surviving knight
17 March 1936Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of York 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom

References

General
  • Galloway, Peter (1999). The most illustrious Order: The Order of St Patrick and its knights. London: Unicorn. ISBN 0-906290-23-6.
Specific
  1. "Monarchy Today: Queen and Public: Honours: Order of St Patrick". Official website of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  2. According to Galloway (pp 171–2), the motto was borrowed from the Order of the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick, but was also appropriate politically in expressing a desire for unity
  3. Rayment, Leigh (24 April 2008). "Leigh Rayment: Knights of St.Patrick". Leigh Rayment. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  4. Lundy, Darryl (25 October 2008). "p. 6598 § 65971 - Person Page6598". Darryl Lundy. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

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