KNIGHTS OF ST.PATRICK
                  Last updated 02/05/2020
The Order of St.Patrick was instituted by George III in 1783,
for the purpose of establishing in Ireland a fraternity of
knights as a counterpart to the Order of the Garter in England
and the Order of the Thistle in Scotland. 
A Royal Warrant, dated 5 February 1783 and addressed to Earl 
Temple (later Marquess of Buckingham), the then Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, authorised the issue of letters patent under the Great 
Seal of Ireland for the institution of the Order. 
The Statutes of the Order ordained, amongst other things, that 
Knights should be 15 in number. In July 1821, George IV dispensed 
with this statute and appointed six extra Knights at his
coronation, but eight years passed before the Royal Warrant was
issued to authorise this change. In the meantime, four of these 
extra Knights had been elected to fill vacancies caused by deaths
which had occurred in the constituent number of fifteen.
At his coronation, William IV nominated four more extra Knights and
on 24 January 1833 the limitation on the number of Knights was
increased from 15 to 22.
After the independence of Ireland in 1922, no further appointments
were made apart from three members of the Royal Family. The last non-
royal member died in 1961 and the last Royal member died in 1974.
No commoner (i.e. someone who was not already a peer) was ever 
appointed as a Knight of St.Patrick.
The motto of the Order was "Quis separabit?" (Who shall separate?)
One of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century is the theft
of the Irish Crown Jewels in July 1907. The Irish Crown Jewels were not
the equivalent of the English Crown Jewels held in the Tower of London,
but were in fact the regalia and insignia of the Order of St.Patrick. 
A number of books have been written on this subject and a good summary
can be found at http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/irhismys/jewels.htm
For a full length book on the subject I recommend "Vicious Circle; The case of
the missing Irish Crown Jewels" by Francis Bamford and Viola Bankes [Max
Parrish, London 1965]
I am very grateful to Bruce Hogg for his valuable and unselfish assistance in
checking the accuracy of the information contained on this page.
 
Date   Name Born Died Age
11 Mar 1783 HRH Prince Edward Augustus,later [1799] Duke
of Kent and Strathearn 2 Nov 1767 23 Jan 1820 52
11 Mar 1783 William Robert Fitzgerald,2nd Duke of Leinster 13 Mar 1749 20 Oct 1804 55
11 Mar 1783 Henry de Burgh,12th Earl of Clanricarde,later
[1789] 1st Marquess of Clanricarde 8 Jan 1743 8 Dec 1797 54
11 Mar 1783 Thomas Nugent,6th Earl of Westmeath Apr 1714 7 Sep 1792 78
11 Mar 1783 Murrough O'Brien,5th Earl of Inchiquin,later
[1800] 1st Marquess of Thomond 1726 10 Feb 1808 81
11 Mar 1783 Charles Moore,6th Earl of Drogheda,later [1791]
1st Marquess of Drogheda 29 Jun 1730 22 Dec 1822 92
11 Mar 1783 George de la Poer Beresford,2nd Earl of Tyrone,
later [1789] 1st Marquess of Waterford 8 Jan 1735 3 Dec 1800 65
11 Mar 1783 Richard Boyle,2nd Earl of Shannon 30 Jan 1728 20 May 1807 79
11 Mar 1783 James Hamilton,2nd Earl of Clanbrassill 23 Aug 1730 6 Feb 1798 67
11 Mar 1783 Richard Wesley (Wellesley from 1789),2nd Earl of 
Mornington,later [1799] 1st Marquess Wellesley 20 Jun 1760 26 Sep 1842 82
[resigned 3 Mar 1810 on becoming KG]
11 Mar 1783 Arthur Saunders Gore,2nd Earl of Arran 25 Jul 1734  8 Oct 1809 75
11 Mar 1783 James Stopford,2nd Earl of Courtown 28 May 1731 30 Mar 1810 78
11 Mar 1783 James Caulfeild,1st Earl of Charlemont 18 Aug 1728 4 Aug 1799 70
11 Mar 1783 Thomas Taylour,1st Earl of Bective 20 Oct 1724 14 Dec 1795 71
11 Mar 1783 Henry Loftus,1st Earl of Ely 18 Nov 1709 8 May 1783 73
5 Feb 1784 John Joshua Proby,2nd Baron Carysfort,later
[1789] 1st Earl of Carysfort 12 Aug 1751 7 Apr 1828 76
12 Dec 1794 Charles Tottenham Loftus,2nd Earl of Ely,
later [1801] 1st Marquess of Ely 23 Jan 1738 22 Mar 1806 68
30 Mar 1795 William Henry Fortescue,1st Earl of Clermont 5 Aug 1722 30 Sep 1806 84
19 Mar 1798 Walter Butler,18th Earl of Ormonde,later [1816]
1st Marquess of Ormonde 4 Feb 1770 10 Aug 1820 50
19 Mar 1798 Charles Dillon-Lee,12th Viscount Dillon 6 Nov 1745 9 Nov 1813 68
5 Aug 1800 John Denis Browne,3rd Earl of Altamont,later
[1800] 1st Marquess of Sligo 11 Jun 1756 2 Jan 1809 52
22 Jan 1801 Henry Conyngham,1st Earl Conyngham,later
[1816] 1st Marquess Conyngham 26 Dec 1766 28 Dec 1832 66
14 Mar 1806 Henry de la Poer Beresford,2nd Marquess
of Waterford 23 May 1772 16 Jul 1826 54
15 May 1806 Thomas Taylour,1st Marquess of Headfort 18 Nov 1757 24 Oct 1829 71
13 Nov 1806 Robert Jocelyn,2nd Earl of Roden 26 Oct 1756 29 Jun 1820 63
3 Nov 1807 John Loftus,2nd Marquess of Ely 15 Feb 1770 26 Sep 1845 75
5 Apr 1808 Henry Boyle,3rd Earl of Shannon 8 Aug 1771 22 Apr 1842 70
13 Feb 1809 Charles Henry St.John O'Neill,1st Earl
O'Neill 22 Jan 1779 25 Mar 1841 62
11 Nov 1809 William O'Brien,2nd Marquess of Thomond c 1765 21 Aug 1846
24 Mar 1810 Howe Peter Browne,2nd Marquess of Sligo 18 May 1788 26 Jan 1845 56
27 Apr 1810 John Willoughby Cole,2nd Earl of Enniskillen 23 Mar 1768 31 Mar 1840 72
17 Dec 1813 Thomas Pakenham,2nd Earl of Longford 14 May 1774 28 May 1835 61
20 Aug 1821 HRH Ernest Augustus,1st Duke of Cumberland
and Teviotdale,later [1837] King of Hanover 6 Jun 1771 18 Nov 1851 80
20 Aug 1821 George Augustus Chichester,2nd Marquess
of Donegall 14 Aug 1769 5 Oct 1844 75
20 Aug 1821 Du Pre Alexander,2nd Earl of Caledon 14 Dec 1777 8 Apr 1839 61
20 Aug 1821 Charles Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot,2nd Earl
Talbot 25 Apr 1777 13 Jan 1849 71
20 Aug 1821 James Butler,19th Earl of Ormonde,later [1825]
1st Marquess of Ormonde 15 Jul 1774 18 May 1838 63
20 Aug 1821 John Chambre Brabazon,10th Earl of Meath 9 Apr 1772 15 Mar 1851 78
20 Aug 1821 Arthur James Plunkett,8th Earl of Fingall 9 Sep 1759 30 Jul 1836 76
20 Aug 1821 James George Stopford,3rd Earl of Courtown 15 Aug 1765 15 Jun 1835 69
20 Aug 1821 Robert Jocelyn,3rd Earl of Roden 27 Oct 1788 20 Mar 1870 81
19 Oct 1831 Ulick John de Burgh,1st Marquess of
Clanricarde 20 Dec 1802 10 Apr 1874 71
19 Oct 1831 Francis William Caulfeild,2nd Earl of
Charlemont 3 Jan 1775 26 Dec 1863 88
24 Nov 1831 Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill,
3rd Marquess of Downshire 8 Oct 1788 12 Sep 1845 56
24 Nov 1831 Francis James Mathew,2nd Earl of Llandaff 20 Jan 1768 12 Mar 1833 65
27 Mar 1833 Francis Nathaniel Conyngham,2nd Marquess
Conyngham 11 Jun 1797 17 Jul 1876 79
8 Apr 1834 Nathaniel Clements,2nd Earl of Leitrim 9 May 1768 31 Dec 1854 86
8 Apr 1834 John Hely-Hutchinson,3rd Earl of Donoughmore 1787 14 Sep 1851 64
22 Jul 1835 Edmund Boyle,8th Earl of Cork and Orrery 21 Oct 1767 29 Jun 1856 88
12 Sep 1837 Thomas Anthony Southwell,3rd Viscount Southwell 25 Feb 1777 29 Feb 1860 83
15 Apr 1839 Thomas Taylour,2nd Marquess of Headfort 4 May 1787 6 Dec 1870 83
29 Apr 1839 William Hare,2nd Earl of Listowel 22 Sep 1801 4 Feb 1856 54
13 Mar 1841 Joseph Leeson,4th Earl of Milltown 11 Feb 1799 31 Jan 1866 66
6 May 1841 Philip Yorke Gore,4th Earl of Arran 23 Nov 1801 25 Jun 1884 82
20 Jan 1842 HRH Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel,
Duke of Saxe,Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha,Prince Consort 26 Aug 1819 14 Dec 1861 42
5 Jun 1842 William Howard,4th Earl of Wicklow 13 Feb 1788 22 Mar 1869 81
4 Jan 1845 William Parsons,3rd Earl of Rosse 17 Jun 1800 31 Oct 1867 67
4 Jan 1845 Henry de la Poer Beresford,3rd Marquess 
of Waterford 26 Apr 1811 29 Mar 1859 47
17 Sep 1845 John Fitzgibbon,2nd Earl of Clare 10 Jun 1792 18 Aug 1851 59
17 Sep 1845 John Butler,2nd Marquess of Ormonde 24 Aug 1808 25 Sep 1854 46
12 Nov 1845 Henry Maxwell,7th Baron Farnham 9 Aug 1799 20 Aug 1868 69
9 Oct 1846 Arthur James Plunkett,9th Earl of Fingall 29 Mar 1791 21 Apr 1869 78
3 Jul 1851 John Foster-Skeffington,10th Viscount
Massareene and Ferrard 30 Nov 1812 28 Apr 1863 50
17 Nov 1851 HRH George William Frederick Charles,2nd Duke
of Cambridge 26 Mar 1819 17 Mar 1904 84
18 Nov 1851 Robert Shapland Carew,1st Baron Carew 9 Mar 1787 4 Jun 1856 69
22 Feb 1855 Richard Dawson,3rd Baron Cremorne,later [1866]
1st Earl of Dartrey 7 Sep 1817 12 May 1897 79
22 Feb 1855 Archibald Acheson,3rd Earl of Gosford 20 Aug 1806 15 Jun 1864 57
28 Aug 1856 Frederick William Robert Stewart,4th Marquess
of Londonderry 7 Jul 1805 25 Nov 1872 67
30 Jan 1857 George Arthur Hastings Forbes,7th Earl
of Granard 5 Aug 1833 25 Aug 1889 56
30 Jan 1857 Hugh Gough,1st Viscount Gough 3 Nov 1779 2 Mar 1869 89
3 Feb 1857 George Hamilton Chichester,3rd Marquess 
of Donegall 10 Feb 1797 20 Oct 1883 86
24 May 1859 Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull 
Windsor Hill,4th Marquess of Downshire 6 Aug 1812 6 Aug 1868 56
13 Jun 1860 Richard Edmund St.Lawrence Boyle,9th Earl
of Cork and Orrery 19 Apr 1829 22 Jun 1904 75
28 Jan 1864 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-
Blackwood,5th Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye,
later [1888] 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 21 Jun 1826 12 Feb 1902 75
31 Mar 1864 Charles Brownlow,2nd Baron Lurgan 10 Apr 1831 16 Jan 1882 50
28 Dec 1865 James Molyneux Caulfeild,2nd Earl of
Charlemont 10 Oct 1820 12 Jan 1892 71
13 Mar 1866 Edward Richard Wyndham-Quin,3rd Earl of
Dunraven and Mount Earl 19 May 1812 6 Oct 1871 59
7 Feb 1868 Henry Francis Seymour Moore,3rd Marquess
of Drogheda 14 Aug 1825 29 Jun 1892 66
18 Mar 1868 HRH Albert Edward,Prince of Wales,later [1901]
King Edward VII 9 Nov 1841 6 May 1910 68
17 Nov 1868 John Henry de la Poer Beresford,5th Marquess
of Waterford 21 May 1844 23 Oct 1895 51
17 Nov 1868 John Crichton,3rd Earl of Erne 30 Jul 1802 3 Oct 1885 83
18 Jan 1869 Richard Southwell Bourke,6th Earl of Mayo 21 Feb 1822 8 Feb 1872 49
30 Mar 1869 HRH Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert,later
[1874] 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1 May 1850 16 Jan 1942 91
2 Jun 1869 Granville Leveson Proby,4th Earl of Carysfort 14 Sep 1824 18 May 1872 47
2 Jun 1869 Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson, 4th
Earl of Gosford 19 Aug 1841 11 Apr 1922 80
2 Aug 1871 Mervyn Wingfield,7th Viscount Powerscourt 13 Oct 1836 5 Jun 1904 67
2 Aug 1871 Thomas Arthur Joseph Southwell,4th Viscount
Southwell 6 Apr 1836 26 Aug 1878 42
29 Feb 1872 Robert Shapland Carew,2nd Baron Carew 23 Jan 1818 8 Sep 1881 63
1 Jun 1872 Valentine Augustus Browne,4th Earl of Kenmare 16 May 1825 9 Feb 1905 79
20 Feb 1873 William Hare,3rd Earl of Listowel 29 May 1833 5 Jun 1924 91
31 Aug 1874 William Proby,5th Earl of Carysfort 18 Jan 1836 4 Sep 1909 73
31 Aug 1874 George Henry Robert Charles 
Vane-Tempest,5th Marquess of Londonderry 26 Apr 1821 5 Nov 1884 63
13 May 1876 Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin,4th Earl of
Dunraven and Mount Earl 12 Feb 1841 14 Jun 1926 85
3 Mar 1877 William Drogo Montagu,7th Duke of Manchester 15 Oct 1823 22 Mar 1890 66
8 Feb 1879 Henry John Reuben Dawson-Damer,3rd Earl of
Portarlington 5 Sep 1822 1 Mar 1889 66
14 May 1880 HRH Prince Alfred Ernest Albert,Duke of 
Saxony and Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,
1st Duke of Edinburgh and Reigning Duke of Saxe-
Coburg and Gotha 6 Aug 1844 30 Jul 1900 55
17 Jan 1882 Thomas O'Hagan,1st Baron O'Hagan 29 May 1812 1 Feb 1885 72
11 Apr 1882 Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue,1st
Baron Carlingford 18 Jan 1823 30 Jan 1898 75
8 May 1884 William Ulick Tristram St.Lawrence,4th Earl
of Howth 25 Jun 1827 9 Mar 1909 81
9 Feb 1885 Luke White,2nd Baron Annaly 26 Sep 1829 17 Mar 1888 58
9 Feb 1885 Thomas Spring Rice,2nd Baron Monteagle 31 May 1849 24 Dec 1926 77
28 Nov 1885 Garnet Joseph Wolseley,1st Viscount Wolseley 4 Jun 1833 25 Mar 1913 79
28 Nov 1885 Thomas Taylour,3rd Marquess of Headfort 1 Nov 1822 22 Jul 1894 71
28 Jun 1887 HRH Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward,
later [1890] 1st Duke of Clarence and Avondale 8 Jan 1864 14 Jan 1892 28
26 Apr 1888 James Edward William Theobald Butler,3rd
Marquess of Ormonde 5 Oct 1844 26 Oct 1919 75
4 Apr 1889 John Henry Crichton,4th Earl of Erne 16 Oct 1839 2 Dec 1914 75
7 Feb 1890 Edward Nugent Leeson,6th Earl of Milltown 9 Oct 1835 30 May 1890 54
24 May 1890 Francis Charles Needham,3rd Earl of Kilmorey 3 Aug 1842 28 Jul 1915 72
29 Aug 1890 Lawrence Parsons,4th Earl of Rosse 17 Nov 1840 29 Aug 1908 67
18 Dec 1890 HSH Prince (William Augustus) Edward of
Saxe Weimar 11 Oct 1823 16 Nov 1902 79
18 Mar 1892 William Hale John Charles Pery,3rd Earl
of Limerick 17 Jan 1840 8 Aug 1896 56
5 Aug 1892 Edward Donough O'Brien,14th Baron Inchiquin 14 May 1839 9 Apr 1900 60
3 Nov 1894 Frederick Edward Gould Lambart,9th Earl
of Cavan 21 Oct 1839 14 Jul 1900 60
25 Feb 1896 Edward Cecil Guinness,1st Baron Iveagh,later
[1919] 1st Earl of Iveagh 10 Nov 1847 7 Oct 1927 79
11 Feb 1897 James Alexander,4th Earl of Caledon 11 Jul 1846 27 Apr 1898 51
20 Aug 1897 HRH Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert,
Duke of York,later [1910] King George V 3 Jun 1865 20 Jan 1936 70
20 Aug 1897 Frederick Sleigh Roberts,1st Baron Roberts,
later [1901] 1st Earl Roberts 30 Sep 1832 14 Nov 1914 82
15 Mar 1898 Arthur Saunders Gore,5th Earl of Arran  6 Jan 1839 14 Mar 1901 62
4 Mar 1899 George Bingham,4th Earl of Lucan 8 May 1830 5 Jun 1914 84
29 Aug 1900 James Francis Bernard,4th Earl of Bandon 12 Sep 1850 18 May 1924 73
29 Aug 1900 Luke Gerald Dillon,4th Baron Clonbrock 10 Mar 1834 12 May 1917 83
10 Jun 1901 Thomas Pakenham,5th Earl of Longford 19 Oct 1864 21 Aug 1915 50
15 Mar 1902 Henry de la Poer Beresford,6th Marquess of
Waterford 28 Apr 1875 1 Dec 1911 36
11 Aug 1902 Lowry Egerton Cole,4th Earl of Enniskillen 21 Dec 1845 28 Apr 1924 78
11 Aug 1902 Dudley Charles Fitzgerald-de Ros,24th Lord
de Ros 11 Mar 1827 29 Apr 1907 80
3 Feb 1905 Dermot Robert Wyndham Bourke,7th Earl 
of Mayo 2 Jul 1851 31 Dec 1927 76
13 Apr 1905 Reginald Brabazon,12th Earl of Meath 31 Jul 1841 11 Oct 1929 88
29 Feb 1908 Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick,2nd 
Baron Castletown 22 Jul 1849 29 May 1937 87
5 Feb 1909 William James Pirrie,1st Baron Pirrie,later [1921]
1st Viscount Pirrie 31 May 1847 6 Jun 1924 77
21 May 1909 Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings
Forbes,8th Earl of Granard 17 Sep 1874 10 Sep 1948 73
13 Dec 1909 Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore,6th Earl of Arran 14 Sep 1868 19 Dec 1958 90
10 Jul 1911 Anthony Ashley-Cooper,9th Earl of Shaftesbury 31 Aug 1869 25 Mar 1961 91
10 Jul 1911 Horatio Herbert Kitchener,1st Viscount Kitchener 24 Jun 1850 5 Jun 1916 65
of Khartoum,later [1914] 1st Earl Kitchener of
Khartoum
28 May 1915 Edward Ponsonby,8th Earl of Bessborough 1 Mar 1851 1 Dec 1920 69
18 Apr 1916 Richard Walter Hely-Hutchinson,6th Earl
of Donoughmore 2 Mar 1875 19 Oct 1948 73
18 Apr 1916 Mervyn Richard Wingfield,8th Viscount
Powerscourt 16 Jul 1880 21 Mar 1947 66
18 Apr 1916 William St.John Fremantle Brodrick,9th Viscount
Midleton,later [1920] 1st Earl of Midleton 14 Dec 1856 13 Feb 1942 85
18 Nov 1916 Frederick Rudolph Lambart,10th Earl of Cavan 16 Oct 1865 28 Aug 1946 80
4 Jun 1917 John Denton Pinkstone French,1st Viscount
French,later [1922] 1st Earl of Ypres 28 Sep 1852 22 May 1925 72
3 Jun 1918 Geoffrey Henry Browne,3rd Baron Oranmore
and Browne 6 Jan 1861 30 Jun 1927 66
18 Dec 1919 Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe,5th Earl
of Desart 30 Aug 1848 4 Nov 1934 86
21 Jun 1922 James Albert Edward Hamilton,3rd Duke of
Abercorn 30 Nov 1869 12 Sep 1953 83
3 Jun 1927 HRH Edward Albert Christian George
Andrew Patrick David,later [1936] Edward VIII
and [1937] Duke of Windsor 23 Jun 1894 28 May 1972 77
29 Jun 1934 HRH Henry William Frederick Albert,1st Duke of
Gloucester 31 Mar 1900 10 Jun 1974 74
17 Mar 1936 HRH Albert Frederick Arthur George, Duke of
York, later [1936] George VI 14 Dec 1895 6 Feb 1952 56
No creations since 1936
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