This is a list of those men who were made Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...

 from the date of the Order's revival by King George I of Great Britain

George I of Great Britain

George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....

, 18 May 1725, to its reorganisation on 2 January 1815. During this period the Order was limited to the Sovereign (the King), the Great Master and thirty-six Knights Companions. Knights Companion bore the post-nominal KB. Those Knights living at the time of the remodelling of the Order automatically became Knights Grand Cross, with the post-nominal GCB.

Founder Knights

All the founder knights were invested on 27 May 1725 (except Lords Inchiquin and Tyrconnell, who were invested on the 28 May, and the Duke of Richmond, who was not invested at all) and then installed on the 17 June 1725.

Name	Notes
Prince William Augustus Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Prince William , was a younger son of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, and Duke of Cumberland from 1726. He is generally best remembered for his role in putting down the Jacobite Rising at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and as such is also known as "Butcher" Cumberland...	died 31 October 1765
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, KG, KB, PC , styled Viscount Monthermer until 1705 and Marquess of Monthermer between 1705 and 1709, was a British peer...	died 5 July 1749
William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester, KB was the son of Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester.He married Lady Isabella Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu, on 16 April 1723....	died 21 October 1739
Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans Charles Beauclerk, 2nd Duke of St Albans KG KB was the son of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans and his wife Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans. His paternal grandparents were Charles II of England and Nell Gwynne...	died 27 July 1751
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, PC was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian era.He was born and died at his family home of Penshurst Place in Kent and is buried at Penshurst. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester...	died 27 September 1737
Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle	died 22 December 1754
Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine Major-General Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine KB was a Scottish peer and army officer.Scott was the second surviving son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth and his wife, Anne. In 1693, he married Anne Duncombe , the daughter of William Duncombe of Batthesden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland...	died 25 December 1750
George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax PC was a British politician.Halifax was the son of Edward Montagu, grandson of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, and Elizabeth Pelham.Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, was his uncle....	died 9 May 1739
Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex PC KB FRS was an English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Talbot Yelverton until 1704, and known as Talbot Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Longueville from 1704 to 1717, when he was created Earl of Sussex.Sussex was one of the founder Knights...	died 27 October 1731
Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret	died 8 July 1753
Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett Lord Nassau Powlett KB was an English nobleman and politician, the only son of Charles Powlett, 2nd Duke of Bolton by his third wife Henrietta Crofts.In 1725, he became one of the founder knights of the Order of the Bath....	died 24 August 1741
Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington Admiral of the Fleet George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington, KB PC was a British naval officer and statesman of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His career included service as First Lord of the Admiralty during the reign of King George II.-Naval career:Byng was born at Wrotham, Kent, England...	died 17 January 1733
George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley KB, PC , styled as Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Life:...	died 10 June 1770
John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy	died 26 January 1782
John West, 7th Baron De La Warr John West, 1st Earl De La Warr Lieutenant-General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr KB, PC, FRS , styled The Honourable John West until 1723 and known as The Lord De La Warr between 1723 and 1761, was a British soldier, courtier and politician....	died 16 March 1766
Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton	died 2 May 1751
Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford , was a British peer, styled as The Lord Walpole from 1723 to 1745.-Family:He was the eldest son of the King's First Minister, now regarded as the first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole , and his first wife Catherine...	died 31 March 1751
Spencer Compton Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG, KB, PC was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in 1743, but was merely a figurehead for the true leader of the government, Lord...	resigned on receiving the Garter 12 June 1733
William Stanhope	died May 1772
Conyers Darcy Conyers Darcy Sir Conyers Darcy or Darcey, KB was a British politician and courtier of the 18th century. He was a younger brother of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness....	died 1 December 1758
Thomas Lumley-Saunderson Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough Thomas Lumley-Saunderson, 3rd Earl of Scarbrough, KB was a British peer and diplomat.Born The Hon. Thomas Lumley, he was the third son of Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough and his wife, Frances...	died 15 March 1752
Paul Methuen Paul Methuen (diplomat) Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...	died 11 April 1757
Sir Robert Walpole	resigned on receiving the Garter 26 May 1726
Robert Sutton Robert Sutton (diplomat) Sir Robert Sutton KB was an English diplomat and then politician.-Early life:He was the elder son of Robert Sutton of Averham, Nottinghamshire, and his wife, Katherine, the daughter of the Revd William Sherborne of Pembridge, Herefordshire...	died 13 August 1746
Lieutenant General Charles Wills Charles Wills Sir Charles Wills KB was a British general in the 18th century.He won the Battle of Preston against the Jacobites. He was later appointed to the Privy Council and was member of parliament for Totnes.-References:...	died 25 December 1741
Sir John Hobart, 5th Baronet John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, KB, PC was a British peer.Hobart was the son of Sir Henry Hobart, 4th Baronet and he inherited his father's title when the latter was killed in a duel in 1698...	died 22 September 1756
Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet	died 23 April 1744
Robert Clifton Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet Sir Robert Clifton KB was 5th Baronet Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire.-Family:Robert was the eldest son of Sir Gervase Clifton, 4th Baronet, and his wife Anne...	died 7 December 1762
Michael Newton	died 6 April 1743
William Yonge	died 10 August 1755
Thomas Watson-Wentworth Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, KB, PC was a British peer and Whig politician.Watson-Wentworth was the only son and heir of Hon...	died 14 December 1750
John Monson John Monson, 1st Baron Monson John Monson, 1st Baron Monson PC , known as Sir John Monson, 5th Baronet, from 1727 to 1728, was a British politician....	died 18 July 1748
William Morgan William Morgan (of Tredegar, elder) Sir William Morgan, KB was a Welsh Whig politician of the early 18th century.Morgan was the eldest son of John Morgan, a Whig of great political influence in Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire...	died 24 April 1731
Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (fifth creation) Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester, KB was a wealthy English land-owner and patron of the arts. He is particularly noted for commissioning the design and construction of Holkham Hall in north Norfolk. Between 1722 and 1728, he was Member of Parliament for Norfolk.He was the son of Edward Coke ...	died 20 April 1759
William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin William McWilliam O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, KB, PC was an Irish peer and politician.-Background:O'Brien was the eldest son of William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin and his wife, Mary , sister of the 1st Earl of Jersey, and inherited his father's titles in 1719.-Political career:Inchiquin...	died 18 July 1777
John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel KB , known as Sir John Brownlow, 5th Baronet, from 1701 to 1718, was a British Member of Parliament....	died 27 February 1754

Subsequent appointments

Date	Name	Notes
12 January 1732	Henry Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos, MP , known from 1727 to 1744 by his courtesy title Marquess of Carnarvon, was the second son of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos PC and his first wife Mary Lake...	died 28 November 1771
	William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman	died December 1744
	Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, KB was a politician and, through a donation in his will, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge.Gordon Goodwin, ‘Downing, Sir George, third baronet ’, rev...	died 10 June 1749
17 January 1732	Charles Gunter Nicoll	died 24 November 1733
26 June 1742	Thomas Robinson Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, KB, PC was a British diplomatist and politician. He was a younger son of Sir William Robinson, Bt...	died 20 September 1770
12 July 1743	Lieutenant-General Philip Honywood	died 1752
	Lieutenant-General James Campbell	died 1745
	Lieutenant-General John Cope	died 1760
	Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Field Marshal John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier, KB, PC was a French-born British soldier.He was born to a Huguenot family of Castres in the south of France, and who emigrated to England at the close of the 17th century...	died 28 April 1770
28 May 1744	Richard Fitzwilliam, 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam, KB, FRS was a Irish peer, and property developer.He lived with his father-in-law at Richmond Green.He moved back to Mount Merrion.He was buried at Donnybrook Cemetery....	died 25 April 1776
	Sir Charles Hanbury Williams Charles Hanbury Williams Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB , diplomat, writer and satirist, son of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of Williams on succeeding to the estate of his godfather Charles Williams, in 1720....	died 2 November 1759
	Henry Calthorpe
	Thomas Whitmore Thomas Whitmore Thomas Whitmore was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1659.Whitmore was the eldest son of John Whitmore of Ludstone and his wife Frances Billingsley, daughter of William Billingsley of Astley, Shropshire. He was educucated at. New Inn Hall and at Wadham College,...
	Sir William Morden Harbord, 1st Baronet	died 17 February 1770
29 May 1747	Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren	died 29 July 1752
14 November 1747	Vice-Admiral Edward Hawke Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC was an officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain...	died 17 October 1781
2 May 1749	Lieutenant-General Charles Howard Charles Howard (British Army officer) General Sir Charles Howard KB , styled The Honourable from birth, was a British soldier and politician.-Background:...	died 26 August 1765
	General Sir John Mordaunt John Mordaunt (British Army officer) General Sir John Mordaunt, KB was a British soldier and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer...	died 23 October 1780
	Major-General Charles Armand Powlett Charles Armand Powlett Major General Sir Charles Armand Powlett, KB was a British soldier. He was the younger son of Lord William Powlett, brother of the second Duke of Bolton, by his wife Louisa, daughter of Armand Nompar de Caumont, Marquis de Montpouillon, and granddaughter of Henri Nompar de Caumont, 3rd Duc de La...	died 14 November 1751
	John Savile John Savile, 1st Earl of Mexborough Sir John Savile , later 1st Lord Pollington and 1st Earl of Mexborough, was an English peer and Member of Parliament.Savile was the eldest son of Charles Savile of Methley...	died 17 February 1778
12 March 1752	Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow KB was a British peer and politician, styled Hon. Richard Onslow from 1717 to 1740.In 1734, Onslow was returned as Member of Parliament for Guildford, which he represented in 1740...	died 8 October 1776
27 August 1753	Edward Walpole Edward Walpole Sir Edward Walpole KB PC was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742....	died 1784
	Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton Charles Powlett, 5th Duke of Bolton, KCB, PC , styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754 to 1759, was a British soldier, nobleman and Whig politician. He was the eldest son of Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton and Catherine Parry.Educated at Winchester, he joined the British Army and became a...	died 5 July 1765
	Edward Hussey-Montagu	died 25 November 1802
	Lieutenant-General Richard Lyttelton Richard Lyttelton Lt-General Sir Richard Lyttelton KB was a British soldier and politician who served in the British Army. He was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet. He served as Governor of Minorca from 1763 until 1766 after its restoration to British rule following the fall of Minorca to the...	died 1 October 1770
12 December 1753	Admiral Sir William Rowley William Rowley (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley KB was a British naval commander who distinguished himself during the War of the Austrian Succession and also became a Member of Parliament.-Naval career:...	died 1768
23 September 1754	Benjamin Keene Benjamin Keene 200-px|thumb|right|Benjamin KeeneSir Benjamin Keene was a British diplomat known for his service as British Ambassador to Spain. He strove to maintain good relations between the two countries, although he was unable to prevent the War of Jenkins' Ear breaking out in 1739 he later successfully kept...	died 1757
27 November 1756	Lieutenant-General William Blakeney William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney William Blakeney, 1st Baron Blakeney KB was an Irish soldier known for his unsuccessful defence of the Spanish island of Minorca following the Battle of Minorca in 1756.-Early life:...	died 20 September 1761
23 March 1761	John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort KB PC was a British Whig politician.Carysfort was the son of John Proby, of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge...	died 18 October 1772
	Lieutenant-General Joseph Yorke Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover General Joseph Yorke, 1st Baron Dover KB, PC , styled The Honourable Joseph Yorke until 1761 and The Honourable Sir Joseph Yorke between 1761 and 1788, was a British soldier, diplomat and Whig politician....	died 2 December 1792
	Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet PC, KB was a British diplomat and antiquary.He was the elder son of Sir James Gray, 1st Baronet and his wife Hester Dodd. His younger brother was General George Gray. He completed his education at Clare College, Cambridge, being awarded M.A. in 1729...	died 9 January 1773
	Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet	died 13 September 1773
	Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet	died 9 July 1776
	Admiral George Pocock George Pocock Sir George Pocock, KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He rose to the rank of admiral.Pocock was from Chieveley in Berkshire, the son of Thomas Pocock, a chaplain in the navy. George Pocock entered the navy in 1718, serving aboard under the patronage of his maternal uncle, Captain...	died 1792
	Major-General Sir Jeffrey Amherst Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst KCB served as an officer in the British Army and as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces.Amherst is best known as one of the victors of the French and Indian War, when he conquered Louisbourg, Quebec City and...	died 3 August 1797
	Major-General John Griffin Griffin	died 25 May 1797
	Francis Blake Delaval Francis Blake Delaval Francis Blake Delaval may refer to* Francis Blake Delaval , naval officer* Sir Francis Blake Delaval , his son...	died 1771
	Charles Frederick Charles Frederick Sir Charles Frederick KB was a British Member of Parliament.He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frederick, sometime Governor of Fort St David, and a younger brother of Sir John Frederick, 4th Baronet....	died 18 December 1785
26 March 1761	George Warren George Warren (MP) Sir George Warren KB , of Poynton Lodge in Cheshire, was a British Member of Parliament.Warren set out initially on an army career, being promoted to Captain in 1756...	died 31 August 1801
16 May 1761	Vice-Admiral Charles Saunders	died 7 December 1775
16 January 1764	Charles Coote	died 20 October 1800
24 April 1764	Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...	died 22 November 1774
13 December 1765	Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell (diplomat) Sir Andrew Mitchell was a British diplomat noted for his service as envoy to the court of Frederick the Great during the Seven Years' War.-Early Career and Interests:...	died 28 January 1771
27 December 1765	Lieutenant-General William Draper William Draper (British Army officer) Sir William Draper KCB , was a British military officer who conquered Manila in 1762, but lost Minorca in 1782. He was involved in 1774 with a key meeting that agreed an early set of cricket rules including the leg before wicket rule.- Biography :Draper was born in Bristol, then the second largest...	died 1787
30 December 1767	Prince Frederick, Bishop of Osnabrück Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany was a member of the Hanoverian and British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son, of King George III...	made GCB 2 January 1815
25 October 1768	Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet KB , diplomat, was a long standing British resident in Florence.-Biography:...	died 6 November 1786
18 May 1770	Robert Knight, 1st Earl of Catherlough Robert Knight, 1st Earl of Catherlough Robert Knight, 1st Earl of Catherlough, KB, , was a Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby , Castle Rising, Norfolk and Milborne Port, Somerset . He...	died 30 March 1772
	Vice-Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral.-Childhood:...	died 2 February 1779
28 June 1770	Rear-Admiral Sir John Lindsay	died 1778
	Major-General Eyre Coote Eyre Coote (East India Company officer) Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB was an Irish soldier. He is best known for his many years of service with the British Army in India. His victory at the Battle of Wandiwash is considered a decisive turning point in the struggle for control in India between British and France...	died 28 April 1783
18 February 1771	Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Montagu	died 1777
	Ralph Payne Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington KB PC was a British politician and Governor of the Leeward Islands.-Early life and education:...	died 1 August 1807
	William Lynch William Lynch (diplomat) William Lynch was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1762 and 1774.Lynch was the eldest son of John Lynch, DD Dean of Canterbury and his wife Mary Wake, daughter of William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury.Lynch was elected Member of Parliament for Weobly in...	died 25 August 1785
15 January 1772	Major-General Sir Charles Hotham, 8th Baronet	died 25 January 1794
	William Hamilton William Hamilton (diplomat) Sir William Hamilton KB, PC, FRS was a Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist. After a short period as a Member of Parliament, he served as British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples from 1764 to 1800...	died 6 April 1803
29 February 1772	Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Murray Keith Robert Murray Keith Robert Murray Keith was a British diplomat. He was descended from a younger son of the 2nd Earl Marischal.Keith was minister in Vienna in 1748 and from 1753 Minster-plenipotentary. In 1757, he transferred to St. Petersburg and remained there until October 1762, when the imperial government...	died 1795
29 May 1772	George Macartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. He is often remembered for his observation following Britain's success in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion at the Treaty of Paris that Britain now controlled...	died 31 May 1806
22 February 1773	Lieutenant-General James Adolphus Oughton James Adolphus Oughton Lieutenant General Sir James Adolphus Oughton KB was a British officer who was commander of forces in North Britain.-External links:*...	died 2 May 1780
2 June 1773	Robert Gunning	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
3 August 1774	Lieutenant-General Sir George Howard	died 16 July 1796
	Lieutenant-Colonel John de Blaquiere	died 27 August 1812
3 February 1775	William Gordon	died 26 January 1798
15 December 1775	Lieutenant-General John Irwin John Irwin (British Army officer) General Sir John Irwin KB was a British Army officer.-Career:Educated in Ireland, Irwin was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1736...	died May 1788
6 July 1776	General Guy Carleton Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...	died 10 November 1808
13 October 1776	Major-General William Howe William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC was a British army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of Independence...	died 12 July 1814
9 November 1776	Lieutenant-General John Clavering John Clavering (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Sir John Clavering KB was an army officer and diplomat.-Military career:Baptised in Lanchester, County Durham, England in 1722, Clavering was the younger son of Sir James Clavering Bt and Catherine Yorke, and younger brother of Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet...	died 1778
11 April 1777	Major-General Sir Henry Clinton Henry Clinton (American War of Independence) General Sir Henry Clinton KB was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arriving in Boston in May 1775, from 1778 to 1782 he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America...	died 1795
9 December 1778	Rear-Admiral Edward Hughes	died 1795
24 February 1779	James Harris James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury GCB was an English diplomatist.-Early life :...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
23 March 1779	Major-General Hector Munro	died 1806
5 May 1779	Randal William Macdonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim	died 29 July 1791
13 November 1780	Lieutenant-General Richard Pierson	died 1781
	Thomas Wroughton
14 November 1780	Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baronet George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782...	died 24 May 1792
17 December 1781	Lieutenant-General Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier Lieutenant General Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier KB was a British soldier and courtier. He was the illegitimate son of Col. Francis Augustus Ligonier, the brother of John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier....	died 14 June 1782
29 May 1782	Captain John Jervis John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom...	made GCB 2 January 1815
8 January 1783	General George Augustus Eliott George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, KB was a British Army officer who took served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île and Cuba...	died 6 July 1790
	General Charles Grey Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey, KB PC was one of the most important British generals of the 18th century. He was the fourth son of Sir Henry Grey, 1st Baronet, of Howick in Northumberland. He served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary War...	died 14 November 1807
28 January 1785	Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd Robert Boyd (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd KB was a British Army officer.Boyd was baptized on 20 April 1710 at Richmond, Surrey and attended Glasgow University before entering the army in his father Ninian's profession of civilian storekeeper...	died 1794
30 September 1785	Lieutenant-General Frederick Haldimand Frederick Haldimand Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War...	died 5 June 1791
	Major-General Archibald Campbell Archibald Campbell (British Army officer) General Sir Archibald Campbell KB served as Governor of Jamaica and Madras. He was a major Scottish landowner, Heritable Usher of the White Rod for Scotland and a Member of Parliament for the Stirling Burghs.-Birth:...	died 31 March 1791
20 December 1786	Lieutenant-General William Fawcett William Fawcett (British Army officer) General Sir William Fawcett KCB was an Adjutant-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at the Free School in Bury in Lancashire, William Fawcett was commissioned into the 33rd Foot in 1748....	died 1809
	Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway, PC , was a British statesman of the late 18th and early 19th ceturies...	died 23 July 1810
7 May 1788	Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet	died 25 September 1812
	Vice-Admiral Alexander Hood Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport |-...	died 2 May 1814
6 June 1788	Lieutenant-General Robert Sloper Robert Sloper General Sir Robert Sloper KB was Commander-in-Chief, India.-Military career:Educated privately at Bishops Cannings in Wiltshire, Sloper was commissioned into the 10th Dragoons being promoted to Major in 1755. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st King's Dragoon Guards in 1759 and subsequently...	died 1802
16 December 1788	Morton Eden Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley Morton Frederick Eden, 1st Baron Henley GCB, PC, FRS was a British diplomat.Eden was a younger son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd Baronet and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1776–79, he was Minister to Bavaria, then to Copenhagen 1779–82, Dresden 1783–91, Berlin...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
15 August 1792	Lieutenant-General William Augustus Pitt William Augustus Pitt General Sir William Augustus Pitt KB, PC was a long-serving if undistinguished senior officer of the British Army whose sixty years of service covered several major wars and numerous postings as garrison or regiment commander. He served as MP between 1754 and 1761...	died 1809
	Lieutenant-General John Vaughan John Vaughan (British army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir John Vaughan KB , styled The Honourable from 1741, was a British soldier and a Member of Parliament in both the British and Irish Parliaments.-Background and early career:...	died 8 June 1795
	Major-General William Medows William Medows General Sir William Medows KB was an Englishman and a general in the British Army.-Military career:Sir William was the son of Philip Medows, deputy ranger of Richmond Park, and Lady Frances Pierrepont, daughter of the Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull.He entered the British Army as an ensign in the 50th...	died 1813
	Major-General Robert Abercromby Robert Abercromby of Airthrey General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB , the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the governor of Bombay and commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.-Military career:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
27 September 1793	Charles Whitworth Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth GCB, PC , known as The Lord Whitworth between 1800 and 1813 and as The Viscount Whitworth between 1813 and 1815, was a British diplomat and politician.-Early years:...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
30 May 1794	Rear-Admiral George Keith Elphinstone	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Captain Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet	made GCB 2 January 1815
18 November 1794	Major-General Adam Williamson
1 July 1795	Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
22 July 1795	Major-General Ralph Abercromby Ralph Abercromby Sir Ralph Abercromby was a Scottish soldier and politician. He rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in the British Army, was noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars, and served as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.He twice served as MP for Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and was...	died 28 March 1801
17 February 1796	Rear-Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian Hugh Cloberry Christian Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian KB was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars....	died 1799
14 January 1797	Major-General Alured Clarke Alured Clarke Field-marshal Sir Alured Clarke KB was an officer of the British army, lieutenant governor of the colonial Province of Quebec, and civil administrator of Lower Canada...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General James Henry Craig James Henry Craig General Sir James Henry Craig KB was a British military officer and colonial administrator.-Early life and military service:...	died 12 January 1812
27 May 1797	Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his inspirational leadership and superb grasp of strategy and unconventional tactics, which resulted in a number of...	died 21 October 1805
14 February 1798	Vice-Admiral John Colpoys John Colpoys Admiral Sir John Colpoys, GCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served in three wars but is most notable for being one of the catalysts of the Spithead Mutiny in 1797 after ordering his marines to fire on a deputation of mutinous sailors...	made GCB 2 January 1815
1799	Lieutenant-General Charles Stuart	died 25 May 1801
8 January 1800	Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey Henry Harvey Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, KB was a long-serving officer of the British Royal Navy during the second half of the eighteenth century. Harvey participated in numerous naval operations and actions and especially distinguished himself at the Glorious First of June in command of...	died 1811
	Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer) Sir Andrew Mitchell KB was an Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy. Married to Mary Uniacke in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 May 1805.-Career:...	died 1806
14 May 1801	Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves	died 1814
28 May 1801	Major-General John Hely-Hutchinson John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore General John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore GCB was an Anglo-Irish politician, hereditary peer and soldier.-Background:He was the son of John Hely-Hutchinson and the Baroness Donoughmore...	made GCB 2 January 1815
6 June 1801	Lieutenant-General Thomas Trigge	died 1814
	Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth John Thomas Duckworth Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British naval officer, serving during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his...	made GCB 2 January 1815
5 September 1801	Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez , GCB was an admiral of the British Royal Navy, notable for his victory at the Battle of Algeciras.-Early life:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
19 May 1802	Major-General Eyre Coote	made GCB 2 January 1815
16 February 1803	Major-General John Francis Cradock John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden General John Francis Cradock, 1st Baron Howden GCB was a British peer, politician and soldier.-Life:He was son of John Cradock, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin....	made GCB 2 January 1815
28 April 1803	Lieutenant-General Sir David Dundas Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet General Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British general who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1809 to 1811.-Military service:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
21 May 1804	Arthur Paget Arthur Paget (diplomat) Sir Arthur Paget GCB, PC was a British diplomat and politician.-Family and early life:Arthur Paget was the third son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge and his wife Jane Chamagné daughter of Arthur Chamagné, Dean of Clonmacnoise in Ireland. He was a younger brother of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
28 August 1804	Major-General Arthur Wellesley Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...	made GCB 2 January 1815
26 September 1804	Major-General George James Ludlow	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General John Moore	died 16 January 1809
	Commodore Samuel Hood	died 24 December 1814
26 September 1806	Rear-Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk Admiral William Carnegie GCB, 7th Earl of Northesk was born in Hampshire to Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk and Anne Melville.-Naval career:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet Sir Richard John Strachan, 6th Baronet GCB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.-Childhood:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
29 March 1806	Rear-Admiral Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane	made GCB 2 January 1815
13 September 1806	Major-General Sir John Stuart John Stuart, Count of Maida Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida GCB , was a British Lieutenant-General during the Napoleonic Wars.Stuart was born in Georgia, the son of Colonel John Stuart, superintendent of Indian affairs in the southern district, and a prominent loyalist in the War of Independence...	made GCB 2 January 1815
29 October 1806	Philip Francis	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
	Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
March 1808	Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford Percy Clinton Sydney Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, GCB, GCH was an Anglo-Irish diplomat.-Personal life:He was the son of Lionel Smythe, 5th Viscount Strangford and Mary Eliza Philipse....	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
15 October 1808	Rear-Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats Richard Goodwin Keats Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816. In 1821 he was made Governor of...	made GCB 2 January 1815
21 April 1809	Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet GCB was a British military leader.-Military career:He was born at Newbyth House in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the son of an Edinburgh merchant family, and entered the British Army in 1772. He was sent to India in 1779 with the 73rd Highlanders, in which he...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General George Beckwith George Beckwith (British Army officer) General Sir George Beckwith KB was a British Army officer.-Military career:Beckwith was commissioned into the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1771. He distinguished himself as a regimental officer in the American Revolutionary War, where he was assistant to Major Oliver Delancey responsible for British...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General John Hope John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Lieutenant General John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun PC KB , known as the Honourable John Hope from 1781 to 1814 and as the Lord Niddry from 1809 to 1816, was a Scottish soldier and politician.-Military career:...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Brent Spencer	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Captain Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM , styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a senior British naval flag officer and radical politician....	expelled 15 July 1814
16 September 1809	Major-General John Coape Sherbrooke John Coape Sherbrooke Sir John Coape Sherbrooke was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia, the Netherlands, India, the Mediterranean , and Spain, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811.His active defense of the colony during the War of 1812...	made GCB 2 January 1815
16 October 1810	Lieutenant-General William Carr Beresford William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford General William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, 1st Marquis of Campo Maior, GCB, GCH, GCTE, PC , was a British soldier and politician...	made GCB 2 January 1815
22 February 1812	Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch General Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, GCB, GCMG, GCTE was a Scottish aristocrat, politician and British Army officer....	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General Rowland Hill Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz GCB, GCH served in the Napoleonic Wars as a trusted brigade, division and corps commander under the command of the Duke of Wellington. He became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1829.-Early career:Educated at a school in Chester, Hill was...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty	made GCB 2 January 1815
10 March 1812	Henry Wellesley Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley GCB was the youngest brother of the Duke of Wellington, and became a notable diplomat in his own right.-Life:...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
12 June 1812	Lieutenant-General Edward Paget Edward Paget General Sir Edward Paget GCB was a British Army officer.-Career:Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792...	made GCB 2 January 1815
21 August 1812	Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 6th Baronet Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere GCB, GCH, KSI, PC , was a British military leader, diplomat and politician...	made GCB 2 January 1815
26 September 1812	Charles Stuart Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay GCB, PC , known as Sir Charles Stuart between 1812 and 1828, was a British diplomat...	made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
10 October 1812	Major-General Isaac Brock Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...	died 13 October 1812
1 February 1813	Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General William Keppel William Keppel (governor) General Sir William Keppel GCB was a British soldier and colonial administrator.He entered the army as an ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot on January 25, and became a lieutenant in the 60th Regiment of Foot March 4, 1777...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General John Doyle	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General Lord William Cavendish Bentinck	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General James Leith	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Thomas Picton Thomas Picton Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Picton GCB was a Welsh British Army officer who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Galbraith Lowry Cole	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Charles Stewart Charles Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry KG, GCB, GCH, PC , styled The Honourable Charles Stewart from 1789 until 1813 and The Honourable Sir Charles Stewart from 1813 to 1814 and known as The Lord Stewart from 1814 to 1822, was a British soldier, politician and nobleman...	made GCB 2 January 1815
29 June 1813	Lieutenant-General the Hon. Alexander Hope	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Henry Clinton Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars) Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, GCB, GCH was a British Army officer and a general officer during the Napoleonic Wars.He came from a family of soldiers...	made GCB 2 January 1815
11 September 1813	Lieutenant-General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB , styled Lord Ramsay until 1787, was a Scottish soldier and colonial administrator...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Lieutenant-General William Stuart William Stuart William Stuart may refer to:*Lord William Stuart, naval commander, MP for Cardiff*Hod Stuart, William "Hod" Stuart", Canadian ice hockey player*William Corwin Stuart , U.S...	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General George Murray	made GCB 2 January 1815
	Major-General Edward Michael Pakenham	made GCB 2 January 1815
12 July 1814	Admiral William Young William Young (1751–1821) Sir William Young GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....	made GCB 2 January 1815
16 August 1814	Colonel William Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange William I of the Netherlands William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....	made GCB 2 January 1815

• Principal source: Haydn's Book of Dignities