Order of the Garter

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The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an British order of chivalry. The King or Queen of the United Kingdom is Sovereign of the Order, which is limited to 24 living Knights or Ladies Companion. Stranger Knights (i.e. non-British recipients, usually Heads of State) and Royal Knights do not count towards this limit. The Order also has six officers - Secretary, Registrar, Prelate, Chancellor, Garter King of Arms and Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

A service of thanksgiving is held annually at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The members of the order make their way in procession from the Upper Ward of the castle to the chapel and are usually preceded by the Military Knights of Windsor, the Officers of Arms of the College of Arms and are followed by a detachment of the Yeomen of the Guard.

Service of the Order of the Garter[edit]

Annual service of the Garter with solemn procession of the Knights and Ladies in Windsor Castle on Garter Day.

  • Military Knights of Windsor

  • Officers of Arms

  • Knights Companion

  • Queen Elizabeth, Sovereign of the Order, with the Duke of Edinburgh, a Royal Knight

  • Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince Andrew and Prince Charles

  • Officers of the Order

  • Patric Dickinson, Secretary

  • Peter Gwynn-Jones, Garter King of Arms

Current Knights and Ladies Companion of the Order of the Garter[edit]

  • Lord Bingham of Cornhill

  • Sir John Major

  • Lord Morris of Aberavon

  • Lady Soames

  • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster

  • Lord Butler of Brockwell

  • Sir Antony Acland

  • Sir Timothy Colman

  • John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton

  • Lord Kingsdown

  • Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover

  • Matthew Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley

  • Lord Bramall

  • Arthur Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington

  • Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Chancellor of the Order

  • Sir Peter Inge

History[edit]

  • King Edward III, first sovereign of the Order

  • Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster

  • John Chandos, founder of the Order

  • Otho Holland, founder of the Order

  • Sir Henry Guildford, 1527, wearing the Collar of the Order

  • Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, 1539, wearing the Collar of the Order

  • John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

  • Edward Fiennes de Clinton, 1512-85, 1st Earl of Lincoln

  • Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, with his arms surrounded by the Garter

  • William Cecil, Baron Burghley

  • Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, 1598

  • Lord Admiral Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, c. 1620

  • James I, 1621

  • James I

  • Charles II

  • Charles II

  • Charles II

  • Charles Stewart 3rd Duke of Richmond

  • Prince Rupert

  • Queen Anne

  • George II

  • George III

  • William IV

  • John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

  • Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

  • King George IV

  • King George IV

  • Queen Victoria

  • Edward VII

  • George V

  • Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

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  • Emperor Taishō

  • Earl of Wilmington

  • Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford

  • Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire as Governor General of Canada

  • Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught as Governor General of Canada

  • John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer

  • Statue of Sir Keith Holyoake

  • Kurfurst Karl Ludwig von der Pfalz

  • Elizabeth and Philip wearing the Garter star

  • Elizabeth wearing Sash and Star

  • Duke of York

  • Third Duke of Devonshire

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Insignia[edit]

  • Insignia

  • Insignia

  • Insignia

  • The Garter awarded to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria

  • The Garter Star depicted on Victoria's image on a medal

  • Badge of the Order

  • Mantle and hat of the Order

Diploma[edit]

  • Diploma for Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1902

Coins[edit]

Buttons[edit]

  • Order of the Garter button (this one made by Firmin of London).jpg

Heraldry[edit]

Order

  • Arms of the Order

  • Variant with the royal arms and St Edward's Crown

Current members

  • Arms of the Sovereign, The Queen

Royal Knights Companion and Ladies

  • The Duke of Edinburgh

  • The Prince of Wales

  • The Duke of Cambridge

  • The Duke of Kent

  • The Duke of Gloucester

  • The Duke of York

  • The Earl of Wessex

  • The Princess Royal

  • The Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Extra Knights Companion and Ladies

  • Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

  • The Queen of Denmark

  • The King of Sweden

  • The King of Spain

  • Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands

  • The Emperor of Japan

  • The King of Norway

Knights Companion and Ladies

  • The Lord Carrington

  • The Duke of Wellington

  • The Lord Bramall

  • The Lord Sainsbury of Preston Candover

  • The Lord Ashburton

  • Sir Ninian Stephen

  • Sir Timothy Colman

  • The Duke of Abercorn

  • Sir William Gladstone

  • The Lord Inge

  • Sir Antony Acland

  • The Duke of Westminster

  • The Lord Butler Brockwell

  • The Lord Morris of Aberavon

  • The Lady Soames

  • Sir John Major

  • The Lord Luce

  • Sir Thomas Dunne

  • The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

  • The Lord Boyce

  • The Lord Stirrup

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