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GEORGE I.

In this reign the ORDER OF THE BATH was revived, and has been continued ever since. It is given chiefly to military and naval merit: a most appropriate use of so honorable a distinction. It was thought adviseable to name a number of officers at arms attendant upon it; these are entirely distinct from the College Members.

Bath and Gloucester King

at Arms.

BATH AND GLOUCESTER KING AT ARMS.

His Majesty George I. by his sign manual constituted an officer, called Bath King at Arms, and in compliment to the Prince of Wales, who had borne the title of Duke of Gloucester, the name of Bath was incorporated with another title, Gloucester King of Arms, making the possessor the principal herald of Wales, with precedency to all provincial kings.

GREY LONGUEVILLE, Esq. F. A. S.-See next reign.

Bath king at arms, appointed June 1, 1725. Gloucester king at arms, created
Jan 14, 1725-6.

Heralds.)

Brunswick

HERALDS.

BRUNSWICK.

At the revival of the Order of the Bath, in compliment to the illustrious House seated upon the throne, an herald, named Brunswick, was constituted. This place was, soon after, united to that of Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod, made attendant upon the Knights Companions. of the Order, in the person of,

Feb. 1, 1726-EDMOND SAWYER, Esq.-See next reign.

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Heralds.
Hanover.

HANOVER.

This name was given in honor of the King's German dominions, but annexed to Bath and Gloucester king at arms, in

Feb. 1, 1726.-GREY LONGUEVILLE, Esq.-See next reign.

BLANC-COURSIER.

The name is taken from the white horse in the Brunswick arms. The grant of creation of this office gives the herald all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which had been ever enjoyed by any herald of any of the preceding Kings of England, under any denomination whatsoever; with any Prince of the blood royal, or by any other herald of any nobleman whatsoever; with the yearly salary of forty marcs, payable out of the King's Exchequer. The office was inseparably annexed, united, and perpetually consolidated with the office of Genealogist of the Order of the Bath. The person enjoying this office is empowered to bear on one side of an escotcheon, the impression of a white horse richly enamelled. As Genealogist, he wears the badge of the order round his neck, suspended by a rich scarlet ribband, and to use a seal bearing the same impression, being a double cypher of the letter G, with three regal Crowns, 1 and 2, inscribed by the motto Tria juncta in uno: the whole crowned.

JOHN ANSTIS, jun. Esq.*

* June 1, 1725, Edward Montagu, Esq. was appointed Secretary, Edward Young, Esq. Registrar, and Edmond Sawyer, Esq. (Brunswick) Gentleman Usher.

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GEORGE II.

Acceded June 10, 1727.-Died October 25, 1760.

GEORGE II.

We have, at the commencement of this reign, a great variation in the disposition of the heralds. At the last coronation there was a deputy officiated as Garter. At this there were more kings, heralds, and pursuivants than had attended any public solemnity for a great length of years, perhaps since the incorporation of the College at Arms. Bath king at arms went between the master of the jewel-house, and the knights of the Bath, not peers: then followed Blanch-lion pursuivant. Between the comptroller and treasurer of the household, who went together, and the baronets and barons, were Rouge-croix and Rouge-dragon pursuivants. After the barons came Blue-mantle and Portcullis pursuivants. To them succeeded the bishops, followed by Arundel herald in his coat and collar of SS. and Blanch-coursier, herald to Prince William, in his coat, with his collar of SS. gold chain, and badge. Then the viscountess' and viscounts, followed by Brunswick herald in his tabard, collar, golden chain, and badge; and Lancaster with his coat and collar. Next were the countess', and earls: after them Windsor and York heralds, in their tabards and collars. Then the Marquis of Tweedale, followed by Richmond and Chester heralds, habited as before. After the duchess', dukes, and the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, came Ulster, Clarenceux and Norroy kings at arms, in their tabards, collars, and badges, holding each his crown; and after the curtana and second and third sword came Lion king at arms of Scotland, and Garter principal king at arms of England, each in their tabards, collars, and carrying their crowns, between the lord-mayor of London, and the gentleman usher of the black rod. The inferior preceding the superior, from the pursuivants up to Garter, with the exception of Bath. These

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These new raised kings, heralds, and pursuivants might be called extraor- GEORGE II. dinary, as not belonging to the incorporated body. The same order was observed in the coronation of his present Majesty, except that between the swords, and Lion, and Garter, were the ushers of the green and white rod. When the peers, prelates, and judges, with others entitled to it, were covered, the kings at arms also put on their crowns. As the same conduct was observed in the present reign as at this coronation, I shall add some farther remarks. One of the heralds of arms, with a paper in his hand, containing the challenge, preceded the champion, proclaiming it thrice, at the entrance of the hall, the middle, and last at the top of the steps, opposite to the presence royal, each time the champion threw down his gauntlet, which the heralds taking up presented to him. The last time, having made a low obeisance to his Majesty, he received a bowl of silver gilt, with a cover, in which the King had drank his health, it being presented by the cup-bearer, with his assistants; the champion having put on his gauntlet, retiring a little, and drinking of the wine, departed with the bowl and cover as his fee.

Then the officers at arms descending from their gallery, Garter, and the two provincial kings, Clarenceux and Norroy, wearing each his crown, followed by the heralds and pursuivants, going to the lower end of the hall, made their obeisance to his Majesty, repeating it again in the middle, and at the foot of the steps, ascending which,at the top of it,Garter cried largess thrice, received it, he then proclaimed his Majesty's stile in Latin, "Serenissimi, “Potentissimi, et Excellentissimi Monarchæ, GEORGII Secundi, Dei Gratia,

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Magne Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Hiberniæ, Regis, Fidei Defensoris." All the officers at arms having made another obeisance, Garter proclaimed the stile in French, "Du Très-Haut, Très-Puissant, et Très-Excellent Mo"narque, GEORGE Second, par la Gráce de Dieu, Roi de la Grande Bretagne, France, et d'Irlande, Défenseur de la Foi." The officers making a third reverence, Garter proclaimed the royal title in English, Of the "Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, GEORGE II. by "the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender

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Making their obeisance, they retired backward to the middle of the Bbb hall,

GEORGE II. hall, having their faces toward the Sovereign. Largess was again proclaimed thrice with the royal stile, in the same languages; the same being repeated in the same toward the bottom of the hall, the whole body of the officers at arms repairing to the table allotted them, sat down to dinner. Then the second course was brought in. It is remarkable, that in the ceremonial of the coronation of the late or present monarch no notice is taken of Somerset herald.

It is singular, that except James I's daughter's marriage, there had been no public one of a daughter of England since Henry VII's reign. Charles I.'s was sent over and married in Holland. No Sovereign had married a son since the first named monarch. In this reign we have the splendid nuptials of the Princess Royal, Ann, with Charles-Henry Frizo, Prince of Orange, and declared hereditary Stadtholder of the United Provinces. It was celebrated on Thursday evening, March 14, 1733-4, in the French chapel at St. James'. The heralds attended. In the procession from St. James' Palace, by a gallery built for that purpose, to the chapel, the procession of the bridegroom went before that of the Princess. Immediately preceding his Highness the Prince of Orange went the two senior heralds, with his Highness' gentleman usher between them. In the same manner the two provincial kings at arms, on each side her royal Highness' gentleman usher, went before the bride. The Knight Marshal was followed by the pursuivants, two and two; heralds, two and two; then the Knights of the Bath, not peers, &c. &c. The two provincial kings at arms followed the Dukes of Great Britain, and just before the serjeants at arms. Garter came between the Archbishop of York and the Chancellor, who walked together, and the Earl of Effingham, deputy Earl Marshal. After whom came the sword of state, borne by the Duke of Montagu, supported by the Chamberlain and Vice Chamberlain. Then the Sovereign, in his great collar of the Order of St. George, followed by the Captain of the Guard, between the Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard; Lords of the Bedchamber in waiting, and the two Grooms of the Bedchamber in waiting; the Queen with her attendants, and the Princess' Amelia, Carolina, Mary, and Louisa, with their's. The return was much

the same.

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