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This is a list of those men who were made knights companion of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's revival by King George I of Great Britain, 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 28 May, and the Duke of Richmond, who was not invested at all) and then installed on 17 June 1725.

Image Name Notes
Cumberland-Reynolds.jpg Prince William Augustus died 31 October 1765
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu died 5 July 1749
No image.svg William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester died 21 October 1739
No image.svg Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford died 27 July 1751
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester.jpeg John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester died 27 September 1737
William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, by Charles Philips.jpg Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle died 22 December 1754
Mezzotint of Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine.jpg Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine died 25 December 1750
No image.svg George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax died 9 May 1739
No image.svg Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex died 27 October 1731
Portrait of Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret.png Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret died 8 July 1753
No image.svg Lord Nassau Powlett died 24 August 1741
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington by Jeremiah Davison.jpg Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington died 17 January 1733
The Cholmondeley Family, William Hogarth, 1732.jpg George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas died 10 June 1770
3rdEarlOfBreadalbane.jpg John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy died 26 January 1782
John West - 1st Earl De La Warr.png John West, 7th Baron De La Warr died 16 March 1766
HughFortescueEarlClinton.jpg Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton died 2 May 1751
RobertWalpole2ndEarlOrfordByJohnTheodoreHeins.jpg Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole died 31 March 1751
Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington.jpg Spencer Compton resigned on receiving the Garter 12 June 1733
No image.svg William Stanhope died May 1772
No image.svg Conyers Darcy died 1 December 1758
No image.svg Thomas Lumley-Saunderson died 15 March 1752
SirPaulMethuen.JPG Paul Methuen died 11 April 1757
Retuched Painting of Robert Walpole.jpg Robert Walpole resigned on receiving the Garter 26 May 1726
Robert Sutton.jpg Robert Sutton died 13 August 1746
Sir Charles Wills Simon.jpg Lieutenant General Charles Wills died 25 December 1741
John Theodore Heins - Portrait of Lord Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire (1743).jpg Sir John Hobart, 5th Baronet died 22 September 1756
No image.svg Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet died 23 April 1744
No image.svg Robert Clifton died 7 December 1762
Sir Michael Newton, 4th Bt.jpg Michael Newton died 6 April 1743
John Vanderbank (1694-1739) - Sir William Yonge (c.1693–1755), 4th Bt, KB - 653157 - National Trust.jpg William Yonge died 10 August 1755
The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families, by Charles Philips (1708-1747).jpg Thomas Watson-Wentworth died 14 December 1750
No image.svg John Monson died 18 July 1748
Sir William Morgan (1700–1731), KB.jpg William Morgan died 24 April 1731
William Aikman (1682-1731) - Thomas Coke (1697–1759), 1st Earl of Leicester - 355552 - National Trust.jpg Thomas Coke died 20 April 1759
William O’Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin.jpg William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin died 18 July 1777
Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Sir John Brownlow (c.1692–1754), 5th Bt, Later 1st Viscount Tyrconnel - 1151323 - National Trust.jpg John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel died 27 February 1754

Subsequent appointments

Date Image Name Notes
12 January 1732 Chandos-family-by-kneller-1713.jpg Henry Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon died 28 November 1771
No image.svg William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman died December 1744
Sir George Downing 3rd Bt.jpg Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet died 10 June 1749
17 January 1732 No image.svg Charles Gunter Nicoll died 24 November 1733
26 June 1742 Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham.jpg Thomas Robinson died 20 September 1770
12 July 1743 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Philip Honywood died 1752
James Campbell of Lawers (1667-1745), by follower of Jean-Baptiste van Loo.jpg Lieutenant-General James Campbell died 1745
Sir John Cope.jpg Lieutenant-General John Cope died 1760
1st Earl Ligonier.jpg Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier died 28 April 1770
28 May 1744 RichardFitzWilliam 6thViscountFitzWilliam ByWilliamHoare FitzwilliamMuseum.jpg Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam died 25 April 1776
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams by John Giles Eccardt.jpg Sir Charles Hanbury Williams died 2 November 1759
No image.svg Henry Calthorpe
No image.svg Thomas Whitmore
William Aikman (1682-1731) - Sir William Harbord (1696^–1770), MP, KB - 355486 - National Trust.jpg Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet died 17 February 1770
29 May 1747 Admiral Sir Peter Warren.jpg Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren died 29 July 1752
14 November 1747 Edward Hawke 1.jpg Vice-Admiral Edward Hawke died 17 October 1781
2 May 1749 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Charles Howard died 26 August 1765
General Sir John Mordaunt.jpg General Sir John Mordaunt died 23 October 1780
No image.svg Major-General Charles Armand Powlett died 14 November 1751
EarlAndCountessOfMexboroughWithSon.JPG John Savile died 17 February 1778
12 March 1752 No image.svg Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow died 8 October 1776
27 August 1753 Thomas Hudson Portrait of Sir Edward Walpole.jpg Edward Walpole died 1784
No image.svg Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett died 5 July 1765
No image.svg Edward Hussey-Montagu died 25 November 1802
No image.svg Lieutenant-General Richard Lyttelton died 1 October 1770
12 December 1753 Williamrowley.jpg Admiral Sir William Rowley died 1768
23 September 1754 Sir Benjamin Keene.jpg Benjamin Keene died 1757
27 November 1756 1stBaronBlakeney.jpg Lieutenant-General William Blakeney died 20 September 1761
23 March 1761 No image.svg John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort died 18 October 1772
No image.svg Lieutenant-General Joseph Yorke died 2 December 1792
Sir James Gray, Second Baronet by Rosalba Carriera, Getty Center.JPG Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet died 9 January 1773
No image.svg Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet died 13 September 1773
No image.svg Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet died 9 July 1776
Sir George Pocock by Thomas Hudson.jpg Admiral George Pocock died 1792
Amherst.jpg Major-General Sir Jeffery Amherst died 3 August 1797
Sir John Griffin Griffin, 4th Lord Howard de Walden.jpg Major-General John Griffin Griffin died 25 May 1797
Francis Blake Delaval (1727-1771), after Joshua Reynolds.jpg Francis Blake Delaval died 1771
Sir Charles Frederick.jpg Charles Frederick died 18 December 1785
26 March 1761 No image.svg George Warren died 31 August 1801
16 May 1761 Admiral Sir Charles Saunders by Richard Brompton.jpg Vice-Admiral Charles Saunders died 7 December 1775
16 January 1764 Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellamont.jpg Charles Coote died 20 October 1800
24 April 1764 Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive died 22 November 1774
13 December 1765 Sir Andrew Mitchell by Allan Ramsay.jpg Andrew Mitchell died 28 January 1771
27 December 1765 Sir William Draper KB.jpg Lieutenant-General William Draper died 1787
30 December 1767 Frederick, Duke of York in Garter Robes.jpg Prince Frederick, Bishop of Osnabrück made GCB 2 January 1815
25 October 1768 Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet.jpg Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet died 6 November 1786
18 May 1770 BaronLuxboroughByGeoKnapton.jpg Robert Knight, 1st Earl of Catherlough died 30 March 1772
Admiral Sir John Moore.jpg Vice-Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet died 2 February 1779
28 June 1770 Sir John Lindsay.jpg Rear-Admiral Sir John Lindsay died 1778
Eyre Coote.jpg Major-General Eyre Coote died 28 April 1783
18 February 1771 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Montagu died 1777
No image.svg Ralph Payne died 1 August 1807
No image.svg William Lynch died 25 August 1785
15 January 1772 No image.svg Major-General Sir Charles Hotham, 8th Baronet died 25 January 1794
William Hamilton (1730-1803) by William Beechey.jpg William Hamilton died 6 April 1803
29 February 1772 No image.svg Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Murray Keith died 1795
29 May 1772 George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney by Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg George Macartney died 31 May 1806
22 February 1773 John Downman (1750-1824) (attributed to) - Sir James Adolphus Oughton (1719–1780), Commander-in-Chief in Scotland - PG 1846 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg Lieutenant-General James Adolphus Oughton died 2 May 1780
2 June 1773 No image.svg Robert Gunning made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
3 August 1774 Lieutenant-General (later Field Marshal Sir) George Howard (1718– c.1796), c.1762.jpg Lieutenant-General Sir George Howard died 16 July 1796
1stLordDeBlaquiere.jpg Lieutenant-Colonel John de Blaquiere died 27 August 1812
3 February 1775 No image.svg William Gordon died 26 January 1798
15 December 1775 No image.svg Lieutenant-General John Irwin died May 1788
6 July 1776 General-Sir-Guy-Carleton 2.jpg General Guy Carleton died 10 November 1808
13 October 1776 Gen. Sir William Howe.jpg Major-General William Howe died 12 July 1814
9 November 1776 No image.svg Lieutenant-General John Clavering died 1778
11 April 1777 Sirhenryclinton2.jpg Major-General Sir Henry Clinton died 1795
9 December 1778 Captain Sir Edward Hughes, circa 1720-94 RMG BHC2793.tiff Rear-Admiral Edward Hughes died 1795
24 February 1779 1stEarlOfMalmesbury.jpg James Harris made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
23 March 1779 Sir Hector Munro by David Martin.jpg Major-General Hector Munro died 1806
5 May 1779 No image.svg Randal William Macdonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim died 29 July 1791
13 November 1780 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Richard Pierson died 1781
No image.svg Thomas Wroughton
14 November 1780 Admiral of the White by Thomas Gainsborough.jpg Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baronet died 24 May 1792
17 December 1781 Lord Ligonier by Gainsborough.jpg Lieutenant-General Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier died 14 June 1782
29 May 1782 John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent by Francis Cotes.jpg Captain John Jervis made GCB 2 January 1815
8 January 1783 George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield - by Joshua Reynolds - Project Gutenberg eText 19009.jpg General George Augustus Eliott died 6 July 1790
1stEarlGrey.jpg General Charles Grey died 14 November 1807
28 January 1785 Engraving of Sir Robert Boyd.jpg Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd died 1794
30 September 1785 Sir Frederick Haldimand by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg Lieutenant-General Frederick Haldimand died 5 June 1791
ArchibaldCampbell.jpg Major-General Archibald Campbell died 31 March 1791
20 December 1786 Sir William Fawcett by Sir Joshua Reynolds.jpg Lieutenant-General William Fawcett died 1809
Lord Galway.JPG Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway died 23 July 1810
7 May 1788 George Yonge.jpg Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet died 25 September 1812
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport by Lemuel Francis Abbott.jpg Vice-Admiral Alexander Hood died 2 May 1814
6 June 1788 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Robert Sloper died 1802
16 December 1788 No image.svg Morton Eden made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
15 August 1792 No image.svg Lieutenant-General William Augustus Pitt died 1809
Lieutenant General the Hon. Sir John Vaughan.png Lieutenant-General John Vaughan died 8 June 1795
Pict0016WilliamMedows.jpg Major-General William Medows died 1813
George Romney - Colonel Robert Abercrombie - Google Art Project.jpg Major-General Robert Abercromby made GCB 2 January 1815
27 September 1793 Charles Whitworth (1752-1825), by Giovanni Battista Lampi.jpg Charles Whitworth made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
30 May 1794 Admiral George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith by George Sanders.jpg Rear-Admiral George Keith Elphinstone made GCB 2 January 1815
Stipple engraving of Sir John Borlase Warren.jpg Captain Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
18 November 1794 No image.svg Major-General Adam Williamson
1 July 1795 Joseph Banks 1773 Reynolds.jpg Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
22 July 1795 Sir Ralph Abercromby by John Hoppner.jpg Major-General Ralph Abercromby died 28 March 1801
17 February 1796 Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian.jpg Rear-Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian died 1799
14 January 1797 Field Marshal Sir Alured Clarke.jpg Major-General Alured Clarke made GCB 2 January 1815
James Henry Craig 2.jpg Major-General James Henry Craig died 12 January 1812
27 May 1797 HoratioNelson1.jpg Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson died 21 October 1805
14 February 1798 Sir John Colpoys.jpg Vice-Admiral John Colpoys made GCB 2 January 1815
1799 Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Stuart.jpg Lieutenant-General Charles Stuart died 25 May 1801
8 January 1800 Henry Harvey.jpg Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey died 1811
Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, 1757-1806.jpg Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell died 1806
14 May 1801 ThomasGravesBHC2722 700.jpg Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves died 1814
28 May 1801 GRIBAYÈDOFF(1890) p103 Portrait of General Hutchinson.jpg Major-General John Hely-Hutchinson made GCB 2 January 1815
6 June 1801 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Thomas Trigge died 1814
Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817).jpg Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth made GCB 2 January 1815
5 September 1801 Vice-Admiral James Saumarez.jpg Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
19 May 1802 Sir Eyre Coote (born 1762).jpg Major-General Eyre Coote made GCB 2 January 1815
16 February 1803 John Cradock, 1st Baron Howden.jpg Major-General John Francis Cradock made GCB 2 January 1815
28 April 1803 Samuel Drummond (1765-1844) - Sir David Dundas (1735–1820), General - PG 1281 - National Galleries of Scotland.jpg Lieutenant-General Sir David Dundas made GCB 2 January 1815
21 May 1804 John Hoppner (1758-1810) - The Honourable Sir Arthur Paget (1771–1840), GCB, PC - 1175940 - National Trust.jpg Arthur Paget made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
28 August 1804 Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png Major-General Arthur Wellesley made GCB 2 January 1815
26 September 1804 No image.svg Major-General George James Ludlow made GCB 2 January 1815
Sir John Moore by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg Major-General John Moore died 16 January 1809
Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood 1st Baronet.jpg Commodore Samuel Hood died 24 December 1814
26 September 1806 William Carnegie (1758-1831), Thomas Phillips.jpg Rear-Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk made GCB 2 January 1815
No image.svg Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
29 March 1806 Alexander Cochrane.jpg Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane made GCB 2 January 1815
13 September 1806 Portrait of Major General Sir John Stuart K.B. & K.C (4673031) (cropped).jpg Major-General Sir John Stuart made GCB 2 January 1815
29 October 1806 James Lonsdale (1777-1839) - Sir Philip Francis - NPG 334 - National Portrait Gallery.jpg Philip Francis made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
Sir George Barlow, 1st Bt from NPG crop.jpg Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
March 1808 6th Viscount Strangford.jpg Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
15 October 1808 Richard Goodwin Keats 2.jpg Rear-Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats made GCB 2 January 1815
21 April 1809 Sir David Baird, 1st Bt by Sir John Watson-Gordon.jpg Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
Georgebeckwith.png Lieutenant-General George Beckwith made GCB 2 January 1815
John Hope the 4th Earl of Hopetoun statue, Edinburgh.jpg Lieutenant-General John Hope made GCB 2 January 1815
No image.svg Major-General Brent Spencer made GCB 2 January 1815
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald.jpg Captain Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane expelled 15 July 1814
16 September 1809 John Coape Sherbrooke.jpg Major-General John Coape Sherbrooke made GCB 2 January 1815
16 October 1810 William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford by Sir William Beechey.jpg Lieutenant-General William Carr Beresford made GCB 2 January 1815
22 February 1812 Thomas Graham Lord Lynedoch.jpg Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham made GCB 2 January 1815
Rowlandhill.jpg Lieutenant-General Rowland Hill made GCB 2 January 1815
Sir Samuel Auchmuty images nypl org.jpg Major-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty made GCB 2 January 1815
10 March 1812 Lords Cowley and Clarendon.JPG Henry Wellesley made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
12 June 1812 No image.svg Lieutenant-General Edward Paget made GCB 2 January 1815
21 August 1812 Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere by Mary Martha Pearson (née Dutton).jpg Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 6th Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
26 September 1812 1stLordStuart de Rothesay.jpg Charles Stuart made GCB (civil) 2 January 1815
10 October 1812 Isaac Brock portrait 1, from The Story of Isaac Brock (1908)-2.png Major-General Isaac Brock died 13 October 1812
1 February 1813 Sir William Beechey - Portrait of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley.jpg Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley made GCB 2 January 1815
Georgenugent.gif Lieutenant-General Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet made GCB 2 January 1815
No image.svg Lieutenant-General William Keppel made GCB 2 January 1815
Sirjohndoyle.png Lieutenant-General John Doyle made GCB 2 January 1815
Lord-william-bentinck.jpg Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck made GCB 2 January 1815
James Leith, by Charles Picart (1780-1837).jpg Major-General James Leith made GCB 2 January 1815
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton A17581.jpg Major-General Thomas Picton made GCB 2 January 1815
Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole by William Dyce.jpg Major-General Lowry Cole made GCB 2 January 1815
Thomas Lawrence, Charles William (Vane-)Stewart, Later 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, 1812, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London.jpg Major-General Charles Stewart made GCB 2 January 1815
29 June 1813 Sir-Alexander-Hope, 1769-1837, National Portrait Gallery, London, England.jpg Lieutenant-General the Hon. Alexander Hope made GCB 2 January 1815
Henry Clinton (1771-1829).jpg Major-General Sir Henry Clinton made GCB 2 January 1815
11 September 1813 George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, from the National Gallery of Canada.jpg Lieutenant-General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie made GCB 2 January 1815
William Stewart (1774-1827).jpg Lieutenant-General William Stewart made GCB 2 January 1815
George Murray Portrait.jpg Major-General George Murray made GCB 2 January 1815
Edward Pakenham.jpg Major-General The Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham made GCB 2 January 1815
12 July 1814 Sir William Young caricature.jpg Admiral William Young made GCB 2 January 1815
16 August 1814 Willem I in kroningsmantel.jpg Colonel William Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange made GCB 2 January 1815

Sources

  • William A. Shaw and G. D. Burtchaell, The Knights of England, volume I (London, 1906) pages 167-179
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