vice 613, 626 572 APPENDIX B 677. Alexander, Duke of Hamilton, [S.] Duke of") Brandon. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 5 Feb. 1836 678. Henry (Petty), Marquess of Lansdowne. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 5 Feb. 1836 679. George (Howard), Earl of Carlisle. [637] Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 17 Mar. 1837 680. Edward (Seymour), Duke of Somerset. [658] Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 19 Apr. 1837 VICTORIA The twenty-fifth Sovereign 20 June 1837 ■f68i. Karl, Prince of Leiningen. The Sovereign's half-brother. Declared a knight of the Order by a special statute 14 July 1837; inv. and inst. by dispensation same day; ^.13 Nov. 1856 ■t"682. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha. The Sovereign's uncle. Declared a knight of the Order by a special statute 16 July 1838; inv. and inst. by dispensation same day; d. 29 Jan. 1844 683. Edward (Stanley), Earl of Derby. [662] Nom. and inst. by dispensation 2 Apr. 1839 684. William (Vane), Duke of Cleveland. [653] Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 17 Apr. 1839 f685. Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-and-Gotha. The Sovereign's cousin-german, afterwards the Sovereign's Consort. Declared a knight of the Order by a special statute, and inst. by dispensation 16 Dec. 1839; received the ensigns at Gotha 24 Jan. 1840; a'. 14 Dec. 1861 686. George (Leveson-Gower), Duke of Sutherland. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 11 Mar. 1841 687. Robert (Grosvenor), Marquess of Westminster. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 11 Mar. 1841 ■[■688. Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia. Nom. as a lineal descen- dant of George I, 25 Jan. 1842; inv. and inst. by dispensation same day; d. 2 Jan. 1 86 1 1689. Friedrich August II, King of Saxony. Nom. as a lineal de- scendant of George I, 1 1 Apr. 1 842 ; inv. at Dresden by special commission 8 Oct., and inst. by dispensation 31 Oct.; d. 9 Aug. 1854 690. Henry (Somerset), Duke of Beaufort. Nom., inv." and inst. by dispensation 1 1 Apr. 1 842 69 1 . Richard (Temple - Nugent - Brydges - Chandos - Grenville), Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 11 Apr. 1842 692. Henry (Vane), Duke of Cleveland. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 1 1 Apr. 1 842 693. James (Gascoyne-Cecil), Marquess of Salisbury. Nom., inv. and inst. by dispensation 1 1 Apr. 1 842 ,fHere and in following pages, see notes marked thus on pages 567 and 569. ■vice 669, 622 vice 61 s, 684, 657, 672