List of knights companion of the Order of the Bath facts for kids

The Order of the Bath is a special group of knights in Britain. It was started again by King George I of Great Britain on May 18, 1725. This list shows the men who became "Knights Companion" of this Order from that date until January 2, 1815. During this time, the Order had the king, a "Great Master," and 36 Knights Companion. These knights used the letters KB after their names. If a knight was still alive when the Order changed in 1815, they automatically became "Knights Grand Cross" and used the letters GCB instead.

First Knights of the Order of the Bath

These were the very first knights to join the Order of the Bath when it was restarted. Most of them were officially welcomed on May 27, 1725, and then formally installed on June 17, 1725.

Image	Name	Notes
	Prince William Augustus	died October 31, 1765
	John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu	died July 5, 1749
	William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester	died October 21, 1739
	Charles Beauclerk, Earl of Burford	died July 27, 1751
	John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester	died September 27, 1737
	Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle	died December 22, 1754
	Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine	died December 25, 1750
	George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax	died May 9, 1739
	Talbot Yelverton, 1st Earl of Sussex	died October 27, 1731
	Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl of Pomfret	died July 8, 1753
	Lord Nassau Powlett	died August 24, 1741
	Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington	died January 17, 1733
	George Cholmondeley, Viscount Malpas	died June 10, 1770
	John Campbell, Viscount Glenorchy	died January 26, 1782
	John West, 7th Baron De La Warr	died March 16, 1766
	Hugh Fortescue, 14th Baron Clinton	died May 2, 1751
	Robert Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole	died March 31, 1751
	Spencer Compton	left the Order on June 12, 1733
	William Stanhope	died May 1772
	Conyers Darcy	died December 1, 1758
	Thomas Lumley-Saunderson	died March 15, 1752
	Paul Methuen	died April 11, 1757
	Robert Walpole	left the Order on May 26, 1726
	Robert Sutton	died August 13, 1746
	Lieutenant General Charles Wills	died December 25, 1741
	Sir John Hobart, 5th Baronet	died September 22, 1756
	Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet	died April 23, 1744
	Robert Clifton	died December 7, 1762
	Michael Newton	died April 6, 1743
	William Yonge	died August 10, 1755
	Thomas Watson-Wentworth	died December 14, 1750
	John Monson	died July 18, 1748
	William Morgan	died April 24, 1731
	Thomas Coke	died April 20, 1759
	William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin	died July 18, 1777
	John Brownlow, 1st Viscount Tyrconnel	died February 27, 1754

Later Knights Appointed

After the first group, many other important men became Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath. This list shows them in order of when they were appointed. Many of these knights were military leaders or important government officials.

Date	Image	Name	Notes
January 12, 1732		Henry Brydges, Marquess of Carnarvon	died November 28, 1771
		William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman	died December 1744
		Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet	died June 10, 1749
January 17, 1732		Charles Gunter Nicoll	died November 24, 1733
June 26, 1742		Thomas Robinson	died September 20, 1770
July 12, 1743		Lieutenant-General Philip Honywood	died 1752
		Lieutenant-General James Campbell	died 1745
		Lieutenant-General John Cope	died 1760
		Field Marshal Sir John Ligonier	died April 28, 1770
May 28, 1744		Richard FitzWilliam, 6th Viscount FitzWilliam	died April 25, 1776
		Sir Charles Hanbury Williams	died November 2, 1759
		Henry Calthorpe
		Thomas Whitmore
		Sir William Harbord, 1st Baronet	died February 17, 1770
May 29, 1747		Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Warren	died July 29, 1752
November 14, 1747		Vice-Admiral Edward Hawke	died October 17, 1781
May 2, 1749		Lieutenant-General Charles Howard	died August 26, 1765
		General Sir John Mordaunt	died October 23, 1780
		Major-General Charles Armand Powlett	died November 14, 1751
		John Savile	died February 17, 1778
March 12, 1752		Richard Onslow, 3rd Baron Onslow	died October 8, 1776
August 27, 1753		Edward Walpole	died 1784
		Lieutenant-General Charles Powlett	died July 5, 1765
		Edward Hussey-Montagu	died November 25, 1802
		Lieutenant-General Richard Lyttelton	died October 1, 1770
December 12, 1753		Admiral Sir William Rowley	died 1768
September 23, 1754		Benjamin Keene	died 1757
November 27, 1756		Lieutenant-General William Blakeney	died September 20, 1761
March 23, 1761		John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort	died October 18, 1772
		Lieutenant-General Joseph Yorke	died December 2, 1792
		Sir James Gray, 2nd Baronet	died January 9, 1773
		Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet	died September 13, 1773
		Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet	died July 9, 1776
		Admiral George Pocock	died 1792
		Major-General Sir Jeffery Amherst	died August 3, 1797
		Major-General John Griffin Griffin	died May 25, 1797
		Francis Blake Delaval	died 1771
		Charles Frederick	died December 18, 1785
March 26, 1761		George Warren	died August 31, 1801
May 16, 1761		Vice-Admiral Charles Saunders	died December 7, 1775
January 16, 1764		Charles Coote	died October 20, 1800
April 24, 1764		Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive	died November 22, 1774
December 13, 1765		Andrew Mitchell	died January 28, 1771
December 27, 1765		Lieutenant-General William Draper	died 1787
December 30, 1767		Prince Frederick, Bishop of Osnabrück	became GCB January 2, 1815
October 25, 1768		Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet	died November 6, 1786
May 18, 1770		Robert Knight, 1st Earl of Catherlough	died March 30, 1772
		Vice-Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet	died February 2, 1779
June 28, 1770		Rear-Admiral Sir John Lindsay	died 1778
		Major-General Eyre Coote	died April 28, 1783
February 18, 1771		Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Montagu	died 1777
		Ralph Payne	died August 1, 1807
		William Lynch	died August 25, 1785
January 15, 1772		Major-General Sir Charles Hotham, 8th Baronet	died January 25, 1794
		William Hamilton	died April 6, 1803
February 29, 1772		Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Murray Keith	died 1795
May 29, 1772		George Macartney	died May 31, 1806
February 22, 1773		Lieutenant-General James Adolphus Oughton	died May 2, 1780
June 2, 1773		Robert Gunning	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
August 3, 1774		Lieutenant-General Sir George Howard	died July 16, 1796
		Lieutenant-Colonel John de Blaquiere	died August 27, 1812
February 3, 1775		William Gordon	died January 26, 1798
December 15, 1775		Lieutenant-General John Irwin	died May 1788
July 6, 1776		General Guy Carleton	died November 10, 1808
October 13, 1776		Major-General William Howe	died July 12, 1814
November 9, 1776		Lieutenant-General John Clavering	died 1778
April 11, 1777		Major-General Sir Henry Clinton	died 1795
December 9, 1778		Rear-Admiral Edward Hughes	died 1795
February 24, 1779		James Harris	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
March 23, 1779		Major-General Hector Munro	died 1806
May 5, 1779		Randal William Macdonnell, 6th Earl of Antrim	died July 29, 1791
November 13, 1780		Lieutenant-General Richard Pierson	died 1781
		Thomas Wroughton
November 14, 1780		Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baronet	died May 24, 1792
December 17, 1781		Lieutenant-General Edward Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier	died June 14, 1782
May 29, 1782		Captain John Jervis	became GCB January 2, 1815
January 8, 1783		General George Augustus Eliott	died July 6, 1790
		General Charles Grey	died November 14, 1807
January 28, 1785		Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd	died 1794
September 30, 1785		Lieutenant-General Frederick Haldimand	died June 5, 1791
		Major-General Archibald Campbell	died March 31, 1791
December 20, 1786		Lieutenant-General William Fawcett	died 1809
		Robert Monckton-Arundell, 4th Viscount Galway	died July 23, 1810
May 7, 1788		Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet	died September 25, 1812
		Vice-Admiral Alexander Hood	died May 2, 1814
June 6, 1788		Lieutenant-General Robert Sloper	died 1802
December 16, 1788		Morton Eden	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
August 15, 1792		Lieutenant-General William Augustus Pitt	died 1809
		Lieutenant-General John Vaughan	died June 8, 1795
		Major-General William Medows	died 1813
		Major-General Robert Abercromby	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 27, 1793		Charles Whitworth	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
May 30, 1794		Rear-Admiral George Keith Elphinstone	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Captain Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
November 18, 1794		Major-General Adam Williamson
July 1, 1795		Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
July 22, 1795		Major-General Ralph Abercromby	died March 28, 1801
February 17, 1796		Rear-Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian	died 1799
January 14, 1797		Major-General Alured Clarke	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General James Henry Craig	died January 12, 1812
May 27, 1797		Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson	died October 21, 1805
February 14, 1798		Vice-Admiral John Colpoys	became GCB January 2, 1815
1799		Lieutenant-General Charles Stuart	died May 25, 1801
January 8, 1800		Vice-Admiral Henry Harvey	died 1811
		Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell	died 1806
May 14, 1801		Rear-Admiral Thomas Graves	died 1814
May 28, 1801		Major-General John Hely-Hutchinson	became GCB January 2, 1815
June 6, 1801		Lieutenant-General Thomas Trigge	died 1814
		Rear-Admiral John Thomas Duckworth	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 5, 1801		Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, 1st Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
May 19, 1802		Major-General Eyre Coote	became GCB January 2, 1815
February 16, 1803		Major-General John Francis Cradock	became GCB January 2, 1815
April 28, 1803		Lieutenant-General Sir David Dundas	became GCB January 2, 1815
May 21, 1804		Arthur Paget	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
August 28, 1804		Major-General Arthur Wellesley	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 26, 1804		Major-General George James Ludlow	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General John Moore	died January 16, 1809
		Commodore Samuel Hood	died December 24, 1814
September 26, 1806		Rear-Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
March 29, 1806		Rear-Admiral Alexander Cochrane	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 13, 1806		Major-General Sir John Stuart	became GCB January 2, 1815
October 29, 1806		Philip Francis	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
		Sir George Barlow, 1st Baronet	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
March 1808		Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
October 15, 1808		Rear-Admiral Richard Goodwin Keats	became GCB January 2, 1815
April 21, 1809		Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General George Beckwith	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General John Hope	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Brent Spencer	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Captain Thomas Cochrane, Lord Cochrane	removed from the Order July 15, 1814
September 16, 1809		Major-General John Coape Sherbrooke	became GCB January 2, 1815
October 16, 1810		Lieutenant-General William Carr Beresford	became GCB January 2, 1815
February 22, 1812		Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General Rowland Hill	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty	became GCB January 2, 1815
March 10, 1812		Henry Wellesley	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
June 12, 1812		Lieutenant-General Edward Paget	became GCB January 2, 1815
August 21, 1812		Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton, 6th Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 26, 1812		Charles Stuart	became GCB (civil) January 2, 1815
October 10, 1812		Major-General Isaac Brock	died October 13, 1812
February 1, 1813		Admiral George Cranfield Berkeley	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General William Keppel	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General John Doyle	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General James Leith	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Thomas Picton	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Lowry Cole	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Charles Stewart	became GCB January 2, 1815
June 29, 1813		Lieutenant-General the Hon. Alexander Hope	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General Sir Henry Clinton	became GCB January 2, 1815
September 11, 1813		Lieutenant-General George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Lieutenant-General William Stewart	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General George Murray	became GCB January 2, 1815
		Major-General The Hon. Sir Edward Pakenham	became GCB January 2, 1815
July 12, 1814		Admiral William Young	became GCB January 2, 1815
August 16, 1814		Colonel William Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange	became GCB January 2, 1815

Sources

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