CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL FOREIGN ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD AND OTHER MARKS OF HONOURABLE DISTINCTION

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Origins of foreign Orders of Knighthood, especially those conferred on Britsh subjects, who are listed. Also a list of those presented with honorary swords, or plate by British Patriotic Institution.

This remarkable book provides an account of the origins of various foreign Orders of Knighthood, especially those conferred upon British subjects, and such recipients are listed. A separate section is devoted to honorary sword and plate awards by the Patriotic Fund Institution of Great Britain for gallant conduct, together with relevant citations, and the value of each in pounds sterling. These were for deeds performed during the first decade of the 19th Century during the Napoleonic Wars. A most interesting and historic piece of work, dedicated to Sir Robert Peel.

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Product Code:	7067
Author:	Nicholas Carlisle
ISBN:	9781843426950
Format:	2003 N&M Press 2nd reprint (original pub 1839 ). SB. xxix + 582pp incl 18-page index.
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