Royal Warrant - Dispensation Permitting a Knight Companion of the Bath to Forgo Investiture and Prefatory Ceremonies and Designating a Proxy for His Installation [1772-06-03]
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Title
Royal Warrant - Dispensation Permitting a Knight Companion of the Bath to Forgo Investiture and Prefatory Ceremonies and Designating a Proxy for His Installation [1772-06-03]
Subject
Honors
Description
Royal Warrant of King George III dispensing with the Statutes of the Order of the Bath to permit Sir William Macartney to forgo investiture and the rites of bathing and vigil and constituting Stanier Porten to be his proxy for the installation.
Creator
King George III
Source
SP 44/379 f.315
Date
1772-06-03
Contributor
Jason Loch
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Transcript
George R.
George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. and Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Power is reserved to Us of adding and explaining any Particular, which Additions and Explanations under Our Sign Manual shall be taken as Part and Parcel of the said Statutes; And whereas We have nominated and appointed Our Right Trusty & Welbeloved Councillor Sir George Macartney, Knt, to be one of the Knights Companions of the said most Honourable Order, and he being at present engaged in Our Service in Our Kingdom of Ireland, which renders his Investiture with the said Order inconvenient, We do therefore, on this occasion, hereby dispense with the Form of investing him the said Sir George Macartney with the said Order, as likewise with his Non observance of the Rights of Bathing, Vigils, and all other concomitant Forms, which, by the ancient Ceremonials of conveying the Knighthood of the Bath, or by the Statutes of the most Honourable Order, are required to be performed on account of conferring this Knighthood. And We hereby constitute Our Trusty and Welbeloved Stanier Porten, Esq. to be his Proxy, or Deputy, to be installed for him, and on his behalf, according to the Tenour of the said Statutes, and in regard of his absence. Given under the Seal of Our said Order the 3d Dat of June in the twelfth year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two.
George the Third, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith &c. and Sovereign of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Power is reserved to Us of adding and explaining any Particular, which Additions and Explanations under Our Sign Manual shall be taken as Part and Parcel of the said Statutes; And whereas We have nominated and appointed Our Right Trusty & Welbeloved Councillor Sir George Macartney, Knt, to be one of the Knights Companions of the said most Honourable Order, and he being at present engaged in Our Service in Our Kingdom of Ireland, which renders his Investiture with the said Order inconvenient, We do therefore, on this occasion, hereby dispense with the Form of investing him the said Sir George Macartney with the said Order, as likewise with his Non observance of the Rights of Bathing, Vigils, and all other concomitant Forms, which, by the ancient Ceremonials of conveying the Knighthood of the Bath, or by the Statutes of the most Honourable Order, are required to be performed on account of conferring this Knighthood. And We hereby constitute Our Trusty and Welbeloved Stanier Porten, Esq. to be his Proxy, or Deputy, to be installed for him, and on his behalf, according to the Tenour of the said Statutes, and in regard of his absence. Given under the Seal of Our said Order the 3d Dat of June in the twelfth year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy two.
Seal Affixed
Original was sealed with the Seal of the Order of the Bath.
Special Features
Document shows signs of careless copying, as some words appear to be missing from the initial sentences.
Document is a handwritten copy from the Secretary of State's Entry Books.
Beneficiary of the Royal Warrant was Sir George Macartney, Chief Secretary for Ireland.
There is no evidence of a countersignature by either a Minister of the Crown or an officer of the Order of the Bath.
While other dispensations allow the beneficiary to designate their own proxy for installation, this one designates the person who was to be installed on Sir George's behalf.
Document is a handwritten copy from the Secretary of State's Entry Books.
Beneficiary of the Royal Warrant was Sir George Macartney, Chief Secretary for Ireland.
There is no evidence of a countersignature by either a Minister of the Crown or an officer of the Order of the Bath.
While other dispensations allow the beneficiary to designate their own proxy for installation, this one designates the person who was to be installed on Sir George's behalf.
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Citation
King George III, “Royal Warrant - Dispensation Permitting a Knight Companion of the Bath to Forgo Investiture and Prefatory Ceremonies and Designating a Proxy for His Installation [1772-06-03],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/331.