The 1805 Garter Installation
23 April was the last instance of a ceremony for the installation of Knights of the Garter held in St George's Chapel before 1948. The chaotic events might explain why there was such a long hiatus.
23 April was the last instance of a ceremony for the installation of Knights of the Garter held in St George's Chapel before 1948. The chaotic events might explain why there was such a long hiatus.
In the 1860s Gerald Wellesley, Dean of Windsor, aided by the Chapter Clerk, Mr Thomas Batcheldor, embarked on a campaign to have the blue velvet mantles of former Garter Knights sent to St George’s Chapel. The earliest known statutes of ...