The Most Illustrious Order: The Order of Saint Patrick and its Knights by Peter Galloway
The Order of Saint Patrick was instituted in 1783. This is the difinitive history of the Order, setting it in context as a political, social, cultural and ceremonial constituent of viceregal Ireland. Alsoincluded: a survey of the146 knights of the order appointed between 1783 and 1936, and complete lists of the Grand Masters, Knights and Officers.