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 APPENDIX B 583 1653/4, Mar. 31. Berlin. Friedrich Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg. [Henry (Wilmot), Earl of Rochester]. 1657/8, Feb. 26. Antwerp. Jean Gaspard Ferdinand de Marchin, Count of Marchin. [Inv. by the Sovereign]. 1668, July 29. Stockholm. Carl XI, King of Sweden. 1669, Apr. 13. Dresden. Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony. 1690, June 6. Berlin. Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg, later Friedrich I, King of Prussia. [James Johnston, Esq., and Gregory King (Lancaster Herald), Dep. Garter]. 1691, Apr. 8. The Hague. Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick, and LttNEBURG in Celle. [Invested by the Sovereign]. 1692/3, Jan. 26. Dresden. Johann Georg IV, Elector of Saxony. [Sir William Button Colt, Bart., Minister to Brunswick, and Gregory King (Lancaster Herald), Dep. Garter]. 1701, Aug. 23 and 24. Hanover. Georg Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, later George I, King of Great Britain. [Charles (Gerard), Earl of Macclesfield, and Gregory King (Lancaster Herald), Dep. Garter]. 1706, June 13. Hanover.* Georg August, Electoral Prince of Hanover, later George II, King of Great Britain. [Charles (Montagu), Lord Halifax, later Earl of Halifax, and Sir John Vanbrugh (Clarenceux King of Arms), Dep. Garter]. 1733, July 22 and 25. The Hague. Willem IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau, son-in-law of the Sovereign. [The Hon. W^illiam Finch, Envoy to the States Gen., and John Anstis, Garter]. 1741, June 29. Hanover. Friedrich, Hereditary Prince, later Friedrich II, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, son-in-law of the Sovereign. [Invested by the Sovereign]. 1741, July 12 and 13. Gotha. Friedrich III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-and- Altenburg. [The Hon. Thomas Villiers, Envoy to Poland, and John Anstis, Garter]. i745/6,Feb. 18. Weissenfels. JohannAdolphII,Dukeof Saxe-Weissenfels. [The Hon. Thomas Villiers, Envoy to Poland, and John Anstis the younger, Garter]. 1749, Aug. 26. Anspach. Karl, Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach. [Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, K.B., and John Anstis the younger. Garter]. 1752, June 5. The Hague. Willem V, Prince of Orange-Nassau, grandson of the Sovereign. [Joseph Yorke, Envoy to the States Gen., and John Anstis the younger, Garter]. 1759, Oct. 16 and 17. Kroffdorff, near Giessen (in the Camp). Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and LOneburg. [John Manners, styled Marquess of Granby, Com. in Chief of the British Forces, and Stephen Martin Leake, Garter]. grandson of the Sovereign, and Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, br. of the Sovereign, but these, though invested abroad, were Peers of Great Britain.
 * At Hanover, also, on 24 Dec. 1716, were invested Frederick, Prince of Wales,