Category: Royal Family Order of George IV

Categories: British Isles and Ireland, Civil Decorations

King George III in his reign began the tradition of gifting miniatures of himself to be worn suspended from a ribbon. The tradition was formalized by his son, King George IV. Many courtiers in the court of George III, both men and women, had participated but George IV limited the formal order to be only a gift to women. The tradition was continued by every sovereign of the United Kingdom up to the modern day, except for William IV and Edward VIII.

While typically limited to members of the royal family, the first documented recipient was Princess Dorothea Lieven, the wife of Prince Christoph Heinrich von Lieven (the Russian Ambassador to London)

Royal Family Orders of the United Kingdom

Augusta (Hannover) of the United Kingdom 08 Nov 1768 Buckingham Palace, London, England - 22 Sep 1840

Charlotte (Hannover) von Württemberg 29 Sep 1766 Buckingham Palace, London, England - 06 Oct 1828

Elizabeth (Hannover) of the United Kingdom 22 May 1770 Buckingham House, London, England - 10 Jan 1840

Mary (Hannover) Hanover 25 Apr 1776 Buckingham Palace, London, England - 30 Apr 1857

Sophia (Hannover) of the United Kingdom 03 Nov 1777 Buckingham House, London, England - 27 May 1848

Alexandrina Hanover 24 May 1819 Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England - 22 Jan 1901

Augusta (Hanover) Mecklenburg-Strelitz 19 Jul 1822 Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover, Germany - 05 Dec 1916

Sophia (Hanover) of Gloucester 29 May 1773 London, England - 29 Nov 1844

Augusta (Hesse-Cassel) Hanover 25 Jul 1797 Hesse, Germany - 06 Apr 1889

Friederike (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) von Mecklenburg-Strelitz 03 Mar 1778 Hanover - 29 Jun 1841

Marie (Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 17 Aug 1786 Coburg, Germany - 16 Mar 1861

Adelheid (Sachsen-Meiningen) of the United Kingdom 13 Aug 1792 Meiningen, Sachsen-Meiningen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 02 Dec 1849

Katharina Alexandra Dorothea von Benckendorff 17 Dec 1785 Riga, Livonia, Russian Empire - 27 Jan 1857

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