FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JULY 2, CHAPTER of the Most Ancient and Most Noble At the Court at Buckingham Palace, A CHAPTER of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, having been summoned for this day, the following Knights Brethren, in their Mantles and Collars, assembled in the Palace, viz.: The Earl of Rosebery, the Earl of Mansfield, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Elgin, the Duke of Argyll, and the Marquess of Ailsa, attended by the undermentioned Officers, in their mantles, and wearing their chains and badges; viz. Sir John Stewart Richardson, Baronet, Secretary of the Order, and Frederic-Peel Round, Esq., Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod. At three o'clock the Knights Brethren were called over by the Secretary, when (Her Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort having passed into the Chapter Room), they proceeded, with the Officers of the Order, into the presence of the Sovereign. The Queen being seated in Her Chair of State, and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort at the table on the right hand of Her Majesty, the Sovereign was pleased to command the other Knights Brethren to take their seats at the table, according to their seniority in the Order, the 1861. 4 F |