thumb|right|200px|An illustration of the insignia of a Knight of St Patrick
The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by George III at the instigation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, The 3rd Earl Temple (1753–1813; created The 1st Marquess of Buckingham in 1784). The regular creation of knights of Saint Patrick lasted until 1921, when most of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State.
The first appointments were made on 11 March 1783, and consisted of 15 Knight Founders, and in total there have been 145 appointments. The original Royal Warrant (dated 5 February 1783) specified that there were to be no more than fifteen knights of the Order at any one time, something that changed in 1821 when George IV appointed an extra six knights (although the royal warrant was not altered to reflect this change until 1830). William IV appointed an additional four knights at his coronation, and on 24 January 1833 increased the maximum number of knights to 22.||Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
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| || 75px || ||6 October 1820 – 12 January 1892||Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
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| || 75px || ||19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871||Lord Lieutenant of Limerick
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| || 75px || ||14 August 1825 – 29 June 1892||
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| || 75px || ||9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910||Later Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom
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| || 75px || ||21 May 1844 – 23 October 1895||
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| || 75px || ||30 July 1802 – 3 October 1885||Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
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| || 75px || ||21 February 1822 – 8 February 1872||Governor-General of India
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| || 75px || ||1 May 1850 – 16 January 1942||Later Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
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| || 75px || ||14 September 1824 – 18 May 1872||Former Comptroller of the Household
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| |||| ||2 August 1841 – 11 April 1922||
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| || 75px || ||13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904||
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| || 75px || ||6 April 1836 – 26 April 1878||Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
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| || 75px || ||28 January 1818 – 8 September 1881||Lord Lieutenant of Wexford
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| || 75px || ||16 May 1825 – 9 February 1905||Lord Lieutenant of Kerry and former Comptroller of the Household
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| || 75px || ||29 May 1833 – 5 June 1924||
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| || 75px || ||18 January 1836 – 4 September 1909||
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| || 75px || ||26 April 1821 – 5 November 1884||
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| || 75px || ||12 February 1841 – 14 June 1926||
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| || 75px || ||15 October 1823 – 21 March 1890||
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| || 75px || ||5 September 1822 – 1 March 1889||
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| || 75px || ||6 August 1844 – 30 July 1900||Later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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| || 75px || ||29 May 1812 – 1 February 1885||Former Lord Chancellor of Ireland
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| || 75px || ||18 January 1823 – 30 January 1898||Later Baron Clermont
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| || 75px || ||26 September 1829 – 17 March 1888||Former Lord Lieutenant of Longford
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| || 75px || ||31 May 1849 – 24 December 1926||
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| || 75px || ||4 June 1833 – 25 March 1913||Adjutant-General to the Forces
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| || 75px || ||1 November 1822 – 22 July 1894||Lord Lieutenant of Meath
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| || 75px || ||8 January 1864 – 14 January 1892||Later Duke of Clarence and Avondale
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| || 75px || ||5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919||Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny
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| || 75px || ||16 October 1839 – 2 December 1914||Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh
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| || 75px || ||9 October 1835 – 30 May 1890||Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
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| || 75px || ||2 August 1842 – 28 July 1915||
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| || 75px || ||17 November 1840 – 30 August 1908||Chancellor of the University of Dublin
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| || 75px || ||11 October 1823 – 16 November 1902||Colonel of the 1st Regiment of Life Guards
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| || 75px || ||17 January 1840 – 8 August 1896||Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
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| || 75px || ||14 May 1839 – 8 April 1900||Lord Lieutenant of Clare
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| || 75px || ||21 October 1839 – 14 July 1900||Former Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
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| || 75px || ||10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927||Later Earl of Iveagh
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| || 75px || ||11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898||
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| || 75px || ||3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936||Later George V, King of the United Kingdom
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| || 75px || ||30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914||Later Earl Roberts
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| || 75px || ||6 January 1839 – 14 March 1901||Lord Lieutenant of Mayo
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| || 75px || ||8 May 1830 – 5 June 1914||
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| || 75px || ||12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924||Lord Lieutenant of Cork
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| || 75px || ||10 March 1834 – 12 May 1917||Lord Lieutenant of Galway
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| || 75px || ||19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915||Lord Lieutenant of Longford
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| || 75px || ||28 April 1875 – 1 December 1911||
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| || 75px || ||21 December 1845 – 28 April 1924||
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| || 75px || ||11 March 1827 – 29 April 1907||Colonel of the 1st Life Guards
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| || 75px || ||2 July 1851 – 31 December 1927||
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| || 75px || ||31 July 1841 – 11 October 1929||
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| || 75px || ||29 July 1849 – 29 May 1937||
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| || 75px || ||31 May 1847 – 6 June 1924||Later Viscount Pirrie
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| || 75px || ||17 September 1874 – 10 September 1948|| Master of the Horse
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| || 75px || ||14 September 1868 – 19 December 1958||
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| || 75px || ||31 August 1869 – 25 March 1961|| Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary
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| || 75px || ||24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916||Later Earl Kitchener
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| || 75px || ||1 March 1851 – 1 December 1920|| Chairman of the Board of Directors of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
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| || 75px || ||2 March 1875 – 19 October 1948|| Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
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| || 75px || ||16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947|| Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow
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| |||| ||14 December 1856 – 13 February 1942||Later Earl of Midleton
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| || 75px || ||16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946|| GOC Guards Division
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| || 75px || ||28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925||Later Earl of Ypres
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| || 75px || ||6 January 1861 – 30 June 1927||
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| || 75px || ||30 August 1848 – 4 November 1934|| Former Director of Public Prosecutions
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| || 75px || ||30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953|| Governor of Northern Ireland
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| || 75px || ||23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972||Later Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom and, after his abdication, The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
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| || 75px || ||31 March 1900 – 10 June 1974|| Last surviving knight
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| || 75px || ||14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952||Later George VI, King of the United Kingdom
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