In 1786 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 47) created new Garter Knights as follows:

601st Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn (age 18),

602nd Ernest Augustus King Hanover (age 14),

603rd Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex (age 12),

604th Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge (age 11),

605th William Elector of Hesse (age 42),

606th Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort (age 41),

607th George Nugent Temple Grenville 1st Marquess Buckingham (age 32),

608th Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis (age 47).